Sky Diving In Kenya

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Sky diving in Kenya will give you the rush of an exhilarating free fall followed by a panoramic view over the vast, beautiful land of Kenya. What is it that attracts so many to the activity of sky diving? Ever since the first sky dive by André-Jacques Garnerin, a free-fall from an air balloon in 1797, sky diving has been a favourite activity for many. Many skydivers site that diving is the closest that one can get to the dream of flying that has enchanted and enthralled mankind ever since its origins. Sky diving involves the human body as the instrument of flying, as opposed to machines, allowing humans a chance to experience flying by virtue of their own natural bodies. By moving the body in certain ways, turning, forward motion, backward motion and even lifting can be experienced by divers, giving the sky diver bird-like functions, except for the ability to go upwards with a flap of the arms.

Sky divers do not experience a 'falling' feeling due to the fact that they have already reached terminal velocity and do not accelerate and more than is possible by the mass of the human body in its fall towards the ground. The result is a feeling of weightlessness that allows you to be suspended in midair with the ground coming towards you, and not you towards it. Neither is a feeling of falling felt when exiting the plane, due to sky divers being propelled by the momentum off the airplane - however, this period, known as "the hill" results in you feeling as if your stomach is in your throat, similar to a the feeling of a roller coaster.

Another feature of sky diving is the views that extent below you; once the parachute has been deployed while Sky diving in Kenya, you enjoy Kenya as seen from above: a land of absolute beauty. Supreme panoramic views of the vast plains stretch out below, with the Great Rift Valley seen from above: a vast valley 10 kilometres wide and stretching out for thousands of kilometres north and south. Sky dive in Kenya to experience this feeling, at 14,000 feet above the ground. Sky diving in Kenya gives you the opportunity of free-falling above the Kenyan coast - the coastal atmospheric pressure allows for more than one minute of free falling and gives divers the chance to land on the sandy white beaches of Kenya. Sky diving in Kenya includes the anual meeting of sky divers from around the world at Diani Beach on Kenya's South Coast for the Kenya Skydive Boogie, now a major event on the international sky diving calendar. Divers are usually based at a single beach resort and make their way to a local airstrip before falling out the sky at enormous heights. At Diani, sky divers take a short trip to Ukunda airstrip, and ascend in a Kenya Twin Otter, completing the spectacular and exhilarating drive by landing on the doorstep of their chosen accommodation to enjoy a well-earned drink.