Worst Places in the World to Travel

There are some places in the world you will never see. unless you watch today's epic video about the most insane destinations that are impossible to travel to! What makes these weird locations so difficult to reach? Watch and find out!

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[brianwooton]

I am one of the rare Americans who have traveled to Turkmenistan. I went on a medical exchange in 2003, in part due to be slightly conversant in Russian. For only being there for two weeks, I have a remarkable number of stories. We weren't required to have a guide all the time, but that may have changed for others due to my misadventures. One evening, I was very jet lagged so begged off on an evening activity. After a long nap, I decided to leave the hotel and walk to a market across the street.

I was walking back to the hotel when I saw two men walking towards me. I angled my path to avoid them, and they also angled. I once again aimed elsewhere and so did they. Eventually they came face to face with me and one said in Russian accented English, he said "Your fly is open." I looked down and found he was right. I thanked him, zipped up, and returned to my hotel.

[ethandollarhide]

Say what you want about the people of North Sentinel Island, but they know the correct way to deal with Forced Conversion.

[Greenguy]

Props to the Bhutanese government for actually putting their people and environment above profit, such a refreshing thing to hear

[chechsman]

01:22 Turkmenistan
02:22 Bhutan
04:25 Tristan da Cunha
05:30 Kiribati
06:24 Easter Island, Chile
07:29 Iran
08:23 North Korea
09:53 North Sentinel Island, India
11:39 Machu Pichu, Peru
12:38 The Wave, USA
13:12 The Lost City, Colombia
14:26 Bear Island, Norway
15:13 Bouvet
16:20 Boreray Island, Scotland

[ilikefun]

I’ve been to Easter Island in 2016 and it’s also NOT difficult to get to. Depending on the season there are up totwo daily flights instead of two weekly flights as mentioned.

I’ve also been to Macchu Picchiu. You don’t have to walk the 2 or 4 day Inca trails as I was made to believe, but can actually take the train and bus right up to the ruins. That said, the daily limitation of visitors is a blessing. Props to the Peruvian government and UNESCO for not turning this into a cheap amusement park.

[einezcrespo]

There was a successful visit to North Sentinel Island by anthropologist Triloknath Pandit and his team. Their first visit was in 1967 and of course was met with hostility. After almost 2 decades the natives cautiously approached them in 1991 and accepted the strangers gifts. The visits stopped in 1997 as Pandit said the North Sentinalese should be left in peace.

[dv]

I've been to Bhutan in 2016. As an Indian, I enjoyed the perks of travelling to Bhutan as India and Bhutan are close friends. From Paro to Tiger's Nest, and Phuntsholling to Thimphu, Bhutan is just mesmerising. You can get yourself lost in nature of Bhutan. The people are so sweet and amazing. They also love watching Indian shows, especially on Star Plus. Bhutan is truly a heaven on earth, and I hope that I get the chance to meet my Bhutanese brothers and sisters again 🇧🇹 ❤️

[ghosty_batz]

In 2015, I went to Bhutan, as it was an school trip at my international school (from bangladesh). The plane ride was very rocky but it wasnt bad. From bangladesh to there was pretty short. We even hiked to tiger's nest, and they had some horses they brought up there to drink water too! The food there was very fresh, but there was a very boring lecture we had about the government and bhutan being the "happiness kingdom" or smthn. But overall, it was so cold, but the dogs are so nice there! They take very good care of stray dogs. Oh! And the students there cannot graduate school unless they plant a certain amount of trees throughout the school year. I'm so glad I got to go when I did. I found out only a couple years later that Bhutan is super expensive. But tiger's nest was amazing. I was in the back of the hiking line because its crazy high...but I made it haha!

[worldtraveltour]

Great information for someone who travels a lot!🌴

[MrDDiRusso]

I figure that if a country discriminates against you based on the passport you hold, and therefore your country of origin, you probably shouldn't visit that country.

[pritamdey]

If you're from India, travelling to Bhutan is one of the easiest. We don't need to pay those costly packages or any $200 free.

[Otaku]

Iran only has strict entry requirements for a few nationalities such as USA and UK. Many people from other countries can get a visa very easily, sometimes by just flying into the airport, and can visit freely as long as they abide to the rules. It's also pretty low in crime and it's safe to roam around alone for tourists and the architecture is absolutely stunning, and locals are much more welcoming than the government.

[OptimusNero]

Infographics Show: "These are the Worst places in the World to Travel"
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[xfactor]

I've been to most of these places....via Google Earth.

[jonnymorrison]

This is actually hilarious... Boreray Island in St Kilda which is west of the Scottish Outer Hebrides is visited almost daily in the summer months by several boat trip operators. It doesn't require 'special government permission' to visit and walk on the islands although you do need permission to camp there... Great video all the same :D

[sabrinastratton]

Some friend of mine got licky to visit Bhutan, they enjoyed it immensely. People are friendly, nature is breathtaking and the food was amazing.

