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All other places described here have fixed sites. There are other Kenya safari options which involve moving from one campsite to another. These are typically up-market Kenya private safari offered by well-known safari guides and small safari companies. There are also more modest alternatives which involve a greater degree of "roughing it".

In Kenya safari, you can travel on foot, by four -wheel drive vehicle, on camels, on horses, by ox wagon, by air... These Kenya safari can be focused on Kenya wildlife tours, bird watching tour, bird shooting tour, fishing trips, Kenya photography safari, mountain climbing adventures, and anthropology. Check with your Kenyan safari travel agents for more details.

Hot air balloon safari-Kenya

Early morning hot air balloon trips take off from several places in the masai Mara Kenya (including little governor's camp, Mara Serena lodge, Mara safari club, fig tree camp, and masai mara sopa lodge). Transportation can be arranged to take you from other lodges and camps to the nearest balloon launching site. These trips are extremely popular and very pricey about USD 400 per person, including breakfast).

Kenya's masai mara has become one of the busiest hot air ballooning centres in the world. While out on early morning game drives in the mara, you are bound to see one or more brightly colored ballons majestically rising at about the same time as the sun. They look so silent and romantic.

When you splurge on this unique adventure kenya safari, the excitement starts while it is still dark. Loud, bright flames roar as they heat the air filling the colorful skin of the balloon. Up to 12 passengers climb into the basket grinning in fear-tinged anticipation. While knuckles grip the basket edge. You lift up, the burners roar loud and close. You float over forests, savannah, river and game-sometimes soaring way up high, sometimes brushing branches of trees, and sometimes just skimming the tops of termite mounds.

Herds of animals scatter below you, a bull elephant with a long shadow crosses a field, there are hippo humps in the curve of the river. It is warmer than you expect-you don't feel the wind when you travel at wind speed. It is also noisier than imagined-the burst and flare from the burners punctuate the commentary of the pilot.

You land for a champagne breakfast in the bush-holding tight to the sides and ducking down as the basket tips and is dragged along the ground. The sides are well -padded and passengers inelegantly crawl out to emerge laughing. A full breakfast is cooked over the ballon burners, animals dot the scene, large hawks fly down for tidbits, and there is a sense of camaraderie, complete with your own souvenir flight certificate.

Walking, hiking and trekking-kenya Safari

Another way to experience the adventure of Kenyan bush is to put one foot in front of the other as directed by knowledgeable guides.. Usually designed to make the most of Kenya's safari spectacular scenery and wildlife, these foot(Kenya walking) safari give you the feeling of being part of the life of the bush. Very often, the hiking is combined with game drives either after a lunch in camp or when an early morning hike is designed to rendezvous with camp vehicles at a pre arranged place.

Depending on the guide or Kenya safari company you choose, you can be totally pampered in camp or you can be responsible for a certain amount of camp life, such as putting up your own tent. Typically, as with other kinds of adventure camping in Kenya wild, a new camp is set up every day, with the supplies and equipment being transported by camp staff in camp vehicles.

The pace for most walking Kenyan safari is considered suitable for hikers of average fitness. However, clients are encouraged to ride the camp vehicles for a rest day or enjoy staying in camp if the camp is to remain in one place for several days. All hikers are encouraged to have adequate medical insurance before coming to Kenya, and most companies require that a waiver form is signed before the beginning of the walking Kenya safari or trekking Kenya safari.

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