Scott’s Bucket List
I started writing the ultimate bucket list in 2017 in Chichester, England when I was working away as a construction site manager. I was staying on my own and had nothing to do in the evenings other than sit on Facebook and scroll through videos, when one of those ‘travel inspiration’ videos came up. From then on, I decided to make the ultimate bucket list of over 100 experiences, which was one of the only things keeping me going through the stress of working away and staying on my own. Before I knew it I had well over 500 goals which is ever growing to this day.
As I complete them, I cross them off and take a picture of myself doing it (Alex bought me an engraved album for Christmas one year which I’ve started to fill). I’m posting this on here, as I’m hoping to inspire people in a similar situation who are either stressed out or a bit fed up to start your own list to work towards, so here are some of the ultimate bucket list ideas for you all. It changed my life!
Visit AmericaVisit Australia- Visit New Zealand
- Visit Thailand
- Visit Bahamas
- Visit Maldives
- Visit Jamaica
Visit Croatia- Visit Iceland
Visit Japan- Visit India
Visit Sri Lanka- Visit Peru
- Visit Mauritius
- Visit South Africa
Visit Belgium- Visit Finland
- Visit Sweden
- Visit Lithuania
Visit EstoniaSkydive
Run my own business- Bungee Jump
- See the northern lights
- Fly in a hot air balloon
Visit Rome- Visit Hawaii
- Ride a Gondola in Venice
- Learn Polish until I am fluent
Swim with Dolphins
Go white water rafting- Go zorbing
Give blood- Go to the La Tomatina festival in Spain
- Touch an Elephant
Hold a Koala
Hold a monkey- Milk a cow
- Shear a sheep
Witness a proposal- Sleep in an Igloo
- Stand under a waterfall
- Start a fire without matches or lighter
Be a bestman
Take part in a carnivalShare a taxi with a strangerBuy a property on my ownJump into a pool fully clothedMake an origami animal- Make something on a pottery wheel
Be on the Radio- Attend a darts match
- Attend a boxing match
- Visit Northern Ireland
Attend a wedding in a different country- Be in a TV show audience
- Get hypnotised
- Go on a cruise
Go on the London EyeGo to the London Dungeon- Go to a drive in cinema
- Watch F1 live
Play bingo at a bingo hall- Visit Las Vegas
Do a safariWatch a live Wimbledon matchHave acupunctureHave a mud bath in TurkeyHave a Turkish bath- See the grand canyon
- Have my palm read
Visit Niagara FallsOrder room serviceStay in a 5* resortAttend wine tastingBake a cakeDrive a tank- Catch, cook and eat a fish
Drink at an Ice bar- Pay for a strangers coffee
Eat CaviarBe in a newspaper- Visit a beekeepers
Make beer
- Have a herb garden
Grow my own vegetables- Send a message in a bottle
Skinny dipBe present at a birth
Do a random act of kindness- Visit an elderly person at a nursing home
- Feed a homeless person
- Plant a tree
Attend an olympics eventShoot a gunSkuba diveDrive a speed boat- Drive a tractor
- Fly first class
Ride a camel- Ride a jetski
Ride a segway- Ride in a limousine
Ride in a Tuk TukRide a rollercoasterClimb a lighthouse- Sleep in a hostel on my own with strangers
Sleep in a treehouseSleep on a canal boat- Visit all 7 continents (5 done)
- Throw a dart at a map and just go
- Go on holiday on my own
Visit a temple- Visit a ghost town
Go to Glastonbury Festival
- Do route 66
- Visit Alaska
- Stand under the Hollywood sign
- Visit Times Square
- See Mount Rushmore
Visit the Shard bar/restaurant in London- Watch an England rugby game live
- See the great wall of China
- Visit the Eiffel tower
- Go to Oktoberfest in Germany
Go to the Royal Ascot racesSmoke weed in Amsterdam- Float in the dead sea- Israel/Jordan
Visit MonacoVisit San MarinoVisit StonehengeAttend a foam party- Earn 6 figures in a year
Own a second propertyDrink a bottle of Champagne that’s worth over £100- Stomp grapes
Have a ride in a Yacht- Adopt a pet that needs a home
Buy a Jacuzzi
Go sea fishingHave Reiki treatment- Visit Mexico
Visit Slovenia- Visit Bali
Visit Czech Republic- Visit Vietnam
- Visit Bora Bora
Visit IbizaFollow England to a major football tournament- Hold a snake
Drink a bottle of wine that’s worth over £50- Go VIP at a festival
- Ride a hot tub boat in London
- Watch Coldplay live
- Visit the liquid rainbow river in Colombia
- Stay in the hotel villa honegg in Switzerland
Visit Auchwitz- Watch an England cricket game
Go in a mini submarineWatch an Ice Hockey gameWatch an NBA game- Visit Jerusalem
- Go whale watching
- Stay in a forest for one night alone
Sleep under the stars- Learn a third language
Eat Kobe beef in Kobe, Japan- Visit lake Misurina in Italy.
