We’ve done stories and videos about how adventurous the Travel at 60 community are, giving millennials a run for their money. But could we be meeting our match with these terrifying glass-bottom attractions? See for yourself and let us know in the comments which ones you would be game to do.
This is not your average hotel swimming pool. Here you can swim over the top of the city, peering down to the street below. Walking along the bottom of the pool is like walking on air. The pool is at a luxury hotel in Houston, USA so all that’s required to visit the pool is a stay at the hotel. Watch the video below to see the exciting experience.
If you’re afraid of heights, the Tokyo Skytree probably isn’t for you. The glass-bottom section is actually a very small part of the viewing platform, but it’s an astonishing 350m high, which you reach via a central elevator. Standing on the platform, you can see sprawling, action-packed Tokyo beneath your feet. If that’s not high enough for you, you can travel to the second viewing deck, 450m above ground.
The New Zealand Sky Tower is 328m tall, making it an icon of Auckland’s sky line. For 20 years, people have been enjoying 360º views for up to 80km in every direction, meaning you can spot key landmarks, volcanoes and other key Auckland attractions from the tower. It has a whole host of activities from bungee jumping off the tower and dining options, but it also has a pretty vertigo-inducing glass-bottom elevator located on the side of the building that takes visitors to the top. Watch a trip in the elevator below.
The glass bottom bridge over Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon broke records when it opened on August 20, 2016, with its 99 triple-glazed panels providing incredible views of the 300m drop below. But, the joy of it opening was short lived, closing just two weeks later due to the demand of travellers wanting to see the bridge being about 10-times its daily load capacity. Regardless, it’s pretty spectacular.
The Skylodge Adventure Suites in Peru give new meaning to the phrase ‘a room with a view’. The little capsule-style rooms are perched on the side of a cliff. The entire capsule is see-though, so they offer unobstructed views over beautiful the valley below.
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Only in the Northern Territory would the opportunity to swim with a giant croc be taken up en masse. At Crocosaurus Cove, daring travellers can be lowered into a glass tank in the crocodile’s crystal-clear swimming pool to get up close and personal. Yikes!
Have you ever done any scary glass-bottom experiences? Let us know in the comments below.