Luxury for the Solo Traveler: Tailored Experiences for Personal Discovery

A Growing Movement

In short: women now make up about 84% of solo travelers. Nayara is built for them, secure, wellness-led, and welcoming across Costa Rica, Chile, and Panama, with experiences tailored to personal discovery.

In 2025, more women than ever are choosing to travel solo. What was once considered unconventional has become a powerful expression of independence, curiosity, and self-discovery. Traveling alone offers the freedom to explore new cultures, connect with others, and move through the world entirely on their own terms.

Solo travel has become one of the fastest-growing trends in the industry, with internet searches soaring year over year and a market experts project to continue at 10% annual compounding growth. Without others to plan around, individuals explore new destinations at their own pace, indulge in personal interests, and find opportunities to discover themselves along the way.

Why More Women Are Traveling Solo in 2026

The travel landscape is always evolving, and one of the fastest-growing trends is the rise of solo female travelers. Across all income levels, more women are choosing to explore the world on their own, and with greater frequency than ever before. For women, solo travel can mean a variety of things. It may be a much-needed pause from routine, a way to reconnect with themselves, or simply the chance to explore a destination or activity that does not align with a partner's or friend's interests. Some are marking a life transition; others are proving just how capable they are. Whatever the reason, the freedom to travel on one's own terms is a powerful draw.

Solo travel, on one's own terms, across the Nayara destinations.

Solo Female Travel Is a Growing Global Movement

According to recent reports, 84% of solo travelers are women. Among them is a growing segment of middle- and upper-income women who are choosing to invest in meaningful experiences. Today, many women travel the world for work, so why not for themselves, too? This trend is especially strong among Millennial and Gen Z women, with a 41% rise in solo travel among this group in the past five years. From exploring bucket list destinations like the Atacama Desert to customized wellness retreats in Bocas del Toro in the Caribbean islands of Panama, women are increasingly prioritizing freedom, self-care, and intentional connection with the world around them.

84% of solo travelers are women. The future of travel is more individual, more conscious, and more than ever, female.

Solo Travel in the Arenal Rainforest at Nayara Costa Rica

For thousands of years, human beings have stepped away from civilization to find balance and rejuvenation through connection to the natural world. This is possible at all of the Nayara Resorts destinations, but nowhere else can it seem more powerful than in a personal journey to discover the vibrant rainforests surrounding the Arenal Volcano, one of the most biologically vibrant and diverse locations on earth.

A solo journey into Arenal provides a distraction-free immersion in nature and the chance to embrace a lifestyle intimately connected to the rhythm of the rainforest. Wake up to the call of the birds and fall asleep as the sun sets. Along the way, consult with Nayara Resorts guides and staff to customize your tours, hikes, and experiences, allowing you to encounter tropical birds, mammals, and other captivating species in their natural habitats. This personalized approach helps you understand the intricacies of their fascinating lives.

A private plunge pool villa in the Arenal rainforest.

Solo Travel in the Atacama Desert at Nayara Alto Atacama

As dawn begins to break on the possibility of celestial tourism, including groundbreaking journeys to low-earth orbit, the tourism industry has continued challenging itself to understand what it truly means to get away. Distance always breeds a change of perspective, and with the tales of astronauts returning to Earth forever changed, the possibilities of considering the world beyond our own are tempting and endless.

At Nayara Resorts, extraplanetary travel is not on our agenda just yet, but solo travelers can still experience an otherworldly adventure in the heart of the Atacama Desert. This remote location, resembling the Martian surface, offers unparalleled stargazing conditions under some of the clearest skies on Earth, home to the world's largest astronomical observatories. Here, you will feel as if you are a million miles away, immersed in a unique and breathtaking environment.

On solo tours across the rugged, barren, seemingly alien landscape still dotted with vibrant life, or exploring the ruins of the cultures who lived here for centuries, you get as close to otherworldly travel as we have been able to find without journeying into orbit. With a luxurious oasis to welcome you back each day, Nayara Alto Atacama provides a glimpse into the future of interplanetary tourism centuries ahead of schedule.

A million miles away, in the heart of the Atacama Desert

All Solo Travelers Are Welcome at Nayara

The future of travel is more individual, more conscious, and more than ever, female. At Nayara Resorts, we are proud to support this shift by offering welcoming destinations centered on wellness, adventure, and culture, where women can experience luxury, adventure, and rest on their own terms.

Whether it is a desire for self-discovery, a need for solitude, or simply a thirst for adventure, solo travel offers a transformative experience unlike any other.

Traveling with a partner? Discover the science of romance at Nayara. Bringing the whole family? Explore the world as a classroom across every Nayara destination.

Whether it is self-discovery, solitude, or a thirst for adventure, solo travel offers a transformative experience unlike any other.

• Solo Female Travelers Statistics
• The Rise of Solo Female Travel, Forbes