{"id":6466,"date":"2018-02-27T10:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T10:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2018-03-13T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:31:04","slug":"unusual-travel-experiences-put-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/unusual-travel-experiences-put-bucket-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Travel Experiences to Put on Your Bucket List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Go to Rome: eat pasta. Go to Paris: see the Mona Lisa. For us and many others, the allure of stock-standard trips abroad have long gone. While some travel experiences are classics and would be a shame to miss (visiting New York\u2019s Empire State Building<\/a>, for instance), there are plenty of other \u2018must-do\u2019s that don\u2019t quite meet the mark. In a world where Quidditch is\u00a0now classed as a\u00a0sport, there\u2019s definitely a market for seeing the world\u2019s top cities away from the well-trodden tourist track. Here\u2019s the most unusual travel experiences of the bunch…\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Explore a bamboo forest<\/b><\/h4>\n

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A stroll through Japan\u2019s Sagano Bamboo Forest, on the outskirts of Kyoto, is a delight for the senses. Not only do the the endless towering green stalks swaying in the wind look enchanting – they sound it too. A few years back, the Japanese Ministry of Environment categorised the forest\u2019s echoes as one of the \u201c100 Soundscapes of Japan” that locals should hear at least once.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Get back to reality<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Photo sourced via The Asian Age<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Perhaps the most unusual trend of them all, reality tours\u00a0show tourists the\u00a0one thing they normally go out of their way to\u00a0avoid on holiday: the real world. This \u2018warts and all\u2019 style tour attempts to take the sheen away from destinations for travellers by revealing the whole picture, including the hardships and struggles faced by the country\u2019s inhabitants. A relatively new concept, tours of slums and shanty towns in particular are\u00a0considered to operate in an ethical\u00a0grey area, with some arguing that these reality tours are voyeuristic, rather than genuinely helpful for inhabitants. But when conducted sensitively, there\u2019s no denying the good that comes with the influx of conscious, ethical travellers to communities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Reality Tours and Travel<\/a><\/strong>, which takes visitors to Mumbai’s Dharavi district, gives 80% of post-tax profits to the agency\u2019s own NGO, Reality Gives. The tours aim to show the positive side of the slums and break down the negative stereotypes about its people and residents. These tours don\u2019t allow travellers to use cameras while on the tour, either. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Learn about New York during Prohibition\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Photo by\u00a0Patrick Tomasso<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Contraries that we are, often we seem to like things more when we\u2019re told we can\u2019t have them. This was just the case during America\u2019s Prohibition Era (1920-33) when booze was banned and gin-takers went underground (both figuratively and literally) to have their tipples\u2019 worth. <\/span>This Prohibition Era Bar tour<\/strong><\/a> takes groups through New York\u2019s East Village, visiting the venues that defied the laws of the day and telling the compelling stories that shaped the\u00a0decade. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Go volcano boarding<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Image sourced from The Plaid Zebra<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Forget snowboarding, volcano boarding is the new hot thing taking adventurers fancy. And Cerro Negro, an active volcano outside Le\u00f3n, Nicaragua, is just the place to do it. Made up of small bits of volcanic rock, visitors have taken to riding or surfing down the volcano\u2019s steep slopes at 30mph on a wooden sled. There\u2019s just one catch, explorers must first hike the volcano\u2019s 2388 feet of loose rock before they can hurtle themselves back down it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Make friends with a kindergarten class<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Getting to know the locals is one of the easiest ways to break down tourist barriers, find out about amazing hole-in-the-wall\u00a0venues that you would have missed otherwise, and discover more about day-to-day life in a destination – and this quirky tour makes that first introduction all the easier. The Shanghai tour<\/strong><\/a> takes visitors to a neighbourhood committee, local kindergarten and a free market, and visits a Shanghainese residence too, all in a bid to help visitors uncover what it means to be a local in one of the world\u2019s most vibrant, populated and unrelenting of cities.<\/p>\n

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Like this article? You might also like\u00a09 One-of-a-Kind Hotels to Put On Your Bucket List<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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