Description
Ballooning is what Cappadocia is famous for, and the reason is simple: nowhere else do you drift this close to the rock. The baskets lift before dawn, catch the first light on the tuff cones, and float over the valleys while a hundred other envelopes rise around you.
We collect you from your hotel in the dark, drive to the launch field chosen that morning for the wind, and you watch the envelope inflate before boarding. The flight runs about an hour. On landing there is the traditional champagne toast and a flight certificate, then the minibus back to your hotel — usually in time for breakfast.
Tour Highlights
- -About an hour in the air over the Göreme valleys
- -Take-off timed for sunrise
- -Hotel pick-up and drop-off in the dark
- -Champagne toast and flight certificate on landing
- -Fully licensed operator and insured passengers
Tour Information
- Adventure
- Photography
- Sunrise activity, about 3 hours including transfers and inflation
- Max Group Size: 20 people
- Languages: English
- Difficulty: Easy
- Meeting Point: Your hotel in Göreme, Ürgüp, Uçhisar or Avanos Open in Maps
- Ending Point: Back at your hotel Open in Maps
- Instant Confirmation
Itinerary
Pre-dawn pick-up
Collected from your hotel and driven to the launch site chosen for that morning's wind.
Inflation and briefing
Watch the envelope fill while the pilot runs through the safety briefing.
The flight
Roughly an hour over the valleys and fairy chimneys as the sun comes up.
Landing and toast
Champagne celebration at the landing point, flight certificate, then back to your hotel.
Route map
What's Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Approximately one hour of flight
- Passenger insurance
- Champagne celebration and flight certificate
- All taxes
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Personal expenses
- Hotel breakfast if you miss the service time
Important Information
Confirmation is received at the time of booking
Flights depend on the weather and are grounded by the civil aviation authority when conditions are unsafe — you are refunded in full if that happens
Wear closed sports shoes and bring a warm layer; mornings are cold even in summer
Passport details are needed for every passenger
Not suitable for children under 5 or for women who are pregnant
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 48 hours before the flight.
Cancellations within 24 hours, and no-shows, are charged in full.
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