Gip Adventure · Tanzania · Helicopter Safaris
Southern Serengeti Scenic Flight
Two hours over the southern Serengeti plains, with coffee on a kopje and a dramatic descent to Lake Eyasi.
- Southern Serengeti
- 2-Hour Flight
- Helicopter Safari
Tour overview
The Serengeti's plains, a kopje-top coffee and a plunge into the Rift Valley.
See the southern Serengeti from a completely new perspective. On this two-hour scenic flight, taken in the morning or the afternoon, you scout for wildlife from the air over the endless plains where the Great Migration gathers, and soar above herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle, lions and elephants.
Your pilot sets down for coffee on top of a beautiful kopje, with unrivalled views across the rolling savannah. You then head south over the lush Mwiba Conservancy and east towards the Great Rift Valley, plunging 3,000 feet towards Lake Eyasi and swooping low over the mirror-like surface of the soda lake, glowing pink, or enjoying dazzling sundowners on top of the escarpment.
You fly in an award-winning Airbus H125, which outclasses other single-engine helicopters in hot and high conditions. It has dual hydraulics, an enhanced-safety VEMD system and satellite tracking, ample legroom and a comfortable ride, with left and right-hand sliding doors that can be left open or closed in flight. Our flights are led by expert pilots with decades of experience between them, specialists in helicopter safaris throughout sub-Saharan Africa who hold both FAA and KCAA commercial pilots' licences and are qualified flight instructors. A minimum of four guests applies to helicopter safaris in Tanzania, and each aircraft carries up to four adults or two adults and three children, with luggage limited to 15 kg per person in soft bags only.
- Start date
- Morning or afternoon departures
- Duration
- Half day
- Tour plan
- Customizable itinerary
- Transport
- Airbus H125 helicopter
- Meals
- Lunch box, water & soft drinks
- Language
- English
Your route
Across the southern Serengeti to the Rift Valley
Lift off over the southern Serengeti, land on a kopje for coffee, fly south over Mwiba Conservancy and east to the Great Rift Valley escarpment and Lake Eyasi.
Day by day
Your flight
Open each day to see the route, the safari experience and where you will sleep in each accommodation level.
Day01Southern Serengeti, Mwiba Conservancy and Lake Eyasi by helicopter
Choose a morning or an afternoon departure for this two-hour flight. After a safety briefing you lift off over the southern Serengeti and scout for wildlife from above, following the herds across the short-grass plains.
Midway, your pilot lands on top of a kopje so that you can enjoy coffee with unrivalled views across the rolling savannah.
Back in the air, you fly south over the lush Mwiba Conservancy and east towards the Great Rift Valley, plunging 3,000 feet towards Lake Eyasi to swoop low over its mirror-like, pink-tinged surface, or stopping for dazzling sundowners on top of the escarpment on an afternoon flight.
Safari details
What is included in your safari
IncludedWhat is included
- 2-hour helicopter flight over the southern Serengeti National Park
- Bottled drinking water
- Soft drinks
- Lunch boxes
Not includedWhat is not included
- Travel insurance
- Visa
- Tips and other gratuities
- Items of a personal nature
- Optional activities
Safari pricing
Price on request
Prices depend on your dates, group size and accommodation level. Tell us your plans and we will send an exact quote, usually within the hour.
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Send us your dates, group size and preferred accommodation level and we will tailor Southern Serengeti Scenic Flight to your plans. No booking fees, and a real person replies, usually within the hour.
Guest experiences
What our travellers say
5.0 · Reviews on Tripadvisor, all rated 5 out of 5
- ★★★★★
Credits Gipson’s calm pacing and constant check-ins on summit night for getting the group to the top of Kilimanjaro.
- ★★★★★
Four friends took the 7-day Machame Route, were checked on regularly for their health, and all four reached the summit.
- ★★★★★
Climbed Kilimanjaro in 2017 and Mount Meru in 2019 with Gipson, then kept coming back to Tanzania with friends and family. Felt safe as a solo hiker.
- ★★★★★
A family of six climbed Kilimanjaro, trusted Gipson’s calls on health and weather, and now want to tackle Mount Meru with him.
- ★★★★★
Gipson led a group of friends to the top of Kilimanjaro. The trip was well organised and his passion for it showed.
- ★★★★★
Rain turned to snow on the climb, but the team kept everyone fed, monitored oxygen levels, and got them to the summit.
- ★★★★★
Felt safe on every day of the Kilimanjaro hike and was confident of summiting in Gipson’s care. Found him funny and knowledgeable.
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