Tourism is a category of expenses, where they lower a truly huge amount of money. Especially now, when everyone is locked in their burrows, a person misses free movements so much that he is ready to spend on a long-awaited trip many times more than usual.
The fantasies and requests of our travelers have no limits and reasonable justifications. Especially for you, we have collected some of the most outlandish and alluring recipes for the perfect tour for owners of a bottomless wallet and a diamond credit card.
Cruise-around the world
Sailing on an ocean liner around the world automatically implies luxury and amazing comfort. Choosing a liner for yourself, you can not steam the level of services and the number of baths - focus on the number of decks. Take Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas — he has 18. The largest passenger ship on the planet is 50 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris and 29% longer than the Titanic.
Another important element is the route. For example, passengers of the transoceanic liner Silver Cloud for 170 days of transition visit 32 states and 2 colonial possessions - British and Dutch. The cost of tours starts from 150 thousand dollars, the journey starts in Antarctica and comes to an end in Tromsø, Norway. Crossing the world map several times, tourists will see the Polynesian and Melanesian islands, the southern continent, Sumatra and Java, Egypt and Malta, Spain and Scotland.
The vessel is a center of benefits and amenities - luxury cabins are filled with luxurious furniture and high-quality appliances, and the original and unparalleled design allows you to walk equally serenely both in the warm tropics and in the harsh Arctic and Antarctic ice without risk to passengers.
Robinson Crusoe Routes
A luxurious beach holiday can also be - you just need to break away from the strips of the coast covered with hundreds of sweaty and greasy bodies and go on a yacht to the deserted private hotel "Tanda Island" near the coast of Tanzania, where six cottages with their beaches and breathtaking fauna and flora stretch on eight hectares: from tropical forests to coral reefs that hide thousands of fish and sea reptiles.
Five nights on this will cost 130 thousand dollars.
Another island - the Frigate in the Seychelles - in addition to the tourist role also performs the duties of the reserve, annually becoming a "maternity home" for the rarest green turtles that lay eggs in the local sands.
In the footsteps of Cousteau and Cameron
Those who are alien to the sandy nega, but like the spirit of adventure, can be advised to undertake an expedition to the legendary Titanic sunken in the North Atlantic. An unparalleled trip to the remains of the liner is not entertainment, but a scientific expedition, but if you want for $ 1/8 million, you can become a member of the team in the status of "independent researcher".
Preparations for the expedition have begun - from May to September, several preparatory flights and five dives will be organized. In the crew of the bathyscaphe - 5 people, one of them - the commander, three tourists and a researcher. Dives will take up to seven hours. At this time, passengers will be able to explore the area where the remains of the ship rest.
The expedition is conducted under the patronage of The Operation Gate Expeditions, and the Titan underwater vehicle is the property of President Stockton Rush. In addition to visual inspection, the team must scan the fragments of the vessel in order to acquire a three-dimensional copy.
This is the second attempt to reach the Titanic: three years earlier, scientists together with tourists had already tried to sink to the bottom of the ocean, but to no avail. It remains to be hoped that this time everything will work out. And you still have a chance to enter the group of aquanauts: as many as 7 seats are free!
To the North Pole
The poles of the Earth are protected by a special international legal status and cannot become the object of territorial claims, being the property of mankind as a whole. But it is not easy to get to them - there is a harsh climate, and ice barriers that are merciless to human errors, requiring the highest qualifications and reliable equipment.
Fortunately, the tourism industry is lowering the entry threshold. From Svalbard Longyearbyen for 30 thousand euros you can go on a cruise on the ice of the Arctic,the pearl of which will be a picnic on the ice of the North Pole. In addition to a non-trivial meal, tourists will have to deal with the fjords of Norway and ice sheets, white bears and rare birds.
The reverse route passes off the coast of Greenland.
The tour program provides for several landings on the coast, snowmobiling, ice fishing and balloon climbing - very risky, taking into account the temperatures.
The icebreaker "Le Comandante Charcot" is a synthesis of the technical excellence of a modern scientific vessel and a comfortable cruise ship with a Turkish bath and a large swimming pool.
To the second homeland of Tarzan
A very small number of nature fans are able to boast that they have visited a flock of wild gorillas. Friendship with these rare and ferocious animals is made during an eleven-day tour worth $ 25-30 thousand in the national parks of Rwanda-Urundi.
Groups number from 2 to 8 people. Each passes a multi-kilometer route - but not on foot, but with the help of powerful SUVs and motor boats, observing the landscapes of East Africa and many wild animals in their natural environment.
The central event of the tour is a trip to the national park of volcanoes and acquaintance with gorillas living at an altitude of 4000 m above sea level. These are harsh, but cute beasts, there are a little less than a thousand of them left in the world. Rwandan authorities limit the number of tourist trips so as not to unnerve the animals, but the pleasure of personal acquaintance with these beautiful creatures is worth the walk for many hours.
A few tips
Summing up: the price of travel consists of trifles that ensure memorability and uniqueness. For those who decide to go to conquer the unknown based on our material, we address a couple of tips that make the trip truly unique.
- A guide or a Sherpa can be a movie or pop star, a media person or a leader of public opinion - they do it for charitable purposes;
- An unusual transfer can add to the sensations: try a rare car, a private helicopter or a balloon;
- Dishes from Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay can be served on the table, and the maestros themselves can share a glass of chardonnay with you;
- A world-famous photographer or a laureate of world Press Photo can accompany you on your trip.
