Dangerous places include top tourist destinations in the world. Top 10 most dangerous tourist attractions in the world.

From dizzying heights to heart pumping runs, to waters filled with apex predators.

These are the 10 most dangerous tourist destinations in the world.

10 Mount Hua Shan
Is known as the world's most dangerous hiking trail.
Where does the terrifying, exhilarating and death defying mountain climb lead to?
A tea house that sits 7,087 feet up on the mountain's southern peak.

09 Running of the bulls
The world-famous running of the bulls is an event held during the eight-day festival of Sanfermines in Pamplona Spain.
Simply put, a group of bulls are let loose on a course of section off streets in the city.

08 Trolltunga
Extending out of a mountain 2,300 ft above the north side of this lake in Norway is a piece of rock called Trolltunga or Troll tongue.
If you want to visit Trolltunga prepare to spend about 8-12 hours total on a round-trip hike, even if you are an excellent hiker in great condition.
1,000's of tourists attempt the visit to Trolltunga every summer one of the most dangerous tourist destinations in the world.

07 Jacob's well
Jacob's well Texas most dangerous diving spot is the largest underwater cave in the state.
It too is one of the most dangerous tourist destinations in the world.

06 The Danakil desert
The Danakil Desert is located in northeast Ethiopia and is considered one of the cruelest places on earth due to extreme heat, burning salt-flats, dust storms, and suffocating days with no wind at all. Stretching over 100,000 square kilometers it is barren of fauna and flora consisting primarily of desert flatlands and isolated mountain groups.
One area of the desert known as the Danakil depression is along an area called the great rift, where the earth's crust has sunk over time to 371 feet below sea level.


05 New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna beach in Florida is one of the most dangerous tourist places to visit in the world but is popular for its budget friendly shores in spite of it being recognized as the shark capital of the world.
The beach has had over 250 attacks in its recorded history, giving it the grave distinction of having the highest number of attacks per square mile in the world.


04 Death Valley
Death valley is located in Eastern California and is one of the hottest places in the world holding the world record for highest recorded temperature of 134 degrees. In july of 1910.
The summers are long and extremely hot, and the winters don't provide much relief. They are usually mild and consist of very little rainfall.


03 Madidi National Park
Next, on our list Madidi National park is considered to be one of the most biologically diverse places on earth.
Located in northwest Bolivia it is also considered to be very dangerous due to the abundance of venomous and poisonous flora and fauna.
National geographic photographer and writer Joel Sartore a Madidi diary he wrote for the magazine described nights filled with animal screams, bats urinating on his face, botfly infestations and one horrible event where he ran out of toilet paper and used leaves from a plant that apparently had painful toxins on them.
In spite of it Madidi national park being one of the most dangerous tourist spots in the world, it is still a popular destination for ecotourists

02Elephant Kingdom
The Elephant Kingdom is a tourist attraction in Thailand who made quite a stir in 2016 when a video went viral showing a group of Chinese tourist including children feeding crocodiles.

01 El Caminito del Rey

El Caminito del Rey translates to The King's little pathway. You will find this walkway lining the walls of a very steep and narrow gorge in El Chorro.
Constructed of concrete resting on steel rails that were supported by stanchions, this walkway provided a path for workers Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls to transport materials, and to maintain and inspect the facilities.
The walkway is a harrowing 3 feet wide and hangs precariously to the sides of the gorge walls well over 300 feet above the river below.
After years of neglect, the walkway became so dangerous it needed to be closed. But that didn't stop people from attempting to make the hike. It was once referred to as the world's most dangerous walkway because of 5 deaths due to accidents in 1999 and 2000.
The walkway was closed for over a decade but after an extensive repair and renovation project, it was reopened in 2015.

That finishes up our top 10 list of the most dangerous tourist destinations in the world.