Serengeti National Park Hot Air Balloon

Serengeti National Park hot air balloon is one of the most fascinating experiences that you can ever have in the Park. Just imagine floating over the Serengeti Plains skimming treetops in oblique silence whilst watching wildlife below, coupled by stunning sunrise views after which you have breakfast under a tree in the wilderness.

What is a hot air balloon safari? A hot air balloon safari is an activity that involves tourists floating over the savannah plains with a bird’s eye view of the wildlife beneath. A Serengeti National Park hot air balloon safari is one of the various activities in the Park that you may take on while on a Serengeti wildlife safari.

Serengeti national Park hot air balloon safaris location

Hot air balloon safaris in the Park have about four launch sites within the magnificent the park. the locations for the hot air balloon Serengeti safaris include one throughout the year close to the Seronera area, with others in the Ndutu area from December 25^th to March 15^th, in the western corridor from June to October and in the northern Serengeti from July to October.

Serengeti National Park hot air balloon Experience

A Serengeti National Park hot air balloon experience typically has you waking up early and being transferred to the launch area for the hot air balloon safari experience in the Serengeti, with an opportunity to spot nocturnal animals in the Park during the transfer. You get to rise as the sun rises and float in the savannah plains of the Park with early morning winds blowing at your face, fresh and clean. Your pilot for the Serengeti National Park hot air balloon is able to adequately control the altitude of your balloon from treetop heights to even sometimes lower heights giving you a unique opportunity for photography of the wildlife. A Serengeti hot air balloon safari gives you a bird’s eye view of the park, and an opportunity to see the wildlife from above the ground. After about one hour, you shall complete your Park hot air balloon experience with a full English breakfast in the wilderness.

The pick-up time from the Seronera Area is about 5:30am, while other areas maybe as early as 4am. Travellers are reminded to carry warm clothing for the mornings can be quite cold.

A single hot air balloon in the Park Tanzania allows a maximum of 16 people only, with a minimum age of 7 years and no age limit for as long as one has good mobility, can hold on or grip with two hands especially during take-off and landing.

Serengeti National Park hot air balloon ride price

A Serengeti hot air balloon ride costs USD599 only, per person per ride, a price which includes the TANAPA ballooning fee of about USD40. Inclusive of this price is a pick up from your lodge of stay, a hot air balloon Serengeti ride, as well as a champagne breakfast upon landing in the wilderness.

Serengeti National Park hot air balloon and the Great wildebeest Migration

Watching the Park migration while on the hot air balloon Serengeti safari is one of the most fascinating experiences you can ever have. To have the best odds for watching the Great wildebeest migration with over 1 million wildebeests and zebras and gazelles over a hot air balloon safari, do endeavour to book for a Serengeti hot air balloon safari in the Ndutu area, as well as the other regions of the Park but be reminded that the herd of the wildebeest migration is very mobile and can only be in a single place for a few moments if not a few days.

What happens when the weather is poor?

When the weather is not conducive for a Serengeti national Park hot air balloon safari, a ballooning safari is cancelled with a possibility of rebooking you into another later flight, or refunded if it cannot fit into your travel plans.

Other activities in Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti National Park hot air balloon safari is not the only activity that one can do in Serengeti National Park. Other activities in the Park that you can do include game drives in Serengeti National Park, bird watching, and so much more. Game drives in Serengeti Park are the most amazing, as well as hot air balloon Serengeti Tanzania safaris.

Looking to book a Serengeti safari? Take time to include a Serengeti hot air balloon safari on your much anticipated Tanzania safari and experience one of the most fascinating safari experiences. Get in touch with a reputable tour operator for an opportunity to visit the Serengeti and get to enjoy Serengeti Park hot air balloon safari experiences.