Travel Picks: Top 10 volcano adventures

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tourists tired of traipsing around cities and in need of something more dramatic to spark their imagination could opt for a volcano adventure.

From Alaska to Zaire, Forbestraveler.com has compiled a list of the top volcano adventures for travelers seeking an unusual holiday:

1. Kilauea - Hawaii

The 4,091 foot volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. Located in Volcano National Park on the island of Hawaii, native guides conduct by-appointment only tours.

2.Mount Liamuiga Volcano - St Kitts

Located on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, a six-hour round trip to the crater of the 3,792 foot volcano takes visitors through bamboo rain forests and tropical glades.

3. Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania

It is the largest mountain in Africa and although the volcano is not active, there is hot magma just 1300 feet below the crater summit, which soars to 19,340 feet. Visitors usually take a five-day hike and must be aware of altitude sickness.

4. Mount Vesuvius - Italy

The eruption of the volcano in 79 AD destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Each year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii and the National Archaeological Museum in Naples where they can see well-preserved frescoes.

5. Augustine, Douglas, Illiamna and Redoubt volcanoes - Alaska

Located on the east coast of Katamai National Park and Lake Clark National Park, the chain of volcanoes, which range in height from 3,053 to 10,197 feet, are just four the state's 80 potentially active volcanoes. Homer Air Service, a flight-seeing company, conducts a Ring of Fire Tour of the four peaks which takes in a crater lake and a glacier.

6. Niyragongo Volcano - Zaire

The giant volcano reaches 11,384 feet. A gas eruption in 2002 killed 42 people and left 120,000 homeless. Today visitors can be taken on an expedition culminating in a three-day trip to the crater rim.

7. Yellowstone - United States

Although it is not the classic shape of its conical cousins, Yellowstone is the largest super-caldera on earth, with half of the geysers on earth and other unique geological formations.