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OUT OF AFRICA BREAKFAST
Imagine sitting at
a table under the shade of a classic umbrella tree on the Serengeti
Plains.
The table is laid with bone china and King’s silver cutlery.
Fresh tropical
fruits, warm freshly baked bread and English traditional breakfast of
bacon, sausage, eggs, mushroom, tomato are all served by stewards in
customary Swahili dress.
In the distance
the heat shimmers. Superb starlings chatter in the nearby tree. In
ironic role reversal, it’s now the animals, keeping at a safe distance,
that are watching you eat! You sigh and think, yes “I could get
accustomed to this”.
Cost: ~$475 per
person
Itinerary
5:00 am, We will
collect you from your central Serengeti lodge or camp, and transfer you by
Landrover to our launch site near Maasai Kopjes. Here you will meet your
pilot, receive a briefing and watch the inflation of your balloon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
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)
As there are only
two balloons in the whole of Tanzania, it is advisable to book your
balloon flight in advance
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