16 Amazing Black Women in Travel You Need to Follow Now!
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Travel is such an amazing experience that opens up our perspective when we learn from people around the world—especially when we learn from people who come from different cultures and backgrounds than us. This is why I am so passionate about traveling! While I’ve been homebound for the longest time in the past 5 years, I’m making an effort to continue learning in this way by reading the experiences of other bloggers sharing their travel stories and experiences.
Here are a few bad-ass, amazing black women in travel that I follow and admire. They all inspire me so much! I love reading their stories and learning from their experiences. While this list is by far not all-encompassing there are many more black women creating amazing content out there, and I hope to discover and learn from even more of them, I felt inspired to share the work of these women who motivate and inspire me as I begin my own journey as a travel blogger.
Here are just a few of the many amazing black women in travel out there!
Monique from Wanderlust My Way
Monique is a digital nomad and writer. I love her slow travel style! She typically spends at least a month in each country she visits. Her posts on living in Medellín helped me out a lot when I was taking a summer to volunteer as a tutor there. She has a great detailed guide on the cost of living in Medellin, which helped me plan out my budget for my 6 week trip there immensely! She’s got great tips for female solo travelers as well. Right now, I’m loving her posts on Italy while I’m dreaming of an Italian summer for next year!
Julianna Barnaby of The Discoveries Of
This awesome woman has won several awards with her blog including Lonely Planet’s Travel Blog of the Year award twice! She’s based in London so if you’re ever planning a trip there, check her out for some awesome London city guides—I know I will! She’s a super prolific traveler and has got a guide for countries all over the world from nearly every continent. If you’re looking for detailed travel guides to use as a resource for your future trip planning, she’s got it all!
Asiyami of Asiyami Gold
Where can I even begin… Asiyami Gold’s blog, Instagram, videos are all absolutely, breathtakingly, GORGEOUS! Her work is so insanely inspiring to me. She’s created a site with such a unique and artistic layout that showcases her amazing photography perfectly. I am in love with her beautiful documentary “Siddüm” telling her father’s story. The visuals of her family’s community in Abua are immensely captivating, drawing you in with all of your senses. Asiyami is truly an artist, don’t miss out on her work!
Chelsea of Chelsea As of Late
Chelsea doesn’t just blog about travel—if you love fashion and beauty as well she’s got a ton of great info on both! (Seriously, I want her entire closet!) I especially love her travel photo diary posts. Her photography is amazing and it really gets my wanderlust going for exploring the beautiful spaces she captures. She also has some great tips for content creators and taking your own pictures as well!
Hélène of Girl Born to Travel
Hélène is based in Paris and has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia and Africa. I’m loving all her posts on Cinque Terre and Portugal as I plan my big European trip for next year. She’s another great photographer of this list. Her pictures of all the destinations are stunning. I’m saving all her posts on southeast Asia for my bucket list Pinterest board!
Ciara of Hey Ciara
Ciara is a full-time traveler who quit her 9-5 to run her travel blog business. She’s got great tips for solo-female travelers and shares her experience traveling as a black woman. She has a great post sharing her experience in Uzbekistan. US based readers, if you’re looking for some great travel guides on domestic locations, she’s got some great ones! I’m saving her Arizona posts for my next southwest USA trip. Ciara is also going to be speaking at TravelCon later this year which I am super excited for (I’ll be attending and ready to hear Ciara share her wisdom!)
Francesca of One Girl One World
This girl has been to 25 countries—and she’s got travel guides for places all over Europe, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, USA, and Central America! Her biggest draw is her extensive guides to Caribbean travel. She’s got so many great guides on Caribbean travel, especially in Martinique. She’s written a complete Martinique travel guide you can purchase on her site as well. To top it all off, she was nominated as the best Caribbean blogger in 2019! I’ll be saving her posts when I go to plan my next Caribbean adventure!
Lee of Spirited Pursuit
Lee’s photography drew me in—she is an amazing photographer and she’s worked with many different major publications. If you’ve ever wanted to plan a trip in Africa she has some great guides on many different African countries. She’s written several guidebooks both for travel and content creators. Her resources for content creators have been super helpful for me starting out as a travel blogger. She loves traveling to off-the-beaten-path destinations and I’ve added some new places to my bucket list from her posts!
