From your hotel or riad.
A hot air balloon ride in Marrakech starts before dawn. A driver collects you and takes you to the launch site outside the city, which changes from day to day with the wind. While the crew inflate the balloon you are served tea and coffee, then you lift off as the sun rises over the plains and Berber villages, with the High Atlas in view on a clear morning.
The flight lasts about an hour, at heights from treetop level to several hundred metres. After landing, breakfast is served in a Berber tent and the pilot hands out flight certificates before the drive back, around mid-morning. Flights run all year when the weather allows. For a sunset activity instead, see the Agafay Desert Dinner.
From your hotel or riad.
Tea and coffee while the balloon is inflated; safety briefing.
About an hour as the sun comes up.
Moroccan breakfast in a tent after landing.
Back in Marrakech by mid-morning.
The pilot cancels if wind, rain or fog make the flight unsafe. You can move to another morning, or cancel free of charge.
Yes, if they are tall enough to see over the basket and can follow the safety briefing. Tell us their ages when you book.
The flight is not recommended in pregnancy, because landings can be bumpy.
Layers: dawn is cold, and the day warms up fast once you land.
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