Endless sun, pristine beaches, and monster waves. Hawaii, the home of surfing, is America’s surfing Mecca, and one of the premiere surfing destinations the world over.

Hawaii has great surf most places, but if you want to call yourself a world class surfer you have to make it on the North Shore of Oahu. The North Shore covers almost 20 miles (32 kilometres) of beautiful open sandy beaches, including legendary beaches like Sunset Beach, Ehukai Beach, and Pupukea Beach, and where you will find the world famous Banzai Pipeline. A spot where the shallow water and coral shelf combine to create powerful tubular waves that resemble pipes, thus giving the place its name. For sheer adrenaline, power, beauty and danger, Pipeline has no equal. Surfing the Pipeline is an invigorating experience, but you’ll have to wait in line to ride some of the incredibly huge waves that break on these shores. And if the surf’s up, beware! The Pipeline at full strength is unforgiving, even for the pros.
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If you love Frank Sinatra you have to spend a night in his Palm Springs hideaway. Twin Palms, the four-bedroom, 4,500-square-foot (480 square meters) mini-mansion, sitting just a mile from busy downtown Palm Springs, is where Sinatra lived from 1947 until about 1954. However today its available for vacation rental.
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If there’s one theme park you must visit in your life, it’s got to be the one that started it all, the original Disneyland in Los Angeles, USA. Disneyland Park located in Anaheim, California, is one of the world’s most popular attractions, with more than 515 million people visiting since it opened to the public on July 17, 1955.
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Experience the Arizona desert in the ultimate off road mode of transport – the mighty Hummer. Desert Storm Hummer Tours take you to the middle of the historic Goldfield Mountains in the Sonoran Desert near Scottsdale, Arizona to experience breathtaking desert landscapes, fascinating rock formations, and exciting off-road action in the military-turned-civilian high performance Hummer vehicle. At elevations of nearly 4,000 feet (1,220 metres), the tour guides will point out the desert’s flora and fauna and explain the history and geology of the area, as you four-wheel through narrow, chiselled trails. They can also teach you some survival skills such as eating cactus or catching local wildlife.
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For a truly magical light show put on by mother nature you must experience the wonder that is the Northern Lights. The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis, is a mesmerising, colourful, eerie display of light observed in the night sky in the northern polar region.
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For an unforgettable experience in Luxor, Egypt try a sunrise hot air balloon flight over Luxor’s West Bank. It’s like a history lesson taking place in an open air balloon. After a few minutes, you’ll be 1000 feet (300 metres) in the air watching villages wake up and people taking the animals out to pasture before gently floating over one of the most spectacular views in the world — the Valley of the Kings. You’ll also see ancient Luxor, once called Thebes, in all its glory, plus the world’s longest river, the Nile.
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