Description
Hot Air Ballooning Cape Winelands
Enjoy the wonderful feeling of hot air ballooning through the sky as slow as a cloud and as free as a bird. Fly in a hot air balloon near the southernmost tip of Africa and see Table Mountain in the distance. You will be thrilled by the blue silhouettes of the Hottentot’s Holland Mountain Range and the endless rolling wheat fields glowing in the sun below.
When
- Daily from November to April at sunrise
Where
- Meeting in Stellenbosch near Cape Town
Who
- Anyone who is fit enough to climb into the basket and over 1,20m high (children over 8 years old)
General information:
- Ballooning is available daily but heavily weather dependent.
- Meet in Stellenbosch at Klein Joostenburg for the sunrise flight about half an hour before sunrise
- Exact time is given the day before with a weather report
- We fly with 4 – 7 passengers in the basket
Balloon flights take place – weather permitting – at sunrise before thermal activity starts.
We get you involved in the rigging of the balloon and a gentle ascent takes you well above tree top level, while a light breeze will let you float away over fields and vineyards.
Our retrieval vehicle follows and will bring you back to Klein Joostenburg, where the Bistro welcomes us for breakfast to celebrate this lovely morning experience.
Many people from all over the world have enjoyed ballooning in the Cape but due to erratic weather and wind conditions in this part of the world, cancellations happen just as often. Therefore please allow as many alternate dates as possible to arrange your flight.
It’s advisable to contact us as soon as you arrive in the vicinity of Stellenbosch or Cape Town to give us and yourselves the chance to organise the experience.
Even though there is a good chance that mother nature will spoil our attempts, we don’t take any risks because safety comes first.
We have had guests who only went up on their second holiday in the Cape and this gives you a good excuse to return to the “Fairest Cape of All”.
Flights last approximately one hour but please allow 4-5 hours for the whole trip including breakfast.
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