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Six Places to Stay Escape the Heat and Stay Cool This Summer: From Canada to Norway

We asked our well-travelled writers to share some of their favourite places to stay cool this summer, from Bergen to Newfoundland.

Joana Hancock a conservationist working to protect the sea turtles in Kenya

Rupi Mangat

Diving with Sea Turtles: Meet Joana Hancock, Sea Turtle Conservationist in Diani Beach, Kenya

Conservationist Joana Hancock is passionate about protecting sea turtles in Kenya: “The ocean without turtles...

Long exposure of the skyline of Nairobi, Kenya with the beautiful lake in Uhuru Park in the foreground.

Rupi Mangat

Why Women Should Visit Nairobi, Kenya (From a Local)

Kenyan Rupi Mangat says her home of Nairobi, Africa has much to offer women over 50, because it’s modern,...

Gorilla mother with her new baby. Amazing gorilla trekking through the Congo to see the Eastern Lowland gorillas.

JourneyWoman Staff

JourneyWoman Webinar Series: Less-Travelled Africa for Women With Experts

Join our April 23 webinar to learn more about where to go in Africa, featured on our “30 Less-Travelled Places...

A cheetah in the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya

Rupi Mangat

How Travel Changes Us: From Grieving Widow to Cheetah Crusader in Kenya

When Michele McCarthy was widowed, she turned to solo travel as a way to reinvent herself as a cheetah crusader in...

Shirley Strum with a group of baboons in Kenya

Rupi Mangat

Dr. Shirley Strum: Walking with Baboons in Kenya

Meet Dr. Shirley Strum, founder of Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project in Kenya, who has created baboon eco-tourism projects at...

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A mother giraffe showing affection to her young baby, photo by Martha Mutiso

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Rupi Mangat

Kenyan Photographer Martha Mutiso Captures Mothers in the Wild

A woman embracing the beauty of Mt Nyangani Zimbabwe

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Rupi Mangat

Africa’s Secret Places: Less-Travelled Destinations for Solo Women

A Peregrine Falcon goes to land on a branch

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Rupi Mangat

The Raptor Woman: Dr. Darcy Ogada is Saving Kenya’s Iconic Birds of Prey

A woman sits and reads a book in a park

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Travel By Book: 12 Countries Solo Women Love

A wild cheetah in Kenya, Africa

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Rupi Mangat

Insights into Kenya’s Endangered Cheetahs, From Mary Wykstra, founder of Action for Cheetahs

View of Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

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When and Where to go For Your First Safari in Africa

An elephant walks through Amboseli National Park in Kenya

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Rupi Mangat

Women in Travel: A Q&A with Dr. Cynthia Moss, Amboseli National Park’s Elephant Doyenne in Kenya

A leopard in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

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Rupi Mangat

Women in Travel: Meet Yumi Yamane, Leopard Researcher in Kenya

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Carolyn Ray

Lessons from our Mothers: Karen’s Adventurous Spirit

A group of women in a cooking lesson in Bali

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JourneyWoman Staff

The Best Culinary Travel Experiences, Recommended by our Women’s Tour Operators

The Northern Lights dancing over Norway

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Carolyn Ray

The Top Once-in-a-Lifetime Travel Experiences Every Woman Should Have, Including the Northern Lights, Camino de Santiago and More

Traditionally dressed young woman at festival in Mongolia

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The Ultimate Women’s Travel Movie List: 16+ Top Picks from JourneyWomen

Kenya Service Trip Photo

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Carolyn Ray

What a Service Trip to Kenya Taught me About Life

Tribal woman pouring water

Evelyn Hannon

International Women’s Day 2017: Woman Defined – An Online Photography Exhibit