Bushwise Women was born in New Zealand 25 years ago from a desire to take women walking into the back country of New Zealand. In this it had a pioneering role developing a regular client base of keen walkers and outdoors women.

Bushwise later expanded to include overseas trips, kayaking, barging and 12 years ago was bought by Yvonne Jenkins in Australia. It kept ticking over some of the regular tours, but this year Yvonne has joined with Leonie, Kim and Alison to extend and expand its vision.

Womens Holidays

Bushwise have now re-invented themselves with a new name and energy – Womens Holidays. They continue with some of the great tried and true trips such as Bike and Barge in the South of France and sea kayaking in New Zealand – I have been lucky enough to have been on both of those! They have also added some new tours such as The Mystery Romance and Scandal of Venice.

One of the original members of the Women Travel Network, its tours are listed with the tours for women of dozens of other companies on the Women Travel the World portal for women travelers.