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The top 100 female travel influencers to follow on Instagram

Each day seems to bring with it a new travel influencer we’d not come across before – one that is producing content at a calibre which manages to completely captivate. These girls have made their Instagram feed an art form, and the creativity they conjure has us continually wanting to add new destinations to our bucket list.

From the mountains to the sea, the city to the wild – we take a look at some of the inspirational female travel influencers whose talent has seen them firmly find a place on our top 100 watch list for 2018…

1. Jade Seba | @jadeseba | 2.1M Describing herself as a blogger, globe trotter and actress Jesus girl, when we’re not coveting this Rio de Janeiro-based influencer’s wardrobe – we’re pouring over the latest destinations she’s visited.

2. Gypsea Lust | @gypsea_lust | 1.9M With  Do You Travel ’s Jack Morris by her side, Australian-born Bali-based influencer –Gypsea Lust’s  Lauren Bullen has amassed an impressive number of followers all wanting to come along for the ride on this couple’s epic adventures.

3. Lovely Pepa | @lovelypepa | 1.6M Initially on the path to become a lawyer, Spanish born and bred Alexandra Pereira set up style blog Lovely Pepa in 2009 as a way to share her fashion, travel and photography inspo. 1.5 million followers later, and we doubt she’ll be practising law any time soon…

4. Ohh Couture | @ohhcouture | 1.6M Founded in the beginning of 2014 by German-based strategy consultant and passionate shopper Leonie Hanne, Ohh Couture has gone on to play host a number of top brands including Cartier, Net-a-Porter and Bulgari.

5. Janni D | @jannid | 1.2M A lifestyle blogger from Sweden living in Monaco, 26-year-old Janni Delér first began her blog to document her travel-laden life so she could go and look back on everything she’d been up to. And now she’s joined by a million other people wanting to do the same.

6. Angelica Blick | @angelicablick | 1.2M Currently in Paris, Swedish influencer Angelica Blick’s impressive content creations have seen her crowned with a host of blogger awards including ‘International Blog of the Year’ and ‘Best Fashion Blog of the Year’.

7. Hello Emilie | @helloemilie | 1.1M A University of NSW graduate who now resides in Queensland (when she’s not on the road), Hello Emilie’s Emilie Ristevski is one of Australia’s most successful female travel influencers alongside Gypsea Lust.

8. Collage Vintage | @collagevintage | 1M Beautiful locations, perfect fashion finds, and immaculate captures – Spanish blogger Collage Vintage’s Sara Escudero has long been on our must-watch list.

9. Paris In Four Months | @parisinfourmonths | 940K Moving from Sweden to Paris to follow her dreams in 2012, Carin Olsson began her blog ‘ Paris in Four Months’ around the same time . Safe to say that four months has long passed with Carin still calling the city her home…

10. Pilot Madeleine | @pilotmadeleine | 952K From Munich, Germany, Pilot Madeleine’s Madeleine Schneider-Weiffenbach has taken followers on her journeys with her since she first glided into the digital world in October 2015.

11. Tara Milk Tea | @taramilktea | 935K Sydney-born, Melbourne-based influencer Tara Milk Tea’s Tara Whiteman is seriously talented when it comes to both the lens and editing techniques. And what makes her extra amazing is that she openly shares lots of useful photography tips and tricks with her followers via Insta Stories.

12. Debi Flue | @debiflue | 846K After starting blogging as a hobby in 2013, German globetrotter Debi Flue’s Debi Flügge is now mixing it with the best of them as she travels around the world with partner Keeevsch .

13. Victoria Tornegren | @victoriatornegren | 829K A Swedish fashion and travel influencer, Victoria Tornegren recently caught our attention while travelling around Australia over the Christmas break.

14. Belen Hostalet | @belenhostalet | 657K A Barcelona chika, Belen Hostalet’s tropical adventures will have you wanting to grab your togs and head for the beach.

15. Allie M Taylor | @alliemtaylor | 644K With breath-taking photography from around the world, Swiss influencer Alexandra Taylor continues to mesmerise with her inspirational feed that takes you from the dessert to the ocean.

16. World Wanderlust | @worldwanderlust | 627K On the day she graduated uni, World Wanderlust’s Brooke Saward booked a one-way to London – with her journeying barely stopping since. As well as her blog and Instagram, Brooke has published a book, released an app, featured in numerous magazines, and has a team of 5 working for her.

17. Li-Chi Pan | @lichipan | 559K Straddling the worlds of food and travel, expect to see more adventure-fueled posts this year as Sydney-based content creator Li-Chi Pan heads to the Maldives, South Africa and Taiwan.

18. Queen of Jetlags | @queenofjetlags | 547K Starting her digital foray in 2013 after graduating Museum Studies at the Amsterdam University, Noor de Groot’s Queen of Jetlags Instagram and blog is now a go-to destination for all your travel inspo.

19. Bookonin | @bookonin | 541K After working over a decade in travel, media and finance, in early 2017 Book On In’s Naomi-Jane Adams left her career at Daily Mail and General Trust to focus primarily on Bookonin after demand for the platform required her full attention.

20. Puanindya | @puanindya | 514K Formerly a journalism student in Padjadjaran University and freelance photographer based in Indonesia, Puanindya’s Putri Anindya has had her work featured in magazines such as Marie Claire and the Huffington Post and worked with brands including Red Bull and Converse.

21. Chelsea Kauai | @chelseakauai | 513K Hawaii-based creative Chelsea Kauai’s Chelsea Yamase abides by the motto “Live simply, explore often, consume mindfully” – and has a feed that is a true showcase of this ethos.

22. The Blonde Abroad | @theblondeabroad | 486K A Californian native, The Blonde Abroad’s Kiersten packed in her corporate life in finance to travel the world in 2011. Kiersten has now travelled to over 50 counties and is on the road for nine months of the year.

23. Lauren Epbath | @laurenepbath | 463K If you want to take your photography to the next level, then Australian influencer Lauren Bath is a great one to follow as she’ll quite often talk through the gear and settings she used on a specific pic. Great for those wanting to learn from one of the best in the biz.

24. Jess Wandering | @jess.wandering | 456K While she may have attended the University of Washington School of Law from 2008-2011, you’re unlikely to find Jess Wandering’s Jess Dales in the court room any time soon with the Seattle-based travel influencer a full-time content creator since 2015.

25. Travel In Her Shoes | @travel_inhershoes | 408K With a pretty epic girl gang group that features others found on this list, Travel In Her Shoes blogger Aggie Lal describes herself as an “LA free spirit who can’t get enough of adventure, good energy, avocados & puppies”. Sounds like a pretty dreamy combo to us…

26. Hilvees | @hilvees | 405K Bringing all sorts of #couplegoals, Nordic couple Hilvees’ Hildegunn Taipale and partner @eljackson ’s Samuel Taipale are right at the top when it comes to Instagram travel #couplegoals and inspiration.

27. Andrea Dabene | @andreadabene | 393K An American-born French photographer, growing up on three continents saw Andrea Dabene’s passion for travel cultivated early thanks to being raised to appreciate cultural diversity and unique landscapes.

28. Meg Legs | @meg_legs | 379K Based in Salt Lake City, Meg Legs influencer Megan Mitchell first jumped into the digital scene in 2013 with the launch of her blog Style’d Avenue .

29. My Peeptoes | @mypeeptoes | 365K Spanish influencer Paula Ordovás from My Peeptoes is not only a travel influencer but also the social media strategist for Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion week and collaborates with several magazines including Vogue Mexico and Elle UK.

30. Bea Albero | @beaalbero | 357K One half of Instagram power couple Mr and Mrs Monnet , Spanish influencer Bea Albero left her career in 2013 to share her experience of travelling the world with husband Jéremy Monnet .

31. See Want Shop | @seewantshop | 334K After discovering the wonderful world of blogging in 2011 when travelling abroad, Australian influencer See Want Shop’s Lisa Hamilton decided to start up her own creative outlet to coincide with her profession as a health physiotherapist. Since then, the blog and Instagram have gone on to become her full-time dedication.

32. Tiff Penguin | @tiffpenguin | 328K Mixing dentistry with adventure travel photography, Los Angeles-based influencer Tiffany Nguyen of Tiff Penguin might not have your usual mixture of professional pursuits – but it’s one that’s clearly working for her, with Tiffany collaborating with a number of top brands and media publications.

33. Goldie Hawn | @goldiehawn_ | 319K Hailing from the Canadian Rockies, Goldie Hawn influencer Katie Goldie has managed to combine her love for the outdoors with her passion for photography (and no, we don’t think there’s any ties with Goldie Hawn the actress).

34. Round The World Girl | @roundtheworldgirl | 315K With a feed delivering a heavy mixture of active living and wanderlust wandering, Round The World Girl’s Elise Sterck not only has two degrees from the University of Wyoming – in Geographic Information Systems and Environment and Natural Resources – but she’s also a helicopter pilot, sailor, and keen outdoor explorer.

35. Lily Rose | @lilyrose | 301K From Switzerland to Morocco, watch on as travel blogger and influencer Lily Rose takes you with her to all the far corners of the world.

36. Renee Roaming | @reneeroaming | 294K With a home base in Seattle, we love how Renee Roaming’s Renee Hahnel is not afraid to get out into the countryside to deliver us endless wild enchantment.

37. June Sixty Five | @junesixtyfive | 281K With her blog and Instagram name inspired by her mother – who was born in June 1965 – Paris influencer June Sixty Five’s Federica takes us with her as she travels from cities to beaches all with an impeccable wardrobe.

38. Fashiion Carpet | @fashiioncarpet | 279K Launching style blog Fashiion Carpet in 2012 with boyfriend Patrick Kahlo, Nina Schwichtenberg has extended her digital footprint beyond fashion to now include snippets of her various travels.

39. Zoe Laz | @zoelaz | 276K Hailing from Utah, Zoe Laz’s Zoe Lazerson is another one who seems to seamlessly incorporate fashion and travel posts to give us the best of both worlds…

40. Si Sichen | @si_sichen | 273K German-based blogger Si Sichen’s Simone is a globe-trotting guru – with the travel influencer off to Marrakech, St. Moritz, and Mexico next.

41. Polkadot Passport | @polkadotpassport | 256K Polkadot Passport is run by 23-year-old Aussie girl Nicola Easterby, who began her travel blog at aged 20 after discovering a lust for adventure.

42. Olive Cooke | @olivecooke | 257K Growing up in Western Australia and then moving to Byron Bay, Olive Cooke’s adventures around Australia (and the world) have you adding everywhere she goes to your must-visit bucket list.

43. Madeline Joy Relph | @madelinejoyrelph | 253K From Sydney’s northern beaches but often found between Bali and Byron Bay, we’re addicted to Madeline Joy Relph’s feed thanks to her free-spirited adventurous nature.

44. Kitkat CH | kitkat_ch | 239K Based in Switzerland, Kitkat CH’s Martina Bisaz has had an interesting career path. From 2008 – 2016 she worked part-time as a scientific illustrator in Zurich’s archeology department and as part-time as a freelance photographer and illustrator, but last year saw Martina embrace the life of a full-time influencer and photographer.

45. Zeeba Life | @zeebalife | 228K Mostly found travelling the world with her husband and son, Zeeba Life’s Claudia Padgett leads her followers to some of the most beautiful hotels and and exclusive destinations found across the globe.

46. Girl Born To Travel | @girlborntotravel | 226K Born in France, Girl Born To Travel influencer Hélène has been travelling the world since she was 18 and has since notched up more than 40 countries to her name. She is now based in France in a small town near Geneva, Switzerland.

47. Cara Jourdan | @carajourdan | 218K Canada’s Cara Jourdan began her digital journey with her blog A Fashion Love Affair in 2011. She’s gone on to be featured in more than 100 media outlets (and with this article – make that 101…)

48. Alice Detogni | @alicedetogni | 209K An interior and graphic designer, Alice Detogni’s Instagram takes us on a super cute adventure around her home city of Milan to further afield.

49. Elise Cook | @elisecook | 202K Living in a van with husband Domenic Palumbo, Elise Cook’s adventure-filled IG began taking off after being discovered by Tourism Tasmania a couple of years ago.

50. The Tia Fox | @thetiafox | 201K Beginning her digital journey in 2014, Melbourne-based The Tia Fox’s Melanie Liu travels the world creating and curating beautiful lifestyle content across the categories of travel, fashion, beauty and food.

51. Tour de Lust | @tourdelust | 197K Born in Los Angeles but now based in San Francisco, Tour de Lust founder Christine Tran has taken us from Nova Scotia to the Napa Valley to Koh Samui – and that’s just this year (and yes, we are only 6 weeks into it!)

52. Rustic Bones | @rusticbones | 192K With impressive wanderlust photography that highlights her free spirit, Rustic Bones content creator Jessica Bubb is based in Colorado and originally began the Rustic Bone blog in 2015 as a personal fashion and photography platform.

53. A Dash of Fash | @adashoffash | 189K A Dash Of Fash’s Iris Dijkers calls her home base Amsterdam, but will soon be jetting off to Paris and Bali.

54. Laurie Ferraro | @laurie_ferraro | 187K You may have known her by her previous handle @TheRueCollective, but this year saw Canadian influencer Laurie Ferraro change the handle over to her real name (while still delivering on the travel and outfit goals she’s renowned for).

55. Lisa Danielle | @lisadanielle__ | 186K With an affinity for twirling skirts and two-sets, Byron Bay’s Lisa Smith of @lisadanielle__ is often spotted with travel companion Emelinaah  – with the two taking us around the world with them via the Gram from Italy to Morocco.

56. Irina HP | @irinahp | 185K A travel and fashion blogger from Vienna, Irina HP’s adds some magic to her Europe travels with pretty pops of red and orange.

57. Elizabeth Gadd | @elizabethgadd | 179K With flowing red locks adding some interesting movement to Lizzy Gad’s IG feed, we love the almost ethereal feel delivered by this Vancouver-based influencer.

58. Frauke Hagen | @frauke_hagen | 168K Made in Germany, Frauke Hagen’s moody travel shots are wanderlust central.

59. Lisa Homsy | @lisahomsy | 167K Canadian travel and lifestyle creative, Lisa Homsy has recently been travelling around Los Angeles and the Bahamas and is now in Hawaii.

60. Julia Mateian | @juliamateian | 166K Montreal’s Julia Mateian decided to launch her blog The 26th Look while completing her Master in Marketing at HEC Montreal at aged 26. Since then, her adventures across Instagram and her blog have gone on to gain a fast following (as well as a number of awards).

61. Joelle Friend | @joellefriend | 165K Based in Seattle, Washington, Joelle Friend’s Instagram feed inspires to take the beaten track and get into the wilderness.

62. Charlotte Little Wolf | @charlottelittlewolf | 157K Portland photographer Charlotte Little Wolf’s Charlotte Gane studied illustration, graphic design, and photographer at University of California – and is now using all three skills to deliver content for brands such as Iceland Air, Pepsi, and SanDisk.

63. Voyage Provocateur | @voyage_provocateur | 157K Hailing from Poland but now living in Germany, Voyage Provocateur spends much of the year exploring the world – with next on her list including Amsterdam, Kitzbühl, Copenhagen, and Jordan.

64. Emelinaah | @emelinaah | 150K Besties with Olive Cooke, Emelinaah’s Emily Hutchinson can be found residing in Byron Bay when she’s not visiting destinations like Japan, the Maldives, and the Sahara Desert.

65. MVanderluis | @mvanderluis | 148K A Canadian-based creative from Montreal, we’ve been a little obsessed with Mel Vanderluis’ Instagram Stories of late as she lets followers into some of the behind-the-scenes action behind her enthralling feed.

66. Haylsa | @haylsa | 148K Having explored over 35 countries including Europe, Jordan, Oman, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, America, and Myanmar, Haylsa’s Hayley Anderson is currently at home in Australia where she is spending the summer.

67. Melissa Findley | @melissafindley | 139K An Australian photographer currently residing on the Gold Coast, Melissa Findley’s work has taken her across the globe from Australia to Nepal, Africa, Samoa and everywhere in between.

68. Sarah Pour | @sarahpour | 138K Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Sarah Pour’s work as a visual artist, freelance photographer  and social media advisor has seen her work with top brands and tourism boards such as Canon and Visit Finland.

69. And A Thousand Words | @andathousandwords | 135K After graduating from Amsterdam’s Fashion Institute five years ago, Merel van Poorten started up blog And A Thousand Words to share her photography and words on jewellery, travel, beauty, fashion and a healthy lifestyle.  

70. Chloe BH | @chloe_bh | 136K 23-year-old Sydneysider Chloe Barry-Hang’s colourful adventures around the world have us desperately wanting to pack our bags and join her for the ride.

71. Campsbay Girl | @campsbaygirl | 134K A travel blogger from Cape Town in South Africa, Campsbay Girl’s Carlinn trots around the world with her photographer partner @thelawry ’s Mike Eloff.

72. Ellie Bullen | @elliebullen | 134K The second account for foodie influencer Elsa’s Wholesome Life , Australian-bred and Bali-based Ellie Bullen brings with us snapshots of her various travels via @elliebullen including trips to Joshua Tree National Park, Cambodia, and Hollywood.

73. Kimi Juan | @kimijuan | 131K Born and raised in the Philippines, Kimi Juan travels the world with her partner Thomas Caja  – with the two having their photography featured in a number of  reputable print and digital media outlets.

74. Marisa Hampe | @marisahampe | 123K Studying visual communication at the University of Arts in Berlin – German influencer Marisa Hampe began her Instagram account two years ago and quickly saw her landscape photography taking off.

75. Emi Toms | @emitoms | 112K Marketing manager at Amazon by day and travel influencer by night, Emily Thomas can currently be found roaming around Seattle, Washington.

76. Word Uuup | @worduuup | 108K With crazy hair and an epic feed, Word Uuup content creator Polina K has spent the last 5 years in Africa after escaping Russia to explore the world.

77. Ananaya Ray | @ananya.ray | 103K From Alberta, Canada, Ananaya Ray really began getting into the world of IG four years ago when she travelled to Greece and wanted to showcase the beauty of the country.

78. Mddyelrck | @mddyelrck | 103K With a cute bio that reads “Climb mountains but take pictures of lakes”, Mddyelrck’s Madison Elrick is an active outdoor enthusiast who loves hiking, backpacking, climbing and mountaineering… and of course – photography. Originally from BC, Madison recently moved to Alberta and is quite fond of travelling the Canadian Rockies.

79. Ju.Hu.Lia | @ju.hu.lia | 89K Made in Ukraine, based in Germany and soon headed to Bali and Australia, Ju.Hu.Lia’s Julia Rosenbusch has got the travel bug and we’re enjoying watching on as she puts more destination notches under the belt.

80. Em Peachy | @em.peachy | 88K 22-year-old psychology-graduate-turned-travel-enthusiast, Em Peachy’s Emily Smith is based in South Australia but can be found documenting her adventures across the country from Byron Bay to the Hunter Valley.

81. Kirsty Cane | @kirstycane | 86K Hailing from South Australia, Kirsty Cane’s adventures have long had us wanting to jump in our kombi and head cross country.

82. Your Passport | @your_passport | 85K Permanently travelling the world with partner Your Passage ’s Uroz Polajzer, Your Passport’s Lara Kamnik is based in Koper Slovenia (but can’t often be found there!)

83. Tracy Komlos | @tracy_komlos | 81K Toronto-based Tracy Komlos has taken her travel influencing to the next level – launching Pangea Dreams – a range of blogger retreats that offer workshops in digital marketing, business strategy, and photography.

84. Amy Seder | @amyseder | 81K Leaving her life in NYC to travel the world, Amy Seder can currently be found producing her content in Cali – with Nashville next on the list.

85. Life With Three | @life.with.three | 73K From South Australia, Life With Three influencer Rachel Barwick’s feed continues to get better and better as she seeks out the different beaches and fields the country has to offer.

86. Salty Luxe | @saltyluxe | 73K If beach days and trips to the tropics are for you – then you’re going to like Sarah from Salty Luxe’s IG feed. Sarah hails from Byron Bay, Australia.

87. K is for Kani | @kisforkani | 70K Travelling creative & photographer from Melbourne, K is for Kani lifestyle influencer Connie Cao’s feed is inspired by a mix of nature and colour.

88. Carmen Huter | @carmenhuter | 67K Take a look at New Zealand influencer Carmen Huter’s feed and then tell me you’re not inspired to climb a mountain… #adventuregoals

89. Live Like Its The Wknd | @livelikeitsthewknd | 58K During the day she’s a social media and branding consultant for small businesses – but in the evening you’ll findLive Like Its The Wknd’s Michelle Halpern relentlessly researching new travel destinations. She’s currently residing in Maine – with NYC next on the agenda.

90. Take Off With Love | @takeoffwithlove | 57K With a law degree and MBA under her sleeve, Take Off With Love’s Vanesa will soon be leaving her home of Slovenia to travel around Marrakech, Positano, and Venice.

91. Lucy in the Sky | @lucyinthesskyy | 57K With a super supportive Insti tribe supporting her every move, Lucy In the Sky influencer Lucia inspires us as she travels to all the hot spots in the IG travel world.

92. Outside Boxx | @outsideboxx | 56K Currently living in London, Outside Boxx’s Karolina Valeikaite and partner @gypseetravel ’s Marco Coppola are originally from Lithuania and Italy but spend a lot of the year abroad (like many on this list!)

93. Icing and Glitter | @icingandglitter | 54K A part-time Torontonian and part-time wanderer, we’ve been obsessing over Icing and Glitter’s Siffat Haider ever since we featured her in one of our Fast 50 interviews .

94. KJ Pinc | @kjpinc | 50K Washington-based photographer and lifestyle influencer KJ Pinc has taken us everywhere from camel riding in Egypt, to hot springs in Alaska, to mountain picnics in Mount Rainier National Park… and we’ve loved every second of it.

95. My Detox Travel | @mydetoxtravel | 48K Currently in Patagonia, My Detox Travel’s Cath Simard is a Canadian-born self-taught travel / adventure photographer and art director who left her fashion stylist / model job to travel the world full-time – sharing her passion for the outdoors and the wilderness via both her Instagram and blog .

96. Teru Menclova | @terumenclova | 45K Based in Prague, Czechoslovakia, we’re looking forward to following Teru Menclova’s adventures this year as she heads to Kaprun and Iceland.

