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1. Hike The Trails

Oahu island has almost 300 documented hiking trails, featuring jagged green mountains, coastal views, jungles, and waterfalls.

2. Visit The Pillboxes

During World War II, the U.S. military built concrete bunkers all around the island of Oahu as lookout posts for spotting enemy activity.

3. See The Waterfalls

There are dozens of nice waterfalls on Oahu island, and they can usually be reached with a short, easy hike through the jungle.

4. Climb The Stairway To Heaven

This hike is so amazing it deserves a special mention. It’s also epic, scary, and slightly illegal. Still interested?

The infamous ‘Stairway to Heaven’ takes you to the top of the Ko’olau mountains via 3,922 metal stairs of pure adrenaline and doom. At some points, the stairway is almost vertical, clinging to the side of the steep mountain.

5. Climb A Volcano Crater

Another famous hike in Oahu that deserves a special mention is the Koko Crater Trail! This one is an endurance test that takes you up 1,048 stairs on the steep slope of an extinct volcano crater.

What kind of bucket list doesn’t include the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt? Believe it or not, the Giza pyramids are fairly easy to visit on a day trip from Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

Built in 2560 BC, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made object in the world for 3,800 years. It’s the oldest of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, and the only one still standing today.

Visiting the Egypt pyramids is a pretty simple experience, and there’s not a whole lot to do there except gaze at the big piles of rock, but it’s still a profound and unique experience that every traveler should check off their list.

Quick Facts (Main Pyramid)

• Date: 2560 BC
• Height: 150 meters (500 ft)
• Base Length: 150 meters (500 ft)
• Weight: 6 million tons
• No. of Blocks: 2.3 million
• Builders: 200,000+
  

  Best Day Tours To The Egypt Pyramids

  First of all, if you’re on a tight schedule and want to skip the extra steps involved in arranging your own trip to the pyramids, or if you’d rather travel in a tour group for safety or convenience, there are options for doing that.

  There are a number of companies that offer prearranged day tours to the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx for as low as $45 USD, complete with hotel transfer, optional camel ride, and same day return to Cairo.

The beautiful, exotic Nusa Penida island lies just 25 kilometers from Bali, the most famous tourist destination in Indonesia.

Nusa Penida is a much smaller island than Bali, but it has some of the most amazing scenery in the entire Bali province (which it’s part of).

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I’ve visited Penida dozens of times over the years, but it never gets old. This island is definitely one of the most beautiful places to visit in Indonesia.

The island can be visited on a day trip from Bali (same day return), but I think it’s better to stay and spend at least a few days sightseeing. There are so many good photo spots, hikes, and other things to do in Nusa Penida!
This travel blog will explain what to do in Nusa Penida, how to get there, where to stay, best transport options and tour packages, and some of the top sights to see. I’ve also included a handy map of the island for planning your trip!

Nusa Penida Day Tour Packages

First of all, if you’re on a tight schedule or want to skip the extra steps involved in arranging your own trip to Nusa Penida, GetYourGuide has prearranged day trips to Penida, complete with hotel transfer, fast boat tickets, island tour, and same day return to Bali.

These tours visit some of the top sights in Nusa Penida island, including Kelingking Beach, Broken Bay, and more. We’ve used GetYourGuide for lots of day tours and activities around the world, and they’re great! Highly recommended.

Where Is Nusa Penida?

Nusa Penida is a small island located southeast of Bali, Indonesia. The distance from Bali is about 25 kilometers (15 miles).

Penida has two small neighboring islands sitting right next to it called Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, and together these are known as the Nusa islands, but Nusa Penida has become the most famous of the three because of its scenic cliff views and stunning beaches.

How To Get To Nusa Penida

From Bali, the only way to reach Nusa Penida is by speedboat or ferry, with the speedboat journey taking about 45 minutes or so. There’s no airport in Nusa Penida, so the closest place to fly is the international airport in Bali (DPS).

Thanks for looking! I’m David Leiter, and this is my travel blog.

