There are six of us on this Venus Adventures trip – Venus plan trips like this for women only and its a great way for solo women travellers to explore the world.  I have been on a trip to Morocco with them, and this year when I needed a serious holiday, Vietnam seemed  a great choice.

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My friend Sarah and I are staying at the Hanoi Boutique Hotel  in the heart of the Old Quarter in Hanoi - our tour starts in 3 days, and we have come early to find our feet and get a taste of Vietnam. Its been a fabulous idea – the travel was all paid for, we have just paid another $140US each to stay 3 more nights. So we have been exploring the Old Quarter in Hanoi. Read more

What is that captures our imagination about a place we visit that we want to stay or build a special link with it so we can share it with others? The Women Travel the World website is full of accommodation and tour companies that have begun with a visit to somewhere that becomes a new home.  I want to introduce you to a few women who are passionate travellers and who have become passionate advocates of an adopted land.

Women’s Tours to Egypt

Vanessa Robbie is the founder of Women’s Tours to Egypt. Originally from Australia, her first overseas trip was to New Zealand in 1990.  A year later she headed off to London for what those of us from down under like to call the great OE (overseas experience)  She has become a dedicated traveller, but of all the countries she has visited, none has touched her like Egypt.
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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!

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For more Tours in Africa especially for women
try the Women Travel the World website

In a grey-green, wet, windy winter of New Zealand, many long for a winter holiday in the sun – Niue Island is a perfect unspoiled choice. Why not take a short Air New Zealand flight (only 3 hours, leaving Auckland at 9.15am each Saturday morning) to ‘’The Rock’’ – Niue Island – in the South West Pacific.
Charmaine and Tanya of Earthtalk@awhitu in New Zealand share their recent journey with Women Travel Read more

It’s winter here in New Zealand, and I have started thinking about planning a vacation.  As a woman travelling solo, the first place I look in the Women Travel the World website, and in particular their amazing Calendar of Tours for Women available for women from a range of companies around the world.  Joining a small group tour like these is the perfect option for a solo traveller.  Over 270 tours are listed, I decide it is Asia I want, there are 76 on offer, and Vietnam is my first choice and there are 5 to choose from.  Venus Adventures is my choice today – I have travelled with them to Morocco, they are a NZ based company and the dates suit.

So I am off to Vietnam – there are spaces available – why not join me?

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There are five of us – brought together on this women’s kayaking trip by Australian based Bushwise Women - Zohar Tur-shalom as our guide, her mother Simcha is my paddle pal, Jill Pask and Ruth Brown are up from Christchurch, Theodora Barychewsky has joined us from the States. I met my fellow paddlers last night in a briefing, now we are being driven to our starting point at Rawhiti. It’s an hours drive on winding roads with glimpses of the water tantalising us – less paddling I guess! Read more

Bushwise Women have a sea kayaking trip in the Bay of Islands, Northland New Zealand February 2011 with a few spaces – I am keen to go, but we need a few more – what about joining us?  Information here

Sometimes we want to travel but are intimidated by being by ourselves.  We want company, but don’t want to be on a bus load of couples travelling around Europe.  We want to explore out of the way places, but are nervous going on our own.

The good news is there are a lots of companies out there who are ready to meet  your need. Many of them are offering tours especially focused on the needs of w0men travellers.  Women Travel the World has a special Tour Calendar of these tours – you can explore the great cities of Europe, walk through Kenya, barge through the French countryside or travel the Silk Rd…

I just surfed into the site and there are currently these tours on offer:

• Australasia/Pacific (38)
• Europe (47)
• Africa/Middle East (30)
• Asia & Eastern Europe (70)
• Central/South America (13)
• North America + Hawaii (10)

All you have to do is name your dream destination and surf in to find what is on offer from a variety of travel companies.  It could not be easier – and there are new tours being added all the time.

Find your Dream Tour now

Venus Adventures is a NZ and Swiss based company which focuses on women travellers.  They can help you organise your own custom trip (mixed or women-only) to Morocco! Read more