Top 10 best adventures in 2017

Top 10 best adventures in 2017

A single cell in a Bolivian prison

Prisoners of San Pedro colony in Bolivia conduct paid tours of prison blocks. For an additional $ 100, you can get a personal camera for one night, with or without a woman - at will. Money tourists go to improve the buildings and areas of the prison, and convict guides receive early release. San Pedro is literally a colony, an independent city within the city. Prisoners are allowed to live with their wives and children - the conditions here are better than those outside the walls. In prison there is an internal market where for money you can get any sensual joy. Some prisoners start a successful start-up workshop to repair clothes, a kiosk with street food or a self-made casino. The enterprising and corrupt chief of the prison has an exclusive contract with the Coca-Cola Company: soda competitors - a little that is strictly prohibited in the prison.

Salvation from an uninhabited island

The English travel agency proposes to spend ten days on a desert island in the Caribbean Sea. Participants of the expedition are taught the skills of survival in the wild - instructors show how to desalinate salt water, build a bonfire without matches, and get food on land and at sea and build shelter from the wreckage of the aircraft. After a week of training, a rescue helicopter is sent for the group. Here begins the second part of the adventure - a helicopter crashes in the open sea. All the instructors in the scenario die, and then the group has to survive on its own. With a minimal set of tools, the Robinsons must master the new island, equip the camp, and at the end of the adventure build a life raft and swim away on it home.

Illegal entry into the US

In the Mexican city of El Alberto for $ 20 offer to spend wishing through the American border - under the barking of dogs, shots of border officers and howling sirens. Of course, this is a reconstruction - the arms of the border guards are not loaded, the dogs do not bite. But the sensations of the chase promise the most real. First, a group of imaginary illegal immigrants are taken to a pickup truck in a rain forest. From here it's easiest to get to the US - trees, lianas and thorn bushes will be the ideal hideout for fugitives. The group is led by an experienced instructor; they are called "coyotes" here. Coyote commands when to lie down on the ground, and when - to run from all directions. Immigrants often have to look under their feet - prickles of cacti, snakes and spiders play on the side of the border guards. La Caminata (Night Walk) has become a city-forming business for El Alberto. Once destroyed village, now turned into a thriving town, where every week there are up to hundreds of tourists.

The pursuit of the hurricane

A team of tornado divers invites in pursuit of a hurricane. From the beginning of spring to the beginning of autumn, professional meteorologists pursue tornadoes throughout the US - from Texas to Dakota. In one season they observe and study about 30 hurricanes. Tourists are greeted in one of the cities of the Tornado Alley - here the greatest chance of catching a hurricane. A group of experts and amateurs pursue tornadoes on heavy minibuses that resemble cars from the movie "Mad Max". Vans are sewn into heavy armor and are loaded with the latest satellite equipment. If the group is lucky to find a tornado, the technique will allow approaching the funnel for a minimum distance - to study the tornado and make the most hardcore Instagram-snapshot in life. On cloudless days, tourists are shown atypical attractions, for example, the largest US meteorological center in Oklahoma or a steakhouse with the most generous portions in Texas.

Wild football derby

Traveling to Latin America is quite adventurous in and of itself, but if you want real passions, buy a ticket to the Superclassico match. This is a derby between the main football clubs of Buenos Aires and all of Argentina - "Boca Juniors" and "River Plate". Even more than in football, both teams have succeeded in disciplinary punishment - their fans are considered the most outrageous in the world. You can imagine what the charge of rage is released when both clubs meet on the football field. With the Superclassico match is linked the biggest tragedy in the history of football, when after a mass brawl in the stands of the stadium 71 people were killed and 150 more were injured. Another intrigue is that the fan company "Boca Juniors" consists of working-class children and Italian immigrants, and "River Plate" is the title team of manufacturers and boys-majors.

Deadly fishing

In Alaska, you can join the "Deadliest Catch" TV show for money. Crab catching in the Bering Sea is on the list of the most dangerous male professions. These waters are considered the most difficult for navigation - for most of the year strong winds are blowing here, the sea is never calm, and the deck and masts of ships are covered with ice crust. The work of the fisherman turns into a survival school - iron cages with crabs constantly fly overhead, the deck is literally covered with claws and beaks that grab and bite at the feet, waves threaten to wash overboard.

For those who are not ready to stay at sea for several months with a side effect in the form of head injury, there is a soft alternative. Several times a month, one of the ships of the Flotilla of the "Deadly Catch" arranges commercial three-hour raids. This time just enough to get used to the role of catcher, overcome a few trifling dangers and, feeling like a real man, return to shore. Most likely, forever.

Leap into the crater of a volcano

Bungee jumping is the destiny of seniors and housewives, but this gum is 100% worth being on the list. In Chile, you can jump on bungee in the mouth of a burning volcano - specifically for the attraction rent a helicopter, which hangs 200 meters above the crater. The lower jump point is a few dozen meters above the boiling lava, so the new haircut is included in the cost. When you look into the eyes of the fire-breathing snake, the helicopter will carry you to the take-off platform at the end of the barge. Eyewitnesses say that over the treetops one of the most picturesque species on the planet opens. The jump in the vent of the volcano was invented specially for the reality show "Fear Factor" on MTV, but according to numerous requests it was de-virtualized and included in the tourist program, accessible to all comers.

Private zombie apocalypse

If you love zombie movies, you probably know that survivors sometimes escape on the island, in England. In real life it was the British who came up with the combat attraction "War with the zombies." For several hours you can be in the epicenter of a biological catastrophe. The action of the apocalypse takes place in an abandoned manor house near Manchester. Under the scenario, a group of participants are thrown into the infection zone, which must be cleared of monsters. The recruits are armed with replicas of combat rifles, pistols and machine guns. The weapon shoots air, but this does not become less threatening. It is interesting that you can fight for both sides - the zombie team also consists of non-professionals. If you choose the dark side, they make you look like a zombie, teach you how to clap your foot, wheeze and throw yourself realistically at people. Despite the apparent innocence of the struggle, many participants are seriously injured. Apparently, the fear of a zombie deeply devoured all the brains.

On the wreckage of the earthquake

Apparently, as a sign of protest against the image of prim boring Englishmen come up with one desperate adventure after another. Adrenaline travel agency Disaster Tourism offers a trip to the epicenter of a natural disaster. For example, you can visit the site of a recent earthquake, tsunami or volcanic eruption. Sadly, the program of tours is updated every day - as soon as a natural disaster occurs, it is added to the list. Here you can book an individual tour - if you dream to visit the crash site or visit the war zone, leave a request on the site, and Disaster Tourism will arrange for you a suitable trip.

Rafting on a mountain river

Against the background of other adventures, this is an almost romantic journey on a makeshift raft on a mountain river. In Sweden, the tradition of forest fusion is still preserved, when the cut down trees are tied into rafts and driven along the river to the sawmill. For 150-300 pounds, you can pretend to be Huckleberry Finn and build your own raft. The journey begins in the camp of real loggers, who have never heard of village council in their lives. They show tourists how to properly tie a raft, so that it does not pass water and does not break on the road. Following their advice, newcomers build a raft on their own, which will be their home for the next week. Next, instructors are taught to rule the raft, bypassing the shallows, rapids and cutting off the low branches of trees. After all the master classes, a six-day rafting begins - with night fishing, stories by the fire and fairy-tale views. At the end of the journey, the raft is unleashed and allowed to Swedish furniture and souvenirs for tourists.