Currently, the
Serengeti National Park and
Selous
Game Reserve have hot air
balloon safaris.
Especially during the months of the
Great
Serengeti Migration, this is often the highlight of
visitors' trips to Tanzania. The journey takes
a little over an
hour and sets off
before
dawn,
flying low over the plains as the
sun comes up and turns the
grasslands from blue
to gold. After landing, guests have a champain,
breakfast
complete with cystal glasses and white linen table cloth
in the middle of the
African bush, as
zebras
and
antilopes graze nearby. Although expensive,
the
experience is
well-worth the
treat. Advance booking is advisable as demand for the ride is high.