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29 March 2024

5 of world's most 'dangerous'... but 'thrilling' adventures

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By Amal Al Jabry

Bored of the beach? Miserable at the malls?

We’ll look at five exciting tours to put at the end of your bucket list and have a great story to brag about.

That is, if you don’t get gravely injured or killed.

Travelling the world, for most, means forgetting your work and home life and taking the time out to unwind and re-energise.

If you yearn for danger up close and personal, you’ll find that the reward in these following tours outweighs the risk.

1 Bungee jumping over crocodile-infested water

A step up from your usual bungee jumping.

Tourists visiting the famous Victoria Falls bridge over the Zambezi River in Zambia, can treat themselves to 111 meters of pure adrenalin, as they perform a bungee jump on top of water filled with crocodiles.

An Australian woman’s story went viral after her cord broke during the jump. She splashed straight into the crocodile-infested waters and luckily survived with only minor injuries.

Needless to say, the crocodiles had to satisfy their hunger elsewhere that day.

2 Tornado chasing

If you’re very much obsessed with extreme weather conditions, then tornado chasing might just be up your alley.

The months of April and July mark the tornado season in the United States, and every year at least 100 thrill seekers book a trip with Extreme Tornados, who specialize in chasing heavy twisters and bring you close to them.

The worst-case scenario here is if the chase ends up the other way around.

3 The Death Road


The name is a perfect fit to this famous Bolivian road.

What’s not a perfect fit though, are the vehicles that pass through this 70km stretch. There is not enough room for overtaking and the terrain itself is very steep and rough. The path connects the capital La Paz to the town of Coroico.

It has led to the death of up to 300 passengers every year. What’s worse is along the way passengers can see buses that fell over the edge as well as numerous memorials dedicated to those who lost their lives there.

4 Mountain Hiking – Mount Huashan

Standing more than 2000 metres high, Mount Huashan in China attracts global mountain hikers for many reasons.

The peak is one of the country's five sacred Taoist mountains.

Another reason is that it’s home to several sacred temples.

Why has this special mountain become one of the most dangerous tourist attractions on Earth?

Instead of using cable cars, adventure seekers choose to trek up the hill on wooden planks. However, this is at their own peril, since the planks are only three boards wide. So tourists scale along the rock, only holding onto chains that have been attached to the mountainside.

That’s why.

5 Volcano watching

Normally, in an event of a volcano eruption, people tend to run away.

This is not the case particularly on the island of Luzon, in the Philppines, where the Mayon volcano attracts hundreds of tourists a week, who rush to get close and watch the lava flow.

The volcano began slowly erupting in December 2009, which led to thousands of Filipino villagers to leave their homes. But local hotels sold out from tourists eager to get a view of the spewing molten hot lava.

Mayon is known to have killed over thousands of people in 1814 when it erupted and completely buried a town. The volcano has erupted close to 50 times so far  and is still very much active today. The last eruption was reported earlier this week by various media outlets.

Meanwhile, the hot lava enthusiasts remain snap-happy.

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