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Why Wayfare
Small on purpose. Local by design.
We keep groups small and guides local, so you spend your days in the place itself instead of in a queue, a coach or a gift shop.
4.9
from 1,240 traveler reviews
Planning trips since
2011
Travelers per departure
12 max
Guides who live locally
100%
Countries we know by heart
8
Average group size
9
Support while you travel
24/7
Every trip is scouted by our own team before it goes on sale.
Destinations
Eight places we know by heart
Trips
Find a trip that fits
Filter by destination or travel style. Every price includes guides, stays, transport and most meals.
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Ways to travel
Five kinds of trip, one way of running them
How it works
From a rough idea to a packed bag in three steps
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Tell us where and when
Pick a departure, or send a rough idea and a budget. A trip designer who has been there replies within one working day.
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We plan it with you
You get a day-by-day route and one fixed price. Change anything you like. A 20 percent deposit holds your place.
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Travel with a local leader
Meet your leader at the first hotel. Transport, tickets and tables are handled, and our team is on call day and night.
“Six of us in the vehicle, a window each, and a guide who spotted a leopard from 400 meters. I have stopped recommending anyone else.”
Arjun Mehta, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari
Reviews
What travelers say when they get home
We never touched a suitcase or a bus timetable. Our leader Giulia knew every cafe owner on the coast by name.
Hannah Whitfield
Amalfi Coast by Foot and Ferry
The guides read the weather better than any app. We reached the towers on the one clear morning of the week.
Marcus Bell
Patagonia W Trek
I am 71 and traveled alone. By day two I had eleven friends and a standing dinner table.
Dorothy Kane
Kyoto to Tokyo
Six of us in the vehicle, a window each, and a guide who spotted a leopard from 400 meters.
Arjun Mehta
Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari
The day sail was the best day of our year. Small boat, empty coves, lunch cooked on board.
Sofia Brandt
Cyclades Island Hopping
I have done food tours before. This was the first where we met the families, not just their products.
Robert Hale
Tuscany Table
Two nights in the dunes was the right call. The second sunrise, with nobody else around, was the one.
Layla Osei
Morocco: Marrakech, Atlas and the Sahara
They had our permits locked in eight months out. Friends who booked elsewhere missed out entirely.
Daniel Reyes
Peru: Inca Trail
Always included
One price, nothing to add up later
A local leader
With you from the first hotel to the last airport run.
Stays with character
Family-run hotels, riads, ryokans and tented camps.
All ground transport
Trains, ferries, vehicles and transfers, booked and paid.
Most meals
Breakfast daily and the dinners worth sitting down for.
Journal
Notes from the road
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Planning
5 min read
Small-group tour or tailor-made trip: how to choose
Both get you a great trip. The right one depends on how you like to spend your evenings.
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Destinations
6 min read
The best time to visit Japan, month by month
Cherry blossom gets the headlines, but November might be the better trip. A guide to every season.
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On the road
4 min read
What a safari day actually looks like
Up before the sun, asleep by nine. The daily rhythm of the Serengeti, hour by hour.
Questions
Good to know before you book
Something else on your mind? A real person answers every message, usually the same day.
