As women-only travel tour companies continue to grow in popularity, it’s clear to see that women enjoy the experience of exploring the world in all-female groups. There’s a feeling of comfort and safety that comes with these trips, and that often makes women feel supported and free to try new things, especially if they’re traveling solo. In a recent survey, EF Go Ahead Tours found that close to 60% of the women surveyed prefer traveling with women over traveling with men, and that traveling in all-female groups allows them to “be their authentic selves.”
New friendships often develop from these trips, while bonds are also strengthened between mothers and daughters or longtime besties. And these tours go far beyond the standard explorations of European cities (although you can do that too in a women-only group). We’re talking women-centric cultural explorations in Asia, memorable nature-focused experiences, and some truly transformative trips. So if you’re looking to see the world and try something new in the company of other female travelers, these are some of my favorite options for unique women-only tours in 2026 and 2027.
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Austrian Alps Women’s Lodge-to-Lodge Hiking Tour
Backroads
Prepared to be awed by stunning scenery at every turn on the Austrian Alps Women’s Lodge-to-Lodge Hiking Tour, a new women-only adventure debuting in 2027 from longtime active tour company Backroads. The challenging six-day experience includes hikes on mountain paths and trails through wildflower-filled meadows and across dramatic mountain passes, with time to rest in between at mountain huts and family-run lodges in villages that look straight out of a fairy tale.
The tour starts in Innsbruck and then heads to Stuben to begin the hike. Cable car rides, riverside strolls, and wildlife sightings add to the experience, while hearty Alpine meals and spa treatments ensure you’re rested, relaxed, and refueled for the next adventure.
There are some options for different activity levels on each day of the itinerary, but expect to be logging several miles a day at an elevation between 4,300 and 9,700 feet. While you’ll be hiking well-maintained Alpine paths, most route options include steep sections that involve climbing or descending through mixed terrain. Backroads also offers a similar women’s hiking tour in Switzerland.
- Starting price: $4,499
- Length: Six days, five nights
- Activity level: Active to challenging
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Japan for Women: Tokyo, Ise-Shima Peninsula & Kyoto
EF Go Ahead Tours
EF Go Ahead Tours launched its first collection of women-only tours in 2025, featuring trips that celebrate women’s history and their impact around the world. The Japan for Women: Tokyo, Ise-Shima Peninsula & Kyoto tour is a great example of that, with experiences that include an exploration of Tokyo through the lens of fashion, art, and female empowerment and a visit with female pearl divers in Ise Shima.
You’ll take part in a tea ceremony, learn about indigo dyeing, and experience a guided Zen meditation at a local Buddhist temple. And along the way the female tour director and local guides will share stories about the women of Japan’s Imperial family, the women who traveled the historic Nakasendo route between Edo and Kyoto during the Edo Period, and geisha culture in the famous Gion district of Kyoto.
The tour includes nine nights in handpicked hotels along the way and breakfast each day. Along with all the organized tours, tastings, and experiences, there’s also plenty of free time for exploring on your own. Expect to walk about two to three miles a day on varying terrain and to manage your own luggage.
- Starting price: $4,499
- Length: 11 days (with an option to add three extra days with a Hiroshima and Kobe extension)
- Activity level: Moderately active
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Kingdom of the Monarchs Women’s Journey
Natural Habitat Adventures
Travel to a remote mountaintop forest in Mexico’s Central Highlands to witness something truly magical on Natural Habitat Adventures’ Kingdom of the Monarchs Women’s Journey: the annual monarch butterfly migration. Each year the female monarch butterfly lays 300 to 500 eggs and migrates 3,000 miles from the U.S. and Canada to Mexico. This tour walks the trail blazed by Cathy Aguado, who discovered the monarchs’ overwintering site in 1975.
You’ll also ride horseback through the oyamel fir forest while female Expedition Leaders share about the region’s natural and cultural heritage. Beyond the awe-inspiring natural spectacle, the itinerary includes time in mountain villages and local markets, where you’ll learn about the impact of ecotourism on the area.
Some days will include hikes ranging from three to five miles on rocky, uneven terrain with some steep inclines. Altitudes could reach up to 11,500 feet.