97. My Colourful World | @mycolourfulworld_ | 41K Definitely one we’re picking to watch out for in 2018, My Colourful World founder Katie Purling is an Australian-based travel influencer that picked up her first camera in 2015… and hasn’t been able to put it down since.

98. The Wondering Dreamer | @thewonderingdreamer | 41K Hailing from England, The Wondering Dreamer’s Jess Meyrick is currently residing in Bermuda – where she brings daily snippets of life on the island.

99. Alex SVD | @alex.svd | 39K A graphic designer in the making, Alex SVD hails from Québec, Canada and is an avid traveller (and accomplished photographer!)

100. The Braided Lena | @thebraidedlena | 11K Confession – this is actually my account, and while I cringe a little at the self promotion, if you want to follow my travels around beaches from Tropical North Queensland to Tasmania (with a little bit of Europe, Bali and soon South Africa and Iceland thrown in for good measure), then The Braided Lena is where you can find me having a little fun lugging around my trusty camera.

Do you have a travel influencer who’s content inspires you? Or are you a travel influencer yourself? Comment the account handle below – we’d love to check it out!

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Comments 41.

Hey! I’m an upcoming influencer from South Aus, would love for you to check out my profile @courts.jay

You have a beautiful account! We’ve just started following. Keep up the good work!

@TavernaTravels is one of my favorites!! Great tips on budget travel. Her insta and website are great!

Thanks Susannah – will have to check it out! x

Hi, i just want to say hello? and of course i would be proud if you see my account too http://instagram/tasteandtravel_pl

Thanks for getting in contact Agnieszka. Love your account (and following your journeys!) x

Hi Lena! Happy to discover this website! I just went through the whole list of 100 travel influencers, some of them I follow myself. Of course I would love if you could check my handle too ? @travelekspert

Hi Patty, So thrilled that you liked discovering Husskie and that you follow some of these influencers. Keep up your good work! x

thanks for sharing… some amazing shots and gorgeous women.

I really would like to be able to have that assistant to help me take most of the photos and the camera : )

Aren’t they all so inspiring – and agreed, it would be amazing to have an assistant to travel with you (especially one that’s a friend as well as incredible photographer!) x

Great article. I actually loved the way you told us of many of the girls’ university qualifications or jobs. These successful females are not just pretty bimbos who like travel. It’s nice to see they’re rounded women, and bring a wide range of skills and interests to what they’re doing. Thanks for assembling.

I loved doing the research behind each of the girls and discovering how talented so many of them are (not just in photography!) So many different backgrounds that come together in this world of Instagram… xx

Loving all of these! Some many girlbosses 🙂

So many incredible feeds out there – and this just touched the edge! 🙂 xx

Hello, I love your page…about this post are these the only female travel influencers…are there no black women into this…or you decided to concentrate on a particular statistics…if that’s it no problem…but if not… please next time black women too can be included, I am black and it’ll be really nice to look up to someone with the same color of skin and hair…and probably same geographic location… except this isn’t an international blog too…And for one I know beautiful black travel influencer…with over a 100k followers on Instagram…”asiyamigold”. Nice post…thanks.

So thrilled to hear you love Husskie. I definitely didn’t decide to concentrate on a particular statistic – in fact, had I known about Asiuamigold’s account before putting this together – she would most definitely have been included! I’ve just got in contact with her to see if she’d be interested in doing a feature with us on Husskie as we’d be beyond thrilled to have her on the site. We openly welcome everyone of every colour, age, sexuality – EVERYONE! 🙂 xx

Hello, I love your page…about this post are these the only female travel influencers…are there no black women into this…or you decided to concentrate on a particular statistics…if that’s it no problem…but if not… please next time black women too can be included, I am black and it’ll be really nice to look up to someone with the same color of skin and hair…and probably same geographic location… except this isn’t an international blog too…And for one I know a beautiful black travel influencer…with over a 100k followers on Instagram…”asiyamigold”. Nice post…thanks.

Sarah Richards at @coffeethentravel is one of my faves. She is also the mastermind behind @girlsthatscuba which has developed a cult following of lady divers of all levels and experiences. Love your work Lena xx

Ooh – thank you for the recommendations! Will have to go check them out… 🙂 xx

All the travelers on this list are great creators! I only wished the list wasn’t at least 90% of blonde-thin girls. I like to follow many of them, but seriously, there are SO many influencers with different origins. I think you could do more to contribute to diversity in the travel industry. Isn’t traveling precisely about building bridges between different communities?

Hi Natalie, I’m so sorry you didn’t feel that there was enough diversity in here and will definitely be more aware of this the next time I pop the list together. I honestly don’t look at people’s race or hair colour when putting it together – just their general feed and photography. But will make sure I’m more aware of this for next time. Definitely agree that travelling is about building bridges between different communities. x

Love this list!! Absolutely great accounts, yet my fav is missing – @andshexplores for her unique photos and great sense of telling a story. Her blog is also pretty dreamy! I am also missing @saltinourhair on the list, but that’s more like couple influencers right?

Hi Jure, Thanks for the recommendations! Have started following And She explores and with Salt In Our Hair – I absolutely love their account (we’ve actually previously featured them!) – but this one was about just the girls. I’m going to be putting together one on couples shortly – so keep an eye out for that article! x

Simply a great read, Build your own dreams, You are and always will be in your own life.

So true, and love this statement. I think that modern life now, more than ever, has given us the opportunities to live out dreams. x

I love following Grace @reignbowserpent on her travel adventures. She is beautiful girl inside and out, she writes lovely pieces about her travels, her love of family and has a strong social conscience.

Thanks so much for the recommendation Felicity, I’ll have to go check her out! x

Hi there! Don’t miss fresh pictures from @alllavi on my road trip in Australia #admiringaustralia

Wow, Both Are Pretty look.

Hi girls, I’m pretty sure you will love my feed as well -> @iamgeorgiana

I hope I’ll make it to this list pretty soon.

Hey there, love this list! I’d love to have you check out my site. I focus on luxury travel and resorts. My intent is to start creating short videos highlighting the locations I visit. I hope you get a chance to visit my site on Instagram @no.ordinary.resort or website atwww.noordinaryresort.com. ~ Susan

@mylifeaseva is my favorite travel & videography influencer

I don’t have a travel account but I LOVE @fameisficklefood. I think she’s different because she tells a story with each image

Same, same, same, same, same… 100 of them and not an original in the bunch. Traveling the world wasting precious years of their lives doing exactly what everyone else is doing. Same locations, same shots, same filters, like little carbon copies begging for likes. Pathetic, sad, staged, uninteresting and worst of all inauthentic.

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Miss seeing my fellow women of color on this list! Happy to see a few Latinos and Asians but just a very small amount makes me sad. Would have been great to see some responsible travelers too. I’m both, for future reference! @MissFilatelista

I have recently found this influencer from Ukraine and love her style and stories. You might want to check it out. Also, coming from Ukraine I think gives her a unique perspective on things) @travelgirl_ukraine

I wanted to share my account focused on traveling and conscious living.

I am italian with a master of science in management from Bocconi University. I have been living in Singapore for 10 years, a role as marketing strategist at The Walt Disney Company for Asia Pacific.

Explorer, curious human with passion for everything with a soul.

@danielacaccia_

Please let me know if any interest in featuring my page.

Thank you Kind Regards Daniela

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To follow up on the comment above. Where are the black influencers? Travel is not this white, and it is disturbing that this is how anyone sees travel, this is the problem. The fact that you don’t know one, two, or three black women who are travel influencers is quite scary.

Let’s really do better because black women travel and they influnce. This list shows that there needs to be a stronger push for diversity in travel.

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These are the Most Inspiring Female Travelers on Instagram

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These female travelers are adventurous, informative, and, most importantly, inspirational. As a bonus, I’ve had a chance to get to know each one of these ladies personally, and I can vouch that they truly are more than just a pretty Instagram account — they’re amazing women, too.

These are the best travel Instagram accounts to follow for a serious case of wanderlust!

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Tegan, The Travel Curve

This plus-sized model turned digital motivator is on a mission to change the perception we have about our bodies. Tegan from The Travel Curve wants to inspire self-love and the appreciation of curvy girls everywhere, because, let’s face it, the No. 1 key to style is confidence.

If she looks familiar, it’s because she’s also the model for our Compass Rose Bra Wallet , too.

Take a look at this Facebook Live where I interviewed Tegan and she shared her best curvy travel style tips!

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Oneika, Oneika The Traveller

Oneika is one of THE most inspiring and praised journalists in the travel industry. Through Oneika The Traveller , she shares thought-provoking insights based on her travels all over the world and has a gorgeous insta-feed filled with vibrant images from the 100+ countries she’s visited.

As a plus, she is a super advocate of packing light and even hosts her own show on the Travel Channel, One Bag and You’re Out!

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Ana, Adventure In You

Ana is on a mission to inspire and encourage people to do more and live their lives to the fullest. She shares her passion on her blog and Instagram: Adventure in You . She’s been traveling full-time since 2013 and also teaches aspiring bloggers how to blog. Be warned, her Instagram account will have you booking a flight today.

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Karen, The Mom Trotter

I am a massive fan of Karen from The Mom Trotter who’s always on the go with her husband and four kids. Her hope is to inspire families to travel the world and believe me, her kids are already world citizens. Plus, her children are the youngest and cutest packing cube fans ever! You have to watch this video. I’m in love!

Find out why packing cubes will change your life!

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Erin, Explore with Erin

Another of my favorite family (and female) travel blog writers is Erin with Explore with Erin . Her enthusiastic personality is contagious. She’s been to more than 75 countries and traveled the world long-term with her two children. She’s an ambassador for Travelocity, my favorite place to book flights, and also contributes to Lonely Planet. 

Find the perfect packing list for your destination!

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Kamelia, The Hackerette

With over 200,000 Instagram fans, you know this is one must-see Insta! Among female travel influencers, Kamelia with The Hackerette shares ninja-travel hacking tips to show you how to save money on flights and hotels. As a plus, she also organizes her own travel tours to exotic international destinations.

Follow our foolproof formula for what to wear on an airplane !

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Danny, Black Girls Travel Too

Danny is the innovator, visionary, and speaker behind Black Girls Travel Too , whose aim is to empower women to explore this beautiful world and change the narrative. Her passion for her mission is truly inspiring! Her words transcend into the images on her Instagram feed, which will make you feel like jumping in and joining her journey, whether it’s a sandy beach or beyond.

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Monica, Monica Goes Show

Monica from Monica Goes Show  is always on an adrenalin, fun-filled adventure. Whether she’s jumping off a cliff or snowboarding, she’s having fun and doing it with her million dollar smile! This female travel blog writer been featured on Matador Network and is also a travel show host, producer, and content creator.

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Christine, GRRRL TRAVELER

Christine with GRRRL TRAVELER is an entertaining video host and creator who aims to empower solo female travelers by navigating cultural diversity while experiencing the bizarre, foreign, frightening, and, oftentimes, funny. This Instagram travel blogger’s friendly personality is bound to make you follow her adventures all over the globe.

Read this to learn why you should travel carry-on only !

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Meg, Food Fun Travel

Calling all foodies! Last, but certainly not least, is Meg with Food Fun Travel . She’s a roaming food and travel photographer and writer with an insatiable passion for seeking out culinary deliciousness. She’s been to to over 90 countries, has a travel podcast called The Dish and focuses on helping you plan your next perfect foodie vacation.

And if you’re not already doing so, don’t forget to follow Travel Fashion Girl on Instagram.

These are just a handful of the inspiring female travelers empowering women to hit the road and discover the world. Take a look at our full list of our top travel blogs to meet even more of inspiring jetsetters!

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I would have to add Kylie, the founder of Acanela Expeditions. She started her own business of providing tours all over the world. THAT is so much more inspiring than the people who travel just to post photos on Instagram or their blog.

Hi Rachel, thank you for sharing this with me, I will look into Kylie on instagram, she sounds amazing!

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Adventurous is the New Pretty: 20 Female Travel Bloggers Redefining Beauty (Photos)

A tribute to the top female travel bloggers.

She’s the woman who you invite somewhere and will actually go.

Unless of course she can’t, only because she’s on her way to another adventure.

She’s the woman who has been enough places to treat everyone with kindness.

But probably did so before her first road trip.

She’s the woman who isn’t always unafraid, but willing to face her fears.

She’s the woman who shares the traveler spirit, even when she isn’t going anywhere. But who are we joking — she  is  going everywhere, both physically and figuratively.

She’s compassionate, strong-willed, polite but unconventional, and redefines pretty with an adventurous heart.

In lieu of International Woman’s Day this week, I would like bring your attention to several women pushing the boundaries of business, media, culture and adventure.

You might know them as the top female travel bloggers; but they are doing so much more than jumping out of airplanes.

It struck me when browsing through a post showcasing a new “normal” Barbie doll  how much time and money the media spends telling us that our fat, our acne, our scars, our physical “imperfections” are still beautiful. Hello, you’re still focusing on what’s on the outside, and not who’s getting out there.

I guess I’ve never worried that I’m too short (5 ‘1 1/2 + heels), or too brunette, or too whatever to be beautiful. This is mostly because I’ve assumed that my bubbly personality, strengths in leadership, and a heart bigger than my butt is what makes me attractive. I don’t feel intimidated by women who look Photoshopped because I’m too busy being inspired by women who climb mountains, start businesses, and are billboard examples of how to treat others.

I feel pretty when I think about who I am and what I’ve done, not what I look like.

I am not sure what makes you feel “pretty,” but when I look at these women, I think pretty awesome.

Happy day, every day, to International Women.

Cheers to my favorite alpha females, and strictly as an opinion from a fellow solo female traveler, the top female travel bloggers:

When You Thought Adventure Was Too Expensive. Top Female Travel Bloggers for Budget Travel:

When people say that travel is too expensive, I direct them to legends Anna and Sabrina, who have both travelled full-time with an income less than $10,000 a year before building their blogs into a budget travelers’ paradise.

1. Anna Kate, The Legendary Adventures of Anna

For five years, Anna has been a full-time solo adventure traveler. Being alone didn’t stop her from hiking Trolltunga in Norway, bungee jumping in Ecuador, and taking twelve hours of buses across the Dominican Republic.

Connect with Anna: Blog , Instagram , Facebook, Twitter

2. Sabrina Iovino, Just One Way Ticket

From Malaysia’s islands to volunteering in wildlife orphanages in Africa and uncovering the less glamorous side of the Philippines. Sabrina’s blunt, whole-hearted adventures show us that not only can you see the world on a budget, you can make it a better place too.

Connect with Sabrina: Blog ,   Facebook, Twitter

3. Gloria Altanmo, The Blog Abroad

With a powerful and memorable voice, Glo pens her adventures as a black American woman taking on the world. From festivals to beaches, Gloria will warm your heart with her smile and passion.

Connect with Glo: Website   Facebook  Instagram   Youtube

Best Solo Female Travel Bloggers

I’m not the only one who has given up a cubicle career post-graduation to work while on the go. The following ladies have managed to match business and passion, facing real-life fears greater than bungee jumping (although we’ve all done that too ;))

4.  Kristin Addis, Be My Travel Muse

The UCSB alumni traded banking for solo hikes and hitchhiking throughout Asia (seriously). A digital nomad, Kristin continues to be a full-time adventure seeker across borders and is your go to female travel blogger.

Connect with Kristin: Blog, Facebook, Instagram , Twitter

5. Kiersten Rich, The Blonde Abroad

Goodbye corporate life, hello food, fashion, and festivals around the world. This bikini #BossBabe is more of a lady in leadership than meets the eye. She’s a keynote speaker, brand consultant, and global advocate for female adventure. Kiersten kicked the cubicle, and even features a series on her blog of women who have challenged traditional careers for a professional life of adventure.

Connect with Kiersten: Blog , Facebook, Instagram , Twitter 

6. Brooke Saward, World of Wanderlust

At twenty-two, Brooke left her home in Tasmania, Australia to conquer the globe. She quickly became an internet sensation and personal favorite of my own. Brooke sells e-books, created an app, and blogs transcontinentally, 100% full time.

Connect with Brooke: Blog , Facebook , Instagram , Twitter

Best Female Travel Bloggers for Couples Travel

Being a female traveler doesn’t mean that you have to venture on your own. The following women are partners in the adventure world, proving that fairy tale endings are for thrill seekers too.

7. Deb, The Planet D

Deb and Dave started their transcontinental journey pursuing careers as musicians. Reality hit and they pursued creative, yet conventional careers abroad in Toronto. Eventually, they made their dreams into goals and became full-time travelers. If their photos don’t inspire you, I really don’t know what will.

Connect with The Planet D: Blog , Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

8. Mapping Megan

Oh hi, imagine being American and falling in love with an Aussie in Tanzania, Africa, getting married with a volcano as a backdrop, and then  continue traveling the world as a pair. Megan has skydived in the Swiss Alps, gone sand-boarding in Peru, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, and overcome the obstacles of a traveling as a couple.

Connect with Megan: Blog , Facebook , Twitter

The YouTube Experts Best Female Travel Bloggers on YouTube

The YouTube industry (much like the adventure industry, oh wait, most like most industries) is strongly dominated by men. These women show that adventure sees no gender!

9. Rachel Rudwall, Rachel Roams

After shining behind the scenes, Rachel finally got in front of the camera to put a lens on the world. Seen in Thrillist, the Travel Channel, and an Emmy award winner, she partners up with Andrea (below) for How 2 Travelers.

Connect with Rachel: Blog,   Twitter,   Instagram,  and YouTube

10. Andrea Fzecko, Ultra World Host

Because a degree from NYU isn’t enough, Andrea jet sets around the world to host ULTRA Music Festival.  Can I have your life please?

Connect with Andrea: Facebook , Instagram , Twitter, YouTube

The Professional Instagrammers Best Female Travel Bloggers on Instagram

Yep, no big deal.

Well, it is a big deal. Developing a community on social media, sharpening your photography skills, and giving up a traditional job to see the world isn’t easy (I would know — it’s actually miserably difficult). However, these women triumph with adventure and are role modelers in the traveler Instagram community. You’ve probably seen me mention them before because I have groupie love for their photos. There are real, strong adventurous women behind those cameras (or like iPhone’s). Check them out here!

11. Lauren Bath, @LaurenEpBath

Recognized as Australia’s first professional Instagrammer, Lauren Bath will take you from Alberta to Dubai on your mobile device. A marketing strategist specializing in tourism, she CREATED a dreamy new career for all of us after giving up life as a chef.

Connect with Lauren: Instagram , Facebook, Google +

12. Sylvia, @Goldie_Berlin

Imagine being so good at what you do (traveling and taking pictures) that you can develop an entire company connecting fellow influencers to brands? Germany based founder of Brandnew IO manages her business while country hopping, and somehow still manages to comment on my Instagram photos. Goodness Sylvia, I don’t know how you do it!

Connect with Sylvia: Blog,    Instagram , and  Facebook

13. Ciler, @AudioSoup

Turkish hospitality and kindness is nothing will have you loving Ciler, a photographer, music junkie, and world traveler. An Istanbul native who reminds us that home itself has many wonders; she’ll also take you from Tanzania to Greece.

Connect with Ciler: Instagram and Facebook

14. Jewels Zee,

There’s a transparent kindness to Jewels Zee. You just know she was terrified to pursue Instagram professionally. but with talent like hers, it was an inevitable route. She continues to travel the world being a role model for her own daughters as well as young and old women and men alike.

Connect with Jewels: Facebook and Instagram 

Women Whose Health Led Them To Travel Most Inspirational Female Travel Bloggers

There’s nothing that I admire more than people who turn their obstacles into opportunities to live life to the fullest!

15. Nastasia Yakoub, Dame Traveler

Nastasia had just finished her nursing degree when she became bedridden from back surgery.

Unable to perform the physically demanding career she had invested her time and money to pursue, Nastasia developed a female-empowering community through Instagram which has since become a motivational blog. Nastasia also recently release a coffee table book featuring her favorite solo female travelers. Check it out.

Connect with Dame Traveler: Blog, Instagram , Facebook , Twitter

16. Misha, Wild Luxe

Misha, mother of two, combated cancer by unleashing her adventurous side. Her honesty and experiences make her more than a survivor: she’s an inspiration to live life everyday like you’re alive… because guess what, you are!

Connect with Wild Luxe: Blog , Instagram, Facebook

For the Love our Earth Best Female Travel Bloggers for Eco-Tourism

I would like to think that all professional travelers are environmentally conscious.  After all, how can we show you the world if we don’t take care of it? This next female travel blogger is a hero type of her own.

17. Alison’s Adventures

Alison Teal was a “Tarzan Child” raised in the wild by award-winning National Geographic photographers. She has been deemed “The Oprah of Adventure,” yet holds degrees from USC and UC Berkley. A pioneer in sustainability, the avid surfer also advocates for  Go Green.   Her surfboards are “made from soy based sustainable products, recycled coffee cups, and other Styrofoam.” If that wasn’t cool enough, she actually sells clothing (yoga pants, bikinis, and shirts) made from recycled water bottles! Your green hero in pink: Alison Teal :)

Connect with Alison: Website , Instagram , Facebook, Twitter

18.  Vanessa Rivers, Glitter&Mud Travel, SummerLove Swimwear

Vanessa went beyond her love of surfing and travel to create an eco-friendly swimwear line. The fabric consists of “100% regenerated polyamide fiber made from pre-consumer and post-consumer materials such as fishing nets, carpet fluff, and other waste diverted from landfills.”

Connect with Vanessa: Glitter&Mud Travel, Summer Love Swimwear, Facebook , Twitter

Female Travel Bloggers with a Full-Time Job

For anyone who runs one of the best female travel blogs, you know that travel and work is a full time job. However, there are people who have a conventional career and live an adventurous life.

Above all, I admire women who are doers, who push the boundaries of life and live to the fullest. You don’t have to quit your job to travel. So many more cheers to the women who don’t have a blog or social media community based on their adventurous lifestyle.

One of my best friends, included:

19. Laurie Satran

What better way to get past a divorce than allowing your company to re-locate you? Moving from Philly to Amsterdam, then a small town in Sweden, Laurie spent her weekends exploring Europe and discovering her true self. An “Ikea Backpacker,” photographer and Huffington Post blogger, Laurie jet-setting proof that you can always pursue your wildest dreams.

It’s never too late.

