Grace Carmel Matagaro
Masimba Hills Safaris better known as Masimba Safaris is owned by me Grace Carmel Matagaro. I started this business in December, 2009. I loved traveling and while traveling I made arrangements with my women friends, but we had last minute technicalities and cancellations so I proceeded anyway with my safari.
I traveled alone in my 4 x 4 to any part of Kenya that I wished to visit, the longest trip I ever did on my own being 790km. It is then I realized that I could travel alone and still have fun. My only challenge was that I did activities such as snorkeling, sightseeing, game drives and bird watching on my own without the guides.
It is at this point that I conceived the idea of bringing single travelers together with a focus on the women traveler so that people may not mistake it for a dating agency or anything similar. Targeting women only travelers also makes it easy when it comes to sharing a room and eventually the trip becomes affordable and you get to have travel partners.
I have organized women only Kenya safaris, supporting women with no travel partners. I ensure quality travel, quality accommodation in good lodges, and flexible itineraries allowing them to do what they like in any way they like it. Sometimes I even opt to be their tour guide and travel the whole trip with the ladies and we become travel friends. It gives the ladies security knowing they have one of their own and I have never disappointed anyone. If the ladies want a night out and I am tired, I have Professional Tour Guides who accompany them to ensure it’s a truly Memorable Kenyan Safari with Masimba Safaris.
I have invested in 3 vehicles all 4 x 4 (see pics), all well maintained and fitted with vehicles tracking devices, I have gone through defensive driving lessons & off the road driving techniques course, which has qualified me as a good driver. This way there is no chance to disappoint my female clients, because I believe Safety First!
For more Tours in Africa especially for women
try the Women Travel the World website
Julie from Venus Adventures for women reflects on Tea
Recently I was visiting some nomadic Bedouin friends in the Sinai, Egypt. As we sat cross-legged round the fire sipping sweet tea from small tea glasses, the teapot simmering away on the hot coals, I thought about how often tea had been an important focal point in so many countries I had visited.
Guest post by South African villa company, Cape Portfolios
Traveling alone is a wonderful way to get to see what you wanna see, when you wanna see it and on your own timetable. Below are five cities that a highly recommended for single ladies traveling alone because they offer a good environment for meeting new people in a relatively safe, friendly atmosphere.
Sed0na – Paris – Rio De Janeiro – Lahaina, Maui – Cape Town Read more
Mary “Mumbi” Kariuki has been guiding on the trails of Mt. Kenya, Kilimanjaro, and other East African mountains for 8 years – and she’s not over the hill yet. In 2001 Mary officially became the first, and only, rated female guide serving these mountains. Before she was a guide, Mary worked her way through the ranks as all African guides should have, as a porter.
Have just been searching You Tube for Women travel pieces – and discovered this YouTube Channel – Women Travel for for Peace,
Women Travel for Peace brought five intrepid women to Senegal to work with local farming women. Together we built a well for the women’s farming plot. As a result of our contribution, the local women now have water year-round to farm their crops, and they are able to work a shorter workday. When you work 365 days a year under the African sun, a shorter workday makes a vast difference.
Julie Paterson takes women where they have not been before…. She has steadily added new destinations to the Venus Adventures adventure trips for women, but her particular passion is northern Africa. She has added Mali as a new destination to the Calendar after her exploration there. Over New Year join Julie on a challenging African adventure to Timbuktu infamous Festival au Desert, the highlight of our journey. This trip is definitely for the more adventurous – African travel is not always convenient and not always as planned – but very real, very different and very rewarding.
Check out her other trips to Vietnam, Egypt and Ethiopia later this year
Trek guiding has long been seen to be the preserve of men, but Mary Kariuki or Mumbi – her African Kikuyu name has risen to the top and is rated as the best female guide for trekking Mt. Kenya or trekking Mt. Kilimanjaro. Her vast experience in tour leading as well as her sense of humour, and her great team of staff make Stand Out Adventures a great choice for trekking in Eastern Africa.
