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Travel hazards, explained

31 hazards travellers actually meet — what they are, where they happen, how to avoid them and what to do if they happen anyway. 610 tracked zones behind them, from the Dangers Here hazard database.

Land animals

Africanised bees

10 zones tracked, 7 rated high.

Bears

30 zones tracked, 13 rated high.

Crocodiles

29 zones tracked, 11 rated high.

Hippos

10 zones tracked, 8 rated high.

Venomous snakes

10 zones tracked, 10 rated high.

Venomous spiders

7 zones tracked, 2 rated high.

Wolves

26 zones tracked.

Human hazards

Getting lost

41 zones tracked, 29 rated high.

Landmines & UXO

29 zones tracked, 11 rated high.

Methanol poisoning

14 zones tracked, 4 rated high.

Mugging & street robbery

18 zones tracked, 14 rated high.

Pickpockets

21 zones tracked, 7 rated high.

Plants

Giant hogweed

4 zones tracked, 4 rated high.

Manchineel tree

5 zones tracked, 5 rated high.

Natural forces

Heatwaves

14 zones tracked, 12 rated high.

Landslides

10 zones tracked, 9 rated high.

Quicksand

17 zones tracked, 3 rated high.

Sinkholes

10 zones tracked, 4 rated high.

Tsunami

16 zones tracked, 11 rated high.

Marine life

Jellyfish

41 zones tracked, 8 rated high.

Sea snakes

10 zones tracked.

Sharks

40 zones tracked, 16 rated high.

Sharp coral

20 zones tracked, 5 rated high.

Stonefish

13 zones tracked, 2 rated high.

Weever fish

39 zones tracked, 4 rated high.

Bites & disease

Mosquitoes

33 zones tracked, 18 rated high.

Oak processionary moth

6 zones tracked.

Ticks

44 zones tracked, 13 rated high.

Water

Rip currents

10 zones tracked, 4 rated high.

Shore break

20 zones tracked, 11 rated high.

Underwater caves

13 zones tracked, 12 rated high.

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