This may be the most beautiful area in the world of Africa for a balloon flight. There are no power lines, fences and few roads. Our capacity is limited making this experience a special and exclusive one. Launching as the sun rises, you gently float over the plains of the magnificent Serengeti.
This trip will have two balloon experience in Tarangire national Park and Serengeti National Park to give you quite spectacular view of Serengeti and Tarangire.
DESTINATION:
Arusha N.P, Ngorongoro N.P, Serengeti N.P
DURATION:
5 days
MEALS:
Full Board
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival in Tanzania
You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro International Airport by your safari guide and drive to Tarangire National Park for Overnight. A first stop in Arusha for briefing at the office and later proceed to your lodge inside Tarangire National Park where you will arrive in the evening. This will help you to enjoy the early morning game drive and take a first hot air balloon in the park. We advise you to book a flight that will give you a chance to land in the afternoon.
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
Today around 5am the Tarangire balloon safari driver will be waiting for pick up in the morning for balloon experience you will then continue thereafter for adventurous full day game drives. Tarangire is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks but still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience. The lakeshore at Manyara teems with birdlife, and while you are looking for the birds, you might spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions. There are a surprising number of other large mammals and the striking cliffs on the Rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. Late afternoon we make a short journey from the park to our Luxury lodge at Karatu.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park
We head towards the Serengeti National Park. En route Ngorongoro CA. there is an opportunity to visit Olduvai Gorge (optionally). It is within this steep sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s. Here in a small museum we are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch we drive into the Serengeti itself and the rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje. In December, January and February we will normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe, buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such as lion, cheetah, and leopard.
Day 4: Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Safari
Serengeti Balloon Safari is probably the most beautiful balloon flight in Africa and the ultimate Safari Experience which makes you enjoy the most beautiful migration of wildebeests through the endless plain of Serengeti. At 5:00 am, Serengeti Balloon Safaris will collect you from your central Serengeti lodge or camp, and transfer you by Land rover to our launch site near Masai 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. After breakfast, you are taken to the rendezvous point to meet with your driver guide and continue with your full day game drives.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year-round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Finally we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see: lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino and leopard (if you are lucky). The only animal you won’t see in here is a giraffe, whose long legs are unable to cope with the steeps sides of the crater. Late afternoon we travel just outside of Ngorongoro Crater area to your hotel in Arusha and drive straight to airport for your departure. We advice you book your late departure flight. If you have booked another tour with Impatiens Tours and would like to remain in Arusha for Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro our tour guide will meet you at the hotel for briefing.
