At Waimea Bay you canjump off "da Big Rock" or "Jump Rock" - a rock that is perfectly positioned in the bay (for use at your own risk!). The Rock at the tallest point, "Towers" is about 30 feet high. The water is sandy and about 10-20 feet deep.

Adjacent to some of the most expensive residential real estate in the world, The Wedge is located at a strip of the Pacific coastline in Newport Beach, California that abuts a man-made jetty built in the early part of the 1900’s to protect Newport Harbor. Due to the configuration of the rock constructed jetty and the monstrous waves that result when south swells...

Perhaps nothing else stimulates the “because it’s there” attitude of adventure seekers as much as the glorious peaks of the mountain ranges that reach for the skyline while decorating the topographical landscape of our globe. Others find themselves drawn to mountainous areas because of the solitude and isolation usually evident in these dramatic, ele...

A “Tough Mudder” is billed by the sponsors of these extreme sports undertakings as “Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet”. Courses are generally 10 to 12 miles of obstacles that challenge even the fittest athletes. The tracks include crawls through mud pits, leaps into icy plunges, smoky hay bale climbs, log carries, ropes courses and any ...

Treetop Adventure Park in Bali is a great place both for solo travellers and groups. There are various circuits which differ with difficulty level and lenght. All visitors get necessary safety equipment upon arrival and are guided through. You can have fun on tarzan swing, flying-fox, suspended bridges and many more!

One of the world's most dangerous road bridge. This old train bridge that crosses Russia Siberia Vitim River is made of wood and not in a very good condition. It's 570 meters (1870 feet) long and 15 meters (5 feet) high. It will take a good 3 minutes to drive across it if you’re a skilled driver. Vitim River is a major tributary of the Lena River. With its sourc...

Imagine racing down the face of an active volcano at speeds approaching 80 kilometres per hour, all the while dodging plumes of toxic smoke with the ground crunching below you as the broad plank of wood to which you are strapped skims over the surface of the igneous rock. Think a combination of snowboarding and sledding but without the cold or the competition from alp...

The Haute Route (or The High Route or Mountaineers' Route) is the name given to a route (with several variations) undertaken on foot or by ski touring between Chamonix, France, and Zermatt, Switzerland. First charted as a summer mountaineering route by members of the Alpine Club (UK) in the mid 19th century, the route takes around 12+ days walking (or 7+ days skiing) ...

Eco-adventures that are focused on trekking and camping through the Serengeti have developed into a popular way to experience this unique corner of the earth. Virtually all the mammals for which Africa is famous can be found in the region. There are a handful of operators that have the necessary licensing to guide walking tours of the Serengeti. Their motto of “...

Cenotes are deep, natural pits that result from the collapse of limestone bedrock where the groundwater beneath has rushed in to fill the void. Cenotes are found primarily in Mexico and South America, especially on the Yucatan Peninsula and some islands in the Western Caribbean. It has been documented that Cenotes were sometimes used for sacrificial offerings by the a...

White water rafting on the mighty Zambezi in the shadow of Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the World has been described as “The Wildest One Day Ride on Earth”. The full one-day course through 23 named rapids (among them “Stairway to Heaven”, “Devils Toilet Bowl”, “Commercial Suicide”, “The Washing Machi...

Zorbing (globe-riding, sphereing, orbing) is the recreation of rolling downhill in an orb, generally made of transparent plastic. Zorbing is generally performed on a gentle slope, but can also be done on a level surface, permitting more rider control. In the absence of hills some operators have constructed inflatable, wooden or metal ramps. There are two types of orbs...