Top 40 Backpacking Influencers in 2026

1. Renee Hahnel

Bio Renee Roaming is a blog for adventure seekers, travel lovers, and photography enthusiasts. Renee is the storyteller behind Renee Roaming. The purpose of her blog is to inspire travelers and adventure seekers to live intentionally, place value on experiences instead of possessions, and, most of all, to encourage others to find joy exploring this beautiful world. Renee Roaming isn't a typical travel blog… whilst she writes about travel and adventure, she also shares tips about photography, camping, social media, being a woman in the outdoor community, and couple travel. *****@reneeroaming.comMORE Instagram Handle @reneeroaming Instagram Followers 918.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 574 Backpacking Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Dalton Hunter

Bio 🌎 Your Adventure Travel Guide
✈️ Bucket List Destinations & Experiences
📧 *****@travelwithdalt.com | 🏡 USA based Instagram Handle @travelwithdalt Instagram Followers 834.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Zoe Peterson & Kelby Jecker

Bio Kelby and Zoe currently live in Lake Tahoe, California. They are full-time content creators on Instagram and TikTok, focusing on getting outdoors, inspiring epic adventures, and showcasing gear they love. They love hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, skiing, and climbing, and are often looking for ways to combine all of the above. Their long term goals with their website and social media are to do group backpacking trips, and maybe camping, bikepacking, or MTB, because the possibilities are endless. They want to guide groups of all levels into the backcountry, share why they love being there so much, and offer the magic and human connection those trips provide. *****@gmail.comMORE Instagram Handle @the_adventureaddicts Instagram Followers 811.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +26% Type Macro Get Email Contact

4. Jesse Romberg

Bio 🌎 72 Countries / Full-Time Traveler / World Travel 🛫
✈︎ Unfiltered travel adventures around the globe
📧 *****@stride-social.com Instagram Handle @homeless.backpacker Instagram Followers 256.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Zoe

Bio ⛰️ hikes and adventures around the UK without a car
🥾 Group walk leader
📍 London based
📕 Author: 30 Peak District walks using public transport👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @zoe.tehrani Instagram Followers 209.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Jessy Vanpo

Bio 🌻 formerly indoorsy → now mildly feral
🌿 adhd, ocd, anxiety, and political rage
⛰️ showing off colorado and beyond
💌 *****@theworriedwanderer.com Instagram Handle @the.worried.wanderer Instagram Followers 187.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Jorgen Oyehaug

Bio - Adventurer and photographer from the Sunnmøre Alps
- Sharing travel tips and epic activities.
- 1.5M followers in total. *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @oyehaug Instagram Followers 182.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Grace Kelly

Bio 🥾 solo hiker | travel lover | adventurer
📍 UK based - exploring the world 🌎
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📖 pre-order my book ‘GO SOLO’ below 👇🏻 *****@gracesadventures.com Instagram Handle @graces__adventures Instagram Followers 158.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +15% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Katia Khoroshun

Bio hiking, travel, outdoors
sharing adventures in the Canadian Rockies and beyond
based in Calgary, Alberta
*****@katiakhoroshun.com Instagram Handle @kat_khoroshun Instagram Followers 149.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Denae Karber

Bio Know what you’re getting into :
Trails, camping, backpacking
Real outdoor expectations ⤵️ *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @theweekendforecast Instagram Followers 143.1K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Madline

Bio Süddeutschland & St.Gallen🇨🇭
Ich liebe (solo) Reisen und wandern 🌿⛰️
@gymshark: Madline10
💌 *****@bc-mgmt.de
Impressum:@bc.mgmt.impressum Instagram Handle @madlinee Instagram Followers 106.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Sarah Leighton

Bio 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales (often in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)
⛰️Solo Backpacking, Bike Packing, Paddle Packing 🌊
🏕️Let’s live a wilder life
@vivobarefoot 25% off code: FFA25 *****@fitforadventure.org Instagram Handle @fitforadventure_ Instagram Followers 103.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Bee Corrado

