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With an emphasis on giving back, the experience is designed to empower not only the women who are traveling, but the women in the host communities as well. "I wanted to create trips that supported women-run, owned, and operated businesses," says Loftus. We spoke with the founder and CEO about her experience founding the company, her belief in the transformative power of travel, and her conviction in the importance of women-only experiences abroad. Read on for our interview with the travel entrepreneur, and prepare to activate your wanderlust. Whether you opt for a Far-Flung Adventure or a WAT Weekender, one thing is for certain, says Loftus: "It will be an amazing adventure."
I started by choosing my seven best, most cherished trips. I have taken the trips myself and have traveled with the local tour operators, so they are well-vetted on every level. Aside from being my favorite, I also wanted locales and tours that I thought would resonate well with women and ones that would lend themselves to a group dynamic, particularly for women. More recently, I chose closer-to-home locales with WAT Weekenders as I had women reaching out saying that they wanted to go on WAT trip, but due to personal and professional commitments, they could not do the far-flung. So, I designed those trips with them in mind. They will allow more women to get their getaway on with WAT.
Choosing trips is like choosing children, but I do love Africa. So, if I had to say, I'd say that my African trips (Botswana and South Africa) may be my favorite. Antarctica is another super special one. When you go there, you feel as though you've left the planet. It's simply stunning and serene. I do have to say; I am very excited for the WAT Weekenders. Be it glamping getaways or the Big and Small City spins, all of the elements of the bigger trips are there in such a small package. In addition, we will be meeting with the local women in that said city for the first night at a kick-off event on the first night in town.
I think that there is no better way to get to know the world and yourself than to travel alone. You are not hearing anyone else's voice, but your own and the travel lens is yours. When you step away from family, friends, and the familiar and you take you out into the world, you then see who you really are.
Yes! My parents were always avid travelers. They set the jet-setting tone long ago as they came back from their many trips with deep tans and tall tales to tell from their far-flung adventure. They always brought back a doll for me from whatever country that they visited. I had a floor-to-ceiling bookcase in my room growing up filled with dolls from all over the world, none of which looked like me. Years later, I took a plane to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. That is when the interest hit me hard. I went back to Edinburgh a few times. It was once I started touring internationally as a comedian that I got hooked.
I would say yes, that WAT was a seamless result of pursuing what I love to do. My many passions, paths, and several threads from my feminine past are all woven into WAT. When I finally launched the company, I felt like I was back on track and in my lane. The three tenets of the business, community, empowerment, and storytelling reflect my past and my passions. At WAT, we are all about empowerment as we inspire women to empower themselves and those around them through travel.
Community is big for me as we are not into fly-by travel. We call ourselves the Deep Dive Tribe as we dive deep into the local community. We are all about having an authentic and immersive experience. Last is storytelling. If I were to choose one word to describe myself, it would be a storyteller. Storytelling weaves its way into all of WAT's trips. Throughout the tours, we meet with several women of influence who share their inspiring stories. Women on our trips share their stories around the fire on safari in Botswana or glamping in the Grand Canyon.
A few months after launching the company, I felt like something was missing. We have since aligned with like-minded non-profits. We have partnered with various chapters of Girls on the Run, Girls Inc., and Dress for Success. So, when a member of the said non-profit community books a trip with WAT, be it a set departure or a custom trip, WAT continues to give 5% back to the country and community visited. We also give 5% back to that particular non-profit chapter.
This non-profit element allows us to support women and girls both locally and globally, at home and on the road, on the trail and in life's journey. We believe that two hands, theirs and ours, joining together, are better than one. We are passionate about joining forces, joining hands, and in creating partnerships, as it is a win-win, worldwide for women and girls.
I work with many interns. Some have traveled, some want to travel, and many want to travel more and further. I always tell them if you want to travel, you will. It is far more accessible today than it was way back in the day. If you want to work in the travel industry, work a job that involves travel, be a travel writer or blogger, or work with non-profits around the world, it can happen any which way. You decide, then make it happen. Anything is possible.
