Our story
Born on a trail. Built for every sister who travels alone.
SisterRoam was not built in a boardroom. It was built by a woman who has climbed two of the world's Seven Summits, run a clinic for 18 years, led an NGO for women's empowerment, and knows exactly what female solo travellers need — because she is one.

2 of 7 Summits
Meet the founder
Dr Manisha Sonawane
43 · Pune, India · Mother of two
Homeopathic Consultant
Running her own clinic for 18 years · Co-founder, Nutracare 360, Canada (nutracare360.ca)
International Mountaineer
NIM certified · Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania · Mount Elbrus, Russia · 2 of the 7 Summits
NGO President & Women's Advocate
President, Shraddha Seva Pratishthan · Women's empowerment, health & young girls
For 18 years I have sat across from patients — mostly women — and listened to what their bodies were telling them that no one else would hear. Medicine taught me that healing is not just physical. It is community, trust, and the courage to ask for help.
I started trekking at 35. Most people thought that was too late to begin. I trained at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarakhand, trekked across the Sahyadris and the Himalayas, then stood on top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Mount Elbrus in Russia. Two of the Seven Summits. And I am not done.
I have travelled through Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, Russia, and Tanzania. I have done road trips with my family from the north to the south of India. I have ridden my Hero Xpulse 210 through mountain roads, cycled, run, and explored more places than I can count. Every journey taught me something the previous one could not.
And in every country, every trail, every hostel — I met women travelling alone who deserved better. Better safety. Better community. Better tools. SisterRoam exists because I got tired of waiting for someone else to build it.
Dr Manisha Sonawane
Founder & Brand Ambassador, SisterRoam
Co-founder of Nutracare 360, Canada
Canada's Holistic Health Practitioner Directory
Her journey
A life lived fully
Every achievement on this timeline shaped SisterRoam
Opened her clinic
Started her homeopathic practice. 18 years and thousands of patients later, still going strong.
Founded Shraddha Seva Pratishthan
Established the NGO focused on women's empowerment and women's health. Became its President.
First trek at 35
Proved that adventure has no age limit. Started with the Sahyadris, then moved to the Himalayas.
NIM Certification
Completed professional mountaineering training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarakhand — one of India's most respected mountaineering schools.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Stood on the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 metres. Summit 1 of 7.
5,895m · Africa's highestMount Elbrus, Russia
Conquered Europe's highest peak at 5,642 metres — in Russia, one of the countries she had travelled to and loved. Summit 2 of 7.
5,642m · Europe's highestCo-founded Nutracare 360, Canada
Launched Canada's Holistic Health Practitioner Directory — nutracare360.ca. Taking Indian holistic health expertise to the world.
Founded SisterRoam
Built the platform every solo female traveller needed but did not have.
Hero Xpulse 210
Took on the Himalayas on two wheels. Adventure has no finish line.
Dr Manisha's adventures in numbers
2
of 7 Summits climbed
5,895m
Kilimanjaro — Africa's highest
6+
Countries explored
18
Years in medical practice
35
Age she started trekking — proving it's never too late
4,200+
Community followers
From the trails to the summit
More photos coming soon · Follow Dr Manisha's journey
Women's empowerment
Beyond the platform — Shraddha Seva Pratishthan
Long before SisterRoam existed, Dr Manisha was already working to make the world safer and healthier for women. As the President of Shraddha Seva Pratishthan, she has spent years on the ground — working on women's empowerment, addressing health challenges in women and young girls, and building the kind of community that SisterRoam is now bringing online.
SisterRoam is a natural extension of this work. The NGO serves women in person. SisterRoam serves women who travel. Both are built on the same belief: women are safer, stronger, and more capable when they have a community they can trust.
As a mother of two sons, Dr Manisha also brings a unique perspective — she is raising the next generation to understand and support women's independence, safety, and ambition.
Shraddha Seva Pratishthan
President — Dr Manisha Sonawane
- Women's empowerment
- Women's health education
- Health issues in young girls
- Community outreach
International venture
Co-founder, Nutracare 360 Incorporation
Canada's Holistic Health Practitioner Directory
nutracare360.ca →Recognition
Awards and achievements
Excellence in Medical Practice
Award · Organisation
Women's Empowerment Leadership
Award · Organisation
Adventure & Mountaineering Achievement
Award · Organisation
Entrepreneurship Award
Award · Organisation
More achievements to be added — Dr Manisha has received multiple recognitions across medicine, mountaineering, and women's empowerment.
The founder's reason
Why SisterRoam exists
I have climbed Kilimanjaro and Elbrus. I have done road trips from one end of India to the other. I have walked through six countries as a traveller, a doctor, and a woman. And in every single place, I met women who were travelling alone and making do with whatever safety they could find for themselves.
SisterRoam is what I kept wishing existed. Not a hotel booking site. Not a Facebook group. A real, verified, caring community of women who open their homes and their cities to other women they can trust.
I built it because I am tired of waiting. And because the women who deserve it cannot wait any longer.
— Dr Manisha Sonawane
Founder, SisterRoam · President, Shraddha Seva Pratishthan
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