Balloon Flight Melbourne

Highlights

Duration: 4 Hours (approx.)

Location: Melbourne, VIC

A Balloon Flight over Melbourne is a must-do Aussie Bucket List experience when visiting this vibrant Australian city. Melbourne is a lovely city, always; but when you are able to see it at sunrise from the vantage point of a hot air balloon flight you will experience it in its full splendour. The Yarra River meandering through the city, past the Australian Open Tennis Centre, the massive MCG, the light reflecting on its modern buildings, the many parks and gardens so beautifully kept. Melbourne proves time and time again why it so often is voted the most livable city in the entire World and a balloon flight with LIBERTY BALLOON FLIGHTS at Sunrise is surely the way to start a memorable day.

BREAKFAST at The Hotel Windsor, enjoy 5-star dinning to end your morning in luxury, can be added at a cost price of $50 per person. You can decide in the morning if you would like to take this option.

The gift of flight to a special person, a special occasion or just because. Passengers are in experienced hands at Liberty Balloon Flights. Nick Brau, the Chief Pilot at Liberty Balloon Flights, has over 30 years of experience flying over 4200 hours in many locations around the World. Having flown over more than 100 cities around the Planet and with over 2000 flights over Melbourne alone, Nick and other pilots in the company will make your morning as special as it can be. At Liberty Balloon Flights the team loves what they do and their aim is to know that passengers have felt looked after with passengers enjoyment the absolute priority.

What to bring:

• Your ticket
• Walking shoes
• Camera
• Dress casual outdoor layered clothing. White clothing not recommended.
• Peak Hat & sunglasses
• Bottle of water
• Spending money

Itinerary from the tour provider:

The evening BEFORE the flight, between 05:30 and 06:30 p.m. you will receive a text message to inform you if your flight is going ahead. You will receive details about the time and place to meet and what to expect the following morning.

If the weather is suitable, we will meet at the Hotel Windsor on 111 Spring Street as stated in your confirmation email, approximately one and a half hours before Sunrise. Yes, this is EARLY, especially in late Spring and early Summer when we can sometimes meet as early as 04:15 A.M. Our aim is to be in the air before Sunrise, not only to see the sunrise from a balloon over Melbourne but also because this is the safest moment of the day to fly, it is when the winds tend to be at their calmest. Our vehicles will drive you to our selected launch site where we proceed to inflate the balloon with the help of any passengers that are able and willing to participate in the preparations…this is meant to be fun and interesting. These gentle giants are MASSIVE and seeing them take shape as we first inflate them with cold air, later to heat the air with our powerful burners, is a lovely sight and experience, one which followers are welcome to come and watch as well.

Once all passengers are on board and after a short safety briefing, we will lift off and drift in the wind for approximately one hour, give or take, as the pilot will have to manoeuvre the winds at different heights to land the balloon in one of the many locations we are allowed to land on. Our vehicle will be following us during the whole flight. After we have landed, together with willing passengers, we proceed to pack the balloon away and we will drive you back to our original meeting place where you can enjoy an optional five-star champagne breakfast, truly the best way to finish your morning with us.

Flights happen at sunrise so we meet earlier, much earlier, normally one and a half hours BEFORE Sunrise which can be as early as 04:30 in the Summer. From a pre-arranged meeting point passengers climb into our vehicles and we drive them to the launch site which, depending on the wind direction on the day, can be in various different locations.

Once there, we proceed to inflate the balloon and passengers are encouraged to help on different tasks, the same as when we land, where everyone able to is welcome to help.

The flight itself lasts approximately one hour, where we float in the breeze and land "downwind" of where we took off. Most landings are very gentle. Sometimes a basket might lay over and this depends on the wind speed on the surface. It is always safe.

The views are always spectacular and most often you are greeted with fabulous sunrises and spectacular views. Ballooning is great for those who enjoy nature and for those who love contemplating views. There is nothing like a balloon flight to get the best views at sunrise.

After we have landed, we pack the equipment away and drive all passengers back to the location we first met them in the morning for a sumptuous (optional) breakfast and back to their cars/hotel.