Kim Thanlinder first came to india in 1989, crossing the border from Nepal and arriving in Varanasi, a sacred city on the banks of the Ganges. India was so intense,exciting and overwhelming. At times I felt I was dreaming. I spent 3 weeks on that first journey and knew I wanted to come back. It took me ten years to do so. So trips followed to Rajasthan, karnataka and up to the Himalayas and Ladakh, little Tibet. Kim fell in love … [Read more...]
Story of Laxmi Sunar – Woman Trek leader in Nepal
Laxmi Sunar, a 35 years old from Jumla, which is one of the remote districts of Nepal belongs to a low caste family. She never attended school. At the age of 15, her neighbors arranged marriage for her in Mugu, the west Nepal. Laxmi had two daughters age seven and five. Her husband left her and married off to another woman. But Laxmi did not get along with her mother-in-law. During her husband’s veterinary course he married another women. He … [Read more...]
Travels Together for Women
Robyn Matra writes about how she started Travels Together ... in 2008, after a lot of solo traveling and a lot of conversations with female friends and women I met while traveling who all wanted the same thing – to travel with age-appropriate and like-minded women. Gone were the days of wanting to party all night. They wanted real, genuine experiences to untouched and undiscovered destinations with local, … [Read more...]
A Girls gotta have fun…
Cooking? Washing? No thanks I need a HOLIDAY Do you ever dream of just running away for a few days? Australia based Girls Fun Tours have put together some trips that you can say YES to. Struggling daily to balance the demands of a 'fast paced' life that we all seem to have - family, friends, work... Each of us needs to find our soul, maybe take the time we need to be the best person we can be - for ourselves and for our … [Read more...]
Motobird Adventures – Women hit the Road on motorcyles
Kerri Dougherty sold off everything she had and hit the road on her Kawasaki KLR650. She never looked back. Now Kerri leads women on motorcycle trips in California, across the USA and Baja with her company Motobird Adventures I rode alone over 10,000 miles, across 19 states and to the tip of Baja, Mexico. This gave me the ability to overcome difficulties and challenges. Traveling has always been a passion, learning to ride threw fuel on that … [Read more...]
Tours for Independent Thinking Women
Penny King lives in Adelaide South Australia and developed a passion for travel when she used to join her husband on business trips around the world. She met many women in her working life who were confident and organised but when it came to travel, not quite so. Some were single, some widowed, some had partners who didn’t want to travel etc. To a woman, they didn’t want the traditional organised tour, hated the idea of following along with a … [Read more...]
Adventurous Women – Join VakanShe walking and trekking in Europe
Like many of us Sietske was yearning to get away from it all, to do something different - she needed adventure. So she started VakanShe Active Holidays for Women I set up VakanShe so that adventurous women can enjoy travelling with like-minded women and enjoy an active holiday in a relaxed and safe environment. Follow Sietske on Facebook or visit her website VakanShe is one of the hundreds of women focused tour companies on womentravel.info … [Read more...]
A Toast to Travel – live like a local in Tuscany for a week
Natalie and John started A Toast to Travel to share their love of travel and living well with others (You!). After a life in Corporate America, they have entered a phase of life where having exceptional experiences, shared with others, has become their mission. We want our guests to enjoy life like we do. Natalie served as Chair for the United Nations Association Chicago for gender equality and in working with more and more women, it … [Read more...]
Wanting a Christmas Escape?
Major festivals like Thanksgiving and Christmas are times when many people plan to spend time with their families. But for some a Christmas escape is very attractive - getting away, doing something different and exciting. If this is you, then WomenTravel.info has some resources to help you. This website does not exist to promote it's own tours. It exists to promote all the tours for women that it can find - so instead of going to a hundred … [Read more...]
Founder of AdventureWomen dies
Susan Eckert, the vibrant founder and spirit behind AdventureWomen passed away early this week peacefully, in her beloved home, surrounded by loved ones. Susan was a leader in the world of women and travel, an amazing woman, a creative and courageous trail blazer who dared to adventure - on so many levels. She loved staking out new territory - from venturing to unexplored destinations while with the Peace Corps, to eventually devoting her … [Read more...]
