12 Most Dangerous Tourist Attractions in the World!
If you are looking for some great destinations for your next vacation, there are a number of dangerous tourist attractions that you may want to avoid. Many of these locations have been made into tourist attractions in order to generate an income for the location, but it might not have been the best idea to turn them into tourist destinations. Here are twelve of the most dangerous tourist attractions in the world.
12. Chernobyl Tours
The site of a nuclear disaster in 1986 near Prypiat, Ukraine, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant offers tours for those who are curious about the disaster and want to see the site in person. The management of the Chernobyl tours assure you that any remaining radiation levels from the disaster are too small to harm your health, but the danger may not just be toward your physical health. After taking the tour, you may find that you have been changed inside as well.
11. Death Road Tour
Known as the most dangerous road in the world, the 60 kilometer expanse of highway running between La Paz and Coroico, Bolivia has claimed numerous lives. The North Yungas Road is as small as 10 feet across in some locations and has no guardrails to keep you from falling over the edge. If you have the misfortune of going over the edge, your vehicle would come to rest after falling more than 2,000 feet to the bottom off the canyon.
10. Bungee Jumping into an Active Volcano
It might night be the smartest thing to do, but it will definitely get your blood pumping. For $10,000, you can bungee jump from a helicopter into the mouth of Chile's Villarrica volcano. The volcano is active with pools of white-hot lava bubbling below where you will come within 213 meters of the pool of molten lava.
9. Swim in Shark Infested Waters
When you really want to test what you are made from, try swimming in shark infested waters. The New Smyrna Beach in Florida is known as the shark capital of the world. Just an hour northeast of Orlando, New Smyrna Beach features inviting white sandy beaches, but beware. Just a short distance into the water, danger awaits.
8. Volcano Helicopter Tours
Seeing the inside of an active volcano from a helicopter sounds like a great idea, but it can also be a deadly one. Many people have taken the risk by touring the inside of active volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands with Hawaiian Island helicopter tours. The tours have not always come out as planned, with over 30 people having died from helicopter crashes during the tours since 1995.
7. Climbing Mont Blanc on the French/Italian Border
Mountain climbing is a dangerous sport anyway, but attempting to climb Mont Blanc is to tempt death itself. The mountain reaches a peak of 4,877 meters with wind gusts reaching 95 kilometers near the top. If the extreme temperatures dont get you, the wind will. There were more than 50 people who died on the mountain in 2008 alone.
6. Swimming with the Jellyfish
The greatest predator in Australia is not a shark, a snake or even a crocodile. It's a box jellyfish. Located on the Northern coastline of Australia near the mouth of the rivers, the box jellyfish seems harmless, but has killed more people than all other deadly Australian animals combined.
5. Cliff Jumping at Bash Bish Falls
The Bash Bish Falls in Massachusetts are very beautiful and a great place to take pictures, but the Falls harbor some hidden dangers. The Bash Bish Falls look great, but the edges of the cliffs have claimed many lives with crumbling ledges as well as pools that are shallower than expected.
4. Climbing Mount Cook in New Zealand
The Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand looks like an idyllic place to climb. But the park is prone to avalanches and conditions that prevent rescuers from reaching you when you are in danger. The park has claimed many would-be and professional climbers.
3. Beautiful and Deadly Destination
One of the most inviting destinations is also one of the most deadly. The island of Vanuatu has fantastic South Pacific beaches, that often experience tsunamis from earthquakes as well as cyclones and active volcanoes.
2. Tobaggan on an Active Volcano
Tobaggan down the outside of the Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua. The volcano erupted in 1999, but the tobaggan guide swears he will know if it is about to erupt. You will still have to deal with gravel burns when you travel at 68 km an hour over the rocky terrain.
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the mt huashan attraction gave me a heart attack! good list! i might point out that helicopter rides in general seem to be a bit dangerous in Hawai'i not just volcano helicopter rides (i actually think it would be cool to do a volcano helicopter ride!).
From a pilot's perspective, flying a helicopter over an active volcano is absolutely insane. As the super hot air rises, it causes massive turbulence. If the air gets too "swirly" the rotor blades won't have anything to bite into and BAM, down you go, completely out of control. Doesn't matter how good or experienced the pilot is, if the air is bad, the chopper simply won't work.
Some people get bored too easily if they're doing these things for fun.
Fantastic article, wonderful use of photos and videos!
Nice one - I used to live down the road from Blue Hawaiian helicopters
Walking the Plank at Mt. Huashan China is flipping crazy!!!
Great Pictures. I like the way you have content then video content and picture.
This article is fantastic, and the views are climbing massively. Looks viral to me!
Great -- I get ot be the guy to hive it its first "Thumb's up!" Whew, that was tough stretching ALL the way up to that button to click it... Excellent job, gentlemen (I'm curious how many man-hours you spent researching, writing the draft, assembling material, editing, etc.)
Watching the last two videos made my hands sweat. I am not really scared of heights but that is crazy!
Wow the Blivian death road scares me! I like adventure travel but some things are too adventuresome for me.
I love this article
Very well done!
I get nervous just reading about them!!! Great article!!
Fantastic article mate, really enjoyed it.
I would sooner die than walk out on that plank. I don't care if the safety harness is designed to hold a herd of elephants, I'm not going...LOL. Great article.
This is a great article! I would love to do most of these things. Thank you!
I wouldn't take the risk just to get the high of an adventure. :)
That stuff is crazy! And the Falls in MA is so close, its tempting!
Terrifying!
I had no idea Mt. Cook was so dangerous, I almost did that when I was in New Zealand last year and know several people who've done it. Now I wanna go back and do it.
Yeah, you wouldn't see a plank trail here in the U.S. Too many sue happy people that would take the chance of nearly falling and blaming it on the person that built the trail instead of rethinking of why are they standing on a plank that is literally 1000's of feet up with no railing for say....hmm... Scary...:)
Great article!
Fantastic article! Just watching the videos on Mt Huashan had my heart pumping. Crazy!
More excitement than I can handle! Good job!
Well, this looks to be really scary. I wish that I will manage to go on some of these dangerous tourist destination. Nice article. Also, hajj is one of the scary and wonderful tours in the world with millions of gatherings around and there is always risk for stampede. cheap hajj packages
These all sound like really scary things to do ... despite the fact that we really did fly in a helicopter over the erupting volcano in Hawaii (and had our young children with us). You could feel the bottom of the helicopter heat up as we hovered overhead, looking down into the bubbling cauldron. The next day several people were killed! We realized what a foolish risk we had taken! Despite that, we have always been glad that we did it. (Does that sound crazy??) Fascinating article!
I would sooner eat lunch on the picnic tables at Chernobyl or hang suspended over an active volcano before voluntarily going into the water with the Box Jellies. Great choice for an article and selection of videos!
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