The pages of DONNAVVENTURA’s history are full of spectacular and attractive images of marvellous places.
Fifteen years of history through female eyes, dedicated to those who dream of experiences in extreme conditions, in out-of-the-ordinary places, to those who never stop seeking, investigating and admiring, with an open heart and sharp eyes, always ready to capture the beauty and detail of every single sight!
What is DONNAVVENTURA?
It’s an opportunity open to all women who yearn to become travel reporters, even just for a moment. A chance to transmit a unique and unusual experience to others and to see the emotions and impressions felt by each participant published on the pages of the main national papers and magazines. In completely unedited form.
Extreme tourism and balancing acts between dreams, exertion, competition and enthusiasm, all shared with other women who have the same love for excitement, nature and adventure.
From the very first expedition in the Sahara desert, the history of the event is packed with stirring memories, experiences that have marked the lives of many enterprising women who have resolutely tackled the obstacles and difficulties of each event with courage and determination, in Libya, Amazonia, Australia, Patagonia, Morocco, Lapland, the long expedition in South America. From deserts of sand to those of ice, the enthusiasm never wanes.

The great success of the first expeditions, which begun quietly in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, and the desire to tell these stories, above all to other women, led to the creation of a television series good enough to be featured by the main Italian (RAI Uno, Italia Uno, Retequattro) and international (Eurosport) networks, and equipped with a format that has been perfected over the years, attracting a diverse and loyal public and constantly growing ratings.
The images that we have seen on our colour screens of distant lands, foreign peoples, places, cultures, animals and landscapes are invariably accompanied by excitement.
Following the suggestions and eagerness of the participants to tell their stories in full, a travel format has been devised that is more documentary and informational in style than in previous years, where the reporters are not just filmed whilst going about their daily tasks and invited to express their impressions and sensations in front of the camera, but can also take an active part in conducting the programme, helping to inform viewers of all aspects and interesting facts about the countries involved.
The desire to “visually” document the feats undertaken is therefore now accompanied by the innate “romantic” pleasure of narrating the fascinating expeditions in writing. The ”correspondent” formula, involving the pairing of each girl with a national newspaper or magazine, has consequently proved to be enormously popular.

At this stage, all that remains is the difficult task of identifying, through a rigorous selection process and various aptitude tests, those women who are up to the adventure that awaits. Desire is not sufficient; you have to ask yourself, and demonstrate, whether you will really be capable of tackling the difficult tests involved in each expedition without losing heart. Are you ready for all sorts of unforeseen events, do you know how to knuckle down and go without sleep if necessary, in the knowledge that there will be generous compensation for the difficulties encountered: from the spectacular landscapes, to the pleasure of reaching places inaccessible to others, from the enthusiasm for the discovery of distant and sometimes truly unexpected worlds and cultures, but above all in the excitement that such a fantastic experience always reserves for its participants.

Photo reporters, journalists, explorers and the main stars, DONNAVVENTURA is all of this and all that each woman, every single correspondent, contributes with her own world and special drive to making each expedition unique and different from the last.