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Our custom 4X4 safari vehicles will pick you from Keekoroklodge between 0400-0530AM and drive you to the launch site, to arrive by 0600AM. Depending on the weather conditions, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea while you watch the balloons being prepared for take-off. Your pilot will give a safety briefing as well as explain what you can expect during the flight. There are basic toilet facilities available at the launch site. The balloon crew will assist as you clamber into your balloon basket for take-off just before sunrise, at about 6:30AM. As you rise the Maasai Mara plains opens up before your eyes to feast on the golden sunrise, enchanting sceneries, plains-game below as the winds gently blows the basket deeper into the reserve. The pilot is at hand pointing out at the wildlife below with plenty of photographic opportunities unfolding. Soar silently with 360 degrees of spectacular savannah lasting approximately one hour, depending on wind conditions.
Upon landing between 7:15 and 7:30 AM, observe the complete deflation of the balloon envelope as our vehicles wait for you for a short drive to your morning hearty meal.Our breakfast is set up on the picturesque savannah plains of the Mara, typically under the shade of a single balanite tree. Sit down to a full bush breakfast in the Kenyan style, complete with eggs-to-order, sausages, fresh juices, fruits, cereals and, of course, sparkling wine.During breakfast, you can also peruse the photos your pilot has taken during the flight, and decide whether you would like to purchase the photos, or any of the other merchandise on display. The finale is balloon flight certificate signed by your pilot as a memoir.After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely game drive back to your camp or lodge to arrive by around 10:30AM already reliving the memories of the morning’s flight.An option of leisurely afternoon at the Lodge or evening game drive.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Google Map)
3 Hours Before Flight Time
Our team will meet you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer you to your hotel for overnight on bed and breakfast basis.
Overnight at SarovaPanafric Hotel.
Meal Plan: Breakfast.
Enjoy an early morning breakfast at your Nairobi hotel then depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch. Check in at Keekorok Lodge and lunch follows. Our afternoon game drive in this famous reserve reveals wonders. Animals present include: Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Elephant, Buffalo, Rhino etc.
Dinner and overnight at Keekorok Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Today we enjoy an early morning game drive then return to our lodge for a full sit-down English breakfast. Alternatively we can spend the day in the park in search of predators and their prey like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe etc. We have lunch at the Mara River Picnic site. We shall also have an opportunity to see Hippo and Crocodiles found in the Mara River.
Dinner and overnight at Keekorok Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Our custom 4X4 safari vehicles will pick you from Keekoroklodge between 0400-0530AM and drive you to the launch site, to arrive by 0600AM. Depending on the weather conditions, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea while you watch the balloons being prepared for take-off. Your pilot will give a safety briefing as well as explain what you can expect during the flight. There are basic toilet facilities available at the launch site. The balloon crew will assist as you clamber into your balloon basket for take-off just before sunrise, at about 6:30AM. As you rise the Maasai Mara plains opens up before your eyes to feast on the golden sunrise, enchanting sceneries, plains-game below as the winds gently blows the basket deeper into the reserve. The pilot is at hand pointing out at the wildlife below with plenty of photographic opportunities unfolding. Soar silently with 360 degrees of spectacular savannah lasting approximately one hour, depending on wind conditions.
Upon landing between 7:15 and 7:30 AM, observe the complete deflation of the balloon envelope as our vehicles wait for you for a short drive to your morning hearty meal.Our breakfast is set up on the picturesque savannah plains of the Mara, typically under the shade of a single balanite tree. Sit down to a full bush breakfast in the Kenyan style, complete with eggs-to-order, sausages, fresh juices, fruits, cereals and, of course, sparkling wine.During breakfast, you can also peruse the photos your pilot has taken during the flight, and decide whether you would like to purchase the photos, or any of the other merchandise on display. The finale is balloon flight certificate signed by your pilot as a memoir.After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely game drive back to your camp or lodge to arrive by around 10:30AM already reliving the memories of the morning’s flight.An option of leisurely afternoon at the Lodge or evening game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Keekorok Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
After breakfast, we depart our Lodge for Nairobi, enjoying en route game viewing. Optional shopping tour along the way.Lunch at Narok town. Arrive in Nairobi in the midafternoon, transfer to the Airport for your flight home.