Connect with Laure: Instagram and Twitter

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7 Female Solo Travelers You Should Be Following on Instagram

If you're planning on using your points and miles to take a solo trip to Greece or looking to explore the Cayman Islands by yourself, we suggest you do so vicariously through these female solo travelers first. These adventurous globetrotters show us just how liberating it is to travel alone. Not only that, but their Instagram accounts serve as go-to platforms for great travel guides, vacation ideas and tips for solo traveling in a safe and exciting way. Here are seven fearless female solo travelers to follow on Instagram.

1. @glographics

Who : Gloria Atanmo

What : Gloria Atanmo is an adventure enthusiast who embraces every corner of the world as her home. Through 60-plus countries and across five continents, Atanmo is a living testament that you can have expensive dreams with an affordable hustle, as she puts it. Based out of her suitcase, she has mastered traveling on a shoestring budget. Her feed is a travel diary of all the popular locations (and off-beat destinations) that she visits around the world. Whether you're a fellow globetrotter or you've never taken a flight in your life, Atanmo has something for everyone.

Where You'll Find Her: Snapping her way across five continents, 60 countries — and counting.

 2. @grrrltraveler

Who : Christine Kaaloa

What : Are you planning a trip to Southeast Asia? Well, then you should be following Christine Kaaloa. She left her life in New York as a reality TV camera operator and producer to live and work abroad in South Korea. After teaching in Korea for a year, Kaaloa traveled to different parts of the country each weekend and then decided to backpack through India and Nepal. Having discovered her "GRRR" while backpacking alone, Ka'aloa now indulges her appreciation for cultural diversity on her Instagram . Each of her posts captures a moment in time that tells a different story — whether its a picture focused on landscape or the local communities she visits, her feed is a breath of fresh air.

Where You'll Find Her: Planning her next travel excursions from her home in Korea.

3.@Youngadventuress

Who : Liz Carlson

What : Liz Carlton traveled to over 40 countries within a 10-year period and uses her blog and Instagram as the ultimate Insta guide for any tourist looking for the most well-known places to see in New Zealand . This Virginia native moved to Spain for a few years, where her love for travel was born; she returned to the US for a short period of time before quitting her job and moving to New Zealand. This young adventurer shows no limit in her travel or photography. Her Insta feed boasts outdoor adventuring in the most inviting way: From snowy mountains to colorful meadows, you'll see exactly why Carlton is a go-to in everything travel.

Where You'll Find Her: In the very Instagrammable mountain town of Wanaka, on the South Island of New Zealand, still blogging away and chasing adventure.

4. @worldwonderlust

Who : Brooke Saward

What : It's hard not to get lost in Brooke Saward's Instagram feed, featuring a whirlwind of wanderlust-inducing photos. Just one look at her Instagram and you'll think of two things: travel and sugar. This Australian blogger is widely known for her idyllic Instagram snaps dedicated to showing off her luxe travel and eating habits. Saward has been traveling since the age of 13 and has no plans of stopping anytime soon. Follow her through the local market in Mykonos to the cafes in Belgium, Saward takes us with her on every trip with a snap of a picture.

Where You'll Find Her: Traveling all over Europe — from Positano to Versailles.

5. @urbanpixxels

Who : Jacintha Verdegaal

What : Jacintha Verdegaal is a Jetsetter that knows how to effortlessly capture her travel experiences. Originally from the Netherlands, Verdegaal moved from there to London where she began documenting her new life; she shows the best that any city has to offer with the framework of her photography. What's more, she believes that exploring the local food culture is just as important as sightseeing. Her blog UrbanPixxels and IG posts are refreshing and seemingly new in how she captures the world around her. Focused mostly on landscape, Verdegaal's occasional food post are just as great — leaving us wanting to travel the world with her.

Where You'll Find Her: Snapping across the Netherlands.

6. @theblondeabroad

Who : Kiersten Rich

What : Kiersten Rich's Instagram is a curated collection of the most picturesque and idyllic destinations around the world. In 2011, she traded in her corporate finance career for a one-way ticket to Australia and a return flight home from New Zealand. Five years later and she has traveled over 50 countries, gained more than 450,000 followers on Instagram and checked off some big adventures off her bucket list — and ours, as well. From the crystal clear waters in the Galapagos to the sand dunes in Abu Dhabi, you can trust Rich to give you the ultimate travel-envy through her Instagram. Follow her golden locks to your next possible travel adventure.

Where You'll Find Her: Exploring the blue skies and blue seas of California.

7. @adventurouskate

Who : Kate McCulley

What : Kate McCulley was named one of Forbes' Top 10 Travel Influencers and her travel list includes over 70 countries. Her ultimate goal? To show people how they can travel the world on their own all while showing us just how fun seeing the world can be. McCully's adventurous attitude and passion of travel translates through her posts. If you're a lover of beautiful beaches and riverfronts, McCulley's travel snaps will have you planning your next vacation in no time.

Where You'll Find Her: Currently out and about in NYC.

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20 Amazing Female Travelers to Follow on Instagram

From creative souls to power moms , we’re always inspired by women who aren’t letting convention tell them what to do. And today we’re talking about buying plane tickets and setting off on incredible adventures . Whether you’re starting to plan a trip of your own or just want to do some armchair traveling , here are 20 women who inspire us with their beautiful photos and independent spirit.

1. @worldofwanderlust : Brooke Seward is a 23 year old who has been traveling the globe solo for over a year now and has a list for 2015 that makes us want to hide in her suitcase . From gorgeous cities to exotic landscapes and adorable selfies, this girl from Tasmania is living the life of dreams.

2. @theblondeabroad : Kiersten is a Cali girl who left her job in corporate finance and now has been to over 40 countries. She has travel tips for everyone, whether you’re planning a luxury vacation, want to do something adventurous or are venturing out on a student budget.

3. @hippieinheelsblog : Currently living in India, Rachel used to be a nurse but now she is a practicing masseuse in the beautiful beach town of Gao. Expect lots of photos of fruit, colorful saris and pristine beaches.

4. @grrrltraveler : Calling her blog the “imperfect adventures of a solo traveler,” Christine Kaaloa is ridiculously brave as she navigates scam artists, language barriers and humid climates.

5. @florabaker : With the goal of visiting every continent at least twice before she is 31, Flora has been working and volunteering her way around the world for the past year. Don’t expect a lot of selfies, just beautiful photos of pretty places.

6. @candicewalsh : After getting laid off from her job as a technical writer in 2013, Candice started traveling and hasn’t stopped since. Now she’s fully self-employed and works from whichever incredible location she happens to be in at the moment.

7. @anna.everywhere : With over 10 years of travel under her belt, Anna Lysakowska has got a lot of great advice — like how to get free WiFi from airports that try to make you pay for it.

8. @jeanholysmithereens : If you want to know what it’s like to stay in some of the most luxurious hotels in the world, then you need to be following this girl.

9. @ellecroft : Elle’s purpose in life is simple — travel, write, eat, love. We’re not sure which we love more, her airport snaps or the foodie pics.

10. @urbanpixxels : Crisp and bold, Jacintha’s travel photos look like something straight out of a magazine.

11. @lucydodsworth : Located mainly in Europe, Lucy’s photos make us want to listen to “La Vie en Rose” while checking out French boys.

12. @lucylaucht : Lucy’s feed is full of blue skies and seas as she travels solo through South America. Apparently this alpaca is not as impressed as we are with her photography skills.

13. @cookiesandcandies : Featuring one of our favorite subjects, Marlene tackles the problematic question of travel fashion and how to be comfortable while looking fabulous no matter how jet-lagged you are.

14. @somekindofwanderlust : If you need more palm trees and wide open spaces in your feed, check out Andrea’s Instagram as she travels through South America and up through Mexico.

15. @kirstenalana : With every lovely photo, Kirsten posts a mini update so you feel like you’re learning something about each new city and country.

16. @adventurouskate : Kate has figured out how to travel the world for a living and has visited 53 countries so far. Warning, her “office” snaps may make you want to quit your cubicle job for good.

17. @youngadventuress : Follow Liz’s updates as she hikes, paddles and swims her way across Europe, the Middle East and New Zealand.

18. @parisinfourmonths : Carin moved to Paris to study and never left. Who can blame her with flower markets and perfect coffee on every corner?

19. @girleatworld : Combining her two passions — food and travel — Melissa takes a photo in each country with some sort of food the place is known for. Now we want to travel and we’re hungry.

20. @alexinwanderland : Alex Baackes left her job in 2011 to travel full time and now she writes about travel for a full-time job. Her feed is full of pristine scenery and comical airplane selfies.

Who are you following on Instagram? Share your latest finds in the comments below!

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13 Empowering Female Travel Bloggers You Should Follow On Instagram

Thinking about heading out on a trip but need some inspiration? Follow these amazing female solo travellers...

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• 15 February 2023
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Female travel Instagrammers have taken the blogging world by storm. Their passion for wanderlust and creating incredible content around the topic of travel is all the inspiration we need to book a one-way flight and explore somewhere new. Solo female travel bloggers are some of the best travel accounts to follow on Instagram as they show a side to travel that we at St Christopher’s think every woman should experience.

Travelling as a woman, be it alone or with a friend, can look a little daunting, intimidating and even scary when you’ve never done it before. But just scroll down these globetrotting girls’ feeds and you’ll see that it’s unbelievably exciting, extremely rewarding and downright incredible.

In no particular order check out our favourite female travel bloggers on Instagram. Just be prepared to get major travel envy…

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Absolutely Lucy

Lucy’s travel checklist is absolute goals. The solo travel enthusiast has ticked off some of the most beautiful places on earth from the pristine beaches of Sri Lanka to the enchanting medieval cities of Europe. The England-born blogger’s Instagram feed is one of the most vibrant pages on Instagram, making a quick scroll turn into a full discovery of all her solo adventures. From handy road trip itineraries to tips on getting over travel blues, Absolutely Lucy’s blog is also one to keep your eye on.

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Roxadventures

Roxana is a part of our community of INNsiders, so she knows a thing or two about solo travelling! Having started out her career as a lawyer, Rox swapped 9-5s to be a full-time digital nomad, and shares so much helpful content for both first-time and seasoned solo travellers. If you want a travel blogger who shares the reality of travelling along with some aspirational goals - Roxana's your girl!

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Providing all the inspiration you need to get out and travel solo, as well as producing some incredible travel photography, Houston girl Ciara quit her 9-5 to leap out of her comfort zone and into the world of solo travel. All it took for Ciara to fall in love with travel at the age of 20 (and during her first ever international trip) was a college study abroad program in Panama. Now she has a whole host of countries under her belt as well as a travel blog that's full of useful tips and open and honest accounts of the harder days that inevitably come with travelling solo. Be sure to follow Ciara's blog and Insta account for beautiful photos from South America, Europe, her home country and beyond.

Follow Hey Ciara

Where Goes Rose

This solo female traveller on a budget is Rose who has been wandering the world full-time from the UK. Where Goes Rose is the travel account to follow for colour-popping photography from all corners of the world, and handy tips in all the incredible places she's ticked off her bucket list so far (that’s 58 countries and counting). Follow her account for colourful architecture, street art and views to die for while learning a thing or two about what it’s like to travel the world solo as a female. Rose has been travelling solo since 2017 when she flew to southeast Asia, and she’s never looked back. She’s lived in cities all over the world since then, expelling all the myths about travelling alone that those who have never done it before believe to be true. Follow Where Goes Rose on Instagram and check out her blog for city guides and first hand travel advice.

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Be My Travel Muse

Since beginning her worldwide travels back in 2012, Kristin from Be My Travel Muse is the perfect advocate of offbeat travel. The Southern Californian nomad believes far more in discovering the native ways of life, preferring to tag along with a local for an evening of stories than with a tour group to party in a bar. Not only has she travelled solo through many of the world’s much lesser explored countries, but she’s also hitchhiked solo across China and even become a Buddhist nun for 10 whole days, documenting it all in  her blog . For the more independent women amongst you looking for once in a lifetime experiences, follow Kristin for some truly empowering stories.

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Ashlee Major Moss

Ashlee’s Instagram is hands down one of the most travel envy-inducing feeds on this list. Scroll through her perfectly captured and beautifully edited images and you’ll find yourself wishing you are wherever she is. Ashlee is a super skilled photographer and videographer - all self-taught - and after all the love she received on her photos she now designs and sells her own editing preset collections, making it pretty easy for her followers to recreate jaw-dropping images like hers. Ashlee is the ultimate advocate for following your dreams and booking a flight to that far away place that you’ve always lusted over. We just love how she hits the perfect balance of travelling in style while recommending hostels to her followers travelling solo (the best way to backpack, of course). If you’re ready to be majorly travel jealous, get following Ashlee now. 

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Finding Alexx

In 2019, Alexx embarked on an epic adventure, spending a year visiting a new country every single week totally based on the cheapest flight available each Tuesday. Unfortunately for this solo travelling blogger and Instagrammer, she only managed 9 months before having to head back to her home country, New Zealand, due to the pandemic. However that’s not stopped her posting inspiring travel images in the lead up to her return into the world! Finding Alexx is the ideal account for showcasing how you don’t need all the money and time off work to be able to create unforgettable adventures. Having got her first taste of solo travel at the age of 19, she’s now 41 countries down, so this girl knows what she’s talking about when it comes to giving great solo travel advice. Follow Finding Alexx on Instagram and check out her travel blog for her stories from all over the world.

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One Girl One World

Francesca from One Girl One World is a California-based travel influencer with one of the most down to earth personalities on Instagram. When she's out of California and exploring the world you’ll see her posting tons of beautiful, bright photos from her trips, complete with long, honest captions promoting her tips on self love. Otherwise, her obsession with skincare is super informative while also making you want to go out and give your skin some self loving, too. We love Francesca’s account for her huge smile and wonderful words, so you should be glad to hear that she has a travel blog alongside her Instagram. Visit her blog to read all about her solo travel tips including her first solo travel experience in London.

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Where's Mollie

Where’s Mollie has been one of our favourites since way back. She’s the ultimate empowering female traveller with photos to die for. Mollie has even set up her own Where’s Mollie Global Travellers tour group, for other inspired travellers to meet and see the world how she would. Plus she’s so obsessed with being on the road that she’s currently in the process of renovating a VW high top and we can’t wait to see the outcome! From touring eastern Australia’s Fraser Island with the Global Travellers to rowing across Canada’s Lake Louise, the unreal views and fun she has getting them is the ultimate travel inspo.

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Naomi has loved travel since she was a baby (literally!) and is another of our amazing community of INNsiders. She helps her followers travel more safely and more affordably, giving you all of the information you need to plan your next trip. Having travelled solo across Europe she's an expert backpacker, and loves discovering real places beyond the tourist districts. She even has her own website where you can get in touch with Naomi herself to plan your solo adventure!

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Emily Luxton

Getting to know different parts of the world more deeply than popping into the main tourist hotspots is what Emily Luxton is all about. Simply skimming the surface of countries is a concept that doesn’t go with Emily’s travel philosophy. We love Emily’s solo female travel account for bringing more to the table than just the obvious, as she delves into every country she visits through connecting with locals, eating with them and gaining real cultural experiences by joining them where possible. As Travel Blogger of the Year (not once but four times!), she’s definitely one of our first ports of call for amazing travel ideas.

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Sophie Spencer

Her photos are gorgeous, she writes like a true creative and her positive outlook on life and solo female travel is addictive. But it’s Soph’s refreshingly honest way in which she speaks of her travels that we think makes her such an empowering female to follow. Soph’s insanely colourful Instagram feed is packed with beautiful Australian sunsets and turquoise seas, but her cityscape photography is also on another level. You could easily get lost scrolling down her account, and there’s no doubt she’ll sell you on taking some time to live the solo nomad life.

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Caz is a true explorer, sharing adventure travel, hiking, plant-based food & unique experiences with her followers. Combining beautiful photography with practical tips and tricks for wherever she is in the world, she's a must-follow if you've got a solo trip booked in. You can also check out more from Caz and her husband Simon on their website full of travel blogs and useful info.

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The 22 Best Instagram Travel Accounts To Inspire You

Instagram is simple, it’s visual and it creates a quick emotional impact! It’s also a great way to discover new places around the world. No wonder I’m always seeking the best Instagram travel accounts to follow!

Even though I despise the direction Instagram is going, with self-proclaimed influencers spreading like wildfire ( beautypreneurs is a thing now…) I confess I do spend a significant amount of time there .

Sometimes double tapping cat videos. Sometimes stalking my friends. But I’m especially interested in new travel inspiration. And now I’m sharing them with you (the travel content, not the cats).

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For this list, I tried to avoid hollow influencers who only use travel as a way of getting new backdrops for their own photos. The world needs valuable content, interesting things to learn and see and especially people who truly love to travel.

With no particular order, these are my favorite Instagram travel bloggers to feed your wanderlust (list updated May 2019). They are travel bloggers, Youtube stars, journalists or simple amateurs sharing real, honest, and interesting content.

Let’s get inspired!

1 @paulodelvalle

Paulo’s was one of the first accounts I followed in Instagram. He’s a Brazilian travel photographer, but mostly a storyteller. His amazing photos in the most varied landscapes inspired me to follow my own wanderlust dream.

Estou muito impressionado com a beleza dos templos e santuários japoneses. Cada um mais bonito que o outro! 😍 I’m really impressed with the beauty of the japanese temples and shrines. Each one prettier than the other! 😍 Tokyo, Japan. 🇯🇵 w/ @marlonduque A post shared by Paulo del Valle (@paulodelvalle) on Jan 3, 2016 at 6:11am PST

2 @youngadventuress

Liz is one of my favorite travel bloggers out there and Young Adventuress is a BIG SUCCESS in the travel blog world. What I particularly enjoy about her is how down-to-earth and unpretentious she is.

Her gallery in Instagram has bits and bobs from everywhere in the world, but mostly from the awe-inspiring New Zealand outdoors.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Carlson☀️Young Adventuress (@youngadventuress) on May 26, 2019 at 2:08am PDT

3 @treyratcliff

What I like the most about Trey’s body of work is that he’s not afraid of color. In fact, he’s all about color!

You can sneak peek his travel photography blog , displaying more of his amazing pictures.

View this post on Instagram Beautiful gondolas from above… the water looks almost Caribbean when the sun hits it directly from certain angles! #Venice #Gondola #Gondolas #DJI #Quad #Quadcopter #Phantom3 #Italy #Carnevale A post shared by Trey Ratcliff (@treyratcliff) on Feb 13, 2016 at 11:46pm PST

4 @Tourist2Townie

I’ve been a follower of Gareth’s videos on Tourist2Townie’s Youtube channel for quite some time. I’ve always been a fan of the very down-to-earth and humble way he approaches travel, still managing to be informative and truly helpful.

His his Instagram “is secondary” (his words, not mine), but still very much worth it if you ask me.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gareth Leonard (@tourist2townie) on Apr 10, 2019 at 7:17am PDT

5 @danielkordan

Daniel is a landscape photographer who shoots STUNNING pictures in remote places like Japan , Russia or Norway .

I have to confess I think this is one of the most inspiring Instagram accounts I’ve EVER come across. After all, 1M followers can’t be wrong.

View this post on Instagram Northern aurora at Lofoten islands. Vertorama (vertical panorama) of 2 horizontal photos. DanielKordan.com #Lofoten #northernlights #Norway #Fredvang A post shared by Daniel Kordan (@danielkordan) on Feb 21, 2016 at 8:15am PST

6 @bemytravelmuse

I found Kristin’s Instagram very recently and made an impact on me. It’s one of those accounts you can’t stop scrolling down.

Once a former investment banker in the corporate world, Kristin is a now a travel writer exploring the world full-time. You can follow her on her blog too. Judging by her gallery, I’d say she chose the right path!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kristin Addis (@bemytravelmuse) on Apr 25, 2019 at 8:47am PDT

I’m going to be honest: I don’t know much about whoever is behind this account. In fact, I know nothing.

All I know is that the pictures here are breathtaking and make me want to go places. Apart from the visual element,there are also several inspiring descriptions. So Andy , whoever you are, you are awesome!

View this post on Instagram Look up get up and don't ever give up. Really excited that we just launched a program for @feedbacknation called "The Limelight" where we will be featuring artists who submit their story/photos I'm currently taking over @canon_photos for my latest trip to New York. Thank you guys so much for this amazing opportunity. A post shared by Andy To (@andyto) on Jan 27, 2016 at 9:43pm PST

8 @bueno_bonito_barat0_travelblog

A journalist with very itchy feet. Sarah did all of Central and South America by bus and she’s now focused on Europe.

On her blog she writes in Spanish mainly, but her pictures on Instagram speak by themselves!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Yáñez-Richards 🌎 📷 (@bueno_bonito_barat0_travelblog) on Jan 14, 2016 at 6:41am PST

9 @AlexStrohl

What I like about Alex’s gallery is how impactful his pictures can be. A photographer keen on the more remote destinations, he is able to translate the wilderness of incredible nature landscapes directly into his shots.

Alex is one of my top favorite Instagrammers out there, so I strongly suggest take a peek at his account. His photos will surely wow you!

View this post on Instagram Waking up on the shores of Lake McDonald, Montana.. #stayandwander A post shared by Alex Strohl (@alexstrohl) on Jan 25, 2016 at 9:11pm PST

10 @kristarossow

More than being just another National Geographic photographer, Krista has the amazing ability of telling a story. She’s in this list because of in-depth descriptions of her photos, which make the captures really come alive . With such an interesting gallery, she makes it so easy to travel along with her!

View this post on Instagram It was so normal in Myanmar to pass groups of young monks or nuns on the street or in temples….I even got cut off in traffic by monks on motor scooters! On my last night in Mandalay, I had just left the Sandamuni Pagoda when I came across these young Buddhist nuns draped in pink. I climbed Mandalay Hill into the sunset and who knows where they ended up. It is amazing how such disparate lives can pass in a flash…and how we smile at each other in our shared humanity. Thank you, Myanmar, for being friendly, welcoming, beautiful, and mysterious. I’ll be back and I hope that whatever changes as the country is opened to the world, that it doesn’t take the joy from the spirit of the beautiful Myanmar people. // #FujifilmX_US @FujifilmX_US @bhphoto #mywinteraway #FujifilmXT1 #Fujifilm @NatGeoCreative @NatGeoTravel A post shared by Krista Rossow (@kristarossow) on Mar 5, 2016 at 8:32pm PST

11 @breathewithus

Hugo and Cristina are a portuguese couple on a quest to explore the world’s best cultural and nature destinations. I’d say so far they are doing a great job!

Their website and Instagram are packed with useful tips and inspiring experiences. The Iceland collection is my favorite!

