I'm looking for a place where I can combine beaches/snorkeling/diving, and forests/jungle/mountain treks and wildlife exploration.
I ended up thinking of Thailand, and Ko Samui in particular, but I'm looking to add a few more destination ideas to my list.
I previously had a lot more vacation days so it was fine to do a lot of traveling within a country, but this time I'm pretty short on those.
>>1107913
Southern California offers those things.
>>1107913
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Taiwan, and less travel time between the two.
>>1108000
Where in Taiwan, if you have something in mind?
>>1107913
Don't Go to Samui, don't go to Phuket either. If you decide on Thailand look into Koh Lipe, Trat Provice, and Koh Kood. Go to Koh Tao if you want to be murdered.
>>1107913
Costa Rica also has all those things in close proximity.
>>1107913
The problem with Thailand is that you won't have good mountains/jungles with all your other activities. You can find treks though but they're really just you walking through a non-impressive jungle in the South. You could go to an island that's not too far from khao sok national park. But imo the best hiking is in the north
>>1108666
Lipe is very nice but far from anything else
and you are exaggerated about Koh Tao,
those British couple fucked around with local mafia, what do you expect ?
the very first rule when you visit any country on earth is to NOT fuck around with these people.
>>1107983
Fuck off were full. Tourists are the worst.
You can try Cuba as well. It is pretty nice and you'd better go before there are too many tourists.
If you have money, Tanzania is a very good place as well by the way. And Zanzibar is really cool.
>>1109044
What about Namibia?
Puerto Rico
Costa Rica!
Belize my dude
>>1109054
A lot of sand and not much more.
>>1109244
...and Thailand isn't? Its a 8 - 10 hour flight either way
Fiji is cheap as fuck, amazing jungles, not dangerous like how Auz is, minimal amounts of tourists. Locals treat you well just don't be a dumbass hole.
The beach scene is mostly at resorts I think, plenty of island hoping available with scuba diving cheap, I spent most of my time in the forest tho
New Zealand is a good place for those activities you want to do.
>>1108666
What's going to with Koh Tao? Why so dangerous and what happened?
>>1109307
too expensive in my opinion
it's good for a quick visit to the south island for adventuring. amazing as fuck caves, huge cliffs into the ocean, mountains as tall as the sky.. just expensive as fuck
>>1109247
Alright then. So what's the main appeal of Tanzania and Zanzibar? I'd have to spend a few days in one place to first get my diving license.
>>1107913
Quintana Roo senpai
Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. For the jungle go to danhum valley. Scuba diving in sipadan.