The most unusual excursions: review, description
The modern tourist makes special demands on excursion programs. Just walking around the picturesque corners of our planet, listening from year to year to the same memorized story about the history of some place, taking pictures against the backdrop of sights and rare exhibits – all this no longer arouses enthusiastic interest among travelers.
Today, give the tourist vivid impressions that he had not experienced before. This can only be ensured by modern extreme rides and travel to hitherto unknown places. Travel companies, in pursuit of a client, are ready to come up with new excursion programs, sending “adrenaline-hungry” tourists to the most amazing places on the planet, “throwing” them into a cage with lions and terrifying with the most terrible stories.
Let's try to figure out together which sightseeing tours can diversify our leisure time, replenish personal photo albums and give new, incomparable sensations.
Alone with predators
How do you feel about bloodthirsty lions, dangerous tigers and other representatives of the world of predators? Do you feel awe from one look of a graceful cheetah, or do you watch their behavior with rapture? Today absolutely any tourist can test himself, “tickle his nerves” and feel what our ancestors felt, being alone with predators and other representatives of the animal kingdom. And any travel company that cooperates with the California Wild Animal Park will be able to help implement this, at first glance, a complex project.
It is there that hundreds of people who want to be in close proximity to dangerous animals go. The excursion, which is known as “Roar and Snoring”, includes not just a standard walk along the cages and pavilions with animals, but also spending the night in small tents. This is what makes the tour unique, allows you to feel alone with nature and wild animals.
Your “neighbors” for one night will be zebras, cheetahs, buffaloes, tigers and even lions. You will be able to become a direct eyewitness of the hunting process, see with your own eyes how predators become more active after dark, and what security measures their potential victims take. So don't forget to bring your video equipment. Believe me, visiting the Animal Park in San Diego, you will have something to remember and tell when you return home.
Back at Hogwarts
Dedicated to all fans of the multi-part fantasy story about the wizard boy Harry Potter! If you are still in a state of irrepressible delight from the masterpiece of the writer Rowling, have repeatedly reviewed all parts of the film of the same name, you will definitely be interested in an unusual excursion tour into the world of magic.
The British capital boasts a whole complex of fascinating buildings, buildings and a magnificent castle school called Hogwarts. And to create a feeling of close proximity to the walls of the famous training complex for young wizards, excellent computer graphics will help.
Give yourself and your child an unforgettable journey into the world of magic. The excursion program will take 10 hours, and you will get the opportunity to visit the film set and touch the fantastic scenery that was used in the filming of the film series.
The tour includes an acquaintance with the “talking” snake, a visit to the platform where the famous train with young wizards arrives, as well as walks along the corridors of Gloucester Cathedral, which in the film appeared as the intricate corridors of a magical school. And of course, you can see with your own eyes the library of Oxford University, which was issued as a school library, where Harry Potter was looking for answers to his questions.
Cemetery walks
If you are not afraid of animals and have not watched with delight the developments in the films about the young wizard, try to pass your time walking through the sinister cemeteries of New Orleans. Places called St. Louis and Lafayette will certainly appeal to all fans of horror and thrills.
Dilapidated tombs, from which, it seems, the hand of a dead man is about to appear, old crypts and gravestones – all this leads to the most terrible thoughts. Well, the local legend about the ghost of Marie Lavoe will only increase the already considerable fright. According to legend, Mary was a famous sorceress. Her crypt is located here.
The most daring tourists, in search of a meeting with a witch, come to the cemetery on days when the evil spirit “enters the world of people.” Walpurgis Night is the most popular day of the year in this respect. Do you have the courage to turn around three times and knock on the door of the sorceress's crypt? The legend says that even the most secret desire can be realized in this way.
If you're a thrill seeker who considers yourself a fearless person, experience a unique journey through the cemeteries of New Orleans. The so-called “cemetery tourism” will not leave anyone indifferent.
Not everyone knows that it was the local half-abandoned necropolises that inspired the writer Ann Rye to create the masterpiece Interview with the Vampire. According to the guides, it is at midnight that all the dead of New Orleans come to life and terrify those who dare to invade their eternal possessions.
Ghosts from Ukraine
Fans of mysticism are increasingly turning their gaze towards Ukrainian Lviv. It is this city that may well claim to be the capital of ghosts. According to the legend, a monk who once sold his soul to the devil still roams the corridors of the local Jesuit church. Since then, he cannot find peace and is forced to wander in eternal search and suffering.
Well, in the city hall you can meet the ghost of the Armless Executioner, who asks all visitors to help find his hands.
For especially sharp impressions, you can take advantage of a unique offer and go on an excursion to a whole ghost town. This title has long been claimed by a town near Kiev called Pripyat, which became famous all over the world thanks to the monstrous in scale and consequences of the tragic accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Undoubtedly, such trips cannot guarantee complete safety. Therefore, you can go to the zone of radioactive contamination only accompanied by an experienced guide, not forgetting to stock up on all the necessary equipment, clothing and equipment before that.
Far from civilization
If you are tired of city everyday life, fuss and modern technologies, it's time to go to a place where only a plane flying at a great height can remind you of civilization. We bring to your attention a unique opportunity to visit the real tribes of Indians who still live on the banks of the Amazon.
Just imagine, for some time you will become one of the natives, you will take part in unique rituals, cook your own food from what nature has sent and live in the most modest conditions. No one will save you from a possible meeting with wild animals.
Something similar awaits extreme sportsmen in Haiti. Here you can take part in one of the voodoo rituals that end with animal sacrifices. Therefore, this “attraction” is not for the faint of heart.
Think like a criminal
Not so long ago, unique excursions became available to tourists who are looking for thrills. Everyone can walk through the places where famous maniacs and serial killers committed their atrocious crimes.
For example, in Los Angeles, one of the travel companies developed a route for a maniac and a Manson killer. Visiting places is accompanied by colorful stories about the atrocities committed, the actions of the police, and so on. Itinerary around London: in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper – all the detailed information in our article.
There are also more “peaceful” tours, which boil down to visiting famous places, such as Bob Marley.
What is attractive about Amsterdam
Many tourists who have visited Amsterdam know that one of the main local attractions is the Red Light District. In the Netherlands, prostitution is completely legalized, so there is a whole network of entertainment “institutions for adults”, which are located in one of the districts of the capital.
If you are in Amsterdam for the first time and want not to miss anything, you should think about ordering a tour of erotic museums and other “hot places”. Local tour operators are ready to provide such a service without any problems. And then share your impressions of such an original excursion, during which you could see with your own eyes the very “bottom” of modern society.
And again Great Britain
In addition to the excursion to the magical world of Hogwarts mentioned above, British tour operators are ready to provide you with another unique opportunity. We are talking about the mysterious circles that have arisen on the farmlands around the mysterious Stonehenge. Where they came from – there are still disputes between scientists and ufologists. The main theory is the alien origin of the circles.
Getting to this place, you can be surprised to find that many electronic devices fail. They say that this is the influence of the magnetic field that exists here, the nature and origin of which are still unknown.
There are many more excursions and tours that may be of interest to real adventurers and thrill-seekers. These are tours to active prisons, and American adventures in the city of Centralia, which has been engulfed in fire for 50 years, and even a tour of the Paris sewers. Each excursion is unique, able to give an unforgettable experience and forever be deposited in the memory of the tourist.