8 Womens-Only Tours You Should Know About

The number of women travelers are on the rise and many are seeking out spaces where they can travel with like-minded individuals. Enter: women-only tour groups. Tour companies from around the world are offering women-only tour experiences which are allowing female travelers to bond over a new place and new experience, making new friends in the process.

With three decades under their belt, Wild Women Expeditions are pros are showing the world's best gems to female travelers. Wild Women Expeditions takes women on adventure trips through Croatia, Indonesia, Alaska, Canada, Peru, Spain and everywhere in between. With female guides and an inclusive philosophy, women of all backgrounds will find Wild Women Expeditions welcoming.

In 2018, Intrepid launched their Women's Expeditions and in 2019, they expanded them to include even more tours. They began in the Middle East in Morocco, Jodan and Iran, giving female tour guides an opportunity to break through gender barriers. With the expansion, they'll be offering women-only tours in Kenya, India, Nepal and Turkey starting in 2019. While the tours highlight local attractions, they also provide insight and activities that showcase what life is like for local women in the destination.

Femscape Sojourns is a boutique tour company led by a mother-daughter duo that offers small group travel experiences for women in their 40+, those in their 20's and 30's and mother-daughter trips. Currently, they're offering trips to Marrakech and Los Angeles, both of which will include female guides and highlight the experiences of the local culture, often through the eyes of the local women.

WHOA Travel is an adventure tour group for women and they tend to offer high-level fitness trips such as hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu, Iceland and the Everest Base Camp. Even when the trip sounds a little more relaxing like Oktoberfest in Bavaria, WHOA Travel still finds a way to keep their tour group active with biking, hiking and paragliding between each brewery tasting. What makes WHOA Travel unique is their WHOA Plus segment, which creates a space for plus-size women to adventure together.

Black Girls Travel Too started as an Instagram account in 2015 to inspire black women to travel the world, and now today, they're offering trips for black women around the world. In 2019, Black Girls Travel Too will take women to Cuba and London, as well as two separate trips to Barbados, one for Crop Over and another trip for a Voluntourism experience. By providing this welcoming travel space for black female travelers, Black Girls Travel Too tours are helping more women of color to explore and connect.

Sometimes you just want to be around someone your age who has had similar experiences as you, which is why AdventureWomen is a beloved tour company. Designed for women over 35 years old, AdventureWomen was founded in 1982 and now offers over 42 departures in 65 countries around the world. With each trip, AdventureWomen takes care to highlight the fitness requirements of the trip so that women of all backgrounds have the opportunity to find the right tour for them.

Women Traveling Together was set up with the intention to bring solo female travelers together to experience the world. They take care of their women-only tour clients with tour concierges, tips for tour guides included in rates and plenty of time for women who like to travel solo to go off on their own at certain times during the tour. If you're laid-back and adventurous, Women Traveling Together may be for you.

Damesly is pretty unique in the way they've structured their women-only tours. Their aim is to connect professional and creative women to a destination, while also offering a professional or creative workshop. Their "Islands + Identity" trip focuses on discovering your inner spirit in Hawaii, while their "Writing + Riding" trip includes creative writing workshops and horseback riding in the Rocky Mountains. Occasionally some of their tours focus on a cool experience or festival like Dia De Los Muertos, but often, female attendees will find a bit extra to bring back to their creative and professional lives from a Damesly trip.