Why choose Sidetracks Women?
​You may book on your own, but you won’t feel alone.
Our women-only hiking and ebike tours are about being active, exploring New Zealand's most beautiful regions and enjoying the experience with a small group of women.
Small groups make a difference
We keep our groups small for a reason. With no more than 10 women, your guide gets to know you, the group can settle into a comfortable rhythm, and there’s room for everyone to be themselves.
You don’t need to be the fastest or the most experienced. What matters is being able to enjoy the journey together.
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Come on your own – feel part of the group
Many women join us on their own. Others come with a friend or their partner – all women are warmly welcome.
For women travelling solo, a women-only group can feel very different from a mixed-gender tour where many participants are travelling as couples. You’re not the odd one out simply because you’ve arrived on your own. Everyone becomes part of the group, making it much easier to find your own place within it.
Shared days outdoors, meals around the table and relaxed evenings give you plenty of opportunities to get to know one another naturally.
And there’s no pressure to be sociable every minute. There’s room for conversation and companionship, but also for quiet time when you want it.
Active days, with the right support
Our tours are active holidays, and we want you to finish the day feeling that you’ve achieved something.
But this isn’t about keeping up with the fastest person. Our female guides manage the pace of the group, pay attention to how everyone is travelling and are there when you need support.
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The aim is simple: to give you the confidence to enjoy the challenge without feeling rushed or left behind.
Where you stay – and eat – matters
For us, accommodation is more than somewhere to sleep.
Whenever possible, we choose places where the group has shared spaces – a lounge, kitchen or dining area where you can sit together at the end of the day. We favour welcoming lodges, cottages and smaller properties with character, because having a place to gather helps turn a group of individual travellers into a group travelling together.
The same thinking shapes our meals. On many tours, we choose home-cooked food and shared dinners rather than eating in restaurants every night. After a day outdoors, there’s something special about coming back, relaxing around the table and sharing a meal together. It gives you time to talk, laugh and get to know the women you’ve spent the day with.
For us, that isn’t simply catering. It’s part of travelling together.
Take the sidetracks
Our name says a lot about the way we like to travel.
Sidetracks are the smaller paths and quieter routes away from the main road. While we love New Zealand’s well-known highlights too, we don’t believe they are the whole story.
Our tours also take you onto private tracks, along quiet backroads and into remote areas that many visitors never experience. Over 30 years, we’ve discovered some very special corners of New Zealand – and we’re still looking for more.
It’s not about ticking off as many sights as possible. It’s about experiencing the landscapes, places and quieter sides of New Zealand that make a journey memorable.
New Zealand, with people who know it
We’ve been exploring New Zealand with our guests for 30 years.
That experience helps us choose routes, accommodation and local providers that fit the way we like to travel – small-scale, personal and connected to the places we visit.
While you walk or ride through some remarkable parts of New Zealand, we take care of the transport, accommodation and day-to-day logistics. That leaves you free to enjoy what you came for: being active, discovering New Zealand and sharing the experience with the women around you.
Find the tour that feels right for you
👉 Explore our women-only New Zealand tours
and find the experience that suits the way you like to travel.