For something utterly special and completely unique, plan a beautiful balloon flight – the ultimate safari experience.
At 5:30 in the morning you’re collected from your lodge or camp and transfered to the launch site at Singita Grumeti Reserves. Here you meet your pilot, receive a briefing and watch in eager anticipation as the balloon is inflated. At dawn, the balloon takes off, rising as the sun is coming up and floating in whichever direction the winds of the morning are moving.
The pilot can precisely control the altitude of the balloon – sometimes at treetop height, sometimes lower, offering a unique perspective and great photographic opportunities of the wildlife below. At other times the pilot will ascend to 1000 feet or more in order to view the enormity and wonderful panorama of Singita Grumeti Reserves. From time to time he may put more heat into the balloon with the powerful whisper burners. In between these burns there is absolute silence…apart from the natural sounds of the Serengeti landscape.
Plan for the flight lasting about an hour, depending on the conditions of the day. You’re back at camp by 8:30, famished and ready for a lavish breakfast spread…and the start of the day’s activities. (That might include a nice, long morning nap.)
(Photos by Frank Louw, chef at Singita Sasakwa Lodge.)
Minimum of 4 passengers; the on-site balloon can carry a maximum of 8 passengers. Balloons carrying 12 and 16 passengers are available with prior notice.
For more information about balloon safaris at Singita Grumeti Reserves, please contact our Reservations department at reservations@singita.com
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