Flying Odyssey Hot Air Balloon Safaris

15/07/2026

Cameron Balloons visited us to check in with our pilots, crew and equipment.

11/07/2026

The First Year.
Grateful and blessed to have flown all our guests, friends and stakeholders ever since we started flying over the Serengeti. From all of us at Flying Odyssey we want to say a big thank you. It was on the 8th of July 2025 we got our AOC. Miles to go. Safe Skies. Lasting memories over the Serengeti.

21/06/2026

There's no place like the Serengeti. Sunday mornings be like this in Kogatende.

16/06/2026

Time stands still. Up in the air. Floating gently over the Serengeti. There is a frisson of expectation that wafts in the air. It could be a giraffe, a cheetah, lion or an elephant below you as you languorously fly in our balloon. It is like nothing you have done before. Waking up early morning and getting ready to leave for our launch-site and warming up with a coffee or a hot chocolate. Or tea, with cookies. As you rise above, with the morning sun, it slowly seeps in. The feeling is indescribable. Imagine, you are flying and yet floating. In its purest form. Nothing is rushed. A journey to the Serengeti can never be. Flying over it is an odyssey.

13/04/2026

If you are around, visit us at the International Convention Centre in Cape Town at WTM Africa. We are at G-15.

09/02/2026

From the recently concluded OTM in Mumbai

21/11/2025

Shot and edited by Farhan!

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12/10/2025

One floats and the other ready to take off. Feel the magic.

12/08/2025

This morning, our guests had an amazing sighting of two young cheetahs playing and running around in the tall elephant grass somewhere over the Serengeti. If you don't believe in magic, you will never find one.

10/08/2025

My name is CJ, a C and a J and not a DJ, is his opening line to our guests. Not many know CJ has been a DJ, a music composer and arranger. CJ is our Chief Pilot and Director of Flight Operations.

He has flown over the vineyards of Temecula in California, over the Hunter Valley, Mareeba, Camden in Australia, in Sri Lanka and Northern Iraq among other places. For the past two years he has been flying in the Serengeti, Kogatende, Tarangire and Ndutu in and around the Serengeti National Park.

CJ is a consummate pro, going through early morning paces in darkness with the focus of a surgeon inspecting each and every tiny detail and instructing his crew. And constantly looking at the wind sock at our launch site. Serengeti is a different cup of tea for even most pilots. The winds are calm one moment and suddenly the next minute it is gusting. And on days, when it is windy and when CJ has decided to take off, it is a treat to watch when he is firing the burners to inflate while the balloon is dancing to the Serengeti music (winds), reassuring the guests, one eye on the sock, instructing the crew, signalling the driver to stay or move forward-all at the same time.

Our guests find CJ witty, engaging and informative.

For the record, CJ holds CPL certifications across Australia, Tanzania, Canada, the USA, Iraq, and Sri Lanka. He has a proven track record in piloting, training, and operational leadership within the ballooning industry. And he brings strong skills in safety management, crew resource management, and regulatory compliance.

At Flying Odyssey,we are guided by safety. Safety of our passengers, crew, drivers, pilots, balloons and everything else. Our ballooning operations are led by some of the finest and safest pilots-currently Jones Temba and Chinthaka Jayasinghe aka CJ seen in this picture.