Over at Big Island adventurous vacationers can get aboard the Safari Explorer with just 36 others and, in between kayaking and dolphin spotting, engage in a mesmerizing ballet with manta rays.
10. Island safari, Hawaii, United States —
Over at Big Island adventurous vacationers can get aboard the Safari Explorer with just 36 others and, in between kayaking and dolphin spotting, engage in a mesmerizing ballet with manta rays.
Roderick Eime
For centuries, people died trying to get through the treacherous Northwest Passage. With changing climates, the journey can now be completed with more confidence and your bragging rights enhanced without fear of death.
9. Northwest Passage, North America —
For centuries, people died trying to get through the treacherous Northwest Passage. With changing climates, the journey can now be completed with more confidence and your bragging rights enhanced without fear of death.
Roderick Eime
This remote and beautiful part of Australia is the country's adventure cruise hotspot. The season is from April through to September, when the torrential rains have eased and water cascades off the plateau.
8. Through ancient Kimberley, Australia —
This remote and beautiful part of Australia is the country's adventure cruise hotspot. The season is from April through to September, when the torrential rains have eased and water cascades off the plateau.
Roderick Eime
Piranha, sloth and pink dolphins inhabit the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. You can commune with indigenous families living along the banks before retiring to a luxury 24-passenger vessel to fry your piranha.
7. Pacaya Samiria Reserve, Amazon —
Piranha, sloth and pink dolphins inhabit the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. You can commune with indigenous families living along the banks before retiring to a luxury 24-passenger vessel to fry your piranha.
Roderick Eime
While the cruise aboard the 24-pax Charaidew trundles from Guwahati to Tezpur, you'll enjoy mild Assamese curries onboard and visits to a wildlife reserve en route.
6. 'Jungle Book' tour, India —
While the cruise aboard the 24-pax Charaidew trundles from Guwahati to Tezpur, you'll enjoy mild Assamese curries onboard and visits to a wildlife reserve en route.
Roderick Eime
The once war-torn republics that form a patchwork between South Africa and Morocco are opening up to seaborne tourists.
5. Into wild West Africa —
The once war-torn republics that form a patchwork between South Africa and Morocco are opening up to seaborne tourists.
Roderick Eime
Travelers can sail in the wake of the explorers Scott, Amundsen and Mawson to the Ross Sea or Commonwealth Bay, where they walked off into the white. A hundred years later, their huts, crammed with preserved original kit, remain.
4. Following Scott, Amundsen, Antarctica —
Travelers can sail in the wake of the explorers Scott, Amundsen and Mawson to the Ross Sea or Commonwealth Bay, where they walked off into the white. A hundred years later, their huts, crammed with preserved original kit, remain.
Roderick Eime
The ship looks like a movie prop for Gilligan's island, but the little 12-pax Braveheart sets sail from Papeete for some of the most remote, uninhabited islands in the Pacific Ocean.
3. Island hopping in the Pacific —
The ship looks like a movie prop for Gilligan's island, but the little 12-pax Braveheart sets sail from Papeete for some of the most remote, uninhabited islands in the Pacific Ocean.
courtesy Wild Earth Travel
It doesn't get much more extreme than this. Just 100 years ago, sailing to the North Pole was the equivalent of going to the moon.
2. Ice-breaking to the North Pole —
It doesn't get much more extreme than this. Just 100 years ago, sailing to the North Pole was the equivalent of going to the moon.
courtesy Quark Expeditions
Deep sea adventures are starting to compete with space travel as an extreme trip, with the likes of Sir Richard Branson considering ventures in this space, too.
1. Down to the Titanic wreck, Atlantic Ocean —
Deep sea adventures are starting to compete with space travel as an extreme trip, with the likes of Sir Richard Branson considering ventures in this space, too.
courtesy Deep Ocean Expeditions