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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, trekking to Machu Picchu on the Inca Trail and rafting the Grand Canyon have been listed as the top three adventures in the world, according to a new study.
The research was commissioned by a UK TV channel where a panel of travel experts, including explorer Steve Backshall, created a shortlist of the ‘greatest adventures around the world’, which was then put to a public vote.
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Descending into the depths of Iceland’s Thrihnukagigur volcano, potholing in Vietnam’s Son Doong caves and reaching Everest Base Camp in Nepal also feature highly on the world’s greatest death-defying adventure list.
Here’s the list in full… how many of these make it on to your bucket list?
- Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- Trekking along the Inca trail, Machu Picchu, Peru
- Rafting the Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Descending into Thrihnukagigur volcano, Iceland
- Exploring the Son Doong Caves, Vietnam
- Dog sledding to witness the Aurora Borealis, Norway
- Kayaking Arctic fjords, Greenland
- Reaching Base Camp Everest, Nepal
- Cruising the Antarctic
- Cage diving with sharks, Cape Town, South Africa
- Swimming with Humpback Whales, Mozambique
- Cave diving, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Diving the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Trekking the Great Wall, China
- Paragliding in the Alps, Switzerland
- Riding the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia
- Volcano night trekking, Indonesia
- Hiking Mount Fuji, Japan
- Diving into Belize’s Great Blue Hole, Belize
- Finding the Lost City of Teyuna, Colombia