View this post on Instagram Road trip in Iceland? Don't forget to add the Snæfellsnes peninsula to your itinerary for landscapes and beautiful churches like this one near Hellissandur. A post shared by Breathe With Us (@breathewus) on Jul 15, 2015 at 3:40am PDT

12 @migrationology

Mark Wiens travels with a purpose: to eat food. Sounds like a great life purpose to me. Based in Bangkok , he combines his travels with indulging in the local foods and ingredients. The result is a colorful and yummy Instagram feed: a delight for foodies.

I have a problem with this guy’s feed though. I always get hungry!

View this post on Instagram This dim sum meal in Hong Kong was one of the 11 Best Meals I Ate in 2015! Check out the full list of 11 best meals on migrationology.com now! A post shared by Mark Wiens (@migrationology) on Dec 29, 2015 at 6:50pm PST

13 @theblondeabroad

Kiersten Rich is another example of a well-succeeded corporate woman who left everything for travel. And she really means it: she’s already got more than 40 countries ticked off her bucket list.

Her Instagram account is not all about travel, it’s also packed with lifestyle tips and experiences. The recent photos she took in Indonesia are quite awesome!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCRwDPlo5Av/?taken-by=theblondeabroad

15 @theplanetd

Another heavy weights of the travel blogosphere. Dave and Deb have travelled to more than 100 countries in all 7 continents and Planet D is an authentic bible of the best travel advice and tips all around the world.

Their Instagram account is filled with incredible pictures taken in a huge variety of places. This one in Canada is one of my favorites.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dave & Deb🔹ThePlanetD (@theplanetd) on Feb 4, 2019 at 7:00am PST

16 @girleatworld

I love everything about this profile. The concept, the name, the composition of the photos, and specially the tagline Eating my way around the world .

Originally from Hong Kong , Melissa Hie started this project because she felt awkward asking strangers to take pictures of her. So she started taking food selfies! On her Instagram you can find a bag of dutch fries in Amsterdam a corn bread in Indonesia , or this koulouri in Greece . I’m hooked!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ❤️ Mel's Food & Travel log (@girleatworld) on Oct 21, 2018 at 5:56pm PDT

17 @jackharries

Jackson is the real deal. During his gap year in England , he started a documentary series in YouTube about his personal life and travels. This series eventually made him famous in the online world with MILLIONS of followers on his Instagram account.

Apart from being a filmmaker and producer, he’s now a climate change activist and a very interesting personality to follow.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jack Harries (@jackharries) on Aug 3, 2018 at 5:18am PDT

18 @jonathan_irish

Jonathan is a professional travel photographer, who used to be part of the National Geographic staff. In 2016, he was on a quest to visit all of the 59 U.S. National Parks during the centennial of the National Park Service.

View this post on Instagram Starry, starry night. We setup our @rei tent on a cold, clear evening in the Smokies and watched the stars roll by. Even though it was just past a full moon, the stars were brilliant. On to the next park ! The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (7 of 59) Shot with FUJIFILM X-T1 and XF16mm F1.4 lens #59in52 #onassignment #findyourpark @natgeo @natgeocreative @natgeotravel @fujifilmUS @fujifilmx_us #fujifilmx_us #myfujifilm #myinstax #X-T1 @instax @usinterior @nationalparkservice @airstream_inc @goparks @reallyrightstuff #ad A post shared by Jonathan Irish (@jonathan_irish) on Mar 4, 2016 at 7:45am PST

19 @calsnape

Vancouver-based Callum Snape is the photographer I aim to be one day. Stunning landscapes, elegant editing, unexpected results. Follow especially if you’re into dreamy arctic backgrounds.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Callum Snape (@calsnape) on Apr 18, 2019 at 8:48pm PDT

20 @lovedeathtravel

Despite the daunting name, don’t worry, this account is only about love and travel.

The list of places featured in this gallery is huge, each one more beautiful than the other. I love how he enriches his already-stunning pictures with inspiring lyrics in his descriptions.

View this post on Instagram "And when the cold wind blows we'll wake up on the other side/ Where the sunlight sounds like moonlight in our ears.." [Akron/Family] • Set-up the cables because I'm coming for ya Half Dome. See you at the top. • ↯ Tunnel View Yosemite National Park #NPS100 #findyourpark A post shared by ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀BEN (@lovedeathtravel) on Aug 5, 2016 at 11:11am PDT

21 @uncornered_market

Uncornered Market is a travel project founded by Daniel and Audrey, a relentless couple who have visited more than 90 countries.

Besides their top-notch travel photography and insights into theyr daily wanderlust, I love how they describe themselves: a “husband-and-wife storytelling team”.

View this post on Instagram Palm Tree Point, Port Douglas. I'm a big fan of the well-timed appearance of a sailboat. If you grab just the right shady spot of choice at Rex Smeal Park, you get to watch them here off the Queensland coast all day long. Australia #lazysunday A post shared by Daniel Noll & Audrey Scott (@uncornered_market) on Jan 24, 2016 at 4:30pm PST

22 @johnnywharris

Mostly known for his Vox’s videos – including my all-time favorite Vox Borders project – Johnny Harris is a self-made videographer with huge skills.

On his Instagram account he shares some extras of the fantastic content he’s able to create.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny Harris (@johnnywharris) on Sep 24, 2018 at 5:56pm PDT

EXTRA: ME! (@bruno_mb)

In a shameful act of self-promotion, I had to squeeze myself in! It feels damn good to even be featured in the same list as these amazing list of Instagrammers!

My account is still a little fish in a world of travel sharks out there. My first photos in Instagram were taken in 2012 with a crappy camera phone (#throwbackshame). I like to think that I’ve improved by now. And I hope I can continue to get better every shutter at a time!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by BRUN🌎 (@bruno_mb) on Jun 25, 2019 at 9:03am PDT

Other inspiring Instagram travel accounts to follow:

• Beautiful Destinations
• Lonely Planet Traveller
• National Geographic
• National Geographic Travel

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If you are on Instagram let’s connect and make sure you follow these amazing bunch of travellers too!

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Celebrating women on the road, the experience of travel, the reality of the road, and the diversity of women travellers and bloggers

THE INTERNET IS increasingly filled with picture-perfect, staged travel imagery, but for me the real joy of travel is the experience. The feelings of wonder, excitement, connection — and yes sometimes confusion, frustration, and banality. The whole glorious experience of travel, the highs and lows, the sweat and dust, the exhilaration and despair. All of it. This post showcases the reality of travel with photos of more than 40 women travellers of all shapes, sizes, ages, ethnicities. If you’re like me and suffering from fake fatigue — or even if you’re not and just want to see women experiencing travel in all it’s variations — please enjoy.

When I asked for “real” photos of women travelling on my personal Facebook page and on Twitter, within two hours I had close to 50 – from some of the top bloggers out there. And by real, I mean photos that evoke the reality of being on the road and all the feelings and experiences of travel. This is what I mean by “real women travellers.” Thanks so much to everyone who contributed a photo. 

UPDATE JUNE 2020: There is a growing awareness about the lack of diversity in travel marketing and perhaps especially influencer marketing. My hope is that travel and influencer marketers will understand that people — consumers — relate to all types of people. As a 60-year-old travel blogger, I feel that my age group is extremely under-represented, for example. We’re basically invisible. But there are lots of 50, 60 and 70 year old female travellers out there who would love to see themselves reflected, love to be inspired by older women who are still kicking it! Same is true for size, ethnic diversity, sexual orientation. Let’s celebrate all women!

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I want to encourage women to face their fears, push their boundaries and reach their potential through solo female travel. Alice, Teacake Travels

“Real” women travellers encompass any female-identifying person who goes on a trip, regardless of their body type, dress size, race, choice of clothing/fashion sense, and whether or not they choose to set up their shots or put on makeup. As women, we should always seek to support and empower our sisters in travel. Thus, let’s celebrate ALL types of female travellers, while promoting and encouraging responsible and immersive experiences on the road. – Oneika Raymond

The women travellers

Oneika Raymond is a travel journalist, blogger at OneikatheTraveller , and host for Travel Channel who seeks to empower women and people of colour to live their best lives abroad.

Lola Akinmade is an award-winning travel writer, author, and National Geographic Creative photographer.

Gemma Armit , the Scotland travel blogger, is the fingers and lens behind the incredibly useful travel site Two Scots Abroad and part owner of the SEO support site and consultancy team, Make Traffic Happen .

Kristin Amico is a travel and food writer who has been living nomadically for the last year. Her travels have taken her across Europe, Southeast Asia, and India.

Paroma Chravarty is a scientist by profession living in San Francisco and blogs at  yrofthemonkey.com  about “my travels, food, pet friendly destinations and insider guides to my beautiful city.”

Soumya Nambiar is an entrepreneur, avid solo female Indian traveller, blogger, bookworm, foodie from Bangalore, India and she writes at  Travel, Books and Food .

Divyakshi Gupta is a door lover who loves long road trips, collecting stories and exploring cultures, places, meeting people and her own self. Documenting her stories on Quirky Wanderer .

Kelly Campbell is a co-founder of The Village Experience and led 20 socially responsible tourists around Bali for the month of June. Check out her travels at Experience the Village .

Archana Singh is brand strategist turned Travel Journalist who loves to travel to offbeat places in search of untold stories. She blogs at Travel See Write .

Alex Reynolds is a full-time backpacker, photographer, and  kulfi  addict who’s traveled from Kolkata to Kabul, Bangladesh to Brazil, blogging about it along the way at  Lost With Purpose .

Alice Teacake is a kickass solo adventure chick encouraging women to face their fears to reach their full potential. She blogs at Teacake Travels .

Johanna Read is a Canadian freelance writer/photographer specializing in travel, food, and responsible tourism. Find links to her published stories at  TravelEater.net  and her unstaged photos on Instagram at  TravelEaterJohanna

Corinne McDermott shares “a photo from our very first trip with our daughter, the one that inspired me to create  Have Baby Will Travel .

I can’t believe it’s been over 11 years since that trip, and how tough it must be these days for new moms to feel they need to aspire to be Insta-perfect.” Corinne McDermott

Stephanie Spencer shares her geektastic adventures on her blog  A Nerd at Large .

Keri Hedrick  is a travel blogging mum of three. Brought up in Australia, she now calls Abu Dhabi home and adores travelling throughout the Middle East, sharing her passion for adventure with her family and followers at  Our Globetrotters .

Karilyn Owen , from No Back Home , is a gifted napper, giggler and traveling companion to a nature obsessed 7 year old.

Micki Kosman writes about travel, adventure, family and fun with her husband Charles on their family travel blog,  The Barefoot Nomad .

Mary Jo Manzanares is a luxury and lifestyle travel blogger and podcaster living in Seattle, with a bag packed, ready for the next great adventure. She blogs at Travelling with MJ .

Teja is an environmental scientist (to which she admits) and an engineer (which she disowns), on an odyssey for homes in a thousand strange places. She blogs at Teja on the Horizon

Judy Smith is originally from Australia, travelling in Asia since 1988, couldn’t care less what I look like on the road!

Deepti Asthana is a travel and documentary photographer based out of Mumbai. She tells the stories of Indian women under an umbrella project Women of India.  Her travel blog has stories of her solo adventure from the places that are less travelled.

Lindsay Groves is a Toronto-based Sommelier, wine educator and avid traveller. Her site is Lindsay Groves.

Mridula Dwivedi runs her life according to her daughter’s tennis schedule, unless she is traveling! She blogs at Travel Tales from India  and Abroad

Cheryl Van Daele . “Travel is not about the coiffured hair and designer clothes, it is about your personal memory of places that you have been blessed to see.”

Carol Perehudoff is the award-winning writer and publisher of WanderingCarol , an unpretentious guide to luxury travel where adventure (and often fear) goes hand-in-hand with luxe hotels.

Dr. Cacinda Maloney of  PointsandTravel  loves transformational travel that is rich in cultural experiences.

Gwen McCauley is a writer & tour guide divides her time between Nova Scotia and Algarve, Portugal. She loves helping others discover the rich culinary delights and off-the-beaten-path locales in these very special parts of the world. Find her at Gwen McCauley.

Margarita Ibbott is a Canadian 50+, multi-generational and girls getaway travel blogger. She explores with her young adult children, her mother and sometimes all all alone (just to get away). Her views on fashion and travel: As a 50+ traveller, making a fashion statement DOES NOT take precedence over comfort. She is at DownshiftingPRO .

Betsy Wuebker has been travel blogging for ten years at  PassingThru.com

Elaine Masters , responsible travel blogger, Boomer scuba diver, and videographer on a mission to help gals and their pals go far, often and do it well.  Tripwellgal.com

Annika is a travel blogger and author of Solo Trip , a book for solo travellers and those who want to become one. She travels in pursuit of Nemo, noodles, and champagne and will hug the occasional camel on the way. Check out her post on the real women travellers of Instagram .

Dorene Wharton is a marketing consultant, traveler, blogger, redefining mid-life by helping  people who feel stuck to make conscious changes in their life, work and travel at  TravelLifeX.com

Lauren Yakiwchuk travelled to Kenya with a small group of adventurous women to volunteer at a wildlife conservancy . She’s pictured with Nora Livingstone (CEO of Animal Experience International) after they collected numerous wire snares scattered around the conservancy by animal poachers. Every wire snare collected was potentially one life saved.

Aarti   Krishnakumar is a travel blogger who loves escaping to new destinations to experience all that the place has to offer.

Nisha Jha is a bilingual travel writer and Travel blogger at Lemonicks .

Sonia Wilson is a Franco-American musician from Paris, currently living in Auckland, New Zealand, after meeting her love partner there while on an extensive solo round-the-world trip in 2013.

Stephanie Yoder. “One of my first and most exciting solo trips was to Laos in 2011. Here I am at the Plain of Jars, hot, sweaty and proud. ” Stephanie asks,  Why Wait to See the World .

Along with her husband, Bret Love, photographer/videographer Mary Gabbett is the co-founder of  Green Global Travel , one of the world’s leading websites devoted to ecotourism and conservation.

Jessica Korteman is a travel writer and married solo traveler who founded Travel Solo Anyway , a blog that encourages both women and men to travel solo regardless of marital status, age, children, or what others have to say about it.”

Real photos of women travellers are rough and tough and sometimes that means no makeup. Erin Holmes

Erin Holmes . “I’m Erin, a thrill seeker who has explored the world for the last five years non-stop with her two kids. But what happens when you stop nomadic travel? How does an abnormal family fit into a normal world? We invite you to explore with us at  Explore With Erin. “

Grasya  loves travel, coffee, reading books, and food trips. Catch her haggling in the wet market, riding tricycles or jeeps while managing different projects and investments online. More on Grasya .

Anubhuti is a food and travel who feels strongly (and also writes) about self-image, emotional and mental health, and we’ll being. She is working on her book, a repository of age old home recipes, and regularly writes for the The Hindu and The week and chronicles her stories on her website ThatGirlinMuddyBoots .

Namita Kulkarni is a Yoga teacher, traveler, writer from India. “Going where I’ve never been, chasing (mis)adventures, generally seizing the day. And living to share the tale.” She blogs at Radically Ever After .

Christina is a single lady traveler with a blog and an edge:  www.catchchris.com

Andra Padureanu writes backpacking stories and also stories infused with cultural influences from her travels in Asia. Her blog is Our World to Wander.

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Angelina Jolie

During her first trip as Special Envoy for the UN, on a layover in Paris en route to Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, the Hollywood actress noted in her diary that ‘an African man wearing a nice blue suit and a warm smile asked me if I was a journalist. I said, “No, just an American who wants to learn more about Africa .”' That was the Jolie before her dozens of field missions, meeting refugees from Kabul and Darfur as well as the Syria-Iraq border. In Notes from My Travels , she writes: ‘I feel I was not raised to seriously think outside my own country’ and describes her epiphany through exchanges with women in camps, kids begging and market vendors. ‘It will take me a while to recover from this trip and, of course, I hope I never do,’ she remarks on leaving Pakistan. While her column inches may focus on her films, her ex-husbands and her children adopted from all over the world (she has a tattoo on her shoulder of the coordinates of each child’s birthplace), Jolie’s UN work has taken her to more than 40 countries, and she is known to cover all her costs on missions. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said of her work for refugees: ‘I have seen how much they inspire her as she listens to them for hours on end. She has spent many days and nights in camps or at border crossings. I speak on behalf of the world’s refugees to say how grateful we are for her incredible dedication.’

Marie Colvin

With her signature pirate’s patch (she’d lost her eye in a grenade blast in Sri Lanka ), this frontline correspondent defied death numerous times – until she didn’t. In 2012, Colvin was killed in an airstrike while covering the siege of Homs in Syria. Tragically, Marie herself used to say, ‘No story is worth dying for, because there’s no story then'. The American journalist, who reported mostly for The Sunday Times , was known for her swearing, her smoking, her drinking, her PTSD, the La Perla bra she wore under her flak jacket, and her strong belief in the need to bear witness to the atrocities of war from Iraq to Afghanistan, East Timor to Kosovo and Chechnya to Libya. Her writing was spare, incisive, even painful to read. ‘In Basra, they say the day belongs to Iraq; the night to Iran. Iraq’s second city is under siege, and Iranian shells slammed into houses for the 70th successive day yesterday,’ she typed in 1987. Colvin didn’t deny the indecision she sometimes felt; sentiments such as ‘What am I doing?’ in emails to friends were quickly followed by ‘Story incredibly important, though’. ‘Bravery is not being afraid to be afraid,’ she once said. In the foreword to On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin , her sister wrote that she hopes ‘Marie will continue to inspire young women everywhere, as they dream of the difference just one girl can make in the world’.

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah

‘I am an Arab through and through,’ says the queen consort of Jordan, ‘but I am also one who speaks the international language.’ Palestinian by nationality, Rania was born in Kuwait, spent her summers visiting relatives in the West Bank, spoke Arabic at home and English at school. She says she carried hummous sandwiches in her packed lunch, while a classmate brought peanut butter and jam; she imagined theirs would be ‘disgusting’, but when she tried it, she thought it was ‘heavenly’ (a story she wrote down and turned into a children’s’ book, The Sandwich Swap ). It was a small step towards fuelling a desire for east-west exchange and cross-border adventures. She went off to study at the American University in Cairo and was there when Iraq invaded Kuwait. Her family fled to Jordan , she joined them, there hobnobbed with royalty and ended up marrying the future king. In 1999, at the age of 28, she became the youngest queen in the world when her husband took the throne and became King Abdullah II. She has redefined the modern monarch during her world tours of duty — while connecting with nearly five million Instagram and 10.4 million Twitter followers (where her profile reads: ‘a mum and a wife with a really cool day job’). Her charity, the Jordan River Foundation helps rural women find a way to sell their traditional crafts: Queen Rania likes to quote the African proverb: ‘As you educate a woman, you educate the family,’ she says. ‘If you educate the girls, you educate the future.’

Amelia Earhart

It only took a single plane ride at an air show in California and Earhart was hooked: ‘By the time I had got 200 or 300 feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly,’ said the American aviation trailblazer. Working as a truck driver, photographer and stenographer to save for flying lessons, she secured her license and bought a yellow bi-plane she named The Canary , going on to break records, from highest altitude climbs to fastest flights. The gung-ho tomboy teamed up with publicist George Putnam, who she married on his seventh proposal, telling him that marriage is a partnership ‘with dual control’. Some say he turned an average pilot into a legend, but there’s no denying Earhart alone spearheaded her successful attempt to be the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932. Her dream of circumnavigating the globe ‘as near its waistline as could be’ led to her last flight. In July 1937, she vanished over the Pacific. She wasn’t yet 40, and was never seen again.

Jane Goodall

‘How could you possibly love travelling 300 days a year,’ asks English primatologist Dame Jane Goodall, 84, ‘when it’s just hotels and meetings, all the lines at security, the terrible pat-you-downs and how they treat you like a criminal?’ Goodall details her flights for the next few months: Bangkok , Taiwan (which she loves), Beijing , Chengdu, Hong Kong , then Greece , Spain and France . She drags around a suitcase she named the Coffin, full of books, a single-cup electrical-heating element and a jar of Marmite, and always carries a stuffed toy monkey called Mr H. Yet the pioneering researcher-turned-activist doesn’t plan to change her schedule any time soon. Her lectures are near-evangelistic, often provoking tears and ovations. ‘They’ve been selling out, sometimes 5,000 seats in one day,’ she says. Goodall was 10, reading Dr Doolittle and Tarzan , when she decided ‘to live with wild animals in Africa’. After school, a friend invited her to Kenya and she worked as a waitress to save up for her boat passage to Mombasa in 1957. There she met the palaeontologist Louis Leakey who gave her the opportunity to work as a chimpanzee researcher, even fast-tracking her place at Cambridge so she would be qualified. She then spent half a century observing the chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania , tearing up the book on what we thought we knew of animal behaviour and inspiring a cultish obsession with our closest relative in the animal kingdom.

Valentina Tereshkova

In 1963, this Russian cosmonaut blasted off in the Vostok 6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, becoming the first woman in space at only 26. Tereshkova orbited the planet 48 times and flew 1.2 million miles (barely eating, she says, because the tube-fed food was so disgusting). During the three-day mission, she racked up more hours solo in space than all American spacemen combined at the time. Her call sign was Chaika (Russian for seagull), given to her by Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. On her way up, she said: ‘Hey sky, take off your hat, I’m on my way!’ and was reprimanded by Gagarin, who was listening in. He hardly had cause, given that Tereshkova was game enough to continue the odd tradition he had started of peeing on the tyre of the transfer bus to the launch pad. After her landmark mission, she travelled the world before going into politics, and at 81 Tereshkova is still shaping policy as a member of the State Duma. An advocate of women’s rights, she complained that systems and spacesuits were designed by men for men. ‘A bird cannot fly with only one wing,’ she said. ‘Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.’ She still dreams about going into space and would agree to a one-way Mars mission in a heartbeat. ‘I am ready,’ she affirms.