Bio 🐝🏕🌈🏔️🥾🌊🌵
I’m Bee! Let’s go outside!
Hiking • Camping • Backpacking
📍 PCT 2026
💌 *****@gmail.com
✨HAPPY TRAILS!✨ Instagram Handle @beeswildlife Instagram Followers 91K Follower Growth (3mo) +18% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Sunny

Bio 🇹🇭 Thai | Exploring the World
Backpacker | Solo traveler | YouTuber
62 countries and counting….
📷 @backpaeger_with_soul *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @backpaeger Instagram Followers 83.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Michelle Stelly

Bio ➳ | Helping Women Hike, Camp, and Backpack
↟ | Seattle Based & Texan/Panamanian 💃🏻🇵🇦
♡ | Mom of Xavier🧒🏼 Isabella 👶🏻and Pearly🐾
⇩| More Info *****@thewanderingqueen.com Instagram Handle @thewanderingqueen Instagram Followers 74.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Miranda Webster

Bio YouTuber!!!
⛰🌈🐌🌲
"Obnoxiously self-confident” -one comment *****@thestation.io Instagram Handle @mirandagoesoutside Instagram Followers 74.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Stephanie McNulty

Bio 🏔️ Backpacking & climbing mountains w/kids (What it REALLY looks like)
📍Epic itineraries: Idaho & beyond
💌 *****@thebackpackingmom.com Instagram Handle @thebackpackingmom Instagram Followers 64.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Pete Rojwongsuriya

Bio 🌎 Solo Travel & Backpacking
⛰️ 800+ Itineraries & Guides
📍103+ Countries | 13+ Years Exploring
🇹🇭 Based in Thailand
👇 Check out my other guides *****@bucketlistly.blog Instagram Handle @peachananr Instagram Followers 33.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Kathleen Neves

Bio Helping Women Become Confident Hikers & Backpackers. Backpacking Coach & Creator of The Confident Solo Female Backpacker System. YT: The Hungry Hiker *****@the-hungry-hiker.com Instagram Handle @_thehungryhiker Instagram Followers 31.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Jenny Lynn

Bio 🇲🇾 British family in Penang
🌍 12y of family backpacking
✍️ Digital travel publisher
🔗 @on_penang | @peakdistrictkids
📊 8.5M monthly impressions *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @travelynnfamily Instagram Followers 28.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Cody & Victoria

Bio all things mountain adventure 🏔️
climbing, camping, backpacking… but mostly climbing
full films on youtube 👇🏼 *****@codyandvictoria.com Instagram Handle @codyandvictoria Instagram Followers 27.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Get Email Contact

22. Dana Cully

Bio Dana Cully • UGC Creator • Travel & outdoors ✈️🌳 New Zealand
📧*****@gmail.com
Photography @photographer.nz Instagram Handle @danas_diaryy Instagram Followers 18.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Juliet Pisner

Bio hiking | backpacking | outdoor adventure
🥾 walked from mexico to canada on the pct
🏔️ JMT ‘21 • PCT ‘22 • CT ‘24
blog ↡ gear lists ↡ itineraries *****@backhackerbabe.com Instagram Handle @julietpisner Instagram Followers 16.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Bella Robben

Bio 🗺️ just me and my backpack
👱🏼‍♀️ type b semi solo & full time budget travel
💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bellaandherbackpack_ Instagram Followers 15.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Shilletha Curtis

Bio 🇳🇬A NJ Feral climbing ⛰️✈️& going apeshit
Survivalist @nakedandafraid
Aspiring Mountaineer
Author:Pack Light
AT21•CDT23•NH48•Kili26
@bowlandkettle *****@summitsandspoons.com Instagram Handle @i_am_dragonsky Instagram Followers 15.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Noah Williams

Bio Keep Flowing
Faith | Entrepreneur | Travel | Fitness
📩*****@gmail.com
UGC Creator + Building @playr_mobile Instagram Handle @built.by.noah Instagram Followers 10.7K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Nicole Koster

Bio BACKPACKING BARBIE 🌺🧘🏼‍♀️🌏🏔️🎒🌊
✈️ full time travel & adventure inspo!
📍currently: honduras🇭🇳
💌collabs: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @solowithnicole Instagram Followers 10K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Kasey

