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balloon ride and roads
been reading the information on the forum but a lot of the info is from a few years ago. if you have gone to the classic tour in the last months how did you find the roads and was the balloon take off and landing very rough. we are going in late October of this year and wondered.
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The roads can be very rough. You are also going in fhe season of the ‘short rains’ so it can get muddy with big puddles of water on the roads, sometimes even floods. We experienced that one year.
Take off in ballooons smooth, landing can be a bit of a bump but nothing to worry about.
We had a 4:30 am departure to get to the balloon ride. The road was bumpy, but my granddaughter was able to sleep the entire drive. The balloon ride was smooth and the pilots were very professional. They instructed us on exactly what we needed to do. It was an amazing experience, not to be missed! We did have a little bump on the landing, but the pilot prepared us so it wasn't a surprise. And after the ride comes the champagne breakfast! Enjoy your trip!
Regarding the balloon flight, how difficult is it to enter the basket? Asking for a friend.....
I can tell you about in Tanzania. The basket is on its side divided up into sections and you launch yourself in. Our Kenya one was cancelled two days in a row because of unsuitable weather. Apparently it’s much more common to be cancelled in Kenya according to one of the pilots I talked to.
on the game drives I see it can get rough, does a pillow work to help the bouncing? Or we just have to put up with it. advise!
Put up with it, the pillow will be in the way when you stand on the seat.
The main thing is to keep your seat belts on when it gets rough. A pillow is a great idea!
They do not have seat belts
Because most of the time you will standing up on the seats
@TrippleTime - The basket lies on its side when you enter it, so you won't be climbing up into it. Rather you will be lying parallel to the ground.
Ours had seat belts in Tanzania!
British - We had brand new vehicles, only 2 weeks old when we traveled last year. So the seatbelts may be a new thing. I remember specifically that our driver stopped and asked my granddaughter to put her seat belt on when it got very bumpy.