What Our Family Bucket List Looks Like

Is your family looking for new travel destinations to explore? Even with all the places we have already been, we have a looong family bucket list for travel! And it keeps expanding every time we go. Read on to see where we dream about going or doing as a family and some of the amazing things we have already done.

What is a bucket list?

A bucket list is a personal and often aspirational list of experiences, goals, or achievements that people wish to accomplish during their lifetime. It typically includes a wide range of activities, from traveling to specific destinations, trying adventurous or unique activities, achieving career milestones, or even personal development objectives.

The term “bucket list” is derived from the phrase “kicking the bucket,” which is a euphemism for dying. Creating a bucket list serves as a way to prioritize and keep track of your desires and dreams, encouraging people to actively pursue their passions and make the most of their time. It can be a motivating tool to challenge yourself, embrace new experiences and keeping yourself accountable for your dreams.

Types of bucket lists

There are many types of bucket lists but here are 10 different types that people often create:

1. Travel Bucket List: This includes destinations and experiences you want to have all around the world, such as visiting specific countries, landmarks, or experiencing different cultures.
2. Adventure Bucket List: It’s filled with thrilling and adrenaline-pumping activities like skydiving, bungee jumping, or climbing a challenging mountain.
3. Career Goals Bucket List: This list focuses on professional achievements and career milestones you hope to reach, such as landing your dream job, starting a successful business, or publishing a book.
4. Personal Development Bucket List: It includes self-improvement goals like learning a new language, acquiring a skill, or completing a degree.
5. Culinary Bucket List: This list is for food enthusiasts, featuring unique dishes and restaurants you want to try, as well as cooking or baking goals.
6. Family and Relationships Bucket List: It involves goals related to spending quality time with family and friends, like going on a family vacation or strengthening relationships.
7. Charity and Giving Back Bucket List: It includes acts of kindness and charitable endeavors you want to participate in, such as volunteering, donating, or organizing a fundraiser.
8. Fitness and Health Bucket List: This list comprises fitness and wellness goals, like running a marathon, achieving a specific fitness level, or maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
9. Cultural and Artistic Bucket List: It’s filled with artistic and cultural experiences, like attending a major music festival, visiting renowned museums, or exploring different art forms.
10. Bucket List for Learning: This list consists of acquiring knowledge and educational goals, such as reading a set number of books, taking specific courses, or mastering a subject.

These are just a few examples, and you can of course make a bucket list based on any of your interests and aspirations.

Our family bucket list for travel

There is something about traveling to new places that ignites the senses and makes our imaginations run wild. Whether it’s swimming in crystal clear waters on a beach in Greece or skiing down slopes at the Swiss Alps, each destination offers its own unique allure.

In our family bucket list, we collect the places we’d love to visit. There are a lot of things we dream of doing! And the list just keeps expanding as we keep getting inspiration for places to see and things to do together as a family.

Here are our dream destinations and things to do while traveling:

• Hiking to Macchu Picchu in the Peruvian mountains
• Galapagos Islands in Equador
• Exploring the mountains, glaciers and deserts of Chile
• Exploring Tasmania
• Camping on and exploring the Greek islands by boat/ferries
• Exploring volcanoes and reefs on the Hawaiian islands
• Hiking in Plitvice National Park in Croatia
• Do a road trip to Yellowstone National Park in United States
• Watching wild orangutans in Borneo, Indonesia
• Flying a hot air balloon in Capadoccia, Turkey
• Exploring ancient temples of Myanmar
• Snorkeling with whales in Tonga
• Roadtrip through South Africa and Namibia
• Watching wildlife and exploring the jungle and mangrove in Costa Rica
• Desert exploring and watching se turtles hatch in Oman
• Exploring the unique nature and wildlife of Madagascar
• Experiencing the contrasts of old culture and high tech in South Korea

We hope you find our bucket list helpful and inspiring for listing up your family’s dream destinations.

Where have we already been as a family?

Although our list of places we dream to go and see is long, we have already been a lot of places and had many great experiences.

These are some of the things we have done and places we have traveled to as a family with kids:

• Been camping in the Australian outback and watched ancient aboriginal rock paintings
• Been exploring coral reefs and snorkelling with sharks and stingrays in beautiful pacific French Polynesia.
• Island exploring Bali and the Gili islands of Indonesia including a live aboard trip in the Komodo National Park
• Hiked to the majestic Pulpit Rock in the mountains of Norway
• Been to the ancient Silk road city of Petra and explored the coral reefs of Aqaba in Jordan
• Roadtrippin’ in New Zealand – North and South Islands including a visit at the out-of-this-world Moeraki Boulders and the stunning Abel Tasman National Park
• Watched sea turtles hatch and explored the island of Sal in Cape Verde
• Diving and snorkeling in the Red Sea in Egypt and visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza
• Been swimming in hot springs and hiked volcanoes in the Azores
• Watching wild orcas and northern lights in Northern Norway
• Exploring ancient temples of Anchor Wat, the huge Tonle Sap lake and the southern isles of Cambodia
• Backpacking in Vietnam and sailing the stunning Halong Bay
• Explored the reefs and mixed cultures of Mauritius
• Been testing for our favourite hot springs in Iceland
• Seen ancient monolithic temples in Malta
• Seen volcanoes and reefs in Reunion
• Been beach exploring in Martinique
• Visited several of the Canary Islands of Spain
• Explored old cities, castles and stunning coastlines of Portugal
• Hiked lush levadas and gone swimming in volcanic rock pools of Madeira
• Done the Golden Circle and floating in hot springs in Iceland
• Seen the high-pulsed futuristic city state of Singapore
• Watched golden temples in Bangkok, Thailand
• Explored the unique rocky nature of Öland, Sweden
• Been to old history-laden cities in England
• Explored ancient rock painting caves and walled medieval cities in France
• Went hiking in the dramatic and beautiful Alps in Switzerland
• Explored old castles and medieval cities in Germany
• Seen picturesque cities and rocky coastlines in Italy

Final words

We all have a bucket list of dream destinations we would love to visit some day as a family.

For us, compiling this family bucket list is an ongoing exercise in dreaming and planning for the future. We hope that by sharing it with you, we might inspire you to start planning your next family vacation (or even better, convince one of your friends or loved ones to come along) to some of your dream travel destinations!