Figjam Workshops are based in Thames on the Coromandel, and as well as local workshops and events, they have organised some sensational Bali Retreats. Bali Spa Retreat with A Creative Twist The next retreat is in 28 April - 6 May 2016 Some comments from women who came on a recent retreat Would you recommend the Figjam Workshops Retreat to others? I have already been … [Read more...]
The Gables – living between Italy and New Zealand
On Women Travel the World Blog I recently wrote about Lisa Condie who went to Italy on holiday in 2012, and on her last day there decided she wanted to live in Florence. She has set up a small tour company dedicated to showing women the wonders of Tuscany. More Lyn and Chris are two New Zealand women who also fell in love with Italy, and now spend their time between Puglia … [Read more...]
New Zealand Awaits – a new travel company introducing NZ to the world
Debbie Clarke and her Partner Karen Lang have just set up a tour company New Zealand Awaits, with a focus on providing inbound tours to NZ for LGBT travelers. Debbie shares some of their journey here: After many years of living and working internationally, from London to Japan to Hungary to the U.S, I’ve decided to follow my passion and have founded a travel company to … [Read more...]
Bushwise Women is no More. Long Live Womens Holidays!
Bushwise Women was the brain child of Cynthia Roberts and her partner Roz Heinz. They gave up their careers in education and set up this company to take women into the outdoors. They took trips for women into much of New Zealand's South Island back country. They started mostly with day walks and kayaking from their Bushline Lodge on the West Coast, but they quickly … [Read more...]
Guides for your Travel on the Silk Road
Silk Road Adventures are based in Greymouth in the South Island of New Zealand, and for years they have been leading tours in every corner of the Silk Road. Recently they have branched out and are supporting self-drive touring arrangements. At one point we had 55 travellers motoring their way accross various parts of Asia on a variety of enterprises in vehicles that were … [Read more...]
So why choose women only holidays and adventures?
Inside Out Adventures is an Auckland based company which specialises in Adventures for Women under its brand AWOL. Here owner Mary Somervell explores why Women Only Holidays work. Women often tell me how much they value the company of other women when we are away together exploring new places and different adventures. We have different conversations in female only company. … [Read more...]
Chris and Lyn offer Cooking School in Puglia
Lyn and Chris are New Zealanders who, as well as running The Gables Guest House at Akaroa, have for 13 years been leading small group tours to Italy. As chefs and foodies, their tours have always had a cooking theme - shopping at local markets, demonstrating how to cook and then of course eating the food and drinking the wine. For the first time Lyn and Chris are offering a … [Read more...]
Women Go AWOL
Inside out Adventures is an Auckland Based travel company who organises adventures for independent travelers. Mary Somervel has developed an offshoot of this business called AWOL adventures - especially for women. AWOL = Adventurous Women on the Loose Read some of AWOL's latest adventures Maungatautari Mountain weekend Middle Earth at Maungatautari Mountain … [Read more...]
Unfinished Business – Trout Fishing on the Tongariro River
Guest post from AWOL - Adventurous Women on the Loose When we signed up for our trout fishing adventure on the Tongariro River we had no idea that the most adventuresome part would be getting there! To reach our fishing spot we had to cross a fast flowing section of the river complete with slimy rocks and a strong waist high current. Despite using the proper 'linked arms' … [Read more...]
Away with the birds on Waiheke Island
Guest post by Mary Somervell of Auckland Based Inside Out Adventures - offering some great trips for women The ferry docks at Matiatia wharf on Waiheke Island and a courtesy van is there to meet us. Gavin takes us on a mini tour of the island with a photo stop at Palm Beach before we arrive at the Trig Hill base. What a superb location - the second highest point on the … [Read more...]