Governors' Balloon Safaris
Elephant Whispers
– The adventure begins just before dawn
Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you’re off for a wildlife viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. What amazes most first-time balloonists is the absolute stillness: the silence as you float above the plains. In the time-honored tradition of balloon flights the world over, you toast your return to earth with a champagne breakfast. The balloon safari ends with a game drive back to camp.
Elephant Whispers, just outside Hazyview, offers an elephant experience of a lifetime which will leave you with a renewed respect and admiration for these gentle giants. The elephant interaction offers you the opportunity to feel their constantly curious trunks, touch their rough skin, exchange trunk greetings and offer tasty treats. An optional elephant-back ride completes your magical elephant experience.
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Departure is from a perfect natural launch site behind Little Governors’ Camp, flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crews inflate their craft. The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies as the hot air balloon fills, then rises.
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Adrenalin and Adventure
See Africa in ways few others are able – or dare – to. Discover places that not many will see. This continent has so much to offer the intrepid adventurer with activities wild enough to get the adrenaline well and truly pumping. Hurtle across a vast salt pan on a powerful quad bike en route to your camp. Touch the trunk of a majestic elephant. Float above astonishing landscapes in a hot air balloon, and feel like you're on top of the world. Or scoot around far flung skies by helicopter on an exhilarating flight.
Kubu Island Quad Bike Expeditions
Tropic Air Helicopter Safaris
– An epic quad bike journey across salt pans to the mysterious granitic island of Kubu
– A pioneer in heli-safaris with 20 years of flying experience
Take advantage of a rare opportunity to combine three nights at Jack’s Camp, San Camp or Camp Kalahari with two nights spent sleeping under the stars among the boulders and baobabs of The Lost Island of Baobab, Botswana.
Enjoy epic helicopter journeys to corners of Africa that few have ever been to, or even heard of. Tropic Air specializes in getting off the beaten track in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, the Congo and Namibia.
After arriving by quad bike, admire the crescent-shaped island’s terraced slopes. Walk beaches fringed with wave-rounded pebbles and fossils, evidence of the prehistoric lake’s former water levels. Explore the island's rock formation crowned with an array of ancient, gnarled baobab trees, and surrounded on three sides by a stunning grey emptiness. Kubu has a rare atmosphere and is one of the most beautiful spots in Botswana.
Tailor-made safaris cover wild and spectacular mountains, valleys, forests and deserts, with a focus on "remote and unknown, unexplored and unforgettable". They always follow incredibly scenic routes, with the freedom to touch down wherever possible. Experience true adventure, guided by outstanding personalities who make the trips even more fascinating.
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