At 5am the Masai Mara is completely still. Then the balloon begins to fill, the burners ignite, and you rise silently above the grass as the sun crests the horizon behind you. For one hour you drift over the plains at the speed of the wind. Below you, elephant families move in single file through the red oat grass.
Wildebeest herds shift like a slow tide across the valley. Lions are visible in the open: all of it spread out beneath you in a way a game drive vehicle can never show you. When you land on the open savannah, a white-linen breakfast has been laid out on trestle tables: champagne, fresh fruit, eggs, coffee, the whole thing. Your pilot presents you with a certificate of flight. It is the kind of morning you describe for years. The balloon operates daily from inside the Masai Mara and can be added to any multi-day safari package we offer.
