Questions tagged [extreme-tourism]
Area in the tourism industry involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, etc.) or participation in dangerous events
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Where is this Utah triangle monolith located?
This article describes the 'discovery' of a tall metal object with triangular cross section in the Utah wilderness by a helicopter crew. Where is this, and if you wanted to get there how could that ...
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Location in ocean furthest from any land. Are there any established organized travel options for a tourist?
As far as I know the point in the world's oceans furthest from any land is located in the Southern Pacific, roughly halfway on a direct line from the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) in the west ...
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What is the furthest north one can get without flying or taking special cruises?
While researching this answer, I learned that there about 5 times per year between late July and September, there are passenger boats from Yakutsk all the way north to Tiksi at 71°39' north. For ...
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(How) Can I hire an instructor as a tourist driver on the Nürburgring without renting a car?
I'd like to take my car on a couple laps around the Green Hell (Nordschleife track). I have no experience as a race driver. I'd rather not crash my car but I don't want to go slowpoke speed either. ...
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When travelling through Dagestan by car, how far can risks of crime, harassment or political/cultural trouble be managed?
Is it currently safe to travel with a car through Dagestan?
The car has a Russian license plate and both of us travellers (one guy, one girl) look European (with dark hair in case this matters). The ...
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Where to hide your money in high-risk areas?
I am dangerously curious to explore places with a lot of criminality.
If I were to get robbed on my expeditions, I would lose everything I am carrying, so what would be the best bet for hiding your ...
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Hiking across Iceland
I have ~18 days to hike across Iceland during August. I'm a good hiker (last summer I spent 40 days across the Alps) and I'll be alone. I'm looking for advice for my itinerary (southbound).
I'll have ...
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Can you still do train surfing in India?
There are many pictures online of train surfing - where you ride on top of the train, and it hasn't always been illegal in some countries (you'd certainly get arrested here in Sydney).
I've found at ...
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Cyprus to Gaza by sea in an inflatable craft [closed]
Because of the political situation in my home land °Palestine Gaza°, now 2 million people are trapped in 360 km square called °Gaza strip° and they are left without sea port, airport, or land port.
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Tour to Fukushima closed area?
There are several travel agent in Ukraine which organise Chernobyl tour and visited the Closed Area.
Is there any travel agents in Japan organising similar trips to Fukushima Closed Area?
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How can I find safety records for extreme sports in New Zealand?
All companies providing those services claim they are very safe and they do everything in their power for this, but some quick research shows that it's not 100% and deaths occur in different sports ...
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Where in Russia can I pay to shoot an AK-47?
I'm planning a trip to Russia in October (primarily Moscow and St Petersburg) and recently I read this question and liked the idea of being able to use military equipment, specially AK-47, as this ...
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Are there tours to the UTA Flight 772 Memorial in Niger?
The UTA Flight 772 Memorial is in one of the most remote parts of the world, in the Tenere Desert, and very much off the beaten track. Are there any tours to the memorial, or any (relatively) local ...
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Is it feasible to buy a small boat in Leticia, Colombia and travel down the Amazon? [closed]
Boating the length of the Amazon is a big dream but it just occurred to me that it might not be that difficult. There is a public passenger boat that travels from Leticia to Manaus in four days. That ...
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How far can you realistically travel across potentially rough water in an inflatable dinghy?
I'm thinking of visiting some uninhabited Scottish islands just for some "wilderness hiking". Particularly attractive to me are those islands which don't have regular transport routes to and from them ...
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