AdventureWomen's trips include a variety of outdoor and cultural activities, such as sea kayaking, skiing, canoeing, sailing, horseback riding, hiking, walking and rafting. Some take you to Nepal, Mali, East Africa, the Basque Country of Spain and other foreign countries. WomanTours specializes in bicycle tours, some of which are only for women over 50. Other women-only companies welcome people of all ages. Women-only tours tend to be less competitive than those for both sexes.
Women support each other and often focus more on the sites and the group as a whole.
Many women who go on such trips are or have been married, but enjoy time in the company of other women. Choose trips offering options, such as hiking or bicycle routes of differing lengths and difficulties each day. Look for a lodge, resort or dude ranch such as Gunflint Lodge in northern Minnesota where beginners to experienced hands can canoe, ride, hike or participate in other outdoor adventures during the day and sleep and shower indoors at night. Gunflint Lodge offers women-only retreats and horseback riding weekends. All outdoor and adventure travelers would agree with that.