Garima Bakshi, known for her YouTube channel ‘Wandering With Paint’, has sparked a new wave of inspiration among young Indian women through her fearless solo travels and beautiful watercolour art.
Her YouTube channel and Instagram are filled with real stories, hitchhiking in Africa, painting sunsets in Armenia, and connecting with tribal communities most tourists never see. Garima’s journey is not about luxury travel, but about discovery, grit, and sharing India’s solo female travel dream with the world.
Garima grew up in Haryana, far from big city privilege. Her travel story started in 2018 with a passion for painting landscapes and a curiosity for new cultures.
She boldly set out alone, often with nothing but a backpack, a camera, and her paint set, to places where few Indian women have ventured solo.
From the start, she documented not just destinations, but her own struggles, close calls, and the kindness she found in strangers across borders.
Her early journeys took her across East Africa, Tanzania to South Sudan and other lesser-travelled countries, where she survived on a shoestring budget and public transport, hitchhiked, and showed Indian viewers a world beyond guidebooks. Viewers quickly noticed her raw honesty, humility, and storytelling skill.
Unlike perfectly edited travel influencers, Garima’s vlogs stay real. She openly discusses fears, language challenges, visa headaches, and even dangerous moments, all while creating live watercolour art on the go.
Her YouTube channel boasts over 600,000 subscribers, and her Instagram page has over 200,000 followers, featuring street scenes, tribal crafts, and market adventures.
Her Africa series, for example, captured months of travel through Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, and Ethiopia, mixing history, daily life, and survival lessons into every video.
Garima’s work has motivated countless young women (and men) to dream bigger, trust themselves, and believe in solo travel’s power, even if you start with little money and zero connections.
Still in her twenties, Garima supports her travels through YouTube ads, brand tie-ups, art commissions, and donations from fans. She shares exactly how much she earns, how she finds cheap tickets, and why it’s worth braving discomfort for new experiences.
Interviews and Instagram Q&As show her turning her love for art into a grown-up business, teaching workshops, and selling travel-inspired paintings worldwide.
She remains single by choice, fiercely protecting her independence and privacy while letting viewers see the real day-to-day life abroad, from border mishaps to festival nights and moments of loneliness.
Wandering With Paint is much more than a vlog; it’s a movement. Garima Bakshi’s journey is helping redefine what Indian women can do, proving you do not need to travel in a group, be rich, or look a certain way to live out an adventure.
Her fearless honesty, art, and dedication are showing a new generation that every corner of the world is within reach. For those who still doubt if solo travel is possible for Indian girls, Garima’s journey stands as living proof.