Martha Gellhorn

Franklin D Roosevelt’s wife Eleanor so admired the chain-smoking war correspondent’s work that she invited her to live in the White House, which Gellhorn actually did for a while. Imagine that happening in 2019. However, life in Washington DC didn’t quite give Gellhorn her fix. Born in St Louis in 1908 to publicly progressive parents, she started out covering the horrors of the Great Depression and, after bunking down in the White House in 1934, wanted to get back to the battlefields of Vietnam , Nicaragua and the Middle East. Conflict was what made this striking beauty tick. She swung between affairs, most famously with Ernest Hemingway . The pair met in a bar in Key West and did eventually marry (with roast moose for the wedding feast). The early days of their life together were spent covering the Spanish Civil War from Madrid’s frequently shelled Hotel Florida, and they tried to build a home in Cuba, listening to Chopin’s Mazurka in C Major while Gellhorn planted a garden of dahlias, petunias and morning glories. But the relationship didn’t last. Lured back to Europe, she reported on the Blitz and joined British bomber crews on raids over Germany. On D-Day, Gellhorn managed to get ashore while the rest of the press corps – including Hemingway – watched from the sea through binoculars. Her shattering writing certainly brought the wider world home in a new way. She described herself as ‘permanently dislocated – un voyageur sur la terre ’ and worked into her ninth decade, covering the American invasion of Panama in 1989.

Kris Tompkins

The extreme conservationist behind one of the greatest land legacies ever, California-born Tompkins chose to carve out her adult life thousands of miles from home, in Patagonia. ‘We would fly almost every day, in all kinds of weather, scoping out new conservation possibilities. We learned to love the landscape – even more so from above. I would attribute a lot of our understanding of the earth from our thousands of hours of flying together.’ She speaks of ‘we’ a lot, referring to her late second husband Doug Tompkins, who died in 2015. Together she and Doug (who both made their millions separately with outdoor-clothing companies – he as the co-founder of The North Face, Inc and she the ex-CEO of rival Patagonia) tirelessly worked to preserve the pristine wilderness and rainforest on both the Chilean and Argentinian sides of the border. And now she’s pushing on with their land-restoration work, recently donating more than a million acres to the Chilean government chiefly in the Patagonia and Pumalín National Parks. ‘Getting people travelling was absolutely one of our goals; we didn’t make everything private and put a lock on it; we wanted people to get out into the wild and fall in love again. If they think a place is fabulous, then they can’t sit back and do nothing to try to protect it; we need deeply rooted responsibility.’ Curiously, she feels like she came late to travelling: ‘I’m not a very good holiday person. There needs to be a reason for hitting the road, associated with work or teaching me how the earth is degrading.’ Upcoming trips include South Georgia Island, one of her favourite places, and sailing through the Northwest Passage – both cold places, but ‘I have pretty good gear,’ she says, smiling.

Freya Stark

Stark was 100 when she died and it was a life that could not have been richer or fuller. Born in 1893, she chronicled her journeys to remote regions of the Middle East in some of the world’s most poetic travel literature, first visiting French Lebanon in 1927, slipping through a military cordon surrounding the Druze, while carrying ‘a copy of Dante’s Inferno , very little money, a revolver and a fur coat.’ She went on to investigate the mysterious assassins of Persia, became the first Western woman to explore Luristan in Iran , followed the ancient frankincense route, ventured to northern Yemen in 1940 and finally settled to live in Baghdad. She was drawn to remote and risky places, choosing to go alone, and remarking that she found confronting danger a way of 'passing through fear, to the absence of fear'. Her seven languages, mostly self-taught, helped her research an impressive body of work that includes The Valley of the Assassins , The Hadhramaut , Letters from Syria , Beyond Euphrates , Riding to the Tigris and The Minaret of Djam — books that have inspired a generation of travel writers with their evocative descriptions of harems and caravans. After her death in Asolo in north-east Italy , the newspapers referred to her as ' la regina nomade '.

The South Sudanese musician is a traveller in the rawest sense, having been a refugee her entire life. Born on an unknown date around 1983, at the height of the Second Sudanese Civil War, she saw her family torn apart. Aged 10, she lost her mother; her father raped and threatened to kill her. She fled to Khartoum but was repeatedly sexually abused by her employers. When she eventually made it to a refugee camp in Kenya and managed to find her brother, Emmanuel Jal, who had become an acclaimed hip-hop artist, the pair recorded a song called ‘Gua’ (meaning peace in their native Nuer tongue); it reached number one in Kenya. Nyaruach also went public with her life story in War Child , the award-winning documentary focusing on her brother’s time as a child soldier. In 2013, she was invited to Aswan, Egypt, to take part in the Nile Project, which represented the region’s best musicians, culminating in a concert in Cairo. Now a single mother of two living in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, Nyaruach is facing travel restrictions, but she and her brother have put out an Afrobeat album, Naath , and are aiming to tour the UK and the USA this year. The music, inspired by traditional folklore, reflects on the resilient culture of their homeland. Nyaruach says that she wants to help prevent women and children of war from losing hope. A hero for our times, surely.

Robyn Davidson

‘Perhaps all Australians have some sense of the desert buried in their psyches,’ says intrepid adventurer Davidson. Her own fascination stemmed from being raised on a cattle station – ‘those early sensual signals of dry air and the smell of arid grass’. She remembers feeling restless, wanting ‘to do something big and challenging’. She moved from Sydney to Alice Springs in 1975, got a job as a waitress and two years later, aged 26, embarked on a nine-month, 1,700-mile trek from the Northern Territory to the coast, across a ‘transcendent landscape’, with her dog and four camels. It was documented in National Geographic , then in her book Tracks (which she wrote at the London home of novelist Doris Lessing) and on the big screen, in the Golden Lion-nominated film starring Mia Wasikowska. Davidson tells of the extreme heat, poisonous snakes and lecherous men – but the journey ends in triumph, swimming with her camels in the Indian Ocean . She was occasionally joined by journalist Rick Smolan, who photographed her progress, and by Eddie, an indigenous man who walked her through the Jameson Ranges. Since Tracks , she has studied and written about nomadic people, and spends several months a year in the Himalayas . She writes hoping her readers too will consider choosing ‘an adventure of the spirit’.

Her hair may have greyed in her early thirties, but Arnold reached the grand age of 99, having spent her long life behind the lens after she was given a $40 Rolleicord camera by a boyfriend. In New York she shot ‘drunken bums sleeping in the Bowery and sun glinting off rope’ and loved it so much she abandoned a medical degree to become the first woman member of the award-winning Magnum agency, where photographers retain full copyright. Raised in Philadelphia by Ukrainian immigrants, Arnold was mostly self-taught, with a dash of guidance from Harper’s Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch. Her photojournalism had a critical social eye, seeking an intimacy with subjects from minority to celebrity, Malcolm X to Marilyn Monroe. When she photographed men, they became ‘flirtatious and fun’ and female subjects felt ‘less as if they’re expected to be in a relationship’. Hers was a life on the road, as seen in the portraits of Mongolian horse trainers, Chinese factory workers, Cuban prostitutes and political prisoners in Russia . When away on assignment she would queue for hours to phone her son. ‘If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given,’ she said.

Laura Dekker

The uniquely determined Dutch-born Dekker is the youngest person to sail solo around the world – she was just 14 when she set off. The challenge to get her out on the water was astonishing in itself: social services tried to stop her because of her age. They went to court and Dekker won; she says those memories keep her up at night more than fears of pirates. The voyage went ahead in 2010, commencing in Gibraltar. What followed were 518 days alone on the 38ft, two-masted Guppy , fitting in her homework and learning to play the flute to pass the time. Every teenage schoolgirl worth her salt read Dekker’s blog, and she celebrated her feat by eating doughnuts on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten before deciding against going home, sailing on to Whangarei, New Zealand the port where she had been born (her parents had moored here two years into a seven-year sailing trip, and she spent her first five years at sea). Dekker turned her experience into a no-gloss documentary, Maidentrip , and a book, One Girl One Dream . And she’s still living on a boat.

Bessie Coleman

Born a decade before the Wright Brothers even attempted flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Coleman became the first African-American woman to hold a pilot’s licence. The daughter of a black mother and a mixed-race father, Coleman laboured in the cotton fields of Texas with her 12 sisters and brothers as a child. But unlike most Americans of that era, she finished high school, then went on to study at Langston University, dropping out only because she could not afford the fees. Later, while working as a manicurist at the White Sox Barber Shop in Chicago , she saw pictures in the newspapers of airforce pilots and started to dream. One of her brothers teased her: ‘You ain’t never goin’ to fly. Not like those women I saw in France’ (he had served in Europe during World War I). That galvanised her completely. After all the American flying schools turned her down, Coleman signed up for French lessons and applied to France ’s most elite flight school – where she learnt to fly, as well as to master stunts such as tailspins. On returning to the USA in 1921, she was unable to become a commercial pilot because of her race and gender and worked as a stunt pilot, declining to appear at any air show that refused entry to blacks. Her motto was ‘No Uncle Tom stuff for me’. She overturned social conventions – smoking cigarettes, heading out without a chaperone – and had ‘plans to establish a flying school and teach the Negro to fly so they will able to serve their country better’, but she died before her dream could be realised. She was killed, aged just 34, during a test flight (her mechanic was piloting), when the plane went into a spin and she fell out of the open cockpit.

Hanli Prinsloo

When record-breaking South African freediver Prinsloo gives talks, she demonstrates the slowing down of her breathing, quite fascinating in itself. She also reminds everyone that every second inhalation we take comes from the ocean. ‘It’s not only the trees that supply our oxygen,’ she says. Unsurprisingly, she prefers to travel by boat than plane, but can’t avoid getting on flights given she teaches the sport all over the world — in the company of whale sharks in Madagascar , humpback whales in the South Pacific and orcas in Norway . But her favourite marine creatures are dolphins: ‘they make eye contact, twirl around you until they’re dizzy with the absolute joy of the connection,’ she says. To stay healthy — critical in this line of work — she ‘pops loads of vitamins, drinks gallons of water’ and to avoid coughs and colds uses Uber rather than public transport (regrettably, she adds). It’s been a long journey from her rural beginnings growing up on a land-locked farm, but from an early age Prinsloo had a dream to become a mermaid (she and her sister even had their own mermaid language). She couldn’t afford to attend university in South Africa, but heard you could study for free in Sweden if you spoke Swedish; she moved there, learnt the language in six months and signed up to study acting in Gothenburg. A college buddy introduced her to freediving and Prinsloo showed promise. On graduation, she moved to the Red Sea to dedicate herself to the sport. After smashing 11 world-bests and notching up a staggering breath-hold of five minutes 39 seconds, she gave up competing. Now her time is split between teaching and running her charity I Am Water, that shows underprivileged children living in coastal communities the wonder of their marine backyard, aiming to educate and rouse the next generation of conservationists. ‘I am terrified of our reckless overfishing,’ she says. ‘We run the risk of literally eating our oceans empty.’ Yet she’s always upbeat and positive: ‘It is a complex situation with many challenges, but also many solutions.’

Cheryl Strayed

Obsessed with travel since she was a ‘kid in elementary school, looking at maps on classroom walls imagining all the ways (her) life would be expanded if (she) got to Australia or New York City or South Africa ’, Strayed grew up without money for plane tickets and hotel rooms. She battled with heroin and a messy divorce. But she managed to notch up the miles on the cheap exploring the US in her 1979 Chevy LUV pickup called Myrtle, which she fitted out with a twin-sized futon. ‘I was very bold sleeping in the back… it wasn’t locked… anyone could have come in… but that helped give me the courage to be out in the wilderness.’ And Strayed (her made-up, adopted name for herself) is best known for finding her escape in the wilderness – hiking along the Pacific Crest Trail – which she wrote about in her New York Times bestseller Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found , later turned into the film starring Reese Witherspoon. Oprah Winfrey even relaunched her Book Club in part to share Strayed’s intelligently, elegantly written memoir. Yes, it is a travelogue, but it’s also an extraordinary message on how travelling, exploring, sheer physical movement can be a balm, can bring about meaningful resolution. ‘Barely a day’s passed (since publishing Wild ) that I haven’t met or received an email from someone who’s said to me, “I went and did this because of you, I hiked the PCT or another trail,”' Strayed says. ‘I’m deeply honoured that people read Wild and do that.’ Now married with two children living in a Prairie Craftsman home in Portland , Oregon, she’s trying to give her family the experiences she wished she’d had growing up. ‘I pull the kids out of school and we go travelling for a couple of months. They’ve been to 27 countries. It’s an important part of their education.’ Upcoming, she vows ‘to return to New Zealand, that’s top of my list,’ and ‘I turned 50 last month, so I’ve promised myself I’m going to get myself to Italy within the year.’

Dian Fossey

The National Geographic image of a passionate intrepid scientist ensconced among the Virunga volcanoes with a family of affectionate mountain gorillas is not the whole truth. Nor is her 1983 book, Gorillas in the Mist , later made into the film in which she was played by Sigourney Weaver. The American primatologist was also known as a bully, intimidating her staff, behaving erratically, traits further exacerbated by her hard drinking habits. Yet she had her admirers – in wonder at her total commitment, call it obsessive, to these majestic animals that were being heavily poached at the time. After travelling extensively throughout Africa , she founded the Karisoke Research Centre and based herself here in Rwanda’s cloud forest. Of her first ever encounter with the species, she was struck by ‘their individuality combined with the shyness of their behaviour’. But her extreme single-mindedness to protect the animals and her unpredictable ways isolated her. Relationships soured with the local community, with fellow researchers and conservationists. Those who cared about her begged her to leave and take up a university position back in the USA. But her calling was too strong. She remained — and was murdered two days after Christmas in 1985 at the age of 48. The exact circumstances of her death still remain unclear, but she had many enemies. Appropriately she lies in the burial ground of her research gorillas, including her favourite, Digit. On her tomb the plaque reads: ‘No one loved gorillas more.’ It might be difficult to love Fossey, but she made the world love gorillas.

Harriet Chalmers Adams

‘I’ve wondered why men have so absolutely monopolised the field of exploration,’ she told The New York Times in 1912. ‘I’ve never found my sex a hinderment; never faced a difficulty which a woman, as well as a man, could not surmount; never felt a fear of danger; never lacked courage to protect myself.’ Adams helped found the Society of Women Geographers after being refused entry to the men-only Explorers Club – despite a lifetime spent on the road. Born in California , this fearless, multilingual photo-journalist’s first forays took her to Mexico when she was 24, followed by a two-year trip from the Andes to the Amazon, and later crossing Haiti by horseback — documenting her travels in National Geographic magazine. Fascinated by tales of migration, she followed Christopher Columbus’s route through the West Indies, the Spanish conquistadores’ crusades into South America and Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage from Spain to the Philippines, as well as covering World War I from the trenches of France . All that squeezed into 61 years; she settled and died in Nice, perhaps at its Mediterranean loveliest, in 1937.

Jeanne Baret

Born in France in 1740, Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe – disguised as a man, of course; at the time women were forbidden on French navy ships. She’d been working as housekeeper to, before becoming the lover of, naturalist Philibert de Commerçon, who’d been invited to join the round-the-world expedition of Commander Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Feigning to be his male valet, and dressed up in loose-fitting clothes, her chest strapped flat with strips of linen, she and De Commerçon set sail on the Étoile in December 1766. For two years they managed to maintain the fiction, no mean feat given there were 116 men on board living in close quarters. Ship journals are contradictory, but there is some suggestion she pronounced herself a eunuch when suspicions were raised about her gender; other accounts hint at violence and rape. Meanwhile, Baret pressed on with her work, particularly because De Commerçon was sickly on board; in Rio de Janeiro , it was she who ventured ashore — plucking a flower to be named after the captain, bougainvillaea. Over the course of the voyage, the pair collected more than 6,000 botanical samples from around the world, disembarking the ship in Mauritius — the circumstances unclear — to continue their botanical studies.

Junko Tabei

In spring 1975, just after the Vietnam War finally drew to a close and as Diane von Furstenberg’s wrap dresses were selling in their millions and Tammy Wynette’s 'Stand By Your Man' was blaring from Roberts Radios across the UK, a 35-year-old, five-foot-tall Japanese climber became the first woman to scale Mount Everest as part of an all-female team she had put together. Think about the more localised context and her achievements are even more brilliant. ‘Back in 1970s Japan , men were the ones to work outside and women were asked just to serve tea,’ she said. Yet against this backdrop, Tabei started the Ladies Climbing Club and worked more than one job to fund expeditions — as an editor of a scientific journal, a piano tutor and teaching English. Funding requests were blanked with responses such as ‘You should be raising children instead'. Which, by the way, she was. As she climbed Everest, back home her daughter turned three (Tabei drew a birthday cake on a postcard and sent it from High Camp). At the summit, she remembered thinking: ‘Oh, I don’t have to climb any more,’ an idea that didn’t last long. She was first woman to notch up the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each continent. Even after being diagnosed with cancer, she continued to climb. At 76, she had scaled the highest peaks of 76 countries, while promoting sustainable mountaineering and lesser-known climbing areas. She died a year later.

Dervla Murphy

It was soon after her 10th birthday and the gift of a second-hand bicycle from her parents that Murphy resolved to cycle to India . She writes: ‘I have never forgotten the exact spot, on a steep hill near Lismore, where this decision was made. Half-way up, I rather proudly looked at my legs, slowly pushing the pedals around, and the thought came: “If I went on doing this for long enough, I could get to India.”’ That journey, 20 years later, was documented in Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle , passing through Afghanistan (where she says she became ‘Afghanatical’, describing the country as ‘a man after my own heart’) and Pakistan (where she was a guest of the last Wali of Swat Miangul Aurangzeb). Her writing has become unapologetically political: the struggles post-apartheid in South from the Limpopo: Travels Through South Africa ; The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe , exploring the impact of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa ; and Visiting Rwanda , reflecting on the 1994 genocide. A prolific writer, at 87 she’s written 24 travel books covering 54 countries, with adventures such as meeting a tiger when cycling through the Nepalese Terai, watching the emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie single-handedly quell a student riot in Addis Ababa and losing her packhorse – panicked by a leopard – camping in the mountains of Cameroon.

Gertrude Bell

Often called a female Lawrence of Arabia, this Englishwoman was arguably much more. Born into wealth and privilege in 1868, Bell read Modern History at Oxford , one of the few subjects women were allowed to study at the time. She headed off on her travels: spending years moving around the Middle East – from Tehran to Jerusalem to Beirut to Damascus – and became fluent in Persian, Arabic, French and German, as well as speaking Italian and Turkish, and holding titles such as Liaison Officer, Correspondent to Cairo and Oriental Secretary for the British government. At the end of the war, Bell was pivotal in drawing up the borders of modern-day Iraq and shaping the country's politics. She has been described as ‘one of the few representatives of His Majesty’s Government remembered by the Arabs with anything resembling affection’. A mean mountaineer as well, she also spent time in the Alps , summiting both La Meije and Mont Blanc, and had one peak in the Bernese Oberland, Gertrudspitze, named after her. Praise back in the day was hardly that, such as: she has ‘masculine vigour, hard common sense and practical efficiency – all tempered by feminine charm and a most romantic spirit’. Bell lived out her last days in Baghdad, where she took up again archaeology, founding what became the National Museum of Iraq.

Maureen Wheeler

Wheeler grew up in a housing estate in Belfast , but she had dreams far beyond the borders of Northern Ireland. With her new husband Tony, they hit the hippie trail and backpacked from the UK to Australia in the early 1970s – a wholly different time when Kabul was a must-see, many of Thailand ’s beaches were still undiscovered and Bali had but a few rudimentary hostels. When the couple arrived in Australia they were flat broke with just 27 cents in their pocket, but they’d been inspired by their journey. They set about writing a guidebook, which they called Across Asia on The Cheap , sticking it together around their kitchen table with foul-smelling glue, before trying to peddle it to friends and then bookshops. The year was 1972 and Lonely Planet was born, which was set to become the world’s biggest travel guidebook outfit (35 years later BBC Worldwide bought the publishing company for tens of millions). Maureen never stopped travelling, even when she was at her busiest with the company and with her two children. In fact, she wrote Travel With Children as a shout-out to parents who were hesitant to hit the road with their families, including practical tips and, in the latest edition, travel stories written by her kids. Critically, Lonely Planet carries on the mission that independent travel is easy and doesn’t cost a fortune – and that has inspired millions to haul on a backpack and head off across the world.

Karen Blixen

‘I had a farm in Africa , at the foot of the Ngong Hills…’ is probably one of the most evocative film openings, conjuring up a dreamily romantic view of life in Africa, played out by Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. It was based, of course, on Karen Blixen’s memoir Out of Africa , published under her pen name Isak Dinesen. After an aristocratic upbringing in Denmark , schooled there and in Switzerland , Blixen and her Swedish second cousin, Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, moved to Kenya , marrying in Mombasa before heading to the Rift Valley to learn Swahili and set up a coffee plantation: ‘Here at long last one was in a position not to give a damn for all conventions, here was a new kind of freedom which until then one had only found in dreams!’ The dream faded, though – Blixen grew weary of her husband’s long hunting trips and affairs, perhaps contracting syphilis from him, which she suffered from throughout her life. They divorced, but she continued to run the farm, now single-handedly, fighting drought, fire and creditors. She fell in love with the English big game hunter Denys Finch Hatton, with whom she travelled all over the country, at her happiest up in the clouds in his de Havilland Gipsy Moth. When his plane crashed, his death, coupled with the failure of the farm, forced Blixen to leave Kenya for good. She was a beguiling conversationalist, husky in voice (she smoked constantly) and with a piercing gaze, and above all was a luminous and prolific writer of books that set travel hearts racing, nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature twice; when Ernest Hemingway won, he suggested it should have gone to her.

Born James in 1926, Morris started his career as a young intelligence officer in Palestine and Italy during World War II and later, as a news journalist, meeting Che Guevara, visiting Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb and reporting on the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Of his many scoops, his greatest was Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s Everest climb in May 1953. He received the news of their summiting when James himself was at 23,000ft, dressed in short sleeves, and he scrambled down the mountain to despatch his copy – in code to avoid competitors stealing the story. ‘Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday stop awaiting improvement’ actually meant success. James married, had children, and in 1972, he became Jan, a transition from man to woman documented in Conundrum, a powerful account that sees Jan and her lifelong partner Elizabeth emerging as heroines to lead their close-knit family. Morris’s essays, biographies and novels, including intimate portraits of Trieste, Oxford , New York , Hong Kong and Venice , have shaped our idea of what it is to go abroad, and what it is to belong. The impressive collection A Writer's World: Travels 1950–2000 reflects the life of a compulsive traveller, although during the final stages of her life before she sadly passed away in November 2020, she was mostly ensconced in her converted stable home in north-west Wales , ‘tired of taking my shoes off at airports’.

