Balloon Safari in Masai Mara begins just before dawn. The pilot lights up the banners and as the flames flare and the balloon begins to inflate. The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the balloon fills then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow coloured canopy, you’re off for an awesome game-viewing adventure.
For an hour or so you drift wherever the air currents take you. If you’re lucky you’ll climb high above for the view of a lifetime. Then your balloon safari finishes with a flourish. In the time honoured tradition of balloon flights the world over, you toast your return to earth with a champagne breakfast. The difference is that this breakfast happens in the bush, wherever you land, and it’s cooked as you see with the burners that minutes before kept you suspended in the air.
Passengers should be able to climb in and out of a basket and stand for the duration of the flight. Warm clothing is required for early mornings. Flights last an average of 1 hour over the Masai Mara. Balloon flights often get booked up in advance, we recommend you book early. Available most of the year round but subject to prevailing weather conditions. All balloon flights begin soon after dawn, it means an early start.