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Masai Mara and Amboseli, Kenya Balloon Safari
The adventure begins just before dawn. Flames from the balloon burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft.
The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the balloon fills then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you are off for a game-viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. The thing that 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.
And if you've flown elsewhere, you've seen nothing like this. The sounds below drift clearly upwards; a lions roar, elephants crashing through the bush, baboons perched in the tips of the trees startled and screeching to see something above them.
The Balloon flight lasts approximately one hour, at touch down time there is a celebration, champagne is served, as hot breakfast in the bush is being prepared before your eyes on the burners that minutes before, kept you suspended in the air. You are issued with a certificate of completion to display in your home country, to family, friends, coworkers. Clapping and participation by everyone present makes you proud to have achieved a wonderful safari.
Afterwards you drive back the way you came back to your lodge, enjoying game viewing, probably the same animals you saw while airborne.
Balloon safari can also be done in Amboseli National Park.
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