The Manyara Valley Culture Camp is a non-profit making organisation which, after paying out its overheads including maintaining the quality of the camp, donates a large part of its profit to projects that are designed to help local communities. Only Tanzanians work at the camp. The camp is owned by two Europeans who do not take a salary. This is their way of thanking Africa for having shown them much hospitality and friendliness since they began their African travels in the 1970s.