Wayo Africa

The first look of the new Wayo Manyara Green Camp. To say we are pleased would be an understatement.

Locally handcrafted with every part of this build being designed by our in-house team. Reclaimed wood from our retired camp. Nothing imported - only celebrating the beauty of Tanzania and its truly skilled people.

Wayo Manyara Green Camp is nestled deep inside Manyara National Park in Tanzania. It redefines Manyara as an experience offering waterfalls within the camp with visiting elephants in the dry seasons, canoe safaris nearby, night game drives, lake shore walks, rift valley hikes. It makes a perfect first safari stop enroute to Ngorongoro and Serengeti in the Northern Tanzania circuit.

To book this camp you can request it through any reputable safari operator local or international. You can also come to us directly if you don’t have a preferred safari company already via [email protected].

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Our neighbours at Wayo Serengeti Green Camp this morning! Beautiful sunrise with our guests in the balloons overhead! 🥰

Join us at ITB in Berlin! We would love to meet like-minded, escape from the crowds safari agents. Please drop me an email on [email protected] to schedule a time.

Remote stillness. No cars. No camps. Just you at Wayo Trekking Camp.

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like for those first safari guests camping in the Serengeti for the first time? You don’t need to wonder - we can show you.

We reach out to the areas which aren’t in the main tourist zones. Away from roads and away from the other camps. At night, the only lights you can see are the sweeping galaxies overhead.

Trekking camp is designed to provide an escape with feet on the ground. It is a private experience, exclusive to your group only, so if you want to walk two hours a day and spend the rest of the time relaxing in camp then you can. If you want to trek for 6 hours to a new site in the Serengeti and the crew moves the camp then we can.

Our agenda is about you and about sharing this incredibly, wild experience - nothing else.

You won’t find Wayo Trekking Camp on any public online availability charts - agents and clients can only book this through our experienced team. For a bespoke quote, please contact [email protected].

Minimum number of nights is 2 and we can run this experience for anywhere up to 14 days in the bush. We can also add this onto an existing itinerary for those wanting to add a little more wild to a safari experience.

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SPOT THE CROC!

Flashback to the month of October. It was late in the afternoon and we wanted to catch the river before we left the Northern part of the Serengeti. We set off from Wayo Serengeti Green Camp and headed along the stretch of the Mara River - waters glinting in the lowering sun.

So many crossings suddenly happened in such a small space of time. This crossing was one of three within an hour of driving along the banks. The water turned from calm to boiling in seconds as the herds crashed through; thrilling but also obviously had a nasty turn for one. The balance of the Serengeti’s ecosystem and its demands between the famine and the feast for these animals, is stark and humbling.

The dream team, fist on site and getting ready for a few weeks of building camp in a new location!

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Our stunning, locally-handcrafted Wayo Serengeti Green Camp.

Having run a busy season we are finally drawing breath to be able to capture some stunning images for you of this incredibly special camp.

So much energy, thought, time and cultural consideration went into this product from so many people across our team and we are incredibly grateful to everyone for their time and effort. The results have been outstanding and the guest feedback; even better!

Wayo Serengeti Green Camp works with our Stay 5/Pay 4 offer in partnership with Wayo Manyara Green Camp and Wayo Walking Camp. You can stay in any of these camps for 5 nights and get one of your nights for free!

Touch base with us for more information!

The regular visitors at Wayo Manyara Green Camp this evening - herds of beautiful elephants drinking at the falls in camp.

Described by experienced safari-goers as one of the best bush camps in Africa, this little camp really blows experience out of the water. Canoeing, night game drives, walks, waterfalls and elephants at sundowners.

It holds a special place in our hearts at Wayo Africa and now the hearts of so many of our wonderful returning guests!

MORE NEWS…
WAYO WALKING CAMP HAS HAD A LITTLE LIFT!!
(We’ve been busy over here at Wayo HQ!)

Our Walking Camp very much sits at the heart of what makes Wayo Africa special.

It focusses on being on the ground and in the heart of the wild. Game drives are only possible when camp is located in Central Serengeti in the quieter months. We don't game drive from this camp during high-season; it's walking safaris only. This allows you to retreat away from other tourists in an otherwise busy landscape and to be calmly within nature, away from game drive tracks and vehicles.

New for this season is a stunning large stretch-tent mess areas with quirky and innovative touches to bring the outside, inside. Our camp still benefits from our six immersive star-tents which allows you to take in all the sights and the sounds of the Serengeti during your stay. These have also had an understated interiors lift to make the new level of comfort from Serengeti Green Camp continue to run through the Wayo Walking camp experience, but not to retract away from the beautiful simplicity of this small intimate camp.

[email protected]

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OUR NEW SERENGETI GREEN CAMP - OPENS JUNE!…but it’s a camp with a twist…

We have been dreaming about this new camp for many years. We wanted to present a concept which can demonstrate our true commitment to sustainable tourism; crafted carefully and respectfully presented.

We decided to challenge ourselves to build all guest rooms and mess areas solely in Tanzania, using local Tanzanian trades and making sure that the investment and celebration of skills starts and finishes in our wonderful country. Coming to the end of this project, we are delighted that we have been able to fulfil our commitment.

Interiors have been carefully sourced with help of anthropologists and fresh-to-the-field designers; celebrating cultural groups and encouraging the development of local craftsmanship whilst bringing an innovative interior flair and high-level of comfort.

Our new Wayo Serengeti Green Camp features our newly designed tents sewn by local teams located on the boundary of Arusha National Park. The offering further extends our mesh-sides to be 180 degrees creating a picture-window frontage and taking the inside-outside experience to another level. Encased in a beautiful stretch canvas overhead, tents sensitively blend into the landscape whilst also providing shade and privacy. There remains an ensuite bathroom which is now enclosed and covered with low-flush toilets and bucket showers.

The guest experience is focussed around immersing guests in both the feeling of being in the wilds of the parks whilst also appreciating the local craftsmanship. Bed panels made from banana leaves in Mto Wa Mbu - local to our activity centre. Maasai belted cushions, Chagga cup chandeliers, and countless other celebrations. Each sensitively placed to incite interest and provide exceptional comfort.

Safe to say…we’re pretty pleased! But watch this space…this camp has even more up its sleeve!

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Delighted to be with the team at Indaba! So great to have such a travel buzz!

The Wilderness Wayo guides on a road trip to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana to do cross country guide training and exposure! Huge excitement to experience some camps and parks!

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Well done to all the Wilderness Wayo guides who passed the 10-day Wilderness First Responders course. Thanks to the great instructors! During this low season every safari guide, activity guide and camp manager in this team will attend this intensive first aid training course. This will make our guides some of the best first aid qualified guides in Africa!

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Thanks to and for this great gift! Proud to be a Swarovski ambassador!

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Investing in our next generation of Wayo Africa Guides!

These guys are our newest, greenest and keenest! They have two dedicated guide trainers and their mentor and activity leader to lead them through this exciting process.

While this team prepare themselves to start guiding safari activities, our experienced activity guides are starting to shadow our experienced guides on safaris to begin to take their next step in their careers.

Seeing all these teams and their enthusiasm is a huge part of why we do what we do and goes hand-in-hand with the fantastic feedback from the guiding on safaris for so many years.

These wonderful people are our magic ingredient!!



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Our Wayo Walking Camp with our bespoke star tents remotely nestled in Kusini surrounded by Migration!

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Open Jimny game viewer fun on the short grass plains as the migration moves in and the calves start to drop.

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The Wilderness Wayo dream team! Old and new but 100% for positive tourism, conservation and the wonderful people of this amazing country!

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Three wins for Wayo Africa] at the amazing Tanzania National Parks] awards ceremony! Best walking operator, best canopy tour and best canoeing operator!

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Wayo Africa Manyara Green Camp never fail to deliver!

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Wayo guests enjoying lilted skies as dawn breaks over the Serengeti drifting over herds of wildebeest in a hot air balloon. We strongly support as one of our long-standing partners. Some experiences are just a non-negotiable and this is one of them!

Just arrived at Manyara Green Camp with herds of Ellies in the waterfalls. Such a special place!! 🥰. .tz

To be walking with the migration for 14-days. Blissful,
Soul enriching escape from the everyday chaos around us! Balance and re-alignment of the soul!

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Enjoying a few days trekking in the Southern Serengeti. Afternoon thundershowers are keeping it green and the animals happy. The green season is a great time to be in the parks. The migration is on the short grass plains. Thousands of baby wildebeest and predators on every rock!

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There are some big priorities that we had to decide on for 2021 and 2022 following COVID. Guide training was at the top!

A well-trained guide not only creates the magic for a safari but training empowers people through knowledge and ensures protection of these beautiful regions for the future.

WAYO guides and TANAPA Rangers spent 3 weeks on joint bush walking trainings at our walking camp in Olbaye, in Kusini and in Tarangire NP. The best way to work together, is to train together! 

Safari vehicles can only take you so far! To see the rest you need some Wayo adventure!!

We have a new booking portal for our activities where you can book and pay online. Whether it’s mountain biking in Arusha, the treetop walkway in Manyara or tuk tuk tours through local villages - there are over 20 activities to choose from. Touch the earth and re-connect!

To book online go to Wayoafrica.com and then choose activities from the menu. You can also email us on [email protected].

Karibu sana!

Our camps are light and quiet which means we are usually surrounded by a host of wildlife 90% of the time with exceptional game viewing on our doorstep. Without generators and excessive use of water, the camp sits sensitively and respectfully in this beautiful part of the world. Our walking camp seen here (with the option of rolling away the fly sheet to reveal a fully-mesh sides and roof) is set deep in very remote areas of the Serengeti. Wayo Africa camp experiences are peaceful and about reconnecting to the true African experience whilst enjoying time together around the camp fire.

We have an ethos of: everything you want and nothing you don’t! Come see for yourself!



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And more training! This time on the green short grass plains of the Southern Serengeti. walking rangers and walking guides training together to ensure this very unique activity remains one of the best walking experiences in the world! The entire migration is starting to move into the Southern Serengeti! If you would like to be in one of the most remote and safest corners of the planet book a last minute Serengeti walking safari with us!

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Another success full Wayo Africa Youth Conservation day! joined Wayo guides for a day in the Lake Duluti Forest Reserve where we learned about protecting our planet. We also paid a bit of Earth tax and picked up taka taka in and around the area!

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