The adventure begins just before dawn. Departure is from a perfect natural launch site behind Little Governors’ Camp, and flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft. The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies as the hot air balloon fills, then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-coloured canopy, you’re off for a game-viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. What amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness: the silence as you float above the plains, the forest and the rivers of the Masai Mara. Even if you’ve flown elsewhere, this is a unique experience. The flight lasts an hour or so, drifting wherever the air currents take you, and with ample opportunities for photography and video filming. Then your Kenyan Hot Air 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, cooked wherever you land. The Balloon Safari ends with some leisurely game viewing on the way back to Camp.
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Hot Air Balloon Gallery
Here is a selection of photos of our Hot Air Balloon Safaris over the Riverine Forests, Mara River and Plains of the Masai Mara.
Hot Air Ballooning Fact File
Balloon flights often get booked up in advance, so we recommend you book early. All balloon flights begin soon after dawn which gives wonderful views over the Plains and forest of the Masai Mara as the sun lights up the grasslands. All flights take off from Little Governors’ Camp.