Month: December 2018

Connecting Southern Tanzania and Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit has now become a reality. Starting  from 1st June 2017, Coastal Aviation is introducing flights that will be connecting Serengeti National Park and Ruaha National Park with further connections to Selous and ultimately to Zanzibar. Whilst Coastal aviation has been very successful linking Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve, to Ruaha National Park in the Central Tanzania often referred as Southern Tanzania and back to Dar es Salaam, they however haven’t been successful in linking Ruaha National Park with the parks in the Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit.

Connecting Southern Tanzania and Northern Tanzania Starting June 2017

From the 1st June of 2017, Coastal Aviation one of the oldest and most successful aviation companies in Tanzania, and an aviation heavyweight as far as bush routes are concerned in Tanzania will be introducing a route that will be called the Migration. “Migration Capital” will be Grumeti starting from the month of June, then Kogatende in Northern Serengeti as from 1st July to 30 November and lastly Ndutu will serve as the Migration capital (in Southern Serengeti) from 1st December to 15 March.

The flights will be departing from the Serengeti National Park in Northern Tanzania at 10.00 hrs and arriving at Ruaha National Park in the Southern Circuit at around11.30 hrs. That will be an incredibly short flight of 1 and a half hours from the Migration Capital in Serengeti and the untouched and Remote Ruaha National Park in the Tanzanian Southern safari circuit. 

If you want to do a safari in Tanzania including the Serengeti National Park and the Ruaha National Park one of the less crowded parks in the Southern Safari Circuit of Tanzania, though Ruaha is located more towards the Central Serengeti. You can always Contact one of our experts for a safari that will be connecting the Southern Tanzania and Northern Tanzania safari circuit for a great Tanzanian safari package. Southern Tanzania Safaris include our 4 days Selous and Mikumi safari package.

It is now official that the premier and most prominent hot air balloon safari company in Tanzania; the Serengeti Balloon Safari Company will start operating hot air balloon safaris in The Ruaha National Park which is currently the largest national park in Tanzania. First of it’s kind in the Southern and Central Tanzania Safari Circuit the hot air balloon flights are set to begin in the middle of the year 2018 precisely the 15th June 2018 as the first day of operations.

Hot Air balloon Safaris in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

The Ruaha National Park is currently the largest national park after in Tanzania after the Government of Tanzania combine the existing area of the park with all the concession and wildlife areas that used to border the park and gazetted tone vast park in Tanzania, East Africa. The park covers some 20,000 sq km and lies in the central part of this beautiful country. Ruaha N Park is a premium safari destination in the country due to its vastness, but also remoteness making it the best wilderness area in the Central Tanzania.

Ruaha is a far cry from the busy tourist circuits of Northern Tanzania. This incredible park boasts a baobab-studded landscape and excellent game viewing opportunity by 4×4 safari vehicles or even on foot (guided by armed rangers), and now it is good to hear that soon the park can now be explored from the air; by hot-air balloon with the Serengeti Hot Air balloon safari company.

Test-flights for the hot air balloon were conducted in Ruaha and they were an unmitigated success; according to the Operations Manager of Serengeti Balloon Safaris. All systems set the company has announced!

Tanzania safaris | Hot Air Balloon rides in Ruaha National Park

Flying conditions in Ruaha are very different to those of Serengeti National Park. Ruaha National Park has excellent game and stunning scenery, (read the Ruaha River from above) and we at Safari Supremacy can not wait for the time that we will start booking you on hot air balloon safaris in the largest, ad most remote, wild wild Ruaha National Park!

The cost for the balloon safari in Ruaha will be the same as the cost for the hot air balloon rides in the Serengeti. At USD 599 inclusive all taxes and concession fees we can arrange for the this unforgettable experience.

We offer long safari tours to Southern Tanzania that include Ruaha National Park but also offer fly in tours to Ruaha National Park in which we can include the hot air balloon safari. See one of our Southern Tanzania safaris in which you can have Hot Air Balloon in the Ruaha National Park!