I’m an American who’s been traveling the world full time for 9 years. Nowadays, my second home is Bali, Indonesia, where I met my wife Intan.

I first fell in love with travel on a solo road trip across Iceland in 2016. My budget was small, so I slept in the back of a rental car for 1 month while I drove 7,000 kilometers around the country, filming all the scenic places in Iceland.

One of my first videos racked up a few million views and was featured on international TV by BBC Travel. 

Since then I’ve solo traveled to many developing countries, including almost every country in Asia, Central America, and the Middle East.

I experienced the 7.0 Lombok earthquake in Indonesia in 2018, the bombings in Bangkok in 2019, and a fair share of scams, fights, sicknesses, car accidents, and other crazy things along the way.

It hasn’t always been easy, but over the years I’ve been blessed with some amazing experiences, including:

• • Hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp in the Himalayas,
• • Climbing an erupting volcano in Guatemala,
• • Trekking on glaciers in Patagonia and visiting the Iguazu Falls in Argentina,
• • Seeing wild Komodo dragons and orangutans in Indonesia,
• • Sleeping in treehouses in Bali and seeing blue fire in Java,
• • Dining on tarantulas and scorpions in Cambodia,
• • Riding a camel to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt,
• • Skydiving over paradise in Oahu Hawaii,
• • And visiting some timeless world monuments like the Taj Mahal, Tikal, Bagan, Machu Picchu, Hagia Sophia, Angkor Wat, Petra, and Himeji Castle.

I met my sweet wife and travel buddy Intan while I was traveling in Asia in 2017, and we got married two years later on a beach in Bali.

She’s homegrown Balinese, and she’s a former English teacher and makeup artist. She also grew up riding a scooter and she’s tri-lingual (speaks 3 languages fluently). Her name means diamond.

My wife has been an indispensable translator for me in remote parts of Indonesia where almost no one speaks English, like Banggai, Labengki, and the Banyak Islands.

Intan is a people lover, and her favorite part about travel is trying new food (especially Asian food). She’s not into the hiking so much, but she still joins me on volcano hikes and other such adventures.

We’ve been traveling the world full time as a couple for 7+ years now, and we welcomed our daughter Emma in 2025.

We have some more big international trips planned soon. We hope you’ll tag along! Please stay tuned!

On an early winter morning, I geared up to pedal 64 km from Ifrane – Morocco’s only Alpine ski town – to Midelt, at the edge of the Sahara Desert. Despite wearing several layers, I could barely feel my fingers under my gloves. It was 4 degrees Celcius, and the wind numbed my cheeks. We cycled through a forest filled with giant cedar trees, and within a few kilometers, the landscape turned into large rolling meadows resembling the Mongolian Steppes, filled with thousands of grazing sheep and the occasional nomads tending them. Warmed by the winter sun, I slowly shed my layers. The arid landscape transformed again, and filled me with nostalgia for Ladakh. All around me rose the Middle Atlas mountains in multiple hues – dry, barren, stark and incredibly stunning.

It was Day #8 of a two week cycling trip with Intrepid Travel, and I had to pinch myself again – I was really cycling in the Atlas Mountains, and experiencing the mindboggling natural beauty of Morocco on two wheels!
My first trip with Intrepid Travel

Morocco has been on my radar for quite a while. When my partner and I finally sat down to research our trip, we were gripped by the idea of slowly cycling through the country – like we’d done through Central Switzerland.

Intrepid Travel’s 2 week Cycling Morocco trip sounded perfect, with an interesting mix of Morocco’s highlights and offbeat, community-supportive travel. We’d have local guides, luggage transfers and support vehicles; all we had to do was show up and pedal.

The next thing I knew, I was packing layers to cope with the hot sun and cold weather in December in Morocco. We boarded a flight to Casablanca, then a train to Marrakech, met our local Berber guides and 11 fellow cyclists, and embarked on what was one of the most stunning cycling adventures of my travelling life!