11 Darecations To Test Your Limits

Hong Kong’s Macau Tower has the world’s highest bungee jump at 233 meters high. Alan John Hackett set a Guinness World Record back in 2007 with his jump, and you can recreate it with an evening jump of your own.

You’ll feel like a bird flying over the mountains in your own wingsuit. Similar to skydiving but amped up, wingsuits let you glide at up to 250 kilometers per hour. Tandem jumping out of a helicopter in Interlaken, Switzerland, you’ll soar over mountains, pivot through valleys and eventually land safely with the help of a parachute.

Canyoning is a hybrid sport where you’re climbing and scrambling over rocks and rappelling down waterfalls, doing whatever it takes to traverse a canyon. Ribeiro Bonito has stunning views, diverse terrain and lots of water (so prepare to get wet!).

Climb inside a transparent inflatable ball and get ready to roll down a big hill, giggling the whole way. Zorbing is on the milder side of thrills but Rotorua can’t be beat with stunning scenery that flies by as you tumble.

Pair up with a skilled local driver for the ride of your life in Dubai. In a 4x4 vehicle, like a Land Cruiser, you’ll cut across huge sand dunes, weaving your way up and down through the desert. It’s bumpy, thrilling and beautiful if you manage to catch a sunset.

The good news is that this extreme adventure requires you to sit securely in a giant swing in stunning Casa del Árbol. The bad news is that you’re 8,530 feet above sea level when you’re pushed out over the trees by one of the swing’s monitors. It’s possibly relaxing but also referred to as “the death swing,” so swing at your own risk.

The rapids on the Zambezi River can range anywhere from one to five, with the final gorge exit equal to climbing a 70-story building. It’s extreme, beautiful and strenuous—not a walk on the beach, for sure.

There are lots of places to zip line around the world, but the fastest, reaching speeds of 100 miles per hour, is at Zip World Penrhyn Quarry in North Wales, UK. The zip line is a mile long and there’s a deep blue quarry below, mountains to your sides and the wind in your hair.

Step one in this extreme sport is hiking up Cerro Negro an active volcano in Nicaragua. Step two is sliding down the volcano on a wooden board, with speeds reaching 60 kilometers per hour. The descent actually only takes minutes. It’s a very unique experience with hot rocks, shrapnel and lots of dust.

A climb up Alaska’s Matanuska Glacier is not for those who’d rather be on a pleasure cruise. You start with a two mile hike to get to three to four hours of ice climbing, where you’ll be lowered into moulins (deep ice shafts) or glacial canyons and see the clearest blue water surrounded by snowy peaks of ice. It’s breathtakingly beautiful and you’ll see things those on the boat would only dream of.

If you like diving or snorkeling, the absolute best place to do it is around the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. You’ll see some of the 1,500 species of fish, 134 species of sharks and rays, and hard and soft coral. Divers can descend around 10 to 25 meters, with some sites for the advanced offering dives up to 40 meters.