Masai Mara Nature Reserve Morning (Hot Air Ballooning!)

This morning we were up before 5am to be up and ready by 5:30 to go hot air ballooning at sunrise! We were picked up and driven to the take-off point. They had tea, coffee, and some cookies there as they started blowing up our balloons!





Before you knew it, we were up in the air and drifting over the African plain as the sun began to rise. It was so quiet and peaceful. There weren't many animals about, but the countryside was gorgeous!





The animals we did see, seemed scared to death of us, the poor things!





Like all good things, our hot air balloon ride came to an end, and we were greeted with a champagne breakfast in the middle of the bush!





I had the bacon waffles, that's right, bacon waffles and they were delicious. After breakfast, we had another game drive on our way back to the lodge. We stopped by the Mara River where the wildebeest are expected to make their crossing in the next couple of weeks, in hopes of seeing some early arrivers, but only saw Nile crocodiles and hippos...





We then continued driving, making our way back to the camp, and saw a few more animals on the way!!!





We made it back to the camp around noon, had a leisurely lunch under the trees watching the warthogs galavanting on the manicured lawn, and then had some downtime before our next game drive this afternoon! I can't wait to see what's next, as this is one of our last drives!

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Location:Kenya