Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, adventure travel specialist Explore is showcasing tours that celebrate “great women who changed the world”.
Travellers on Explore’s guided tours can follow in the footsteps of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, nun and missionary Mother Teresa and warrior queen, Yaa Asantewaa.
Explore’s 15-day Contrasts of Mexico trip includes a visit to the Blue House in Mexico City, where Mexico’s feminist icon Kahlo lived.
Now a museum, the house was where Frida began painting her famous Surrealist art.
The tour also includes Oaxaca, Mayan sites and jungles. It costs from £2,055 and includes return flights, internal transfers, 14 nights’ accommodation and an Explore Leader.
The operator’s 15-day Kolkata to Amritsar trip in India features a visit to Mother Teresa’s home and orphanage in Kolkata.
The tour also visits Amritsar’s Golden Temple, the birthplace of Buddhism in Bodh Gaya and the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi.
The trip costs from £1,745 and includes return flights, internal transfers, 14 nights’ accommodation and an Explore Leader.
In Ghana, the 14-day Kingdom of the Ashanti trip explores the story of Yaa Asantewaa who fought the British in a battle called the War of the Golden Stool.
As the ceremonial seat of power, the stool is sacred to the Ashanti people and is said to contain the spirit of the entire Ashanti Kingdom.
Departing on April 10, the trip costs from £2,745 and includes return flights, internal transfers, 13 nights’ accommodation and an Explore Leader.
Other famous women who feature on Explore tours include Cleopatra and Hatshepsut in Egypt; Eva Peron in Argentina; and Sacagawea, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their mission to find a passage to the Pacific coast of America.
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.