Annie Smith Peck

Amelia Earhart once toasted her, saying ‘I felt an upstart compared to Miss Peck. [Her] mountain climbing résumé gives me the impression I am just a softie. However, I am somehow comforted by the fact that [she] would make almost anyone appear soft.’ Black-and-white photographs of Peck show her heading off on expeditions wearing veiled hats with a brooch at her collar, before she changes her clothes and is snapped clutching an ice axe on mountain summits and zip-lining the Iguazu River. When the American famously climbed the Matterhorn in 1895 aged 45, the headlines focused on her wearing trousers. Fifteen years later she became the first climber to summit Mount Huascarán in Peru (at the age of 58)— pledging ‘to attain some height where no man had previously stood’. The epitaph of the scholar, suffragist and political activist reads: ‘you have brought uncommon glory to women of all time.’

Sarah Marquis

The 46-year-old Swiss explorer first ran away from home aged six, heading into the woods with her backpack and her father’s dog Sultan. ‘I was always a wild kid, the weirdo of the family,’ Marquis says. ‘My mum once called the police. They found me about an hour’s walk away. I’d spent the night in a cave full of bats.’ Marquis has turned that weirdness into a career — as a speaker and writer, recently nominated as National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. She’s not a scientist but likes to have a fact-finding mission to her expeditions, because ‘we need nature today more than ever.’ Her last trip was three months solo walking the west coast of Tasmania , collecting data on plant life for the Australian government; while there, she fell down a gorge, broke a shoulder and continued to carry her 35kg backpack on it for the next three days. Next she’s off to northern Canada to train for an upcoming expedition — by contrast, this time in the desert. The common theme is that she prefers to be alone. ‘I’m not good with teams,’ she admits. ‘People ask me: are you scared? and I say ‘of what?’. When she occasionally returns home, she retreats to a small cabin in the Swiss Alps — before she hears again the call of the wild. ‘I’ve explored our darkest corners through pain and fear,’ she says, ‘and I deal with the things that we don’t want to deal with because that’s what makes you powerful.’

Cristina Mittermeier

From small-town middle-class Mexico , her only travels as a child were once a year to Disneyland in Los Angeles but she was inspired to go further after reading the novels of Emilio Salgari, who ‘painted a picture of places that struck my imagination’. Mittermeier went on to study marine biology, imagining it would be more about ‘pirate ships and swimming with dolphins’ than the realities of ‘fisheries and exploitation’, a strange start for a woman who now runs SeaLegacy, the powerful ocean conservation non-profit. It’s been a long journey. In fact, for this award-winning 52-year-old photographer, it’s extraordinary to think she didn’t pick up a camera till she was 24. Then married to the president of Conservation International whose trips took them all around the world, she borrowed his camera and took a first snap of an indigenous community in Brazil which turned out to become the outside advertising banner for an Amazonian art exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Houston. She went back to school to study fine-art photography, while following her husband with their family to more than 100 countries. Then she started her own expeditions, established the International League of Conservation Photographers and now spends only a couple of months a year at home on Vancouver Island with her partner Paul Nicklen, also a marine biologist and photographer. The rest of the time they’re on the road posting for their millions of Instagram followers . Her latest book, Amaze , is just that, a 250-page book showcasing indigenous people from Ethiopia to Papua New Guinea to Greenland .

Noo Saro-Wiwa

This 42-year-old Nigerian writer grew up in Surrey , which she describes as ‘a bountiful paradise of Twix bars and TV cartoons and leylandii trees, far removed from the heat and chaos of Nigeria’ where you see ‘machine guns, tuxedos, army fatigues and evening frocks together at an airport.’ Her book Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria , is a brave first foray into travel literature; Noo’s father Ken Saro-Wiwa, who campaigned against government corruption, was executed by the military dictatorship of his country in 1995. Noo had spent childhood summers in Port Harcourt on the Niger Delta but after this, she didn’t return for 10 years (except for his funeral and burial), wanting nothing more to do with the country. But in time she began tackling the subject of homeland, the same way she’d approached writing guidebooks (on Ivory Coast, Guinea, Madagascar , Benin, Ghana and Togo for Lonely Planet and Rough Guides) and writes that she came ‘to love many things about Nigeria: our indigenous heritage, the dances, the masks, the music, the baobab trees and the drill monkeys’. ‘I’ve been amazed by how many people have written to me and told me they knew nothing about Nigeria and how I opened their eyes,’ she says. ‘I feel I have a responsibility there.’ She’s now penning a book about Africans who live in China , a country she’s fallen in love with (‘after China, everything feels very boring,’ she says), then plans one on the Niger Delta, followed by Switzerland , which she calls ‘the heart of darkness of Europe’.

Anisa Kamadoli Costa

A rooted New Yorker in every way, down to her immigrant parents (Costa’s mother is from Maharashtra, her father from Karnataka in India ), the Tiffany & Co Chief Sustainability Officer isn’t just sitting comfortably with her feet up on a Fifth Avenue mahogany desk. She spends at least half of the year on the road, personally overseeing her projects for the Tiffany & Co Foundation: opposing a proposed mine on Alaska’s Bristol Bay that would sit at the headwaters of one of the world’s greatest salmon fisheries and leading journalists to the Great Barrier Reef to raise awareness of ocean conservation. ‘Most people just don’t consider how important the oceans are to the world,’ Costa says. Her background includes stints at the US Mission to the United Nations and working for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund with the goal of ‘making sure Americans travel more’. She has spearheaded Tiffany’s support of the virtual-reality film Valen’s Reef about Indonesia’s Raja Ampat marine life (where 75 per cent of the planet’s coral species can be found) and champions the company’s ecological commitment, with all the profits from dedicated jewellery lines funding conservation projects. ‘When I travel I always try to think about the place as a whole, rather than just its airport code,’ she says.

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10 Female Solo Travel Bloggers You Should Be Following

Looking for some insight on solo female travels? We've compiled a list of solo travel blogs that you must check out for inspiration!

Written By: Lynda Galea | Updated: November 21, 2023

Written By: Lynda Galea

Updated: November 21, 2023

Want to teach English abroad and see the world on your own terms, but find yourself holding back for whatever reason? Perhaps you’re concerned about your safety, being lonely and outside of your comfort zone, or missing family and friends while abroad.

Take a read of these awesome female solo travel blogs to give you all the confidence and inspiration you need to bite the bullet and start living your wanderlust-filled dreams. After getting lost in their epic tales of adventure and new experiences, you won’t be able to keep your butt in your seat for much longer!

1. Kate McCulley of Adventurous Kate

At age 26, Kate quit her job to travel Southeast Asia for six months. Six months turned into five years, spanning more than 65 countries. If there's an adventure out there, she will go for it. Kate started her blog to show what it is like for women to travel solo. She believes it is best to teach by example, and her ultimate goal is to show women that independent and solo travel can be safe, easy, and a lot of fun.

2. Nadine Sykora Of hey nadine

If Nadine's face looks familiar, you may have seen her talking travel on her popular YouTube channel, Hey Nadine . She has traveled to 49 countries over the last six years, and her experiences have been recorded and documented across her blog and YouTube channel. Her videos are fun, light-hearted, and often include a side of humor to keep you smiling. In December of 2014, Nadine was invited to the White House as one of the Top 130 most influential travel bloggers and digital media outlets to attend the White House Travel Blogger Summit on Study Abroad and Global Citizenship.

3. Kiersten Rich Of   the blonde abroad

After graduating with honors and getting a job at a prestigious financial firm in LA, Kiersten realized she was living someone else's dream and needed to escape the corporate routine. She left her career to travel the world, volunteer in developing countries, and discover her own happily ever after. Since then, she has traveled to 50 countries and hopes to inspire others to live a life they love and settle for nothing less than extraordinary. 

4. Annette White Of bucket list journey

After getting a handle on a case of severe anxiety, Annette made a promise to herself to not let fear make decisions for her. As a result, she started saying yes instead of no to opportunities that presented themselves. That promise, along with her dedication to start living her bucket list, led her to making travel a second career. She has been on Safari through Africa, eaten insects in Thailand , zip-lined through the Costa Rican rain forest, swam with pigs in the Bahamas, bathed elephants at a recuse in Chiang Rai... the (bucket) list goes on! 

5. Amanda Williams Of   a dangerous business

As a kid, growing up on a Christmas Tree farm in a small, Ohio town didn't provide Amanda with much excitement. It wasn't until high school that she decided she wanted to travel, and a Lord of the Rings obsession is what let her to New Zealand after graduation. Since then, she has been to more than 45 countries and is always on the lookout for her next adventure. Amanda is a strong believer that when it comes to travel, there's no right or wrong way to do it. She's never given up on her "normal" life to travel long term and wants others to see that they don't have to quit their job or leave their loved ones behind in order to be a traveler. She hopes her blog and her stories will help convince you of that!

6. JUNO KIM Of runaway juno

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea , Juno says leaving her job as a mechanical engineer to become a full-time travel blogger was one of the most difficult decisions that she ever made. As a Korean who grew up in a conservative household, her career departure created enough shock to change everything in her life, including her relationship with her own family. Fast forward to now, and after six years of full-time travel, Juno says she has grown. She has a deeper understanding of people now that she would have never learned if she stayed at home working as an engineer. Her travels also helped her grow to respect her own culture and realize the importance of family.

7. Dani Heinrich Of   globetrotter girls

In the middle of a long, grey British winter, Dani decided to break free and fly to Las Vegas on the first leg of what she thought would be a year-long trip around the world. Seven years later, and this one-year trip turned into a global exploration without an end date. Having lived in Austria, Spain, and England, Dani combines months of rapid travel with longer stays, living as a local wherever she can. She shares stories related to what it's like to be a gay or lesbian traveler, and also publishes guest posts by fellow LGBTQ travelers who share their travel stories and experiences as well. Her mission is to inspire curiosity about the world and provide the tips and tools to help you see as much of the world as you can for yourself.

8. Alexandra Baackes Of Alex in Wanderland

Alex in Wanderland was created in 2009 as a means for Alex to document her two month trip to Southeast Asia. The night before she left, she cried; terrified over the thought of eating dinner alone, getting lost in the airport, and having her camera stolen. That summer, she fell head-over-flip-flops in love with the adrenaline of travel and realized that there are truly people out there living the nomadic lifestyle that she thought only existed in her head. In 2011, Alex left New York to travel full time, and she has not had a permanent address since. There's no date, no itinerary, no real backup plan. Just adventure, adrenaline, and a lifetime of globe-trotting daydreams to fulfill.

9. Sherry Ott Of   otts world

Otts World is Sherry's journey from traditional cubicle to travel writer and digital nomad. She quit her corporate IT job in 2006, with the original intention of simply taking a year-long career break. In this time, Sherry traveled to 23 countries, finding a new and exciting world outside her office walls. Her eyes were opened to possibilities and the beauty of simplicity, so she sold all her possessions and relocated to Vietnam where she supported herself through teaching ESL, selling photography, and started working at building a blogging presence. Sherry is currently in her mid 40's and has spent over a decade living out of a suitcase with no permanent address since 2006. 

10. Liz Carlson Of young adventuress

Liz started her travel blog back in 2010 when she was getting ready to move to Spain to teach English and procrastinate on life. She lived on and off in Spain for over three years (Salamanca, Córdoba, and La Rioja) before learning that being a professional travel blogger was actually a thing. This prompted her move back into her parent's attic outside of Washington D.C. to work for a year, build out her blog properly, find work online, and save money. After having saved up enough, Liz walked into her boss' office, quit her job, moved to New Zealand and began full-time blogging. It is here that she developed a deep and abiding love for men in stubbies and gumboots. She hasn't been deported yet and hasn't looked back since! 

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At International TEFL Academy, we are fortunate that our alumni include fantastic bloggers who are teaching across the globe. You can find dozens listed - along with interviews, features & videos - on our Alumni Stories pages for Asia , Europe , Latin America & the Middle East . 

Here are just some top examples to inspire you:

• The JJ Adventures -  Jennie Johnson quit her corporate marketing job in South Florida to get TEFL certified and now teaches English to children in Shanghai, China.
• Willful & Wildhearted - Laura Nalin first got TEFL certified and headed to South Korea to teach English.  She's still living abroad in Saigon Vietnam and has traveled throughout Asia, Europe and even down to New Zealand in between.
• The Berlin Babe - From comparing grand European castles to dating in Germany, Tina Angkok provides a wide range of insights into life as an expat English teacher in Berling, Germany.

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These creators are proving that travel is for every body . They’re hitting the hiking trails and surfing the waves, they’re globetrotting and highlighting the joys of traveling close to home. These creators tell the stories of the people and places they encounter for all of us to armchair travel through their inspirational content.

Ready to take a journey? Go follow these 25 creators right now!

1. Voyaging Vagabond (Chantel Loura)

Chantel is a fat, queer digital storyteller typically found hopping the globe and sprinkling body positivity along the way! A fierce, twenty-something female nomad, her goal is to inspire you to make your life-changing travel dreams a reality. She serves up travel tips, major airfare sales, and kickass itineraries.  

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2. From Annette With Love (Annette Richmond)

A California girl with many passions, Annette is an advocate, content creator, fashion stylist, speaker, and digital nomad. A self-proclaimed Fat Girl, she is a staunch supporter of the Body Positive Movement. After seeing a lack of diversity and inclusivity in travel marketing and media, she created Fat Girls Traveling. The Instagram profile grew into a community of over 19K that has metamorphosed into a movement. She is a voice for Fat Travelers and now the Editor-in-Chief of The Fat Girls Guide.

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3. Some Call Me Adventurous (Samantha O’Brochta)

Sam is a creative digital strategist and body-positive traveler who shares her adventures at home and abroad. Currently calling London home, Sam also shares travel inspiration through her London Love Letter IG and her design and writing work through Sips Tea Designs.

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4. Sherry Ivy

Sherry is a fat British babe empowering women to live their best lives and sharing her travels and adventures along the way. She is anti-diet culture and pro-self-love, so you can expect lots of inspirational content as she journeys around the world.

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5. Global Midwife (Katrina)

Katrina is a nurse-midwife and new mom. She’s all about celebrating her curves and her travel addiction. She shares her journey as a creative outlet to motivate other curvy women to live life NOW instead of waiting to fit false societal beauty standards. Katrina is a huge advocate for body positivity, women’s empowerment, and health education.

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6. Kirsty Leanne Travels

Kirsty is a plus-size travel blogger who is redefining what travel looks like. She offers tons of travel inspiration and advice, including plus size travel tips and tricks, as well as personal insights into developing her confidence. She is the founder and creator of Plus Size Travel Too and a former WITS Travel Creator + Brand Summit speaker!

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7. Stephanie Yeboah

Stephanie is a multi-award-winning blogger, body confidence advocate, and freelance journalist, with Fattily Ever After being her debut non-fiction book. She is also a huge body image and self-love advocate!

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8. Myles to Travel (Bisa Myles)

Bisa is a plus-sized adventure traveler, freelance writer, speaker, and breast cancer survivor whose goal is to inspire others through her writing to pursue their dreams despite their size or diagnosis!

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9. The Travel Curve (Tegan Aileen)

Tegan is a curvy content creator who is supporting all feminine creativity. A former Canadian plus-size model, she now lives a quiet life in the southwest of France, from where she shares her local travels and outdoor activities and adventures.

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10. Cheema’s Travel (Rani Cheema)

Rani is the CEO & Culinary Travel Curator at Cheema’s Travel, a boutique travel agency specializing in luxury culinary travel. After years of living overseas, she returned to the US determined to build a business helping others explore the world in a safe and immersive space through gastronomy and deeper connections.

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11. Ariel Poems (Ariel Goldberg)

Ariel is a queer, multiracial author, editor, digital media and marketing professional, creative director, activist, organizer, traveler, event planner, plant mom, consultant, and sometimes-poet based in Brooklyn, New York City. By day, she is the managing editor at the Vera Institute of Justice , and then she spends her free time as the brains behind all of Wanderful’s websites and as the Program and Creative Director for the WITS Travel Creator + Brand Summit !

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12. Sylvia the Gnomad (Sylvia Torres)

Sylvia started living the #vanlife in the middle of the pandemic in 2020 and has completely fallen in love with nature during this journey. She is always trying to improve and diversify the outdoors, sharing all her VanLife travels and plus size content to normalize seeing fat bodies outdoors.

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13. Jae Bae Productions (Jae’Lynn Chaney)

Jae is a body-positive, plus-size content creator, and YouTuber showing the world that all bodies are travel bodies. As a Woman of Color living in a marginalized body with disabilities, she says she’s all about accepting and loving yourself just the way you are and not letting your size, the color of your skin, where you come from, disabilities, or anything else limit you!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jaelynn Chaney (@jaebaeproductions)

14. Kaila Walton

Kaila is a photographer, plus-sized hiker, and explorer based in the Northwest Territories. In 2019, she founded Fat Wander Babes to highlight plus-size women doing wander babe-type things in the outdoors or travel industry.

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15. Comfy Fat Travels (J Aprileo)

J is the creator behind ComfyFat.com, a blog about the experience of being a fat non-binary person. You’ll frequently find J chatting about topics like fat accessibility, gender, and mental health. As J says, “Fat people want to explore. We want to live our lives out loud and see new things. We want a world that values us enough to create space for us. Until then, we’re creating our own spaces, our own communities, and building up our allies to make this a more comfortable place to be.”

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16. Jenny Bruso

Jenny is a white, queer, fat, femme, writer, hiker, group hike leader, and founder of Unlikely Hikers. Finding outdoor culture to be often hostile to those who don’t fit the white, straight-size, cishet-normative, able-bodied mold led to the creation of Unlikely Hikers. As Jenny says, the outdoors should be for EVERYBODY and EVERY BODY.

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17. Loving this Life Jada (Jada Durden)

Jada Durden is a content creator and freelance writer based in Shreveport, LA. On her blog, LovingThisLifeJada.com, Jada covers travel, entertainment, and dining while working with several national and local brands including Kia, Aloft Hotels, Mitsubishi, Mazda, and W Hotels. LovingThisLifeJada.com is recognized as a “Popular Louisiana Blogs” by LouisianaTravel.com. When she is not traveling for her next story idea or speaking at a conference, Jada is busy being a mom to her teenage son and finding ways to promote inclusivity and diversity in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.

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18. Curvy Surfer Girl (Elizabeth Sneed)

Elizabeth Sneed is a Hawaii surfer who recognized the need for women to have a community dedicated to surfing that was representative of modern and diverse women athletes. Her personal journey of accepting herself as a plus-size athlete was the catalyst that launched the movement, which has since grown to a community of tens of thousands of women worldwide. The Curvy Surfer Girl Movement is dedicated to reimagining the last 63 years of exclusive history in women’s surfing.

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19. Adventure Like a Girl (Stacia, aka Tink)

Stacia is better known by her hiking family as “Tink”, short for Tinkerbell. She lives in a small town in South Georgia working as an ER nurse. After hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2015/2016, she found a way to build the life she wanted, which regularly revolves around hiking trails and epic adventures, all of which she shares with her dedicated community on Instagram.

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20. Curvy Globetrotter

Curvy Globetrotter is a German plus-size traveler sharing her globetrotting adventures all around the world. She shares body positivity and inspiration across the 32 countries and 37 US states she’s visited thus far.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by A happy German ➕size woman (@curvy.globetrotter)

21. The Chronicles of a Wander (Roxanne Vitnell)

Roxanne is a plus-size Australian traveler sharing her adventures…and her professional-level skirt twirling! She focuses her community around travel, lifestyle, and fashion, with lots of local insights and travel tips from her home base in Sydney.

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22. Leah Vernon

Leah Vernon is a plus-size Hijabi model, social media influencer, public speaker, and freelance writer. Based in NYC, she is also the author of Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim . She is always promoting body positivity and inclusivity in marketing and media, shooting editorials everywhere she travels because she never grew up seeing representation in Vogue. She’s showing that travel is for every body.

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23. Sam Ortiz

Sam Ortiz is a plus-size Latinx mountaineer and the Founder of Climb Big, a community for fat and plus size rock climbers. She aims to use her voice to make the outdoors accessible for all, especially through advocating for apparel and gear. She is also an adventure photographer and graphic designer who has worked with plenty of big names in outdoor gear and adventures!

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24. As Told by Nella (Ornella Green)

Nella is a Jamaican plus-size beauty, travel, and lifestyle content creator in her free time outside of her full-time career as Dr. Nella. She is an island gal who believes in living life to the fullest and sharing as much positivity in the world as she can. You can catch her interview on the Black Women Travel Podcast with Wanda Duncan to learn more.

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25. Brenda Senyana

Born in Kampala, Uganda, raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and currently residing in Harlem, New York, Brenda is a Curvy Plus Size Influencer focused on fashion, travel, and lifestyle. She encourages her community to embrace their curves and walk confidently in all their glory!

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 last updated: 17 dec, 2018 by nidhi singh.

Women will always be women – powerful, inspiring, and quirky and India women, well they will always be full of surprises. In a country where women are considered a weaker gender, making bold choices can be difficult, but not for these Indian women travellers, that not only chose to life their lives on their terms but to push their limits to achieve impossible tasks tagged impossible for both the genders. Our blog honours some of the popular Indian female travellers and bloggers who have become a source of inspiration for many. Stay with us on this one and we assure a great read that will make your day.

Shivya Nath: A Star that Guided the Way of Many Other Aspiring Travellers

There’s hardly any traveller in India who doesn’t recognize Shivya Nath. This popular woman traveller has been a prominent entity in the travel scene and her travel stories have inspired many. At the age of 23, Shivya left her corporate job and what followed is known to everyone. She also promotes responsible tourism through India untravelled which connects travellers with environmentally and socially sustainable travel initiatives. Shivya has also been awarded India’s best travel blogger.

• Website: https://the-shooting-star.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivya/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theshootingstarblog
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/shivya

Mridula Dwivedi: A Woman Traveller whose Smile is as Beautiful as Her Travel Pictures

Another inspiring life to up to is that of Mridula Dwivedi. Like Shivya, Mridula also quit her job to travel around the world. In 2005, she started her own travel blog and soon enough she was featured in BBC and the Guardian. Her travel tales come from 27 countries and her photographs are truly going to inspire you to travel.

• Website: http://traveltalesfromindia.in/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mridulablog/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mridulablog
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mridulablog

Lakshmi Sharath: A Storyteller that will Win Your Heart with Amazing Travel Tales

Lakshmi Sharath asserts herself as a storyteller, a traveller, travel blogger, writer, digital influencer, content specialist, media professional  and photographer. This famous travel blogger began her blog in 2005 and ever since she has offered exciting travel write ups from her extensive voyages to 25 countries and the hidden parts of India. Her blog has won several accolades including winning the Indibloggies -India’s best travel blog of the year and has been rated on several lists among the Top Travel Bloggers in India and digital media influencers in the country.

