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 worldâespecially when we learn from people who come from different cultures and backgrounds than us. This is why I am so passionate about traveling! While Iâve been homebound for the longest time in the past 5 years, Iâm 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!Â
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 MedellĂn 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!  Sheâs got great tips for female solo travelers as well.  Right now, Iâm loving her posts on Italy while Iâm dreaming of an Italian summer for next year!Â
Julianna Barnaby of The Discoveries Of
This awesome woman has won several awards with her blog including Lonely Planetâs Travel Blog of the Year award twice! Sheâs based in London so if youâre ever planning a trip there, check her out for some awesome London city guidesâI know I will! Sheâs a super prolific traveler and has got a guide for countries all over the world from nearly every continent.  If youâre looking for detailed travel guides to use as a resource for your future trip planning, sheâs got it all!Â
Asiyami of Asiyami Gold
Where can I even begin⌠Asiyami Goldâs blog, Instagram, videos are all absolutely, breathtakingly, GORGEOUS! Her work is so insanely inspiring to me. Sheâs created a site with such a unique and artistic layout that showcases her amazing photography perfectly.  I am in love with her beautiful documentary âSiddĂźmâ telling her fatherâs story.  The visuals of her familyâs community in Abua are immensely captivating, drawing you in with all of your senses. Asiyami is truly an artist, donât miss out on her work!Â
Chelsea of Chelsea As of LateÂ
Chelsea doesnât just blog about travelâif you love fashion and beauty as well sheâs 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!Â
HÊlène of Girl Born to Travel
HĂŠlène is based in Paris and has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia and Africa.  Iâm loving all her posts on Cinque Terre and Portugal as I plan my big European trip for next year.  Sheâs another great photographer of this list.  Her pictures of all the destinations are stunning.  Iâm saving all her posts on southeast Asia for my bucket list Pinterest board!Â
Ciara of Hey Ciara
Ciara is a full-time traveler who quit her 9-5 to run her travel blog business.  Sheâs 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 youâre looking for some great travel guides on domestic locations, sheâs got some great ones! Iâm 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 (Iâll be attending and ready to hear Ciara share her wisdom!)
Francesca of One Girl One World
 This girl has been to 25 countriesâand sheâs 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.  Sheâs got so many great guides on Caribbean travel, especially in Martinique.  Sheâs 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! Iâll be saving her posts when I go to plan my next Caribbean adventure!
Lee of Spirited Pursuit
Leeâs photography drew me inâshe is an amazing photographer and sheâs worked with many different major publications.  If youâve ever wanted to plan a trip in Africa she has some great guides on many different African countries.  Sheâs 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 Iâve added some new places to my bucket list from her posts!Â
Shade of fola.shade and Nomad Digital Design
Her Instagram feed is gorgeous!  Iâm 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 youâve got a business and need some help with web design or brandingâcheck 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!Â
Jessica of The Catch Me If You Can
Jessica is a huge inspiration for anyone who loves travelâsheâs traveled to every country in the world!  If youâre looking for some major travel inspiration, check out her blog for sure!  Sheâs got tons of resources on planning travel.  If youâre interested in visiting Africa, but donât know where to begin, sheâs 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 youâre 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! Sheâs been interviewed by countless publications and major names in media.  If you havenât seen her alreadyâcheck her out, this woman is serious goals! Â
Abi of The Mini Jetsetter
Abiâs a podcaster, not a blogger and until recently, I havenât been a big listener of podcasts.  Iâd followed her on Instagram and I love her minimalist travel style.  Her podcasts share travel stories from different interesting people sheâs met.  If youâre looking for a new podcast to listen to and share in the joy of hearing travel stories (thatâs one of my favorite things about meeting people traveling!) you should have a listen!Â
Marquita of Tribe on a Quest
I donât have kids, so I donât 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 familyâs adventures homeschooling while traveling the world!  If youâve got kids sheâs got awesome resources for education and travel. Â
Shylo of Simply Blessed Shy
Shylo is based in Ontario Canada though sheâs traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.  Iâve been feeding my wanderlust lately through her southeast Asia pictures on Instagram and Iâm now inspired to book that trip to Bali ASAP.  If you need some help planning a trip, sheâs got a great travel resources page with resources on booking airfare, accommodations, and more. Shyloâs photo galleries on her blog of the destinations sheâs traveled to are beautiful and I canât wait to see more from her recent travels!Â
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 âwhy havenât I found this before!â Gloria is for sure my new role model! As someone whoâs coming up on my 30th birthday, her recent post â30 Lessons Learned by 30 Years Oldâ was so much what I needed to hear right now.  Sheâs written for (and been interviewed by) so many major publications.  Her travel writing is so spot on, especially for millennial women.  Iâm adding her e-book to my kindle for my summer reading list for sure! If you donât follow her already, be sure to check her out!Â
Aryanna of RosĂŠ & Chambray
If you know me if thereâs one thing I love just as much as traveling, itâs wine!  Aryanna works in digital marketing and sheâs a WSET Level 2 certified wine professional (I had to look up what that means, but basically sheâs 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, sheâs your go-to! I love her wine reviews and how she brings her expertise to help make selecting wines more accessible. Sheâs got great style, home, beauty, and travel tips as well.  If youâre looking for an all-around fun blogger to follow, check Aryanna out!
Tia of Tia Takes the World
Iâve been following Tia for a while. I started following her when I discovered her Youtube channel and Iâve always loved her travel adventuresâlike spending 26 hours in Seychelles.  Also, sheâs a teacher like me! She teaches PE in the United Arab Emirates.  If youâve ever dreamed of living the expat life or teaching abroad, sheâs got tons of great tips!  If youâre interested in traveling in the Middle East, sheâs got tons of resources on traveling the UAE and surrounding countries. Â
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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