Give your holiday an extra edge with our top 10 bucket list ideas in the water. Swim with giant tortoises, take a dip in an infinity pool, whatever takes your fancy!

Galapagos

Image via @ Derek Keats

1. See giant tortoises and sea lions in the Galapagos Islands

soak-in-the-steamy-waters-of-the-blue-lagoon-outside-of-reykjavk-iceland

Image via @ Vesna Middelkoop

2. Soak in the steamy waters of the Blue Lagoon, outside of Reykjavík, Iceland

Cenote

Image via @ schnappi

3. Bathe in a cenote (a deep natural sinkhole) in the Yucatan, Mexico

Water-bungalows

Image via @ ciamabue

4. Stay in a water-bungalow over the clear aqua water in the Maldives

 

5. Swim at the edge of the world at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore

visit-each-of-the-five-villages-of-italys-cinque-terre

Image via @ BusinessInsider

6. Visit each of the five seafront villages of Italy’s Cinque Terre

play-with-sea-turtles-on-a-black-sand-beach-in-hawaii

Image via @ Scott Carpenter

7. Play with sea turtles on a black sand beach in Hawaii

relax-in-the-thermal-pools-of-ischia-an-island-off-the-coast-of-italy

Image via @ Nicolo Lazzati

8. Relax in the thermal pools of Ischia, an island off the coast of Italy

Dead-sea

Image via @ visitisrael

9. Float in the Dead Sea in Israel

great-barrier-reef

Image via Wikicommons

10. Snorkel at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Your payment options

purpletravel Visa
purpletravel Visa
purpletravel Visa
purpletravel Visa
purpletravel Visa

What our customers are saying about us

Purple Travel

5 3733 Reviews

Purple Travel is a trading name of Hays Travel Limited and is registered with UK Companies House with registered number 01990682 Gilbridge House, Keel Square, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR1 3HA © 2025