Many millennials have a bucket list of activities they wish to participate in, often after watching videos on social media and seeing others enjoy thrilling travel adventures. Different destinations offer a variety of activities, and going online, you will find what you seek on your solo travel adventure if there is anything specific.
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Find some useful information on solo travel planning in this forum, as well as some exciting ideas of what you can look forward to at different destinations. Let's delve into some of the most popular types of travel activities for modern travellers and tourists:
1. Adventure Tours:
- River Rafting: These are an adrenaline-pumping activity that involves navigating turbulent rivers on specially designed inflatable rafts.
- Horseback Riding: This is a serene and scenic way to explore natural landscapes, riding horses under the guide of experienced tour guides, often through forests, mountains, special riding trails or along coastlines.
- Hiking: This is a classic, and popular outdoor activity that caters to various fitness levels and interests, ranging from easy nature walks to challenging mountain treks.
- Cycling Tours: Perfect for biking enthusiasts, these are wonderful for exploring cities, countryside, or coastal areas, plus cycling tours offer a healthy and eco-friendly way to travel.
- Rock Climbing: This thrilling adventure sport that involves scaling natural rock formations with the aid of climbing equipment, more for experienced climbers, but there are options for beginner climbing slopes as well.
- City Tours: These are either guided walks or specially designed open top bus tours; that showcase the historical and cultural landmarks of a city on the go.
- Museum Tours: These will include visits to well-known museums and art galleries to explore the region's history, art, and culture.
- Historical Site Tours: These tours include specially planned excursions to ancient ruins, castles, or other historical sites that offer insights into the past.
- Cultural Immersion Tours: You can participate in curated programs that allow travellers to experience the local culture through activities like cooking classes, language lessons, or homestays.
- Wildlife Safaris: You can plan tours on your solo trip that include options of game drives or walking safaris in national parks or wildlife reserves to observe animals in their natural habitat.
- Birdwatching Tours: For the solo traveller bird watcher enthusiasts, these are the preferred tours and guided excursions to identify and appreciate various indigenous bird species.
- Marine Wildlife Tours: There are many of these activities which are popular at many coastal or lake and river destinations. There are even planned boat trips which can include snorkelling or expeditions to observe marine life, such as dolphins, whales, or sea turtles.
- Botanical Garden Tours: These are planned visits to top botanical gardens all over the world to learn about the region's flora and explore diverse plant collections. Read more in our forum Click Here
- Food Tours: These ours will include walking or driving tours that introduce travellers to local cuisine, markets, and restaurants.
- Wine Tours: Popular tours for many these are where travellers can visit vineyards at many different destinations, and wineries producers, to sample different wines, and learn about the winemaking process.
- Cooking Classes: These are hands-on experiences where travellers can learn to prepare local dishes under the guidance of a skilled chef.
- Spiritual Travel: These travel activities include pilgrimages or retreats to sacred sites, or places of religious significance.
- Volunteer Travel: Solo travellers have the opportunities to contribute to local communities through volunteer work while traveling. Popular with today’s millennial travellers
- Film and TV Location Tours: These will include guided time planned tours to locations where famous movies or TV shows were filmed, or are being filmed.
- Music Travel: These tours are for visits to music venues, recording studios, or the homes of famous musicians.