Hot Air Balloon Rides
Add an exciting hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti to your safari! A 1-hour balloon ride with champagne breakfast is $480/person. Serengeti Balloon Safaris commenced operations in 1989 and have been flying daily ever since. Starting initially with one eight passenger balloon, one pilot, eight ground crew and two ...
Read Full Description- Destination:
- Tanzania
- Trip Length:
- 1 day
- Price Range:
- From $0 to $2000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- Any time.
- Recommended for:
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Infants (under 2)
Children (2 - 5)
Children (6 - 8)
Children (9 - 11)
Children (12 - 14)
Children (15 - 17)
Adults (18 - 20)
Adults (25 - 29)
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Summer Vacation
Detailed Trip Description
Add an exciting hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti to your safari! A 1-hour balloon ride with champagne breakfast is $480/person. Serengeti Balloon Safaris commenced operations in 1989 and have been flying daily ever since. Starting initially with one eight passenger balloon, one pilot, eight ground crew and two landrovers. We now have three balloons (16 & 12 passenger), three pilots, six landrovers and employ more than thirty ground and support staff. Serengeti Balloon Safaris is registered with the Civil Aviation Authority as a commercial airline and as such, is subject to the same rigid scrutiny by the authorities as any airline. Our pilots are licensed commercial balloon pilots and are amongst the most experienced in the world. This adventure will fit in with all safari itineraries that include a night in central Serengeti (Serena Lodge, Seronera Lodge or Sopa Lodge or any of the central Serengeti camp sites)
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Tanzania
Serengeti Balloon Safari.
Private Car Service
5:00 am, Serengeti Balloon Safaris will collect you from your central or Western Corridor lodge or camp, and transfer you to our launch site. Here you will meet your pilot, receive a briefing and watch the inflation of your balloon.
Ballooning
At dawn we take off, rising as the sun rises and float in whichever direction the winds of the morning take us. 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.
Ballooning
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 whisper burners. In between these burns, there is silence apart from the natural sounds below.
Ballooning
The flight is for about one hour depending on conditions, on landing you celebrate in the traditional manner with champagne (well, an excellent sparkling wine), before sitting down to a full English breakfast prepared and served in the bush in 'Out of Africa' style with bone china, linen table cloths, King's silver etc.
Private Car Service
After breakfast you receive your Serengeti Balloon certificate and we drive you back to Seronera Lodge game viewing enroute. 9:30 am Arrive at Seronera ready to continue your day's activities.
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