Private Jet Courchevel to Serengeti

Departing Courchevel Altiport, one of Europe’s most demanding runways for any aircraft, the route to the Serengeti covers approximately 3,215 nautical miles and roughly six and a quarter hours in the air. Because the altiport’s short, sloped runway restricts which aircraft can operate there safely, this sector is typically flown on a super mid-size jet capable of the tight take-off performance required at altitude before settling into cruise around 43,000 to 45,000 feet for the long leg south over the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Rift Valley toward Tanzania. Seronera Airstrip receives arriving passengers directly into the Serengeti National Park’s central zone, an area that holds resident populations of lion, leopard and cheetah throughout the year and that intersects with the wildebeest migration during its seasonal passage across the plains. The short distance between the airstrip and the surrounding camps means guests can be settled into a lodge and out on an evening game drive on the very day they leave the mountains. The pairing suits winter-season travellers looking to follow an Alpine stay with an entirely different climate and landscape, or families and groups building a season that spans skiing and safari without the fatigue of multiple commercial connections. Few routes demonstrate the contrast private aviation makes possible quite as vividly as this one, trading snow-capped peaks for open savannah in a single flight, and doing so from a runway that few operators anywhere in the world are equipped to use. Guests arriving via this route often combine the mountain stay with a multi-day safari itinerary, using Seronera as a base before moving on to other regions of the park such as the northern Serengeti or the Ngorongoro Highlands.