Coolest Places Still To Go Before We Die

There are so many other Coolest Places to go and a few of our favorites are listed here. With any luck, we should visit most of them.

Adventure or Experiential
1) Australia or South Africa - Photograph great white sharks off the coast
2) Climb a live volcano in one of the most active places in the world
3) US - Tornado Storm Chasing in Kansas or Oklahoma with the pros
4) Galapagos Islands - Take a submarine to base of Galapagos on ocean bottom
5) Recover gold or valuables from a live shipwreck operation
6) Sweden - Ice Hotel in Arctic Circle, via dogsled
7) Bahamas - Feed sharks by hand
8) US – Trip on Zero Gravity C-130 plane known as the “Vomit Comet”
9) Outer Space – Take Richard Branson’s Spaceship One 200 miles up and return

Ancient History
10) Central America & La Ruta Maya - Guatemala (Tikal), Honduras (Copan,), Mexico (Palenque, Tulum, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan), Belize (Caracol)
11) Libya – Libyan culture, Leptis Magnus Roman Ruins, and Tadrart Acacus rock art sites
12) Greece – Meteora monasteries on sheer peaks

Culture and History
13) Iceland – Culture, waterfalls shooting out of mountains and calderas (volcanoes in glaciers) by helicopter
14) Mongolia - Living in a yurt, horsemanship and Mongolian culture
15) India - Rajasthan Camel Fair - 120,000 camels at full moon in November
16) India - Varanasi during Hindu holidays
17) India - Ellora and Ajanta Caves
18) Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya – Sing Sing festivals, and diverse colorful culture
19) Indonesia - Lombok, Komodo, Flores Islands
20) Iran – Persepolis, Tehran and Persian History
21) Tibet - Mount Kailish Sky Burial
22) Australia – Uluru and Aboriginal culture

Dangerous or Forbidden Places
23) North Korea and DMZ on South Korean side
24) Saudi Arabia - Mecca and Arab culture
25) Iraq
26) Afghanistan – Ancient treasures and sites, culture
27) Rwanda – People, culture, Gorillas, aftermath
28) Yemen - Ancient skyscrapers of Sana’a and Yemeni culture
29) Sudan – Visit and photograph in Darfur

Nature, Beauty and Animals
30) New Zealand
31) Laos – Natural beauty and culture
32) Australia - Great Barrier Reef
33) Bolivia – The spectacular Salar de Uyuni
34) Antarctica mainland, Ross Ice Shelf, islands, penguins, visit a base
35) North Pole
36) French Polynesia – The beauty of Tahiti, Fiji, Bora Bora
37) Lower Himalayas – Ladakh and Kashmir in India, and the Kingdom of Mustang in Nepal
38) Congo - Mountain Gorillas of Virunga National Park
39) Norway - Priekestolen cliff, Kjergabolten, Lofoten
40) Madagascar
41) Viet Nam - Halong Bay
42) Belize – Great Barrier reef
43) Seychelle Islands
44) Mexico - Cenotes Cavern and underground River in Yucatan

Modern Wonders
45) Dubai
46) US - Very Large Array of satellite dishes in New Mexico