Airtrackers, Rustenburg

Airtrack Adventures (Pty) Ltd (Airtrack Adventures) was founded by Marty de Kock in 1989. Licensed by SACAA, the company has operated hot air ballooning adventures in Namibia, The Kalahari, The Cape Winelands, Lesotho, The Pilanesberg and Kruger National Parks. In the process, Airtrack Adventures has become the most experienced balloon game-viewing operation in Southern Africa and conceivably in Africa as a whole. Marty de Kock has personally clocked some 3 000 hours of balloon flying and taken part in balloon events throughout the world. He received his national colours in 1991 and has built the company up to the point where it operates 17 balloons manned by five fulltime pilots. A senior member of the team Tony Corrie, has more than 4 500 hours of experience flying various disciplines of ballooning. Among other achievements, he is currently the only hot air balloonist to have flown into Kimberly's "Big Hole" and the only balloonist to have flown over Victoria Falls. It should be noted that Airtrack Adventures has an impeccable safety record, having flown some 80 000 passengers without a single accident. Passenger Capacity. In Pilanesberg National Park (Airtrack Adventures largest hot air ballooning concession), the company has the capacity to fly 60 passengers on a single "hop" (lasting +/- 60 minutes. In the more commercial and price-sensitive Sun City environment (Pilanesberg is adjacent to Sun City); Airtrack Adventures has broadened its capacity to make the "hop" more affordable and can fly 120 passengers on a double hop (+/- 30 minutes flying time).