Fly over Luxor's West Bank at sunrise, with a licensed balloon operator, hotel or cruise transfers and the Nile crossing all arranged.
Ballooning over Luxor is one of the few ways to see the scale of ancient Thebes properly. From a few hundred metres up, the West Bank reads as one landscape: green farmland along the river, the mortuary temples set against the desert edge, and the hills that hide the Valley of the Kings.
Pickup is before dawn, while it is still dark. You cross the Nile by boat to the launch field, where the pilot runs through the safety briefing over tea and coffee. The crew then inflates the envelope with cold air and fires the burners until the balloon stands upright and ready.
The flight lasts 30 to 45 minutes, drifting at different heights as the sun comes up over the East Bank. Hatshepsut's terraces, the Ramesseum, the Colossi of Memnon and the fields between them pass below. After landing on one of the designated fields, the crew hands out commemorative flight certificates and you are driven back across the river.
The whole morning takes around three hours, and it finishes early enough to continue straight into a West Bank tour if you want to see the sites from ground level as well.
Collected from your hotel or cruise while it is still dark.
Boat across the river to the West Bank launch site.
Tea, coffee and cake while the pilot runs through the safety briefing.
The crew fills the envelope with cold air, then fires the burners until the balloon stands upright and ready.
Drifting at varying heights with wide views over the West Bank as the sun rises.
A gentle landing on one of the designated fields, followed by commemorative flight certificates.
Back across the river to your hotel or cruise.
Send us your details and we'll confirm availability and price. No payment is taken online.
We work only with established, licensed operators and experienced pilots. Flights go ahead only when conditions allow.
If the flight is cancelled for weather or safety reasons, it is rescheduled or refunded according to the operator's policy.
Between roughly 4:00 and 5:00am, depending on the season and sunrise time.
It suits most travelers and older children. Please tell us of any mobility or health concerns and we will advise.
Between 30 and 45 minutes in the air. The full experience, including transfers and the river crossing, takes around three hours.
No. The temples and tombs are seen from the air. Site entry can be arranged separately as an optional West Bank tour.
It suits most travellers and older children. Tell us of any mobility or health concerns and we will advise.
Yes. Many guests fly at dawn and continue to the Valley of the Kings; we can arrange the full morning.
English and Arabic are standard. German is available on request at a slightly higher rate, and other languages can be arranged — ask us for a quote when you enquire.
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