• Website: https://lakshmisharath.com/about-lakshmisharath/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lakshmisharath/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravelwithLakshmi
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lakshmisharath

Anuradha Goyal: A True Inspiration to Women who Want to Travel the World

Beginning her blog in 2004, Anuradha Goyal set on the path of being an inspiration to many other women wanting to travel. Her articulate and authentic write-ups have helped many including me plan my trips in India and to know about a new destination inside out. Anuradha has also spoken at Tourism conferences, Travel and Tourism Events, Student community events and mentored a few startups in travel space ever since the beginning of her journey.

• Website: https://www.inditales.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anuradhagoyal/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndiTales
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/anuradhagoyal

Rutavi Mehta: The Right Person to Confirm that Crazy is Fun

Rutavi is known for some crazy adventure like riding an auto rickshaw from Jaisalmer to Shillong for 3000 km and staying in Lakshadweep for over a month. This girl knows how to live the life to the fullest. Rutavi has backpacked her way to Europe and is also committed to teaching kids in Ladakh. She has bagged climbing Mt.Everest Base Camp as one of the 9 winners of Kingfisher Blue Mile which is also TV Show on the national channel NDTV Good Times.

• Website: https://www.photokatha.in/rutavi-mehta/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rutaagayire/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhotoKatha/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rutaagayire/

Jai Bharathi: The Badass Biker who Can Teach You How to Push Your Limit

This woman biker is fire! Known for covering all the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India and Nepal in one calendar year, Jai Bharathi is the right kind of inspiration we need. Bharathi has also run marathons, the one quite special was Istanbul Marathon, in which she also including visiting 11 UNESCO sites in 11 days in Turkey. She is the co-founder of Bikerni, an all-women motorcycle club in India through which Bharathi has completed exciting bike riding trips from Kanyakumari to Kashmir covering 8600 km in 27 days.

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBikerni/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebikerni/

Amrita Das: The Apt Person to Urge You to Go Solo

Propagating solo female travel, Amrita Das is another prominent solo Indian women traveller who have been encouraging people to step outside and explore the beautiful world we live in. Das runs a popular blog site – Travelling Ides of March and in 2015 was  listed as one of the 35 Best Female Blogs to Follow by Travel Junkette. She too like several other Indian female travellers quit her job (in 2014) to travel full time and make a living out of it by brand collaborations, social media marketing as well as content marketing.

• Website: http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amritadas15/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travellingidesofmarch

Archana Singh: A Young Female Traveller Reminding You Life is too Short to Have Regrets

A woman of substance Archana Singh is all about maintaining that perfect media image and enjoying travel to the fullest. This young female travellers has achieved numerous feat keeping travel in the centre. From receiving top blogger honours to public speaking not only in India but internationally as well, Archana has made her mark as a prominent Indian female traveller to certainly look up to for inspiration.

• Website: https://www.travelseewrite.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelseewrite/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travelseewrite

Charukesi Ramadurai: A Freelance Journalist that will Rekindle the Wanderlust in You

Charukesi’s travel experiences and writings can be addictive. A freelance journalist, she is known for her vivid write-ups on travel, food, books, arts and culture, gender and development issues and the joys of social media and networking in  The New York Times, South China Morning Post, The Guardian, City Lab, Roads & Kingdoms, NPR, Atlas Obscura, The National, Silverkris (Singapore Airlines), Independent, The Wall Street Journal and Khaleej Times among others. She also writes for Indian publications like Mint, Outlook Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Economic Times, Forbes, New Indian Express, Business Line, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Indian Express and Jet Wings. Her work is impressive and can certainly give you a serious wanderlust.

• Website: http://charukesi.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charukesi/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travelswithcharu
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/charukesi

Ankita Sinha: An Award-Winner Traveller to Give You Some Serious Life Goals

An award-winning travel and adventure blogger, who like many on this list gave up her corporate job to travel the world. In an interview quoted “Life is more than a job and a salary,” and thus, she followed her passion and became one of the most popular Indian travellers. Ankita is known for her interesting travel videos in which tries to cover the essence of a destination she is at. You’d simply become addictive to her videos as they rekindle a fire to see the world with your own two eyes.

• Website: http://www.ankionthemove.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ankionthemove/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ankionthemove
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ankionthemove

Neelima Vallangi: An Inspiration for Spending that Perfect Time with Yourself

Neelima Vallangi indeed has a story to inspire that determination yields success. An award winning photographer and travel writer, this Indian girl won a National Award for photography in the very first year of her travel. Neelima’s adventures include stalking a snow leopard in Ladakh; snorkeling in one of the world’s most pristine coral reefs; hiking solo for a month in Turkey; exploring the steppes of Mongolia by a truck for weeks and spending time in the Himalayas. She enjoys taking the roads less travelled and in that venture she has covered the offbeat corners of  Mongolia, Turkey, Indonesia, Nepal and several other countries. If she doesn’t inspire you to travel, then I don’t know who else will.

• Website: https://www.travelwithneelima.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neelimav/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravelWithNeelima/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/i_WanderingSoul

Elita Almeida: A Storyteller that will Help You See the Goodness in the World

Inspiring women to travel solo, Elita Almeida is yet another female traveller you must know about. Almeida is known for covering all 29 states in India at the age of 29, and she has plenty of stories to share with you. A solo traveller, Elita considers it a way to reconnect to herself, and we couldn’t agree more. Both her photography and travel experiences certainly can excite you to start packing and head out that door. Follow her journeys here:

• Website: https://nomadicthunker.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicthunker/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicthunker
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nomadicthunker

Medhavi Davda: The Right Person to Inspire You to Achieve the Impossible

Medhavi’s passion for travel is contagious, once you’d see her pictures and read her write-ups there is no way you would want to sit at home. A solo woman traveller and adventure travel blogger, Medhavi is a high-altitude trekker and a certified scuba diver. Leaving her 9+ years career in IT, this one of the most popular Indian woman travellers went to stay in Himachal Pradesh and then from there to other parts of the country and abroad. Medhavi confesses her love for the Himalayas and calls it her home. She has been on the list of several blogs as one of the best solo women travellers and has also spoken on TEDx. Her travel can give you some serious travel goals and inspire you to push your limit to pursue your dream.

• Website: http://www.ravenouslegs.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravenouslegs/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RavenousLegs
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/RavenousLegs

Deepti Asthana: The Top Travel Blogger in India Sharing Some Incredible Untold Stories

Canon India photo mentor, social media influencer, and amongst the top travel bloggers in the country, Deepti Asthana is one of the most inspirational woman travellers in India. Deepti is known for bringing stories and powerful photos from the places lesser-trodden. Her initiative to share stories of women of India through her venture named the same, is worth appreciating. Her work has been published in BBC News, Al Jazeera, The Hindu, Outlook Traveller, Asian Age, Der Spiegel, Huffington Post, Daily Post to name a few and she has also won International Youth Photography competition, awarded by UNESCO for a picture she had taken in one of the Pagodas, in Cambodia. Deepti is indeed one of those Indian female travellers to be followed on social media.

• Website: http://datravelography.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deeptiasthana/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeeptiAsthanaPhotography/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/deeptiasthana

Nidhi Tewari: The Ultimate Woman of Substance

This list is incomplete without mentioning the Queen of Roads, Nidhi Tewari. This adventure traveller is best known for driving all the way from Delhi to London along with her two friends. It was an epic journey as we know it, and Nidhi found her way to popularity ever since.  Next solo adventure awaited her in the form of a venture of 5000 km to Siberia alone. She is truly a woman of substance, someone we can always look up to for that boost to break the norms and follow our hearts.

Well, these are some of the names amongst the many that India boasts. There are powerful women breaking norms and creating records everyday in the country and salute all their efforts and their tireless journeys. From the story of each one of these women travellers mentioned in the blog, a common message imparted is that when there is a will there is a way. So dream, strive for them, and make them come true for the universe is with you.

Published: 19 Nov, 2018 By Nidhi Singh

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From the Lake District, Nainital, Nidhi Singh is a travel writer whose love for mountains can be seen in her write ups. Talk about solo travelling, indulging in adventure activities, binging on good food, planning budget trips or the Aurora Borealis and you will get all her attention. It is the wanderlust that keeps her going and if at all she could get one wish granted she would love to live a life less ordinary. Follow her on Twitter , Facebook & Instagram .

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"Because of these bans, it's about 6 million women of reproductive age who are experiencing an increase in distance of more than 200 miles," she says.

She points out that Floridians who are seeking abortions after six weeks will have to travel nearly 600 miles to North Carolina, which has a 72-hour waiting period. "So we're talking about a day's drive to a state that requires you to engage in this multi-day process," Myers says. "A lot of people might end up going several hundred miles further to Virginia."

For people in Arizona, after the 1864 law takes effect, "their nearest destinations are pretty long drives. They're going to be facing hundreds of miles to reach southern California, New Mexico, Colorado," Myers says. "I think Arizona spillover is likely to affect California in a way that California hasn't yet been affected by bans."

Myers helms the Myers Abortion Facility Database . She has gathered data about facilities – including clinics, doctors, and hospitals that publicly indicated that they provide abortions – going back more than a decade, using data licensure databases, directories, and Wayback Machine captures of websites from years past. She uses a team of undergraduate research assistants to periodically call facilities and make sure the information is up to date.

Numbers of abortions rise in Florida, decline in Arizona

Although Florida and Arizona have historically both been politically purple states and both have had 15-week abortion bans since 2022, the states have been on different trajectories when it comes to abortion and play very different roles in their regions.

There were about 12,000 abortions in Arizona in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute , a research organization that supports abortion rights. Out-of-state travel accounted for 3% of abortions in the state, and the overall number of abortions has been declining there in recent years, Guttmacher finds.

By contrast, there were nearly 85,000 abortions in Florida in 2023, according to state data , just a few thousand fewer than Illinois, which has positioned itself as a haven for people seeking abortions in the post- Roe era. And the number of abortions happening in the state has been on the rise. "The majority of the increase has been driven by out-of-state travel into Florida because of bans in surrounding states," explains Isaac Maddow-Zimet , a Guttmacher data scientist. "That really speaks to the role that Florida has played in the region where there really aren't many other options."

The Alliance Defending Freedom, which brought the case in Arizona, frames those affected by the new laws in a different way. "We celebrate the Arizona Supreme Court's decision that allows the state's pro-life law to again protect the lives of countless, innocent unborn children," the organization wrote in a statement this week .

Even with new bans in place, there are a few ways residents of Florida and Arizona will be able to access abortion without driving hundreds of miles. People with means will be able to fly to states where abortion access is protected. Others will be able to use telehealth to connect with providers in those states and receive abortion medication in the mail – a practice that has been growing in popularity in recent months. Telehealth medication abortions, though, could be curtailed by a pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court. (A decision in that case is expected this summer.)

In Florida, some will be able to get abortions before the six-week gestational limit, which is about two weeks after a missed period. "Folks have a really narrow window in order to meet that gestational duration limit if they even know about their pregnancy in time," Maddow-Zimet of Guttmacher explains. "And that's something that's particularly difficult in Florida because Florida requires an in-person counseling visit 24 hours before the abortion."

'A substantial barrier'

Many thousands of people in Florida and Arizona will be unable to navigate those options and will carry their pregnancies instead, Myers says.

"It's easy to think – if an abortion is so important to somebody, they will find a way, they will figure it out," she says, but research on people seeking abortions illustrates why that's not always possible. "[Many] are low income. They're in very difficult life circumstances. They're experiencing disruptive life events like the loss of a job or breaking up with a partner or threatened eviction. Many of them are parenting and have difficulty obtaining child care." One large study showed about 80% of people seeking abortions had subprime credit scores.

"If you think about all that, it is perhaps not so surprising that the results of my research and other people's research shows very strongly and unequivocally that distance is a substantial barrier to people who are seeking abortions," Myers says.

Mary Ziegler , a law professor and historian of reproductive rights at the University of California - Davis, says it's worth noting how these states both came to have new bans. "The common denominator is conservative state supreme courts reaching decisions contrary to what voters would want, interestingly, in an election year when those judges are facing retention elections," she says.

Voters in Florida will have a chance to weigh in on abortion access in November, when an amendment to their state constitution will be on the ballot. An effort to put an abortion amendment on the ballot in Arizona is also underway. Abortions rights opponents in both states have pledged to fight the measures.

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Woman shot at cars on Florida highway because of solar eclipse, cops say

• Emily Wunderlich Times staff

A Georgia woman accused of shooting at passing vehicles on a Florida highway said she did it because of the solar eclipse, authorities say.

On Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol responded to reports of an active shooter in Holmes County, the agency said in a news release.

“The suspect was a woman who had recently checked out of a local hotel and told the staff she was going on a shooting spree, directed by ‘God’ in relation to the solar eclipse,” the news release states.

Troopers say the woman was driving a purple Dodge Challenger with a Georgia license plate. She entered Interstate 10 at mile marker 112 and traveled west for about 5 miles before firing shots at another vehicle, the news release states.

One vehicle was hit multiple times. The driver was struck by glass fragments from the window and grazed on the arm by a bullet, but troopers say he was able to steer his car onto the shoulder away from the suspect.

As the woman continued west on I-10, troopers say she shot at another vehicle near mile marker 107. The driver was struck in the neck and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The Highway Patrol did not release further information about the driver’s condition.

Troopers found the woman near mile marker 96 and conducted a felony traffic stop, where they found an AR-15 and a 9mm handgun in her car.

Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, was booked at the Holmes County Jail on charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and improper discharge of a firearm, the news release states.

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How should we use our power, once we have it? As the CEO and founder of El Camino Travel , a company that organizes small group trips and builds community among women travelers, I am always thinking about what guests want out of their travels—and what direction we, as an industry, are headed. It's 2024, yet the CEOs of most major travel companies are still men , dictating the trajectory of a marketplace in which women account for 85% of travel planning decisions and spend $125 billion annually on trips. It’s no doubt the reason so many of our community members tell me they have struggled to find experiences that speak to them in the marketplace.

But this year’s Women Who Travel Power List , which I was previously honored on, is a vivid reminder that the people actually driving the wider conversation around travel, and the many ways we choose to define it, are by and large women. Change doesn’t only come from the corner office. It is inspired by influencers like Charlotte Simpson, best known for her IG account @travelingblackwidow , who is redefining the societal narrative about finding joy as a single traveler in later years. It’s model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse (Hän Gwich’in and Sičangu/Oglala Lakota), whose efforts for Native land rights and environmental protection hold me accountable to critically reassess our impact at El Camino, on both the places we go and the people we meet. There are also women who use their knowledge of the world to create greater cultural understanding. Take singer Kali Uchis, for example, whose music beautifully bridges American and Latin American cultures, blending sounds that are both exotic and familiar, depending on who you ask. I imagine a first-time visitor to Colombia , my parent’s homeland, finding comfort in the rhythms they’ve come to know through her songs.

There are also women who underscore the fact that travel transcends leisure. I think of Bisan Owda, the Palestinian travel creator, whose content was once focused on joyfully celebrating her culture—but who has now, out of necessity, become a civic journalist offering the world a look into her current reality in Gaza.

These women are changing the tides of a once gate-kept industry from so many different directions. They are the ones who get me fired up about what the next decade of travel could look like. In 2024, we aren’t just dreaming of a more representative future; it’s being built up, all around us, by the most impressive of women. — Katalina Mayorga

Lolá Ákínmádé

“If I could sum up every single thing I do with just three words, it's, I see you ,” says award-winning author and travel photographer Lolá Ákínmádé . The Nigerian-American-Swedish storyteller, currently based in Sweden , didn’t see women who looked like her when she entered the travel media industry 17 years ago—she has since made it her mission to foster cultural connections and create community among those who have also felt excluded from mainstream travel narratives. From photographing Inuit mushers and their huskies in Greenland for National Geographic Traveller to writing novels about navigating the world as a Black woman, Ákínmádé’s work showcases the beauty of the world while addressing important social issues such as racism, classism, tokenism, and fetishization. “A lot of the stories I write are about what it feels like to live in my skin in a place where I'm a minority, a visible minority,” she says. Ákínmádé is also intentional about appearing in high-profile publications and platforms as a speaker and photography expert , and adamant that she is visible for others, particularly people of color who may want to follow in her footsteps. “I’m a big believer of creating your own table instead of begging to be at somebody else's,” says Ákínmádé. ”I'm also a big believer in shaking tables where your narratives are being crafted without your voice.” Through her Geotraveler Media Academy , she mentors aspiring storytellers and leads intimate photography workshops where she can show people ways of seeing the world that honor the places they delve into. Her popular Aurora workshop, for example, takes travelers to northern Sweden to learn about reindeer herding culture from the Indigenous Sámi , whose deep connection to the environment and stories of their homeland create meaningful experiences for guests. “It's not about consumerism,” she says, “but traveling with intention, photographing the places we visit with respect, and making sure that we're fully acknowledging the people we interact with.” — Katherine Gallardo

Katia Barros

When Katia Barros created Rio de Janeiro -based fashion brand Farm Rio 25 years ago, she was struck by the lack of color she saw in the clothing around her. “Amazingly, Brazilian fashion was very linked to international collections,” she says. “I immediately started adding color—it has so much to do with our culture, our geography, and our personality as a country.” In the decades since, bright maxi dresses, floral blouses, and skirts with punchy prints have defined Farm Rio as the ultimate vacation attire. “When you [travel], you allow yourself to do more, even in how you dress.” As Farm Rio has expanded beyond Brazil (its first US store opened in New York in 2019) Barros has taken the country’s “party culture and joy” to new audiences and locales. In 2020, Farm Rio partnered with Levi’s on painted denim jackets and jeans designed for city adventures. Then, in 2022, the brand launched its first-ever ski collection , with hot pink jumpsuits and toucan-adorned snow pants. “In Brazil, the place to have fun is the beach, but in other countries, you go to the snow,” says Barros. “It’s about bringing this feeling of joyfulness to many places.” (Barros got “hooked” on skiing while researching the collection.) Now, Farm Rio’s lines are sold in 39 countries. As global expansion continues, with new stores in Los Angeles and Paris on the horizon (both set to open this May), Barros hasn’t forgotten her roots. In January, Farm Rio launched a collaboration with the iconic Copacabana Palace for the hotel’s 100th anniversary; in February, Farm Rio launched a new capsule celebrating seven years of partnership with the Yawanawa community in the Amazon , through which 180 women have contributed their artisanry to the brand’s jewelry collection. “Farm Rio is more than a lifestyle,” Barros says. “It embodies and represents our culture.” — Megan Spurrell (interview translation by Tatiana Cury)

Quannah ChasingHorse

There aren’t enough hyphens to do Quannah ChasingHorse (Hän Gwich’in and Sičangu/Oglala Lakota) justice. She’s a model, actress, Indigenous rights advocate, climate warrior, and land and water protector who’s urging all of us to be more intentional in how we move about the world. Hailing from Eagle Village, Alaska, the 21-year-old activist encourages globetrotters to ask themselves: “Whose land am I on?” The question should prompt visitors to learn about the history and current events of any given destination, particularly if it’s an Indigenous community. “It’s super important for travelers to learn about, not just the people living there, but also the environmental crises and other issues going on—to ensure they’re not taking up space in a way that perpetuates harm to that community,” she explains. “For instance, Alaska is going through some of the worst climate catastrophes [in the state’s history], with extreme weather that’s devastating our lands, our waters, our animals, our communities, and our economy.” In some cases, ChasingHorse says, travelers might determine upon researching that the most responsible decision is not visiting those places at all. ChasingHorse uses her vast platform across fashion, entertainment, and environmentalism to uplift Native stories, hold brands accountable, and remind us of our shared humanity. “No human is less than another; we all deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live a happy, healthy life,” she says. “With everything that’s happening in the world right now, I’d love to see more people stand in solidarity with voices that need to be heard, with people who need to be seen.” Her work will continue: ChasingHorse just served as co-chair for the annual Green Carpet Fashion Awards and narrated and executive produced the new film Bad River about the namesake tribe’s battle for its land, culture, identity, and Lake Superior (out March 15 in select AMC Theaters). Says ChasingHorse: “We need to remain loving, compassionate, and open-minded about other people’s perspectives.” — Kate Nelson

Cynthia Chavez Lamar

When Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo/Hopi/Tewa/Navajo) became director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2022, she made history as the first Native American woman to head a Smithsonian museum. Since then, she’s been deepening relationships with tribal communities whose cultures are represented in the institution’s collections. “We want audiences to learn from Native artists, leaders, and cultural bearers just how meaningful a piece of pottery or a cradleboard is,” says the curator and scholar, who’s been named one of the most powerful women in Washington, D.C. “It’s so important that audiences recognize that Indigenous peoples are very much part of the fabric of American and global society.” NMAI is leading the national charge when it comes to repatriation and shared stewardship of tribal artifacts. “There’s still a lot of work to be done, but we’re coming at it with the mindset that it’s a very different day and age [regarding] ideas of ownership and care,” Chavez Lamar says. She’s looking forward to this summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival focused on Indigenous Voices of the Americas (complete with cultural programming, musical performances, cooking demos, and more), when she hopes to see the National Mall filled with Native visitors—just like it was for the 2022 dedication of the National Native American Veterans Memorial , one of her proudest accomplishments. If NMAI museum goers come away with just one lesson, she asks that it be an understanding that Native peoples “have been part of American history since the very beginning, even before written history.” —K.N.