Shade of fola.shade and Nomad Digital Design
Her Instagram feed is gorgeous! I’m in love with her style and the beautiful way she showcases the destinations she visits. Shade is a digital nomad and runs a digital design business. If you’ve got a business and need some help with web design or branding—check out her services! Her site is professional and beautifully presented. I love following her travels on Instagram. Her digital nomad lifestyle has inspired me to keep working toward my goals!
Jessica of The Catch Me If You Can
Jessica is a huge inspiration for anyone who loves travel—she’s traveled to every country in the world! If you’re looking for some major travel inspiration, check out her blog for sure! She’s got tons of resources on planning travel. If you’re interested in visiting Africa, but don’t know where to begin, she’s got a great post on countries in Africa to for novice travelers to visit. Her hotel reviews are a great resource to check out while you’re trip planning as well. Jessica is such an amazing role model for anyone who wants to work in travel, or even just travel for fun! She’s been interviewed by countless publications and major names in media. If you haven’t seen her already—check her out, this woman is serious goals!
Abi of The Mini Jetsetter
Abi’s a podcaster, not a blogger and until recently, I haven’t been a big listener of podcasts. I’d followed her on Instagram and I love her minimalist travel style. Her podcasts share travel stories from different interesting people she’s met. If you’re looking for a new podcast to listen to and share in the joy of hearing travel stories (that’s one of my favorite things about meeting people traveling!) you should have a listen!
Marquita of Tribe on a Quest
I don’t have kids, so I don’t follow many mommy bloggers, but Marquitta brings such a unique and important perspective to the travel blogging world that when I came across her on Pinterest one day, I instantly followed her. She is a mom of 2 and travels with her children, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. She also writes about travel from the LGBTQ perspective. I love reading about her family’s adventures homeschooling while traveling the world! If you’ve got kids she’s got awesome resources for education and travel.
Shylo of Simply Blessed Shy
Shylo is based in Ontario Canada though she’s traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. I’ve been feeding my wanderlust lately through her southeast Asia pictures on Instagram and I’m now inspired to book that trip to Bali ASAP. If you need some help planning a trip, she’s got a great travel resources page with resources on booking airfare, accommodations, and more. Shylo’s photo galleries on her blog of the destinations she’s traveled to are beautiful and I can’t wait to see more from her recent travels!
Gloria of The Blog Abroad
This woman is such an inspiration for me! I found her blog recently and reading her work, I have this overwhelming feeling “why haven’t I found this before!” Gloria is for sure my new role model! As someone who’s coming up on my 30th birthday, her recent post “30 Lessons Learned by 30 Years Old” was so much what I needed to hear right now. She’s written for (and been interviewed by) so many major publications. Her travel writing is so spot on, especially for millennial women. I’m adding her e-book to my kindle for my summer reading list for sure! If you don’t follow her already, be sure to check her out!
Aryanna of Rosé & Chambray
If you know me if there’s one thing I love just as much as traveling, it’s wine! Aryanna works in digital marketing and she’s a WSET Level 2 certified wine professional (I had to look up what that means, but basically she’s really, really understands wine, the wine-making process, and all about all the different factors that can affect the style and quality of different types of wines). If you love wine, she’s your go-to! I love her wine reviews and how she brings her expertise to help make selecting wines more accessible. She’s got great style, home, beauty, and travel tips as well. If you’re looking for an all-around fun blogger to follow, check Aryanna out!
Tia of Tia Takes the World
I’ve been following Tia for a while. I started following her when I discovered her Youtube channel and I’ve always loved her travel adventures—like spending 26 hours in Seychelles. Also, she’s a teacher like me! She teaches PE in the United Arab Emirates. If you’ve ever dreamed of living the expat life or teaching abroad, she’s got tons of great tips! If you’re interested in traveling in the Middle East, she’s got tons of resources on traveling the UAE and surrounding countries.
I hope you enjoy following these amazing women as much as I do!
Please let me know any amazing black women in travel who you’re following! I’d love to follow and hear more amazing travel adventures and experiences of women traveling the world!
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