I think coming down one of the most
incredible things was realizing but the
millions of black dots beneath me were
not trees were not a forest but what I
was seeing below me was animals
so going to the great migration was
really something I'd always wanted to do
I went to see the great migration out in
the Serengeti in Tanzania well I was in
my 20s which was some time ago now I was
hugely fortunate there's a bucket list
trip that everyone always wanted to take
a hot air balloon above the Serengeti
and I got to do this we were in an open
truck about six nights tented tents
along the way nothing too fine or
sophisticated but perfectly good we
dropped down into the into the plains
and as far as I could see that was just
grassland there was golden grass miles
and miles of nothing but sort of untamed
Africa then suddenly the rays of
sunshine come over the horizon and below
you see that the bush come to life I saw
giraffe literally see me about 20 feet
away and because it's silent as you
drift across they can't see you I saw
warthogs and lions and elephants but the
real highlight that the heart-pounding
moment was when I saw what I thought was
a trickle of ants on the horizon coming
across the plains and as you got closer
you realize This Is It this is the great
migration even though we were in a truck
and ourselves pelting along when there
was no mistaking the sound and the fury
the thunder of the footsteps and it's
great heard this great spectacle of
nature I think looking down on those
animals was absolutely extraordinary
I've never seen anything like it it was
clouds of animals it was enormous like
almost like ants on the moon millions of
wildebeest coming back from Kenya to
feed in the Serengeti grounds and it was
just a spectacular sight I had a a grin
from ear to ear the whole time as i
clicked around the cameras but more
importantly took time just to take in
one of nature's greatest moments
so to take a hot air balloon over the
Serengeti you have to get up early I
remember getting that sick feeling you
get when you've got an early morning
flight at Gatwick but it washes away
immediately when you step in to the
balloon I think what they make what it
made me realize was how precious
wildlife is how extraordinary the planet
is that we have and how much we need to
conserve it and preserve it it's sort of
spine-tingling you suddenly realize that
you are there seeing these animals who
are still very much predators the law of
the jungle does still rule it there is
also underlying it a sense that there
there is a very real danger in that
factually what gives the whole thing is
certain Frizzle
I would say if you can afford it if you
have the opportunity opt for the balloon
ride I think the first thing that people
need to know is you can go any time of
year to see the great migration people
sort of have this idea that you can only
go to a certain time because that's when
the animals are on the move they're not
there's lots of companies will offer it
now and there's a lot of competition so
prices have come down while we all
imagine that seeing a great migration
going on so far he has to cost an arm a
leg if that isn't a slightly unfortunate
phrase to using that connection but it
it doesn't have to you can go any time
of year but you've got to be very aware
of where the migration is at that time
of year because if you go to the wrong
place you will see nothing of course
more expensive than two weeks in
benidorm but when you think about what
you're getting back in return well worth
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