When it comes to the travel experience of the super-rich, we often immediately think of them stepping out of limousines into private jets, flying from five-star hotels in Paris to five-star hotels in Beverly Hills. Staying in luxury hotels or shopping for brands, dinner with a wide range of dishes is really an indispensable part for some especially affluent travelers.

However, after experiencing enough of these things, nothing can limit the super rich and they always ask to experience faraway, exciting, even somewhat harsh lands to satisfy their needs. his passion.

The super-rich are passionate about adventure tours with sky-high prices (Artwork)

Spending huge amounts of money to do things “very few dare to do”

When luxury travel became so familiar, the super-rich began to come to unique trips to gain experiences like never before.

Swain Tours, a Philadelphia-based company that specializes in on-demand travel, says he arranges for his wealthy clients to take a helicopter ride to New Zealand’s Mount Cook and have them walk down. He has also provided helicopter excursions for customers to go lobster diving as well as chartered private jets for customers to watch the eclipse in time.

 

The more unique the experience, the more popular the rich are (Artwork)

Other light and daring adventures for the thrill-seeking rich often include flying a MIG fighter jet in Russia, swimming with whale sharks in Mexico or searching for a Bengal tiger in India or encountering a wild animal. The endangered mountain gorillas in the wilds of Uganda… Usually, these trips often cost from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for an experience and tickets for these tours are not easy. easy to own.

Remote, secluded comes with luxury

For a price, tourists not only get access to the depths of Earth’s oceans to visit the Titanic in its final resting place, but can also visit destinations like the North Pole, Africa or even more distant lands like the International Space Station.

For the super-rich, the more difficult the experience, the more luxurious it is. A trip to Antarctica costs about 100,000 USD (about 2.4 billion VND) or an expedition to conquer Everest also costs the same. However, because this price is still accessible, the super-rich are gradually losing interest in this experience.

Swimming with sharks….

…going to see the Polar Bears are all popular trips for the rich (Photo: Skift)

Instead, they are aiming for safaris or wildlife watching in Africa to guided tours of the Arctic. Karen Loftus, who works at an adventure travel agency, said she has also noticed a growing interest in this type of tourism and her clients are asking to visit the lands. more remote, more remote.

Karen said that while clients previously wanted to go to Kenya or Botswana in Africa to see wildlife, now they want to go one step further and go to Rwanda to see gorillas.

The dark side of adventure tourism

Unique experiences always come with a high cost. However, it also has its own limitations.

In May, Insider magazine also reported that by 2023, the death rate for Everest expeditions has reached double digits, and currently, many climbers have yet to be found. Recently, the accident that killed 5 people on the Titan submersible also caused a stir in the media when it was said to be an expensive and extremely dangerous exploration experience.

British billionaire Hamish Harding, who died in the Titan submersible accident (Image: Blue Origin)

Besides risking their own safety, the above travel experiences can also exacerbate global warming as jets and private jets are frequently used to travel. In addition, many species of animals are also more seriously threatened by these adventurous tourism activities of the super-rich.

“They want to see the most pristine environment or ecosystem. They want to see gorillas or polar bears, and those are the species most at risk of being affected.” Professor Lorri Krebs said.