Gaia Adventures' Mission:
We provide leadership, direction and support to
help women achieve
optimum living.

Follow the Call of the Wild.
Get out and play ... and love your life!

Mother Nature is beckoning. Outdoor tours, camps and clinics are gaining swift popularity amongst adventure seekers and nature enthusiasts of the female persuasion more today than ever before.

This trend might be a throwback to the feminist movement, or perhaps gals simply see the value in adventuring with other gals because we're such good fun! (Then again, maybe we are just tired of having to do our hair.)

In any case, we have certainly come to appreciate our own sex and women are taking off in droves to climb mountains, scale rock faces and kayak the waves with our soul sisters all over this great land!

According to the stats, women's excursions have gained recent and growing popularity for a variety of reasons. Barbara McIntyre of Wilderness Women Adventures speculates that women living in urban environments truly miss connecting with nature.

Catherine D'Aoust of Gaia Adventures asserts that "spending time in natural, wild places facilitates discovery of the essential aspects of living". It appears that women simply want to get out and explore - even if it means doing so on our own!

Whether we have partners or not, many women desire an all-female environment in which to engage in sport or a physically challenging activity. At last, women make more in these days and can afford exciting adventure opportunities.

Our lives are more demanding as we gain more prominent positions in the workplace and we can really benefit from some "downtime" in a natural setting.

All across the West women are seizing their collective sense of adventure, grabbing their sleeping bags, yoga mats, mountain bikes, snowshoes, surf boards, and in some case maps and passports, to travel into the wild, and the unknown, to kick it with other gals and mother nature herself!

There is a wide range of opportunities for girls and women who want an exclusively female travel or tour experience, and anyone with the desire to do so can find an adventure to suit her fancy.

Gaia Adventures offers activities for women of different fitness levels. What makes women choose specific adventures depends on various factors, like: the type of activity (like hiking, biking or kayaking in the summer and snowshoeing and skiing plus "Spa-ing" in the winter), the physical skill level (novice, intermediate, advanced), the duration of the activity of adventure, and the geographic region (Southern Gulf Islands, Zion Canyon in Utah, Vancouver Island Sooke area, Juan de Fuca Marine Trail or Whistler in the summer ahead).

Three things have remained consistent with Catherine's activities and trips:

#1: the satisfaction that Gaia Adventures' guests feel from
      sharing these personal experiences with nature,
#2: the warm company of other adventurous women, and
#3: the gourmet food.

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Experience a place of peace and refuge:
Hike Zion Canyon, Utah, with Gaia Women

Imagine the Grand Canyon on a smaller scale and you will begin to understand the beauty and uniqueness of Zion Canyon in Utah. The name "Zion" means "a place of peace and refuge". This spectacular wilderness, with massive multi-coloured vertical cliffs and deep canyons is very accessible, making it possible for all fitness levels to experience it's splendours.

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Spectacular Zion Canyon. More Pictures by Joe Brown

On our first day we hike Weeping Rock and Emerald Pools trails, both short hikes leading to hanging gardens of wildflowers, dripping springs and glorious green pools. Angels Landing towering over Zion Canyon will be our second day's goal; a steep narrow ridge awaits us at the top.

Hiking in canyons and crossing roaring creeks we will discover Kolab Arch, the world's largest freestanding arch. Each night we stay in comfort at Zion Lodge featuring historic cabins and two double beds, full bath, gas log fireplace and private porch.

Hike Zion Canyon, Utah - June 5-11. A Gaia Princess Adventure.
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