Helicopter Safaris in Africa

Africa been a continent of the wilderness, helicopter safaris offers an alternative adventure travel in this region. Niche Africa holidays, been one of the upcoming tour operators have made arrangements with several helicopter companies in the African continents to ferry its clients to various lodges, wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, the beautiful African beaches, wedding and honeymoon adventures in the wild. Transportation by helicopter is quite idle in the African continents, due to poor roads and lack of infrastructure, which necessitates the use of choppers when visiting, various wildlife, national parks and reserves.

Weddings and honeymoon safaris are quite idle situations for helicopter support and it easies means of transportation in the African continent. A niche African holiday encourages visitors who can afford, to use the chopper tours and safaris as an alternative means of transportations.

Choppers safaris in East Africa
It is in East Africa where you will see the worlds remaining wildlife in the wilderness still rooming in the wilderness and co-existing with human beings in the day today adventures. East Africa now includes Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania which comprises Pemba and Zanzibar islands. With ample time in booking, Niche Africa holiday is able to obtain cross over to other East African countries. In Kenya, helicopters can be hired mainly from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport and Nanyuki air strip not to mentioned Moi International Airport in Mombasa. In Uganda, chopper safaris can be leased from Entebbe International Airport only. Manly chopper safaris ferry tourists to Bwindi and Mghahinga national parks which are worldly known for the only remaining Apes, mountain gorillas.

In Rwanda, chopper tours can be obtained from Kigali international airport where you can lease choppers for your safaris to see the Vironga Mountains and if possible have a glimpse of the mountain gorillas that live in this mountains. In Burundi choppers are available at the Burundi international airport. Dar es Salaam the capital city of Tanzania, Arusha the tourist capital town of Tanzania, Kilimanjaro airport and Zanzibar Island are the only places where one can lease or hire a chopper for wildlife safaris, mountain viewing (Mt. Kilimanjaro), and cultural adventures safaris. Since Tanzania among the East African countries is the only country with abundant wildlife, chopper safaris come as a rescue for a business travel who has little time to spend touring the northern, southern, and central national parks and reserves. Niche Africa holidays, been the only company which handles out of the ordinary safaris within East Africa is able to obtain chopper licenses to cover trips within East African regions.

The most popular in East Africa helicopter safaris are:-

Helicopter safaris in Kenya

Kenya leads as a tourist hub due to its Jomo Kenyatta International Airport based in Nairobi, Kenya. For tourist who would want to use the chopper safaris Kenya is a pivotal place for hiring choppers for use within the East African region. For wildlife chopper safaris, the choppers can be obtained in two places in Kenya that is Wilson Airport and Nanyuki Air strip. From Nairobi a client can access Maasai Mara, Amboselie, Lake Victoria region, the northern Kenya which includes Kalach Area and Turkan region, not to mention the cost which includes Mombasa and Malindi Areas.  

From Nanyuki airstrip, a chopper can also cover the above mentioned regions but primarily Nanyuki air strip chopper safaris are meant basically to cover the northern Kenya region which includes among others Laikipia conservancy region. The helicopter in this area also covers the flying over Mount Kenya, Lake Baringo and Bogoria, Lake Turkana and Kalach and including Samburu region in the north and Maasai Mara in the southern region of Kenya.

The most popular chopper safaris are