There are so many, but I think that that first trip to the Middle East was a memorable one for me. It was so exotic, a window into a completely different world for me. I loved it. It left me wanting to see more, to go to the unimaginable places, and to learn more about different people, places, and cultures around the world. I would say my most significant trip was going to Africa for a month by myself. I flew into South Africa first. Then I went on to spend two weeks in Botswana and two in Namibia. To be that far off the grid for that many weeks, surrounded by the kind of silence one can only hear on safari, was life-changing.
If you want to travel solo, but you never have, then jump in on a group trip. It is a great way to dive in on the solo front. You have the security of the group, and the convenience of plans made for you, yet you are venturing out into the world on your own. It is the best of both. You will immediately feel empowered. Our travelers can expect a well-curated trip with like-minded women from around the world. They will meet amazing local women, have incredible experiences, and have windows of downtime to themselves to decompress and soak it all in. It will be an amazing adventure.
The young girl walks among an ancient ruin, a circle of rocks called the Grave of the Heroes pre-dating the Mongolian empire. In the distance, a towering rock pile marks where Chinggis Khaan once kept a temporary outpost.
But the beauty and balance of the magnificent Mongolian steppe belie a looming, harsh reality: the zud, extreme Mongolian winters that can devastate millions of animals and drive herders off the plains and into the city and poverty.
World Vision has been working here since 1991 providing animals, medicine, food, and developing communities. Through the World Vision Gift Catalog and sponsors, World Vision Mongolia has become a major force in protecting children.
They could not come from more diverse countries. In Burundi, 10 million people squeeze into an area roughly the size of Maryland. Earlier this year, Mongolia celebrated reaching 3 million people spread throughout a country roughly the size of the western United States.
But the two girls share one thing: They represent the hopes and dreams of millions of children around the world for whom clean water, an education, goats and chickens, medicine, and safety from exploitation are the real gifts that lead to a fuller life.
The family lives off its herd by selling sheep wool or animals for slaughter. From goat and yak milk, Dolgorsuren makes aaruul, a hard, dried yogurt snack. When they need extra money, she will sell aaruul at the local market. The milk also is used to make creamy cheese and milk tea for the family.
Her mom grabs a pail and milks the female yak, but when she goes dry, she moves to another. Dulamsuren releases its young yak, which heads immediately to its mother and suckles. After a while, Dulamsuren wrestles the young yak away and her mom goes back to milking the female yak.
Their dwelling wrapped in felt and canvas is a construction style dating back to 400 B.C. It does not have electricity or indoor plumbing; water is collected three times a day from a nearby well. Dried yak dung is used as fuel for heat and cooking on a metal stove in the center of the ger.
Yet two solar panels sit atop the ger and a small satellite dish points skyward. Inside, a small television sits atop a cabinet. They get 80 channels, and their favorite show features the life of a Mongolian nomadic family.
In 2013, Kazakh women in Mongolia captured global attention when a young eagle huntress, Aisholpan Nurgaiv, became the subject of a viral photograph taken by Israeli photographer Asher Svidensky. He returned to the country in 2014 with British director Otto Bell, who made a documentary about the teenager.
She speaks of her excitement while out hunting high on a horse. There was a sense of pride that swells in my chest, as if flying into space. The sound of flying eagles, the fresh air of the mountains and steppes - it was wonderful.
Committed to keeping the tradition of eagle hunting alive, in 1998, she established the first eagle training school in Kazakhstan, Zhalayr Shora School of Eagles, and off the back of its success started the Kyran (Golden Eagle) Federation Public Fund in 2005 - an organisation that teaches falconry skills and organises national and international falconry competitions. She also successfully lobbied the government in Kazakhstan to include the art form as a national sport, writing the regulations needed.
In winter, the temperature can drop to 40 degrees below zero; the rolling hills get covered in a blanket of snow, waist-deep in some parts, while freezing temperatures turn many freshwater lakes into ice.
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