Do worlds fastest zip wire in Wales.Go paragliding- Do flyboarding
- See the underwater waterfall in Mauritius
Go to Reading festivalBuy a brand new car outright- Buy a house in another country
- Visit Norway
- Visit Austria
- Visit the Philippines
Visit Scotland- Visit Madagascar
- Visit Dominican Republic
- Visit Albania
- Visit Armenia
- Visit Barbados
Visit CubaVisit Denmark- Visit Fiji
Visit Luxembourg- Visit Slovakia
Visit Malta- Visit Romania
- Stay in Jade garden resort in St Lucia.
- Watch a baseball game
Go abseilingBe in two countries at onceBecome a parent
Climb a mountainFly a kite- Fly in a helicopter
Drink tea at a traditional Asian tea house- Watch a NFL game
- Visit Machu Picchu, Peru
Visit St Marks Basilica- Visit Paris
- Stay in the Ice hotel- Sweden
Visit the Pyramids of Giza- Edge walk around the CN tower- Toronto
Walk on top of the o2
- Do a colour run
Solve a Rubik’s cube- Volunteer at an animal shelter
See a war cemeteryDo a tour of the Normandy D-Day beachesGet paid to travelEat trufflesEat escargotEat frogs legs- Go on a slip and slide
- Swim with manatees
- Blow glass
Make soap- Make a candle
- Attend a murder mystery dinner
Bet at the dog races- Visit Easter Island
Learn how to meditate- Volunteer for a charity
Eat horseEat rabbitEat ostrichEat crocodileEat kangarooVisit a castle in Wales- Go to a farmers market
Eat pheasant- Do the three peak challenge
Eat Gelato in ItalyWatch a United game at Old TraffordVisit a tea plantationHold a bird
- Do the Taunton Ciderthon
- Watch Man United play away
Watch England play at Wembley- Visit Chernobyl
- Write a will
- See one of the Queens guard in person
Eat at a 1 Michelin star restaurantGet a tattoo- Visit all 50 US states (1 done- Florida)
- Visit the Hoover dam in Nevada
See the Colosseum in Rome- Visit Dubai
- Explore Petra in Jordan
- Visit the Taj Mahal
Do the London Aquarium- See an African tribe
- Host a foreign exchange student
- Do the ‘Worlds deadliest hike’ on Mt Huashan, China
- Dive in the ‘Worlds deepest pool’ in Dubai
Climb the Dune de Pilat, France- Research my family tree
- Read 500 books
- Run a half marathon
- Do a food challenge
- Stand on the equator
- See the statue of liberty
- Visit Angkor wat in Cambodia
- Visit the statue of Zeus in Olympia
- Visit the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus
- Visit the Colossus of Rhodes
- Visit the Chichen Itza in Mexico
- Ride a motorbike
Do parasailingVisit Aphrodite’s bath in Cyprus- Have dinner in the Coppa club igloos in London
Eat Pigeon- Cuddle a big cat. Baby tiger etc
- Experience a full day of darkness in a northern country
- Go to pig beach in the Bahamas
Use a swim up barSee a theatre show at the west end- Have a meal at a dark/blackout restaurant
- Visit Moldova
Eat bear- Visit a prison
Watch Snow Patrol live- Do a gingerline food event
Do a restaurant in the sky
- Go to the edge of space in a MIG plane
- Do the predator adventure seabreacher in London
- Do a shark dive
- Visit Pearl Harbour in Hawaii
- Go to the Henley Royal Regatta
- Visit Giethoorn Village in the Netherlands (No cars allowed)
Smoke a Cuban cigar in Cuba- Drive a snowmobile
Eat sea urchin- Go blob jumping
- Swim in the blue lagoon in Iceland
- Visit Dracula’s castle in Romania
- Become a godparent
- Cut down my own Christmas tree
- Eat Smørrebrød in Denmark
- Dog sled
Sleep in a yurt- Go to the cinema by myself
- Relax in a sensory deprivation tank
Make ice creamMake wineEat heartEat tongueEat brain- Eat reindeer
- Eat snake
- Find a four leaf clover
Do paddleboarding
- Stay in a capsule hotel
- Visit a glass beach
- Eat a Philly cheese steak in Philadelphia
Walk the Nyhavn waterfront in Copenhagen- Walk through the crooked forest in Poland
- Visit the tunnel of love in Ukraine
Go to a cat cafeVisit MontenegroVisit Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisit Lichtenstein- Visit Kazakhstan
- Visit Morocco
- Visit Georgia
Visit Egypt- Witness a miracle
- Make paper
- Go naked on a nudist beach
Get a shout out on the radio- Retire
Change a tyre- Do wakeboarding
- Make bread
Learn first aid- Drive a bus
- Drive a lorry
- Get married
Fall in loveGet engaged
Attend a stag doDo a brewery tourHave a pizza in Italy- Navigate my way somewhere using only a compass and map
Be a captain of a football teamWin a football leagueGo to a school promStay on ‘No Man’s Fort’ in the Solent
- Visit the Eden Project
- Visit the pink lagoon in Yallabatharra in Australia
- Go Glamping
Visit SerbiaEat a tomahawk steak- Visit Dolomites, Italy.
