TORONTO — Bucket lists have long since served as a barometer for travellers. How many have you done? Where have you been? What else is there for me to do? Without these lists, travel inspiration would be non-existent and people would have no way of cataloguing their most far-reaching travel desires.

So when FlightNetwork released ‘The World’s Ultimate Bucket List For 2018’, you better believe intrepid travellers took notice and started checking off boxes. Compiled from the expertise of over 800 leading travel journalists, agencies, bloggers and editors, the list is not only comprehensive, it’s also ambitious to boot.

Here are the top 10 bucket list items:

1. Take a Wildlife Safari in Africa (Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania)

2. Embark on an expedition to Antarctica

3. See the Northern Lights (Iceland, Sweden, Canada, Norway, Africa)

4. Trek to Machu Picchu (Peru)

5. Sail the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)

6. Lose yourself in the streets of Paris

7. Stay in an overwater bungalow (Maldives, French Polynesia, Fiji)

8. Gorilla trekking in Central Africa (Virunga National Park, Rwanda)

9. Explore otherworldly Iceland

10. Go island hopping in Greece

For the rest of the Top 50 list, go to flightnetwork.com.au/blog/the-worlds-ultimate-bucket-list.

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