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Right now, over the Mara
Mara local time --:---1.49°S · 35.14°E

5:47 AM·The Maasai Mara·0 ft

Above the Mara,every morningbegins with silence.

Karibu.

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-1.49°S · 35.14°ELive17°CPartly cloudyWind9 km/hVisibility26 kmHumidity69%

Lift off.

One hour, no engine. The burner breathes, the ground lets go, and the horizon doubles in size.

Horizon begins
Hot air balloon inflating at dawn over the Maasai Mara
200 ft · 60 sec

800 ft · 03 / 06

Three horizons. One sky.

Pick your character of flight. Each zone is a different Mara — remote, iconic, or dramatic — and each dawn belongs only to the day it happens.

Mara North
00 / 03Remote

Mara North

Land kept wild by the people who live on it.

  • Lease income to 800+ Maasai landowners through every flight
  • Limited operators and bed nights — fewer balloons aloft per dawn
  • Champagne breakfast on landing, signed flight certificate
Lift off
06:15
Flight
60m
From
$439
Mara Game Reserve
01 / 03Iconic

Mara Game Reserve

The Mara from the height the river chose.

Mara Triangle
02 / 03Dramatic

Mara Triangle

The west you barely see at ground level.

  • Direct contribution to a non-profit anti-poaching budget
  • The Siria Escarpment — terrain, not luck — defines the horizon
  • Lower visitor density than the central reserve
Lift off
06:15
Flight
60m
From
$439

1,200 ft

04 / 06

— Guest dispatch

"I have no language for what the silence at altitude does to you. Three months later, I still wake at 5:47 and think of the Mara."
Sophie P. · Paris, France

The silence is the thing.

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Peak · 05 / 06

Reserve your dawn.

Direct bookings, no intermediaries. Confirmation in under a minute.

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Free cancellation up to 48h

No deposit required

Begin booking
Three steps · No account
  1. 01

    Flight zone

    Mara NorthMara Game ReserveMara Triangle
  2. 02

    Preferred date

  3. 03

    Guests

From / per person$439

06 / 06 · Return

Descent

Back to the plains. Champagne in the grass, eggs over an open fire, four-wheel drive home.

Mara local time

06:47

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Karibu. Above the Mara.

The Maasai Mara · -1.49°S · 35.14°E

Karibu. Above the Mara.

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  • National Geographic
  • The Telegraph
  • Financial Times

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