Bio 🔥 sign with a 🌊 obsession
🎒 backpacking europe
☀️ euro summer diaries + solo travel inspo *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kasey.katherine Instagram Followers 5.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Julia Erkens

Bio 🌴 (Solo) travel and everything in between
🗺️ Currently: Austria 🇦🇹
✈️ Soon: USA 🇺🇸
🌸 Steal my packing list and more below 👇🏻 Instagram Handle @juliaerkens Instagram Followers 1.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Giselle Langley & Stephen Jiroch

Bio ✈️ Your Bucket List Travel Inspo ❤️💛
👩🏼‍💻 Become a Creator @thecreatorpassport
💌 *****@theloverspassport.com
👇🏼Travel Guides & Links📍LA Instagram Handle @theloverspassport Instagram Followers 1.3M Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Mega Get Email Contact

31. Emily Hart

Bio Sᴏʟᴏ ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ + US/NPS 📍Colorado
63/63 🇺🇸 Nᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ Pᴀʀᴋs • 50/50 Sᴛᴀᴛᴇs solo
🌵🗻🧘🏻‍♀️📚 & ʟᴏɴɢ ᴄᴀᴘᴛɪᴏɴs
*****@emilyventures.com Instagram Handle @emilyventures Instagram Followers 208.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Jessica Mills

Bio •Triple Crowner•Vlogger•Podcaster•
AT: 2015 PCT:2017 CDT:2018
Camino: 2019 Pinhoti: 2020 FT: 2021 WHW: 2024 AZT: 2025
🌲🏃🏼‍♀️⛺️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @homemadewanderlust Instagram Followers 80.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Lauren Gastineau

Bio Happiest Outside🌿
Helping women explore confidently
backpacking • running • mountain life📍Bend, OR
*****@trailsandtrekking.com
Weekly Guides ↓ Instagram Handle @laurensbigadventure Instagram Followers 71.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Sabrina & Kati

Bio 🥾Inspiring you to travel with your feet
Epic hiking trails and dreamy stays
Dolomites and Vienna based
↓ Newsletter | Free Guides | YouTube *****@moonhoneytravel.com Instagram Handle @moonhoneytravelers Instagram Followers 51.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +16% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Christianne Risman

Bio your adventure, fitness & solo travel inspo
📍sydney / london
🎥Backpacking Bananas on YouTube *****@zigguratxyz.com Instagram Handle @christiannerisman Instagram Followers 50.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Meg Stewart

Bio National Speaker+Instructor in Wilderness Emergency Medicine. Cultivating regional resilience+wilderness literacy.
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Type 2 Fun: NH48|NE67|NEU8|NE100/ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @meglifewanderful Instagram Followers 45.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Kelly Joy Hay

Bio #1 I love Jesus
🌲prolly outside
🥾AT21, a lil PCT22, FT&PT23, CDT24
✨pt van life | pt cabin life | ft hiker trash
⇢ adventure w me on YouTube ⇠ *****@influint.co Instagram Handle @kellyhays23 Instagram Followers 32.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Charlie Wilkins

Bio Mostly N.C. — but I go places✌🏼
Explorer/Photographer ⛰️📸
Why run when you can hike 🤷🏻‍♂️
📸 FujiFilm XT5/iPhone 14 ProMax
Join the adventure! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thebeardedtraveler17 Instagram Followers 27.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. Patrick Muntzinger

Bio 📍London🇬🇧 / Berlin🇩🇪
👨🏼‍💻Tech Product @ HelloFresh🙌🏻
✌🏼Travel Blogger📸
✈️Exploring the World (80/193)🌎
Let's connect!📩
*****@germanbackpacker.com Instagram Handle @germanbackpacker Instagram Followers 23.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

40. Catherine Gregory

Bio Living as a nomad in travel trailer. Adventure, backpacking, travel and sharing it all on my YouTube channel! 👇🏻👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @catherine_gregoryadventures Instagram Followers 11.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact