Best Walking Safaris in the Serengeti
by Extraordinary Journeys
Wayo Walking Safaris, Serengeti National Park
Normally, game viewing in Serengeti National Park means 4x4ing along well-worn, authorized tracks. On a private walking safari with Wayo Africa, you’ll hike from camp to camp through designated “wilderness” and “rhino protection zones”—vast, untouched tracts of the Serengeti few others are permitted to visit. There are no trails or commercial roads, nor permanent accommodations along this route. Each day, your lightweight eco-camp is packed and transported to the next scenic location. You’ll walk eight to 10 gentle miles with an experienced, knowledgeable guide and an armed ranger, bearing only the weight of your day pack. Any fascination, from paw prints to petals, is an excuse to stop. You’ll rendez vous later at a fully assembled camp—usually by noon—greeted with lunch and warmed shower water. Although your fly camp won’t serve crème brûlée in crystal dishes, delicious meals are served in three courses and you’ll slumber atop four-inch mattresses, hugged by pressed cotton linens. Creature comforts aside, a Wayo Walking Safari’s remote environs place you among the Serengeti’s generous populations of resident game not limited to lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, giraffe, and zebra. During the Great Migration, camp locations become malleable, relocating to intersect with columns of wildebeest. All Wayo walking safaris are private, and tailor made. Trips can be long (~8 nights) or short, easy or challenging.