BALLOON
SAFARIS
At 5:00 am,
Serengeti Balloon Safaris will collect you from your central or Western
Corridor lodge or camp,
and transfer
you to their launch site. Here you will meet your pilot, receive a
briefing and watch the inflation
of your
balloon.
At dawn you
take off, rising as the sun rises and float in whichever direction the winds of
the morning take you.
Your pilot can
precisely control the altitude of your balloon: sometimes flying at treetop
height, sometimes lower,
offering a
unique perspective and great photographic opportunities of the wildlife below. At other times he will
ascend to 1000'
or more to see the enormity and wonderful panorama of the Serengeti. From time
to time the
pilot must put
more heat into the balloon with the powerful burners. In between these burns,
there is silence apart
from the
natural sounds below. The flight is for
about one hour depending on conditions, on landing you celebrate
in the
traditional manner with an excellent sparkling wine, before sitting down to a
full English breakfast prepared
and served in
the bush in 'Out of Africa' style. After
breakfast you receive your Serengeti Balloon certificate and
drive to
Seronera Lodge arriving by 9.30am ready to continue with your day’s activities.
