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SERENGETI BALLOON SAFARI
Hot air ballooning over the vast Serengeti plains is the ultimate game viewing experience.
Arrive at your launch site before dawn, take off as the sun rises over the hills. Your journey gives you a bird’s eye view of the wildlife as you look for leopard in the branches of an acacia tree. After your forty to sixty minute ride, you are met by the ground crew for the traditional “champagne toast” followed by a magnificent breakfast, cooked and served on the Serengeti.
Available on request and at extra cost on certain safaris in the Serengeti.. Enquire.
special Interest Tours
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
Lying only 3 degrees south of the Equator and at an altitude of 5895 meters above sea level. "As wide as all the world, great, high and unbelievable white in the sun, was square top of Mt. Kilimanjaro", so wrote Ernest Hemingway.
Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, the highest free standing mountain in the world, and one of the largest volcanoes ever to burst through the earth’s crusts. The base of this immense mountain measure 50 x 80 km and the outstanding features are the three major volcanic centers, Shira in the west (4260 m), Mawenzi in the East (5260 m) and the snow capped Kibo is the middle (5895 m).
Apart from its dramatic geological features and the beautiful montane vegetation, Mount Kilimanjaro is also notable for its bird life, which is plentiful in the rich forest zone. There is also a wide array of butterflies, moths and other insects. The mountain can be climbed anytime of the year although it is often wet in the forest during the rainy season in April and May. The best period is from August to November.
Chimpanzee Trail
There are over 1000 Chimpanzees in Mahale and the ‘Mimikere’ community of about 70 individuals live in the territory surrounding our camp. This group has been studied by members of Kyoto University of Japan since 1965 and as a result the Chimpanzees are accustomed to the presence of humans. This makes any encounter both unforgettable as well as exhilarating.
Big Game fishing
Big Game Fishing & Diving on Mafia Island
Only 40 minutes south of Dar es Salaam, is one of the most exiting big game fishing and diving locations in the world.
The virtually unfinnished waters of the island, abound with a rich variety of fish of tremendous size and weight, many of them being great fighters. Catches include marlin, sailfish, shark, tunny, kingfish, barracuda, rock cod, dolphin, horse mackerel, wahoo five fingered jack and fimbo. The main fishing season is from September to March, although fishing is possible all year round, inside the reef and channel.