- Starting price: $5,695
- Length: Six days, five nights
- Activity level: Moderate to challenging
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Thailand for Women: Culture, Community & Conservation
Road Scholar
The new Thailand for Women: Culture, Community & Conservation tour from Road Scholar includes both expected highlights and deeper dives into local life in the Southeast Asian country. The educational journey just for women features hands-on cooking classes and shared meals with villagers, yoga and meditation sessions, and visits to a local textile studio, elephant sanctuary, and sustainable farm.
Participants also experience sites like the Grand Palace, Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, Mae Fa Luang Botanical Garden, and Wat Phra Kaew (the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand). Exploring the caves of Phang Nga Bay by kayak is another memorable highlight.
Expect full days with a good amount of walking. Most meals are included, but you’ll also have the opportunity to explore on your own in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and Phuket.
- Starting price: $3,799
- Length: 15 days, 14 nights
- Activity level: Moderately active
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Patagonia: A Horseback Adventure into the Wild
AdventureWomen
Inspired by AdventureWomen’s popular horseback riding trips in Iceland, this new tour takes female travelers to Patagonia’s legendary Torres del Paine. Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors.
Expect to ride around 90 miles and several hours a day during this adventure, where picnic lunches are enjoyed trailside amid the stunning scenery. Accommodations along the way include geodesic domes, and evenings offer plenty of stargazing opportunities.
The excursion ends with a memorable boat trip to Grey Glacier to marvel at the ice formations in the Southern Patagonia Ice Field. Like the company’s all-female horseback riding adventure in Iceland, the new Patagonia trip helps women forge connections with both the land and their fellow riders.
- Starting price: $9,995
- Length: 7 days
- Activity level: Challenging
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Bhutan: Women’s Expedition
Intrepid Travel
Explore the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in the company of other female travelers on the Bhutan: Women’s Expedition, part of Intrepid Travel’s collection of women-only tours. The country’s female inhabitants are at this heart of this tour experience, which includes a cooking class led by local women and meals at women-owned restaurants.
You’ll visit the female-owned Tshering Farmhouse and learn how to make a traditional Bhutanese spirit, enjoy tea and snacks with Bhutanese nuns at the Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup Nunnery, and meet talented female weavers creating textiles made from sheep and yak wool at Yathra Factory. Day hikes travel to sites like the Taktsang Monastery, and the tour starts off in Thimphu with a stay at a female-owned and -operated hotel that provides job opportunities for local girls and single mothers.
Expect long travel days (most roads in Bhutan are single lane), and hot water can be limited in some places. All meals are included on the trip, but there may be limited choices on some days and many options are vegetarian.
- Starting price: $4,436
- Length: 11 days, 10 nights
- Activity level: Moderate to active
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Minnesota Explorer: Fall Foliage
Canyon Calling Adventures for Women
Think “fall foliage” and New England might immediately come to mind. But Minnesota’s also a pretty dreamy place to visit in the fall, and you can take in the region’s autumnal splendor on the Minnesota Explorer: Fall Foliage tour from Canyon Calling Adventures for Women. Hikes in state parks lead to photo-worthy waterfalls and fabulous foliage, while a paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness lets you admire it all in from the water.
The trip also includes time in the picturesque village of Grand Marais on the north shore of Lake Superior and a visit to Split Rock Lighthouse, one of the most photographed spots in the state. Loon calls contribute to the trip’s soundtrack, and moose and black bear sightings are a possibility. And because the tour is just four days, it’s a quick getaway that doesn’t require a lot of time off from work or away from your family (or a passport either).
- Starting price: $2,739
- Length: 4 nights
- Activity level: Moderate
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Menorca, Spain
Wild Terrains
The Spanish islands of Ibiza and Mallorca might be better known, but Menorca is just as lovely. Women-only travel tour company Wild Terrains offers an eight-day Menorca group trip that takes travelers to the island’s secluded coves and cobblestone streets.
The itinerary includes a sail along the coastline on a private catamaran, a beach picnic, and time in Menorca’s former capital Ciutadella. Travelers also meet local women like silk textile artist Natalia Lumbreras, who shares the stories behind her work, and take part in a hands-on paella cooking class. There’s also plenty of time for relaxing poolside and browsing boutiques built into the schedule.
Travelers stay in a woman-owned, restored former estate, and everyone gets a private room. Happy hour cocktails each evening allow time for casual connection.
- Starting price: $7,690
- Length: 8 days, 7 nights
- Activity level: Easy-going
