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November 23, 2021

30 Gifts For Female Travelers

It’s that time of year again! Can anyone else believe we are already buying Christmas presents again? If you are looking for the perfect gift for the female traveler in your life, look no further! Whether you’re looking for gifts for the outdoor woman, the solo travel, or the photography lover, check out these awesome gift ideas for some inspiration!

30 Gifts For Female Travelers
  • 30 Gifts For Female Travelers
    • Wooden World Map
    • Travel Journal
    • Passport Holder
    • Luggage
    • Packing Cubes
    • Scratch The World Map
    • National Park Scratch Off Map
    • 101 Ways To Rock Solo Female Travel
    • Travel Makeup Bag
    • Sleep Mask
    • The Roadtrip Book: 1001 Drives Of A Lifetime
  • Gifts Ideas For The Outdoor Lover
    • Outdoor Coffee Mug
    • Hiking Backpack
    • Hiking Boots
    • Trekking Poles
    • Camping Hammock
    • Garmin InReach Mini
    • Garmin Lily Watch
    • Wireless Earbuds
    • Power Bank
    • Headlamp
    • Waterbottle
    • Knit Beanie
  • Gifts For Travel Photography Lovers
    • Budget Friendly Beginner Camera – Sony a6000
    • Splurge Camera – Sony a7rIII
    • Pancake Lens – Sony 20mm
    • Wide Angle Lens – Rokinon 14mm
    • Telephoto Lens – Sigma 100-400mm
    • Camera Bag
    • Tripod
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30 Gifts For Female Travelers

Wooden World Map

This beautiful world map will look great anywhere and she can keep track of her travels with push pins. Also, how cute?

Travel Journal

I have this travel journal and it’s one of my all time favorites.

Passport Holder

A cute passport holder is a necessity.

Luggage

This is a great set and it’s held up really nicely!

Packing Cubes

Who doesn’t love packing cubes?

Scratch The World Map

It’s so satisfying to scratch off a new country.

National Park Scratch Off Map

For the National Park lover in your life.

Check out: National Park Love

101 Ways To Rock Solo Female Travel

Another great book for those new to solo female travel.

Travel Makeup Bag

This bag is great to bring along on any and packs flat too.

Sleep Mask

Sleep in style with this awesome sleep mask.

The Roadtrip Book: 1001 Drives Of A Lifetime

For inspiration…

Gifts Ideas For The Outdoor Lover

These gifts are perfect for the woman in your life who loves the outdoors. If hiking and camping are her thing then she will love these gifts!

Outdoor Coffee Mug

The perfect camping mug does exist…

Hiking Backpack

This is a great hiking backpack…

Hiking Boots

You can’t go wrong with Columbia boots.

Trekking Poles

Perfect for the avid hikers in your life.

Camping Hammock

This camping hammock is the perfect side for a woman and her dog!

Garmin InReach Mini

This palm sized satellite communicator is perfect to stay in touch while out in nature.

Garmin Lily Watch

The perfect watch to keep track of everything vital.

Wireless Earbuds

These bluetooth JBL are great and have awesome bass.

Power Bank

This power bank is great for camping and keeping everything charged.

Headlamp

Trust me, this can be a lifesaver when camping and needing to find the bathroom at 3 am.

Waterbottle

Perfect for hiking, airline travel, and everyday.

Knit Beanie

Cute and warm, what’s not to love?

Gifts For Travel Photography Lovers

Budget Friendly Beginner Camera – Sony a6000

The Sony a6000 is a great beginner mirrorless camera (e-mount). Bonus – it’s ultralight and perfect to throw in a purse on trips.

Splurge Camera – Sony a7rIII

The Sony a7rIII is a great mirrorless full frame camera (e-mount). It’s still light weight but really packs a punch!

Pancake Lens – Sony 20mm

Perfect for the Sony a6000, this compact prime lens is great to keep the camera small and light.

Wide Angle Lens – Rokinon 14mm

I love a prime lens and the 14mm is great and so versatile. I love taking sunrise and sunset photos with this one!

Telephoto Lens – Sigma 100-400mm

This is a great telephoto lens length and great for wildlife photography.

Camera Bag

A cute and versatile camera bag makes a great gift. Bonus this one fits a 15 inch laptop too!

Tripod

This is a great tripod and the perfect size for travel.

There you have it, 30 great gift ideas for the female traveler in your life! I hope this helps with your holiday shopping. Happy Holidays!

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Acadia has 45 miles of roads where cars are absolu Acadia has 45 miles of roads where cars are absolutely not invited.

And honestly? More national parks should take notes.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. built Acadia’s carriage roads between 1913 and 1940 because he wanted to explore Mount Desert Island without sharing it with automobiles. Crushed stone, 17 stone-faced bridges, roads carefully curved around the landscape instead of bulldozing through it.

Basically: a billionaire built the world’s prettiest bike path and we all get to use it. Cool.

🚲 Class 1 e-bikes permitted 

Eagle Lake is the classic - about six miles around the water, with views that fully justify the hype.

But Witch Hole Pond is my favorite. Smaller, quieter, marshy, beaver-y, and usually a whole lot less “excuse me, are we all stopping here?”