Eat at Rick Steins- See a Haka performed live
Do the Old Trafford Stadium tour- Do Alphabet dating
- Eat at a 2 Michelin star restaurant
- Eat at a 3 Michelin star restaurant
- Use an E-bike
Visit Buckingham Palace- Do a Police chase experience
- Do the herbal chef experience USA California
- Visit Lake Brienz in Switzerland
- Visit the Faroe Islands
- Drive the ‘Road to nowhere’ in Norway
- Go Ice fishing
Have a cheese fondue in SwitzerlandMake my own cheeseVisit SwitzerlandVisit PolandVisit Turkey- Throw boiling hot water in the air; somewhere that it freezes instantly
Eat 100% Iberian ham (black label)Do Sea KayakingEat eelEat in a medieval restaurant- E
at moose Visit MalaysiaVisit Singapore- Buy a property in an auction
Feed a kangarooEat emuEat wallabyVisit Cape Verde- Get a PADI license
Snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef
Go to a travel agent, book a holiday and just goRide a horseEat an authentic hotpot in Asia- See the ‘light up’ blue plankton
- Experience a full day of daylight in a northern country
Visit IrelandVisit HungaryVisit Germany- Visit Latvia
- Visit Belarus
- Visit Ukraine
Visit FranceVisit Italy- Visit Bulgaria
- Visit Kosovo
Visit Greece- Visit North Macedonia
- Visit Russia
- Visit China
- Visit Azerbaijan
- Visit Iran
- Visit Israel
- Visit Jordan
- Visit Lebanon
- Visit Kyrgyzstan
- Visit Uzbekistan
- Visit Nepal
- Visit Mongolia
- Visit Cambodia
- Visit Indonesia
- Visit Taiwan
- Visit Hong Kong
- Visit The Gambia
- Visit Senegal
- Visit Nigeria
- Visit Ethiopia
- Visit Kenya
- Visit Botswana
- Visit Cameroon
- Visit Uganda
- Visit Rwanda
- Visit Zambia
- Visit Tanzania
- Visit Zimbabwe
- Visit Namibia
- Visit Seychelles
- Visit Puerto Rico
- Visit Brazil
- Visit Argentina
- Visit Uruguay
- Visit Paraguay
- Visit Chile
- Visit Colombia
- Visit Papua New Guinea
- Visit Tonga
- Visit the Solomon Islands
- Visit Tasmania
- Visit Greenland
- Visit Bolivia
- Visit Ecuador
- Visit Venezuela
- Visit Costa Rica
- Visit Guatemala
- Visit St Lucia
- Visit Nicaragua
- Visit Trinidad and Tobago
Do a free Open University courseMake my own pickled onions/eggsEat pig’s earsVisit CyprusRide a quad bike
- Try the best breakfast in the world at Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico
Go to a SpaVisit the Roman Baths in Bath- Eat cactus
- Go to a casino in Las Vegas
- Visit a cattle ranch in southern USA and do a cattle drive
- Eat testicles
- Go to the sunset boulevard in LA
- Eat buffalo mozzarella in Campania, Italy
Visit CanadaVisit NetherlandsVisit PortugalVisit Spain- Watch a rodeo in America
Visit the Blue Mountains in Sydney, Australia
- Play chicken sh*t bingo in Austin, Texas
- Cruise along the Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
- Visit the Galapagos Islands
- Go on an expedition in Antarctica
- See a polar bear in the Arctic
- Do the jet boat ride in the Shotover River, New Zealand
Do a Luge ride- Visit St Tropez
Eat oysters in Arcachon Bay, France- Go whiskey tasting in Scotland
- Go to a Highland Games in Scotland
- Do fly fishing
Do a rage room experience- Eat lamb from Mustapha’s in Marrakesh in Morocco
- Eat at one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants
- Do river tubing
- Do jury service
- Sleep in a fale
- Meet someone famous
- Write a thank you letter/email to a company that treated me well
