Floating Over the Serengeti on a Balloon Safari
African Safari June 12th, 2009
A new article by Charles L Harmon
Floating Over the Serengeti on a Balloon Safari
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It was still dark as the driver drove over to the farthest of the two huge balloons. We were in the Serengeti, in Tanzania Africa, venturing upon our first ride in a balloon over a small part of the Serengeti. This was a short Balloon Safari where we would have a chance to see the wild animals from a great aerial vantage point.
There were at least a half-dozen men tending to handling the big balloon while shooting hot blasts of air into it to get it to fully inflate. Laying on its side it was really huge with a large basket where we would ride once inflated. We were introduced to our captain, a young native African with a great personality. He gave us a quick class on the procedures of entering the basket and some rules to follow to insure our safety.
After about fifteen minutes we could see the huge balloon start to take shape and balloon out about half full of hot air, or maybe more. The crew kept tabs on the balloon and held it while still maneuvering heated air into its throat. A few minutes later the captain motioned for us to enter the basket, which was lying on its side. The six in our group joined with other safari goers and all sixteen of us finally lay sideways in the huge basket waiting for takeoff [...]
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