Travel with Beverly is the latest listing on the Women Travel website which lists women's owned accommodation and tour companies around the World. Beverly's tours to Cuba and Peru are on the Women Travel Tour Calendar I love the way the internet allows us to connect with women all over the world. Here is Beverly with a passion for Cuba and Peru, living in a small … [Read more...]
Adventurous Women Guides help you Explore the Canyons of Wanaka
In the world of adventure tourism, you’re likely to meet a number of colorful characters--guides who have traveled the world, worked on every continent, have multiple qualifications under their belts (er, harnesses), and can tell a great joke. Most likely, they’re males. The badass female guide is a rare but awesome encounter as women gain more footing in the adventure world, … [Read more...]
The Best Coffee Shops To Visit In New Zealand
There are many benefits of travelling the world, seeing beautiful sights, and experiencing different cultures. For all the many benefits, of travelling, there are certain home benefits that even the most experienced of travellers will miss. For those coffee lovers amongst us, finding the perfect coffee shop, to engage in our java addiction can be challenging, to say the least. … [Read more...]
Love the NZ Rail Trails – now Cycle India
Natasha Sinclair lives in Wanaka in the South Island of NZ, she has just had a baby, but that has not stopped her travelling and helping others to travel. On Women Travel Blog she writes about this - read it here. Her company Indafrica unites her twin passions for Africa and India, and she has recently started organising trips for cyclists in India, offering to … [Read more...]
Bali with a Difference – a Creative Twist
Debbie Brock and Patti Clark are two creative women, and though living in a fairly isolated part of New Zealand (Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand) they have forged a path in taking creative workshops for women over the years, under the brand FigJam Workshops. Now they are taking on Bali! A trip to Bali has inspired them to refocus their energies around … [Read more...]
MealBook – A New Zealand Project to help you Dine Local
Susy, Kim and Ray live in the North of New Zealand and are all passionate about tourism and have set up MealBook.nz as a way of connecting travellers with some of the wonderful kiwis who love to cook and share food. As an adult Susy has built her own Bed and Breakfast lodge in Tutukaka.The Lighthouse Lookout Wedding Venue and BnB. She operates this with her husband Brett. It … [Read more...]
Coromandel B&B
Jill Kaeppeli has found a patch of paradise on the Coromandel Peninsula, and and is keen to share it with others at her Kaeppeli's B&B near Whitianga. Jill is a kiwi but also speaks Swiss-German - with a kiwi accent of course. Since 1994 she has welcomed guests to her BnB at Kuaotonu, north of Whitianga on the east coast of the Coromandel. Drive off the road and wind … [Read more...]
Devonport – just a ferry away from Auckland
Devonport is just a 12 minute Ferry ride (they run every half hour) from downtown Auckland, we often catch the Ferry and have coffee on the 'other side'. Until the Auckland Harbour Bridge was built, this was a backwater - a place for holidays and leisure pursuits. The remnants of this remain with some gorgeous old buildings in the main street and elegant older homes, now … [Read more...]
Some Great New Zealand Fishing Destinations You Want To Try
New Zealand can only be seen as a paradise for those that love fishing. You can fish for salmon and trout in places ranging from smaller springs to large wilderness waters. Whether you travel by campervan or you look for something similar to the fishing charters by UFC in Miami, here are some great recommendations to think about. Central North Island The best fishing … [Read more...]
Italy is more than Tuscany – though it is where most of us start out…
Lyn and Chris love sharing food with others - right now they have just finished hosting 8 groups in Sicily, Puglia and Tuscany and are now settling into life in their trulli in Puglia, before returning to NZ "Our vegetable garden is producing well, the figs are just starting to ripen and we collected succulent blackberries on our early morning walk this morning. Tomorrow is … [Read more...]