And if you really want to get away from the crowds, head out on the quieter side of the carriage road system.

Rent a bike in Bar Harbor and go.

I highly recommend @coastalkayakingacadiabike they rent bikes specifically for exploring Acadia’s carriage roads and can help you figure out what route (and what bike) makes sense for your day.

It’s one of the best things to do in Acadia that doesn’t require a reservation, a permit, or a 4am alarm.

Just a bike, some crushed gravel, and 45 miles of “wait…why doesn’t every national park have this?”

Save this for your Acadia trip. 🚲
I’ve been to 22 national parks, which is obviously I’ve been to 22 national parks, which is obviously enough to have strong opinions and not enough to be an official National Park expert. 

So naturally, I ranked them.

These are my completely unscientific national park rankings, based on scenery, dogs, road-trip vibes, questionable decisions, and how personally offended my knees felt afterward.

Basically, I’ve spent a lot of time driving around the country looking at rocks, wildlife, mountains, and occasionally wondering why I thought that hike was a good idea.

And if you’re a fellow millennial who plans trips around national parks, takes the scenic route on purpose, and thinks a good road trip is a perfectly reasonable personality trait…

Hi 👋🏻 We should probably be friends. 🥾🏕️
Unpopular opinion: Bryce is better than Zion, and Unpopular opinion: Bryce is better than Zion, and I am fully prepared to defend this position 😂🏜️

Everyone books Zion. It’s the one on the list. The one your coworker did last spring. The one with the 7am shuttle line, the permit lottery, and the hike everyone has the same photo from.

It’s incredible. It’s also basically a logistics internship.

Bryce? You just drive there.

Pull over. Walk 20 feet. And suddenly you’re standing over thousands of hoodoos glowing orange and pink as the light moves across them.

If I had one day:

→ Sunrise Point for sunrise. Yes, the name is that literal.

→ Sunset Point later in the day. Same amphitheater, completely different light.

→ Wall Street + Queen’s Garden. The one to do. You drop into the hoodoos instead of just looking at them. Under three miles and wildly worth it.

→ Bryce Market & Grocery for lunch. Not fancy. Actually good. And you don’t have to drive 40 minutes for food.

I’ll give Zion the hiking variety. And nothing at Bryce touches the Narrows ir Angels Landing…

But if you want to stand somewhere that looks like the planet got bored and started making things up?

Bryce. Every time.

Tell me I’m wrong. 🧡

📍 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
At @whitesandsnps, your dog can go everywhere you At @whitesandsnps, your dog can go everywhere you can go (besides in buildings).

Not the parking lot. Not one sad paved trail. The entire dune field. Every ridge, bowl, and stretch of impossible white sand, just leash up (please) and go.

If you travel with dogs, you know how rare that is.

And sunset? Actually worth the hype. The dunes go pink, then gold, then blue. The heat breaks, the crowds disappear, and the sand holds onto the last light like it has somewhere to be.

Loki lost his mind. Freya ran the ridgelines. Caly, tiny but mighty, was absolutely convinced she owned the place.

A few things to know: the gypsum stays surprisingly cool underfoot, but there’s zero shade, so bring water. Check park hours, too, missile testing can affect access.

One of the best day these three have had in a national park. Not even close.

White Sands National Park, New Mexico 🤍
🍁 October in Acadia is beautiful. It’s also absolu 🍁 October in Acadia is beautiful. It’s also absolutely unhinged. 🍁

45 minutes to get through the gate on a Saturday. Parking lots full by 9. Infrastructure built for a fraction of the people who now want to see the same six viewpoints in the same six weeks.

And yet…I get it.

Red maple and birch against pink granite and the Atlantic. The whole island turns into the New England postcard living rent-free in everyone’s head.

I stayed on Mount Desert Island for six months. Here’s what I’d actually do:

🍁 Aim for the first two weeks of October, but watch the foliage instead of trusting a calendar.

🍁 Go Tuesday–Thursday. A Wednesday and a Saturday are basically different parks.

🍁 Get in by 7 a.m. Cadillac requires a $6 reservation through October 25, and those drop two days ahead at 10 a.m. ET. Set the alarm.

🍁 Have a Plan B for parking. Jordan Pond, Sand Beach, Thunder Hole can all be full ridiculously early on a good day.

🍁 Bring the dog. 100+ miles of trails + 45 miles of carriage roads = one of the best national parks in the country for dogs. I will die on this hill. Plus Sand Beach and Echo Lake Beach are dog friendly by October. 

🍁 And when Park Loop Road starts feeling like a parking lot with scenery, go to Schoodic. Same park. Mainland. A fraction of the people. Or the Quiet Side because Ship Harbor is gorgeous in the fall! 

Most importantly: you do not have to see everything.

Pick three things. Do them slowly. Let the island be beautiful without turning your vacation into a scavenger hunt.

That’s the October Acadia trip I’d actually recommend.

Full October guide is on the blog, foliage tracking, what to pack, dog-friendly hikes + where to eat. 

🍁 Comment Fall and I’ send you a direct link! 🍁

Full ridiculously informative guide coming this week! 🍁
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