I walk along the brown Thu Bon river,in the golden beauty of the UNESCO World Heritage town of Hoi An. I skirt the groups of Japanese tourists in traditional dress, Vietnamese women slender in white Ao Dai, and older women enticing me on to their brilliantly painted boats. I am neither tempted nor diverted: my goal is in sight. An ethical, local based craft collective, a charity that helps disadvantaged Vietnamese people and their families to … [Read more...]
Walking Women – a business for you?
Are you looking for a new opportunity?Wanting to turn your passion for walking into a business.... Walking Women is an established business based in the UK and leading women on walks around the UK and the the world. Sue Donovan is looking for some women to take over the business, she writes in their latest Newsletter... I need to sell WalkingWomen by the end of this year due to health reasons. I did have a few potential buyers, however … [Read more...]
5 Reasons to Walk with Women
Her on a Hill, a new UK based walking company for women who offer women's guided walking holidays, day walks, creative outdoor workshops and navigation courses. They are one of the recent additions to WomenTravel.info - see their listing here I really enjoyed reading this in their latest newsletter. A supportive environment There is an unrivalled sense of community and companionship when women come together to walk. Unlike mixed group … [Read more...]
Epic 23 day Women-only tour through North India
Debbie Kindness loves India and loves helping women explore it. Her company Incredible India Tours has regular women only trips, you can find her trips on WomenTravel.info. They have a few spaces left on the 3rd November departure and are offering US$500 off if you book by 20th September - see it here You’ll visit lots of major sights including Varanasi on the Ganges and Jaisalmer in far-western Rajasthan, plus some lesser-known gems. … [Read more...]
Jewelry Travel
Do you travel just to tick a box, or do you explore with a focus - food, wine, cycling, hiking, culture. For Isabelle Fish her passion is jewelry. Her passion for jewelry led not only to her own travels, but to leading others on Journeys Through Jewelry with her company Rue Pigalle. I am french but have lived in many countries around the world. I was a lawyer for most of my life but decided in 2010 to open my jewelry boutique in Toronto. … [Read more...]
Writing and Travel
Personally I love to write as I travel - it helps me reflect more deeply on what I see and experience around me. I am working now on some stories of my recent trip to North Queensland - so watch this space! Do you want a trip that is dedicated to writing? Our fabulous new website WomenTravel the World has over 500 tours for women and at present there are four trips which are focused on writing coming up. The Advanced Search page … [Read more...]
Dive deep into New Zealand Culture
Let Koru Enterprises organise your New Zealand trip! Louise Booth created Koru Enterprises whilst living in Brisbane, Australia. She was homesick for her native country of Aotearoa, New Zealand, and created an online boutique NZ tour and artisan gift e-commerce company. Arriving back home in 2018, I based myself in the stunning Hawke’s Bay region, close to where my mum was born in Dannevirke. This is the perfect base to take personalised … [Read more...]
Kim Love India Travels
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...]
