Cultural & Adventure Experiences

About Trekking 4 Women

Trekking 4 Women was founded as a company in 2006 by Ann Young, is New Zealand based and is focused on providing quality cultural / trekking / cycling / kayaking / tours.

Ann Young

I am passionate about active travel, cultures, the environment and have a desire to enrich lives and encourage personal growth for the local people of the countries we visit and clients alike. I identified from a number of years travelling around the world as a mature aged woman to over 45 countries that there was not a lot offering in active trips for women in the more mature age group.
My skills to take these trips are drawn from 30 years experience of exploring many parts of New Zealand and overseas trekking, tramping, bush walking with friends and leader of many diverse groups small and large.

My passion and skills  have also come from my training in the outdoors and in the tourism industry i.e. a diploma in ‘Tourism Industry Management’ & and from being a travel agent. I have also gained experience & knowledge from courses in bush craft, rock climbing, alpine and first aid in the outdoors, risk management, Civil Defence and Search & Rescue.

Ethiopian trips are lead by Sue:

Working in East Africa for 16 years Sue has aquired a wide appreciation of Africa, its diverse cultures and people. Sue has spent a lot of time in Ethiopia is passionate about the mountians and culture and has a wealth of knowledge to share with her clients. Sue was involved with environment and rural community development before establishing a landscape and safari company in Tanzania.

Now based in Greta Valley North Canterbury in New Zealand. Sue returns regularly to Africa on landscape assignments, which enables her to keep updated from ground level up on new events and experiences that may enhance our tours to Ethiopia. Our core values are being passionate about what we do with integrity, having fun and being responsible to clients, the culture and the environment.

Our core values are being passionate about what we do with integrity, having fun and being responsible to clients, the culture and the environment.

“Give your self up to the culture and you will be rewarded, by the experience”