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ADVENTURE

Australians and Finns joined us in slowly towards the ground. We were
our balloon, which including our pilot advised to bend our knees to cushion
made a total of fourteen people on the impact of landing but this was
board. hardly necessary as the basket gently
kissed the earth about a kilometer
Mark explained that control of the from our launch site. The support
balloon is limited to vertical motion, crew in the back up vehicles had
while the horizontal motion is tracked our progress throughout our
governed by the direction of the wind. flight and arrived within seconds of
Consequently, with safety paramount, our landing. A champagne breakfast
balloon flights are conducted only in was quickly set up and we shared
favourable weather conditions. a celebratory drink with our fellow
passengers.
We drifted serenely over the reserve
and spotted a herd of elephant in the Mark handed out certificates to each
distance as well as wildebeest and of us, commemorating our gravity
impala. A crocodile could be seen defying flight and also recited the
on the banks of the lake waiting for balloonist’s prayer. “May the winds
the sun to provide enough warmth to welcome you with softness. May the
re-energise its cold-blooded body. We sun bless you with its warm hands.
watched the other balloon with the May you fly so high and so well that
Americans on board, rise above the God joins you in laughter, and sets
surrounding hills and then descend you gently back into the loving arms
lower to no doubt enable a closer of Mother Earth.”
view of the elephant herd. From our
height we could see many animal All of us were then transported back
trails leading off in all directions and to our respective lodges, having
also many of the surrounding hills enjoyed a unique and quite amazing
that were formed by volcanic action experience. Mankwe Gametrackers
in prehistoric times. has been conducting balloon flights
over the Pilanesberg for 29 years
After more than an hour of calmly and have an excellent safety record
floating above all that we surveyed, catering for the adventurous at
Mark allowed the balloon to descend heart.

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