Ways to be a Daredevil on Your Vacation

Seeing Paris from the Eiffel Tower or lounging at the beach in Phuket, Thailand are trips of a lifetime, but sometimes you just need to kick your vacation up a notch. From paragliding with vultures to cage diving with great white sharks, these adventure travel experiences are worthy of anyone's bucket list if you're looking for some heart-stopping fun. Adventure travel and all its adrenalin-pumping thrills, however, do come with risks, so it's important to be prepared before embarking on a trip that involves "extreme" activities, such as mountain climbing, ziplining or rafting. Because this type of tourism also often involves travel to remote locations, additional adventure travel risks also include the lack of quick emergency response if injured, poor trauma care, and unexpected weather changes that can make safety challenging and rescue efforts more difficult, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.