Aditi Dugar

Growing up in a large multigenerational family in Mumbai , Aditi Dugar has long known what an elaborate kitchen operation looks like. “I had 15 first cousins, so every meal was like a catering event,” she says. It was handy prep for when, in her twenties, she swapped a career in finance for food. “I’m a hustler,” she says, recounting how, without formal training, she pressed her way into an apprenticeship at Le Gavroche in London , then persuaded her family to let her run a boutique catering company (“non-vegetarian food in a Marwari household is a sensitive subject”). When Dugar came across a disused space in a textile mill compound in Mumbai, the seeds of a new kind of dining destination were sown. After 18 months of traveling across India to meet farmers, she and Prateek Sadhu, an exciting young chef, opened Masque in 2016 with an ingredients-first approach combined with a New Nordic-style multi-sensory dining experience—all served via a chef’s tasting menu. “The first few years were great because diners had never seen anything like it,” she says. But when Sadhu left in 2022, Dugar—intuiting another shift in the Indian palette—saw an opportunity to double down on regional cooking. A year later, with chef Varun Totlani at its helm, Masque topped India’s restaurants on Asia’s 50 Best , making Dugar the first Indian woman restaurateur to feature on it. “We combine things like seaweed harvested from Goa with seasonal green ponkh from Gujrat for our spin on bhel,” says Dugar. In January this year, Masque took to the road, with a pop-up at Nahargarh Fort on the fringes of the Ranthambore forest, and then in a mango farm in Chennai, where 100 diners sat at a single wooden table for a dinner by India’s top chefs, including Totlani. “Everyone says fine-dining Indian restaurants aren’t valuable investments and they’re wrong,” says Dugar, “But Masque is more than that: it’s a platform to showcase India—and there’s an exciting future in that.” — Arati Menon

Laila Gohar

Just as many travelers pick up souvenirs, Cairo -born artist Laila Gohar gathers morsels of creative fuel as she moves through the world. “Inspiration is not a linear process—it’s sort of like a web of visual and nonvisual cues, and those that resonate leave a little flash or impression on the brain.” The tease of crochet in a restaurant check-holder in Porto, Portugal , for example, might later influence a collection of delightfully bizarre housewares for Gohar World (the eccentric tableware brand she founded with her sister, Nadia), or an installation of eight-foot-tall cakes filling the garden of the Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel , in Paris , part of her role as Global Explorer for The Luxury Collection . “When you travel, you have heightened senses,” says Gohar. “I feel like you become a sponge, ready for new experiences.” As much as travel energizes Gohar, her often absurdist designs are leaving an imprint on the places she visits, too. In addition to Paris, she worked with artisans in Kyoto on a barware collection for The Luxury Collection. She also recently completed an installation for Mexico City Art Week, featuring a room of photographs layered with food items, and is headed to Milan in April to lend her touch to design fair Salone Mobile. The world of Gohar doesn’t end there: “My dream is to design an amusement park,” she muses, describing an Epcot-like experience where instead of moving through various countries, you’d explore further afield, like the moon or sun. In the more immediate future, Gohar and her partner, chef and restaurateur Ignacio Mattos, hope to fuse their hospitality know-how into an experience set on this planet. “We dream about buying a felucca , a traditional ancient Egyptian boat, and transforming it into a hotel,” she says. “A little bit Orient Express , but we’d lean more into Egyptian history, and there’d be dining experiences in remote towns along the Nile , where there’s nothing around and it feels surreal and magical.” May we all look forward to fighting for a booking. —M.S.

Emily Henry

For bestselling novelist Emily Henry, the setting comes first. “Even before I was publishing, when I was trying to write fantasy, I would have a world that I was excited about, but like, no plot whatsoever,” she says. Her days as an unpublished author are long gone of course. Henry’s first adult romance novel, Beach Read , came out in 2020 and follows its romance-author protagonist in a summer bet with her hunky neighbor (a literary fiction author) to convince him of the genre’s merit—a cheeky meta-commentary of sorts about her own writing. Since then, she’s published at an impressively steady clip: People We Meet on Vacation in 2021; Book Lover s in 2022; and Happy Place in 2023. Her books are set in the types of places most people dream about on gray afternoons at the office: North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains ; the rocky coast of Maine ; sun-drenched Palm Springs . If you’ve stepped foot in a bookstore or cast your eye down a row of hotel sun loungers recently, you’ve seen her impact. Henry has sold millions of copies, and at least three of her titles are contributing to Hollywood’s burgeoning romcom-aissance. A midwesterner, Henry and her protagonists often share some on-paper similarities—hovering around 30, in some way connected to publishing—and her new novel, Funny Story , is set in Waning Bay, Michigan, “a fictional Traverse City.” When she was writing it last year, she rented an Airbnb and “really lived there” (the real TC, that is): “There's a reference in the book that [is] based on a bait and tackle shop that is also a barber shop,” says Henry, who was introduced to it by YA writer Brittany Cavallaro and then “tweaked” the details so “it’s not exactly the same thing.” It’s a perfect illustration of how Henry lands on her locations, however fictionalized: “It has to be a place I've traveled a lot. What's drawn me there initially is just that I know people there and I [visit] them,” she says. “Then they get to play tour guide.” —Nora Biette-Timmons

Shay Mitchell

When Canadian actor and entrepreneur Shay Mitchell mocked up the original design of Béis’s signature Weekender bag on an airplane napkin, she couldn’t have imagined it was the first step towards growing a $200 million company. Mitchell, who rose to prominence via roles in Pretty Little Liars and You , founded Béis in 2018 with just five employees, after seeing a gap in the market for luggage that was equally fashionable, functional, and affordable. “My bag shouldn’t cost as much as the trip I’m taking,” she says. Mitchell now oversees a team of 30 (mostly women) employees and has become a leading figure in the luggage space—popularizing smart features like built-in weight indicators and dedicated shoe compartments, and winning over the next generation of travelers on TikTok and Instagram; even personalities like Alix Earle and Hailey Bieber have given Béis their stamp of approval. But for Mitchell, it was never just about designing luggage. “We want people to get out there in the world—no matter where it is—and you don’t always need a plane ticket to do so.” What started as traditional duffels and suitcases has now expanded to sustainably-made shopping totes for the farmer’s market, chic diaper bags for parents, and kid-friendly rollers , the latter of which was inspired by her two young daughters and their growing travel needs. Looking ahead, traveling to meet consumers in real life is a priority when it comes to maintaining Béis’s success, whether that's across the US and Canada, or to the Philippines, where her mother was born. Unlike other celebrity founders, though, Mitchell prefers to keep her high-profile name out of the Béis branding. “The products will speak for themselves,” she says. — Meaghan Kenny

In her Instagram dispatches, Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda often greets her 4.3 million followers with the same words: “Hey everyone, this is Bisan from Gaza; we're still alive.” Amid Israel's ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip, her refrain serves as a reminder of the steep risks local reporters face to share unfiltered accounts of what is unraveling on the ground. The reality is stark; at least 90 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the war began, making it the deadliest war for reporters since recording commenced in 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. While some of Owda's peers, including Motaz Azaiza , Plestia Alaqad, and Wael Dahdouh, have ultimately left Gaza for safety or medical care, the 25-year-old remains. Reporting from bombed-out buildings , makeshift shelters , and the hallways of overcrowded hospitals , Owda offers a vivid portrayal of daily life in Gaza, documenting the challenges facing Palestinian doctors and exploring the mental health impacts of war, as well as the disturbing realities children have been forced to contend with; her work has also sought to show the resilience of Palestinian mothers. Many have come to know Owda for her war reporting, but before the war she was a filmmaker and youth activist committed to advancing gender equality in Palestine. She vlogged about travel and culture, too, channeling her appreciation for the ancient Arab tradition of oral storytelling (known as Hakawati) in the TV show Hakawatya . Pre-war Instagram posts—everything from a look inside Palestine’s first women-only boxing academy to selfies on the beach at sunset—show a hopeful , curly-haired Owda, full of ambition, curiosity about the world, and a deep love for Gaza. “We still have the rain, the sun, and the sea, and of course, the rainbow," she shared in a February 3 post . "I hope we are so near to a permanent ceasefire and to a return to our homes, our places, to a rebuilding of our hopes and dreams." — Zahra Hankir

Amanda Silverman

It was a New York Times Styles story about the cultural impact of Snoop Dogg sporting a Tommy Hilfiger rugby shirt on Saturday Night Live that initially piqued Amanda Silverman’s interest in publicity. “I just thought it was fascinating the power that artists have when they are in the press, on culture and fashion and politics,” she says over the phone from her New York office. Silverman has since spent two decades turning this curiosity into a booming business as the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of The Lede Company , one of Hollywood's most powerful PR firms. With a highly-coveted roster of clients including Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Amy Schumer, Penélope Cruz, and Pharrell Williams (to name a few), Silverman is on the road “all the time” as their right-hand woman, guiding high-profile talent through interviews and media appearances. This requires her managing some of the most complicated travel schedules imaginable—it’s not uncommon for Silverman to hop from New York City with Pharrell to the Super Bowl with Rihanna. With high-profile clients constantly hitting red carpets or on tour, it can be “hectic” especially if she’s several continents away. “When you're in Asia or Europe, you're working New York, LA hours, so all through the night,” she explains. But work has also allowed her to have some unforgettable experiences, like accompanying her client and native South African Charlize Theron to locations where her foundation The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project helps with sexual and reproductive health advocacy. “For part of it, Oprah was there doing a piece on the work she was doing and it was just so impressive,” she says. “We went on a safari , it was nothing I've ever experienced.” With “90 percent” of her excursions related to running her company, Silverman has carefully set aside three vacations a year with her husband and two kids—like hiking biking and swimming in Mykonos or visiting Anguilla with family friends. This year, she’s venturing to Costa Rica . With each excursion, she tries to prioritize taking a tech break. “It only makes you better at your job.” — Ilana Kaplan

Charlotte Simpson

Recently, Charlotte Simpson was hiking alone on Angel Island in California when she spotted a bear. She credits years of solo travel for the fact that she didn’t pass out on the spot. Instead, she made a plan: Play dead. But as she continued walking, Simpson realized the “deadly predator” was actually just a rotting tree. On a call from her home in Indianapolis she recalls laughing at herself in the moment, then feeling empowered. “Every time I take a trip there's something else I discover about myself,” she says. “I think it's the ultimate in self-care and self-discovery.” Simpson has come a long way as a traveler: A retired special education teacher and guidance counselor, she was once entirely dependent on her husband, Roy, as a travel partner. While she did almost all of the family’s trip planning, he was the one who seized any opportunity for an adventure: “I’d be like, you go ahead and do whatever scary adventure, I’ll sit here, have a glass of wine and watch you.” After Roy passed away in 2008, shortly after they had both retired, Simpson slowly found the confidence to explore the world on her own. Now, the woman who was once happy to let her husband lead chases the adventures herself: Hot air balloon rides over the Maasai Mara in Kenya , zip lining through a St. Lucia rainforest, and meditating with a Buddhist monk in South Korea , among them. She documents all of this via her Instagram handle @TravelingBlackWidow , which Simpson says brought “a whole new joy” to her life since starting the account in 2014. It has since ballooned into a community of 27.5K followers. In an arena dominated by millennial and Gen Z content creators, Simpson’s platform speaks to travelers who are often left out of the conversation. Midlife and older women see themselves pursuing bigger lives as a result of her travels, frequently seeking solo travel advice in the comments; younger followers show her posts to their parents, especially those who’ve recently lost a spouse. “Many have said they admire my energy and my gutsiness,” says Simpson, who has visited all seven continents and reached her 100 th country, Malta , in 2023. They are traits she’s embracing and hoping will inspire others—even as she continues to battle her own fears and shyness. “There's a whole big world out there and so many women just aren't getting what it has to offer.” — Heather Greenwood Davis

Anomien Smith

The work of Johannesburg -based architect Anomien Smith aims to honor that which came first. “Our infrastructure should help nature shine,” says Smith, the creative director and principal architect at sustainably-minded hospitality design firm, Luxury Frontiers , which earned its reputation creating Africa’s leading safari camps , and partnering with brands like Wilderness on destinations where the design never scars the land or distracts from the environment. At Puku Ridge in Zambia , an artful assemblage of timber respects the natural flows of the area’s floodplain. Wilderness Usawa , in the Serengeti , has canvas tents crafted with mesh walls for cooling—and fully immersive views of the Great Migration —creating the sensation of sleeping on the open savannah. But for Smith, the physical environment is just one influence. “Sustainability means cultural preservation,” she says. “It means making sure heritage is maintained.” She takes cues from the local vernacular: For a current project in the Middle East , she is using the stone materials seen in endemic shepherd huts and angling her structures to catch mountain breezes. “You need to let the site guide you, and pay attention to the building practices that have been there for ages,” she says. And in an industry where luxury and responsibility are increasingly synonymous, Smith is bringing this uniquely African design ethos—one with conservation in its DNA—to the global stage. Recent projects include Camp Sarika at Utah’s singular Amangiri , where an elevated roof creates a passive cooling system; Mexico’s award-winning Four Seasons Naviva , made of renewable materials like bamboo; the all-recyclable canvas tents at Costa Rica’s leading eco retreat, Nayara Tented Camp (word is that owner Leo Ghitis admired his safari set up in Botswana so much, he insisted Smith and her team design for him back home); with more projects in the Americas, including inside Virginia’s pristine Shenandoah National Park ( Simply Shenandoah , coming 2026), on the horizon. “Our model is protection first, hospitality second,” she says. “I believe that is the way forward.” — Erin Florio

On her top-charting album Orquídeas , released in January, the Grammy-winning soulstress Kali Uchis offers a sonic first class passage through Latin America—using her beloved Colombia, and elements of Cuban son, reggaetón, and merengue, as a launch pad. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Colombian immigrants, 30-year-old Uchis spent much of her childhood in transit between the US and her parents’ hometown of Pereira, an Andean city at the center of the Coffee Axis. As a teen, Uchis played saxophone in her high school jazz band, while hopping from rasta to punk parties with her cousins during visits to Colombia. It was in that liminal state of in-between, she says, where her creativity began to flourish. “I got to experience both worlds,” the artist said in a 2018 interview for Rolling Stone . “That was really nice to have as a kid, and I would definitely want to give that to my own kid—the ability to have multiple places to call home.” Citing inspiration from timeless Latina icons who sang in English and Spanish—namely Shakira, Christina Aguilera, and La Lupe—Uchis’ blended upbringing plays a critical role in many of her songs and music videos. In her first No. 1 hit “Telepatía,” a long-distance love ballad sung in Spanglish, Uchis treads goddess-like through the hilly streets of Pereira, imbuing the town’s verdant scenery and colorful stacked houses with an air of Old Hollywood romance. “ A kilómetros estamos conectando [we are connecting kilometers away],” she sings of her far away flame. “Moving in between languages [often] feels like working overtime,” she said in a 2024 interview with the Los Angeles Times . With Orquídeas , she dares listeners to embrace not just Latin music, but a kaleidoscopic pop future that traverses borders both musical and geographical. “I [want to] expand what it means to make popular music today,” she said. “Our music can extend beyond the niche.” — Suzy Exposito

When Nicole Kidman approached Lulu Wang to collaborate on an upcoming project, the director’s gut reaction was to say no. “So often in the industry, somebody makes a film that's a hit and people want to snatch them up to make a big studio movie where they don't get full creative control,” says Wang, whose 2019 film The Farewell clocked numerous awards and earned lead actor Awkwafina a Golden Globe win. “And then, whether it works or fails, you're not quite sure if it's because of you.” But Kidman won her trust, and the pair created Expats , the six-part TV adaptation of Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel The Expatriates , with Kidman starring and Wang directing. The show, which wrapped up on Amazon Prime on February 23, follows a group of foreigners in Hong Kong as their lives unravel in the wake of a traumatic event, exploring complex issues of class, privilege, domestic labor, and motherhood against a glittering backdrop of soaring high rises and neon signs. “Hong Kong being a central character was essential for the series, but also for me to be interested in making it,” she says. “There's not just an intersection of East and West, old world, new world, but an intersection of so many different identities, different classes, different races, different genders, and the conflicts and friendships that come with it.” For Wang, who was born in China and moved with her parents to the US at age six, the show was also an opportunity to interrogate the thorny word of “ expat ” itself: why some people get to call themselves one, while others are immigrants. Even as she becomes more established within mainstream Hollywood, filmmaking will always be her tool for asking uncomfortable questions. “For a long time I got used to working from a place of feeling hidden, like nobody's watching,” says Wang. “The more that you are in your power, the more that you trust yourself and your voice, the more you go against the grain and challenge the status quo, the more fearless you are.” — Lale Arikoglu

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Growing up in San Francisco , Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant’s only exposure to the wilderness was through nature documentaries. “I remember realizing, ‘There are jungles out there,’” she says. The wildlife ecologist knew that she wanted to someday host a nature show of her own, but had no clear road map for how to achieve that. Her journey to becoming a co-host of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom , first broadcast on NBC in 1963, is a study in both perseverance and pivoting. She studied environmental science in college, realizing that “TV show or no TV show, I can have a career helping to design the science that saves endangered species from extinction and takes me around the world and offers me adventures— and I can be a smarty-pants scientist.” Her research took her from the mountains of Montana to the savannahs of Tanzania to the jungles of Madagascar , often as the first Black American woman entering these spaces in a position of scientific authority and expertise—experiences she chronicles in her forthcoming memoir, WILD LIFE: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World , out April 2. The more she immersed herself in her work, the more she realized her passion for ecology and equity intersected. “I had been taught to keep science and social justice very, very separate, and they came crashing together over and over,” she says. Using her platform today, she advocates for better representation in environmental work . “I don't think any of us are happy with the place the environment is in right now. The habitual practice of excluding certain people and elevating others to leadership has gotten us to this point,” Dr. Wynn-Grant says. “Having more people from diverse backgrounds with different experiences that come from different parts of the world, or different ideologies or societies or communities, will only strengthen the ideas and innovations that are necessary in order to create a healthy, balanced planet.” — Sarah Khan

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A St. Augustine woman was hospitalized overnight after a 30-pound raccoon chased her and her dog into her house, the woman’s neighbor told News4JAX.

The 75-year-old woman and the dog were trapped for an hour and a half and were bitten several times, according to John Ness, the woman’s friend, who told News4JAX he helped fight off the raccoon.

“He was big and very powerful, and it was definitely something that I’ve never seen before,” the neighbor and friend said.

Ness said he is OK but a little shaken up. He spent the entire early morning at the hospital checking on his friend.

Ness said the whole thing started around 8 p.m. Monday.

He said his neighbor spotted the raccoon on her porch, and then it got inside and went after her and her dog. He heard screams from inside the woman’s home and came to help.

Ness said he was in the kitchen and tried to fight off the raccoon. He managed to snap a photo of the animal in the house.

“Once he was inside the house that’s when all the real problems started because we couldn’t get him out and he was on top of me,” Ness said. “I actually had a butcher knife that was this big, and I used it. It’s something right out of a horror movie. I actually used the knife when he was on me to stab it continuously until he finally got off me.”

Ness eventually called 911 for help and Florida Fish and Wildlife officers were able to evict the raccoon by looping it on a long pole to keep its teeth a safe distance away.

The wildlife officers shot the raccoon once they got it outside.

The woman, who was bitten on the foot and was bleeding profusely, was being screened for rabies at the hospital.

The dog has its rabies vaccine and didn’t need medical attention, despite also being bitten. Ness said he’ll be taking the dog to the vet, just in case.

It hasn’t been confirmed that the raccoon was rabid, but a veterinarian told News4JAX that there are two forms of rabies called dumb and furious.

Furious rabies can cause animals to get agitated and very dangerous and dumb rabies causes them to not act ferocious.

Ryan Boyd, a professional trapper with Quick Catch, said to call a trapper instead of the police, who may not have the proper training to deal with a wild animal.

“We’re not going to go in there and just grab the animal. That’s how you get bit,” Boyd said.

He said wild animal cases are the most difficult to deal with because they can be found in places you never expect.

“Every animal is different and every scenario is different because there’s always different structures. One might be in a closet. One might be in a super tight attic where I can’t defend myself, so that’s why I’m relying on equipment. How can I get out if I need to?” Boyd said.

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Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April, 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

JAKARTA – Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday Wednesday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. But events were overshadowed by the worsening crisis in Gaza and Israel’s expected military offensive in Rafah city after six months of war.

“We should not forget our brothers and sisters in Palestine,” one imam, Abdulrahman Musa, said in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. “They have been subjected to unjustified aggression and a lot of violence (as) the world is watching in silence.”

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In a holiday message, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent support to Gaza, which he called a “bleeding wound on the conscience of humanity.”

In Istanbul, some of the thousands of worshipers at the Aya Sofya Mosque carried Palestinian flags and chanted slogans in support of residents of Gaza, where the United Nations warns that more than a million people are at threat of imminent famine and little aid is allowed in.

Inside Gaza, there was little joy. Palestinians in the refugee camp of Jabaliya near Gaza City mourned loved ones among the over 33,000 killed in Israel's offensive in response to Hamas's deadly Oct. 7 attack in Israel.

Om Nidal Abu Omeira sat alone among bombed-out buildings and wept on the grave of her mother, son-in-law, and grandson. All were killed in Israel's offensive.

“They (the children) keep saying, ‘I miss my father, where is he?’ I tell them that he’s in heaven,” she told The Associated Press. “They start crying, and then I start crying with them.”

Elsewhere, people were grateful for the plenty they had after a month of fasting and reflection. Before the holiday, markets around the world teemed with shoppers. Residents poured out of cities to return to villages to celebrate with loved ones.

In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, nearly three-quarters of the population were traveling for the annual homecoming known locally as “mudik."

“This is a right moment to reconnect, like recharging energy that has been drained almost a year away from home," said civil servant Ridho Alfian.

Jakarta’s Istiqlal Grand Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, was flooded with devotees. Preachers in their sermons called on people to pray for Muslims in Gaza.

“This is the time for Muslims and non-Muslims to show humanitarian solidarity, because the conflict in Gaza is not a religious war, but a humanitarian problem," said Jimly Asshiddiqie, who chairs the advisory board of the Indonesian Mosque Council.

In Berlin, worshipers reflected the world, coming from Benin, Ghana, Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey.

“It’s a day where we feel grateful for everything we have here, and think and give to those who are poor, facing war and have to go hungry,” said Azhra Ahmad, a 45-year-old mother of five.

In Pakistan , authorities deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces to maintain security at mosques and marketplaces.

In Malaysia, ethnic Malay Muslims performed morning prayers at mosques nationwide just weeks after socks printed with the word “Allah” at a convenience store chain sparked a furor. Many found it offensive.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called for unity and reconciliation, saying no groups should be sidelined based on religion or any other reason.

In Russia, worshipers gathered as their leaders vowed loyalty to fellow citizens amid tensions following last month’s attack by an extremist group on a music hall outside Moscow in which 130 people were killed. The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility.

“As our country’s president, Vladimir Putin, said, terrorism has neither a nationality nor a religion, the chairman of the Council of Muftis in Russia said. “We call to unite against the threat, against those dark forces.”

Karmini contributed from Jakarta along with Associated Press journalists around the world.

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