Do you have a bucket list? If you’re a swimmer and also have a bucket list, you may want to add some of these strange places to swim to your own list.
For a very avid swimmer, swimming pools might just get boring. Obviously boredom set in for the swimmers who frequented these places.
The Dead Sea in the Middle East
The water in The Dead Sea is so dense with salt that it is said that you actually just float in the water instead of swimming in it. This is highly possible since The Dead Sea is 8 times saltier than ocean water. It may or may not have bearing on how your swim will be, but the shoreline of The Dead Sea is also 1,388 feet below sea level and is the lowest point on earth. It is also 1,237 feet deep – the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. Happy swimming!
Zambia’s Devils Pool (or Devil’s Swimming Pool)
The Zambezi River ends with the Victoria Falls. Here you can jump into the river exactly where the force of the water pushes you to the edge of the falls – that is if you’re off your rocker enough. A rock lip will stop you from plummeting nearly 420 feet to the gorge below if you take your plunge during September and December. If you’re one of those “radical tourists” or chase after the ultimate experience, this might be for you.
Pig Beach, Bahamas
This is not your typical Bahamas beach swim. There are cloudless skies over tropical blue waters but the waters have been taken over by feral pigs. The pigs have pretty much taken over this uninhabited island in Exuma, the Bahamas on Big Major CayWhen you think of swimming in the Bahamas, you think of cloudless skies over tropical blue waters…and pigs. In Big Major Cay. The pigs have the run of the place, wandering the sandy beach freely, and sunning for hours after basking in the surf. It’s said that the pigs are friendly and fun to swim with. You will apparently be as happy as a pig on the beach if you take this swim.
Jellyfish Lake, Palau
Who wants to swim with jellyfish? That would be terrifying – if they sting. The little buggers at Jellyfish Lake on Elil Malk island in Koror, Palau have apparently lost their ability to sting so swimming with them is completely safe.
Jellyfish Lake is just one of 70 saltwater lakes on this South Pacific island. The lakes were once connected to the ocean but are now cut off from it.
Sliding Rock, North Carolina
A 60 foot natural rock slide in the North Carolina Mountains that ends in a 6 foot deep pool. A day trip from Charlotte and a great way to cool off on a hot summer day. Wear some old shorts and sneakers and you will have a blast. Just north of Brevard on US276.
Sources Simply Swim, Snopes, Atlasobscura
Do you have a bucket list? If you’re a swimmer and also have a bucket list, you may want to add some of these strange places to swim to your own list.
For a very avid swimmer, swimming pools might just get boring. Obviously boredom set in for the swimmers who frequented these places.
The Dead Sea in the Middle East
The water in The Dead Sea is so dense with salt that it is said that you actually just float in the water instead of swimming in it. This is highly possible since The Dead Sea is 8 times saltier than ocean water. It may or may not have bearing on how your swim will be, but the shoreline of The Dead Sea is also 1,388 feet below sea level and is the lowest point on earth. It is also 1,237 feet deep – the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. Happy swimming!
Zambia’s Devils Pool (or Devil’s Swimming Pool)
The Zambezi River ends with the Victoria Falls. Here you can jump into the river exactly where the force of the water pushes you to the edge of the falls – that is if you’re off your rocker enough. A rock lip will stop you from plummeting nearly 420 feet to the gorge below if you take your plunge during September and December. If you’re one of those “radical tourists” or chase after the ultimate experience, this might be for you.
Pig Beach, Bahamas
This is not your typical Bahamas beach swim. There are cloudless skies over tropical blue waters but the waters have been taken over by feral pigs. The pigs have pretty much taken over this uninhabited island in Exuma, the Bahamas on Big Major CayWhen you think of swimming in the Bahamas, you think of cloudless skies over tropical blue waters…and pigs. In Big Major Cay. The pigs have the run of the place, wandering the sandy beach freely, and sunning for hours after basking in the surf. It’s said that the pigs are friendly and fun to swim with. You will apparently be as happy as a pig on the beach if you take this swim.
Jellyfish Lake, Palau
Who wants to swim with jellyfish? That would be terrifying – if they sting. The little buggers at Jellyfish Lake on Elil Malk island in Koror, Palau have apparently lost their ability to sting so swimming with them is completely safe.
Jellyfish Lake is just one of 70 saltwater lakes on this South Pacific island. The lakes were once connected to the ocean but are now cut off from it.
Sources Simply Swim, Snopes, Atlasobscura
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