[darius]

To be fair to the people of North Sentinel Island, we have kidnapped some of them, only to return them months later on the verge of death and riddled with diseases and contagions they had no immunity against.

[JerkyMurky]

My brother and I got to go to the wave in 2018 and honestly, it was one of the most amazing and awe inspiring treks of my life. When my brother called me to say he won the lottery and offered me the extra ticket first... What a great older brother.

[ivanov]

Russia is mentioned as a country that is hard to get to, but here is a fun fact for you: in Russia there are places that are extremely hard to get to even if you are already in Russia. Usually it is somewhere in the state border area, in remote places where there are no roads and very little potential transport.

For example: big diomede island, or Ratmanov island. It is located right between the cape Dezhnev and prince of Wales cape. One of those two famous islands that are located inside the Bering straight, just in 2 miles from each other, the closest place between Russia’s and US territories.

This island is almost impossible to get to. It is in Chukotka autonomous area, the easternmost region of Russia, where there is a winter about 9, 5-10 months a year, snow can go in July and ice can easily block the Bering straight in early August. The only way to get to the Chukotka region in the first place is to take flight to Anadyr, the capital of the area. It is so remote that you have to take a flight that takes about 10 hours from Moscow. This area does not have an official borderzone status, but every person that arrives get interviewed by borderguard servicemen. If you’re a citizen of Russia, you will be allowed in, if not - then you will have order a special permission for a foreign citizen to enter that region. If for some reason you will not be allowed to enter then you’ll be sent back on the aircraft that brought you there.

From that place you will have to fy further east, to the airport that is the closest to the island. There is no way to get there on foot, because the territory of Chukotka is around twice areas of France, and is has NO roads, the only ways to move around are ships, aircrafts and helicopters. There is a flight to “St Lawrence bay” airport, the easternmost civilian airport in Russia. It goes twice a week but due to extreme weather conditions it could be easily delayed (I waited it for 5 days, but people told me that sometimes you can wait for your aircraft and proper weather conditions for a month). If your are lucky to get there then you will meet the borderzone guards again. Welcome to the Chukchi district, the easternmost district of the easternmost region in Russia. The population in the area is very small, and the borderzone guards know almost everyone personally, and they will definitely see that someone new had arrived. There is no offense, if you have the citizenship of all the permissions, then you are good to go, but the area itself is a wild place, inhabited only on the coastline and completely uninhabited if you go away from the ocean coast (well, uninhabited by humans, but the polar bears, grizzlies and wolverines are still there), so it is wise to move in a group and have some assistance from locals. The borderzone guards will ask you about your route, in what days they should expect you in different sites, when and how you depart from the district etc.

From now on you somehow have to get to the easternmost land point of Russia and Eurasia - the cape Dezhnev. Going on foot is possible, but really difficult. The way lies through hard tundra and mountains, tbh I have never experienced more difficult surface to cross in my life, and the distance is huge. It will take you about a week to get there and you will have to take all the supplies with you in the backpack of course. But that land is a land of indigenous people - Eskimo (Inuit) and Chukchi. They are know as a fearless sea conquers, they hunt walrus and whales and live in this incredible extreme climate for thousands of years, so they have boats. And sometimes they make trips around the area, or to the easternmost settlement of Russia - Uelen. Also borderzone guards have a military unit in Uelen, so there is helicopter that travels there and back once a month or something.

So you did it, you standing on the cape Dezhnev, right near the lighthouse and former meteorologist station, the wind tries to blow you away into the ocean and you see the diomede islands and the coastline of Alaska right in front of you, now what? Well actually, that last step (20+ miles from cape Dezhnev to big diomede island) is almost unreachable. Even us russians should get a multiple special permissions (from FSB, and head of the local borderzone guards servicemen) to be allowed to get there. Very few people ever stood there and there, on the cape Dezhnev, was the last point where I could get.

Actually I’m not a big fan of “over-armying” everything, and all this borderzone guards rechecking you multiple times, but as they say “dura lex, sed lex”. I think that there are a lot of travellers in the world that would like to stand their feet on the easternmost land on out planet, this could be such a huge tourist attraction point and capital attraction and infrastructure development for the region. I hope that one day, we, citizens of Russia and America will be able to go visit each others nordic beauties of polar tundra of Alaska and Chukotka and be welcomed as dear guests on each side.

Btw, Russia is a beautiful land to visit, I hope that people from all over the workd will be interested and come to us as guests after all this catastrophic events of today will end.

[jedidiahwalker]

Been watching your channel for a long time and never get tired of it. Every time I watch one of your videos I’m In awe at the wide range of odd subjects you come up with and the time and work you put in to each video. I always think that you would be one very interesting person to talk to or just be around listening to you talk to people.