Travel Loot

7 iPhone Gadgets for Extreme Travelers

by Berit Baugher

Clockwise from top left: Snap sky-high photos with the parrott drone; use a carabiner clip for your phone; never let go with the Nite Ize handleband; waterproof your iPhone with super suit; never let go with the Nite Ize handleband.

Every Wednesday in Travel Loot, we find the best travel products to match our theme of the week. As part of our focus on great explorations, we're going extreme with a look at the best ways to capture those crazy, can't-believe-you-made-it-out-alive travel moments with your iPhone.

Climbing Mount Everest and trekking through the Sahara Desert are all in a day’s work for the adventure traveler. But did it really happen if you don’t have a photo—or two hundred—to post on Instagram and email home? We searched high and low for the latest gadgets and gizmos to help capture those crazy, once-in-a-lifetime moments. You no longer have to worry about putting your most precious piece of technology into the danger zone.

TAKE A LOOK

A carabiner for your phone, remote control drone, and solution to hands-free shots. (Slideshow)

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Keep your iPhone safely by your side and primed for the perfect shot.

Price: $35
Available at: amazon.com

Take your selfies out to sea with a waterproof case. Next up on our list: A cliff-diving shot from the boulders along Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast.

Price: $79
Available at: photojojo.com

Capture sky-high moments with a camera drone that you control from your iPhone.

Price: $419
Available at: amazon.com

Parkour fanatic? Snap action shots from up to 30 feet away and never miss a monkey vault.

Price: $38
Available at: amazon.com

Attach your iPhone to anything and everything for hands-free shots from all angles.

Price: $10
Available at: amazon.com

From the extreme mountain biking terrain of British Colombia’s Whistler Park to the dangerous streets of NYC, this handle bar attachment will keep your phone safe and secured to the front of your bike.

Price: $16
Available at: rakuten.com

Keep your iPhone from falling down that steep mountain gorge with a stylish wrist strap that comes in a variety of colors.

Price: $35
Available at: photojojo.com

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