- Knit something
- Make a calendar with my own photos
Get a fish pedicureFlip a property
- Fly in a private jet
Leave 100% tip for excellent serviceMake jam- Eat alpaca
Eat bone marrowEat chicken feet- Eat guinea pig
Eat haggis in ScotlandEat octopus- Eat scorpion
Complete 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle- Rope swing into water
- Stay awake for 24 hours
Go off-roading- Go on an overnight train
- Stay in an underwater hotel
- Snorkel/scuba dive in an underwater museum
Swim in Lake Bled, Slovenia- Experience St Patrick’s day in Ireland
Rescue a wild animal- Do yoga
- Do goat yoga
Write The Ultimate Bucket List- Eat crow
- Do hang-gliding
- Walk 100,000 steps
Eat guinea fowlVisit The VaticanWatch the Pope do a speech at the Vatican
Eat oxtailEat sweetbreads- Eat fermented shark in Iceland
- Go ice swimming
Do canyoning- Do a mountain rollercoaster
- Go on an F1 H2O ride
- Drive a monster truck
- Eat poutine in Canada
- Sit on top of a plane whilst it’s flying
Eat Camembert in NormandyEat a Cornish pasty in Cornwall- Go crabbing
Have a true Cornish cream teaEat oysters
Eat lobsterEat turbot- Do an escape room
Play golfEat goatDo an indoor skydiveVisit the Minack Theatre- Walk across to St Michael’s Mount
Visit Land’s End
- Go Fishing
- Visit John O’Groats
Eat duck heartsEat pigs tailEat pigs trotter- Eat a traditional kebab in Turkey
Eat Squirrel- Spend Christmas in New York
Do an Alpaca experience- Stay in an Ayder Rize cabin, Turkey
- Watch the hot air balloons in Cappadocia, Turkey
- Do a skyscraper swing
- Stay in a hobbit hole in New Zealand
- Drink Port in Porto
- Spend an evening at Elephant Rock, Saudi Arabia
- Visit Athens
Have a hot stone massageEat stag- Do axe throwing
- Eat woodcock
- Buy a property off-plan
- Stay in Villa Zlatorog at Lake Bled
- Do a Monte Sledge ride in Madeira, Portugal
- Watch a Football World Cup Final live
- Learn to play the guitar
- Eat pie, mash and liquor in London
- Eat at one of ‘Salt Bae’s’ restaurants
Do beer tasting in BelgiumVisit Grand Place and Mannekin Pis in Brussels, BelgiumDo a cruise down the River Nile- Camp in Wadi Rum, Jordan
- Do desert star gazing
Watch sumo wrestling live- Eat Puffin
Visit South KoreaRide a rail bikeEat a black egg in Owakudani, JapanSee the cherry blossoms in Japan- Do the soccer Saturday challenge
- Eat a Vindaloo
- Do the NC500 route in Scotland
Travel on a bullet train- Visit Lisbon for a Portuguese tart
- Eat at Bar Nestor, San Sebastian, Spain
- See the tulip fields in the Netherlands
- Take in the view of Salar De Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia
Cross the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, JapanEat sushi at the Tsukijus Fish Market in Tokyo, JapanGo up the worlds tallest tower, Skytree, Tokyo, Japan- Swim in the blood river, Russia
- Visit penguin beach, Cape Town, South Africa
Eat squid gutsWrite a letter to your future self- Visit the Ivory Hills, China
- Eat noni (vomit) fruit
- Visit Clarkson’s Farm
- Visit The Golden Bridge in Vietnam
- Do bamboo rafting
- See the Great Blue Hole, Belize
- Visit Tuvalu
Eat ray wing- Visit the Waitomo glow worm caves in New Zealand
- See a glacier
Please leave a comment if you have any other suggestions for me to add!
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