Your Flight with Hot Air Cairns
Ballooning with Hot Air Cairns and Port Douglas departs daily for the Atherton Tablelands, due west. Transfers from all hotels and resorts are included in your tour. Experience the wonder, silence and romance of a hot air balloon flight.

A highlight of your Australian holiday, from the minute you arrive, will be seeing the launch of our large colourful balloons at dawn in the Australian bush. Your morning is extra special, because on this tour, each balloon is a different design, as Balloon with Hot Air, the world's largest privately owned balloon company takes pride in launching their Koala, Kangaroo, World Globe and other balloons.

As your Hot Air balloon gently lifts off, enjoy the picturesque landscape with 30 minutes flying time to breathe in the wide-open spaces! See kangaroos, wallabies, cockatoos, galahs and local wildlife from your balloon, one of the best times of the day, to see Australian animals in the wild.

Ask one of our Aussie team members, a fun and highly trained crew any questions, as all are fully trained in balloon flight, local history, geography and wildlife to maximize the fun of your balloon flight. There's time for a Hot Air balloon chase, lots of photo opportunities and then return to earth, landing for some hot air balloon pack-up games and lots of laughs.

Time to enjoy a full hot Aussie breakfast with hot and cold buffet choices, champagne toasts, fresh juices, cereals, eggs and bacon, tropical fruits and tea and coffee- all yours as you relax and look over the valley. After breakfast, view the World's ONLY hot air balloon Portrait Photography service, seeing your portrait at the launch of the hot air balloons at dawn in the Australian outback, really makes for a memory to treasure.

Hot Air Balloon Flight Itinerary Details
Ballooning with Hot Air is one of lifes great experiences, based in Cairns and Port Douglas in Tropical North Queensland, Australia since 1995 we offer a ballooning experience to remember.

Ballooning and Champagne Breakfast - Experience a spectacular scenic Hot Air Balloon flight, a delicious Aussie hot breakfast, champagne toasts and door to door transfers. Tour Code: C30/PD30

Ballooning and Champagne Breakfast – Extended Flight - Experience a spectacular One Hour scenic Hot Air Balloon flight, a delicious Aussie hot breakfast, champagne toasts and door to door transfers. Tour Code: C60/PD60

Ballooning and Champagne Breakfast

05.00am - (approx) - Pick-up at hotel by a Hot Air Cairns coach for your hot air balloon flight, one hour transfer, pickup times confirmed on booking. 06.30am - Experience the fun and unique sensation of being in a hot air balloon flying gently high above the Atherton Tablelands, Australia. The balloon takes off from Mareeba in the Cairns Highlands (previously called the Atherton Tablelands). Enjoy the picturesque landscape at sunrise, enjoy 30 or 60* minutes flying time. Breathe in the wide-open spaces! We have Australia's largest fleet of hot air balloons and a fun and highly trained crew to maximise the fun of your balloon flight. *60 Minute Flight Note: taken as two separate balloon flights of 30 minutes one directly after the other travelling further not back across the same countryside so see more of Mareeba and the Atherton Tablelands. 08.00am - Return and landing, hot air balloon pack-up and lots of laughs. 08.30am - Come down to earth and enjoy champagne, fresh juices, eggs and bacon, tropical fruits and a hot and cold buffet is all yours as you relax in the serenity of the Australian bush. Port Douglas breakfast will be taken in Port Douglas unless nominated in advance. Choice of hot dishes, coffee, juices and the adventure will finish approx 10am. 10.00am - Return transfers to your accommodation, or other places around town. Just let us know where you would like to go or which tour you would like to connect to (In advance of the day of travel). Suggestion It's a great fit in your itinerary to be able to take your balloon flight on the same day as a trip to the Outer Great Barrier Reef or maybe an Island Day out to Green Island. We guarantee a connection to either daily directly after your hot air balloon trip with us. Itinerary times are approximate and are subject to change. Inclusions • Free Hotel Pickups • Spectacular 30 min Hot Air balloon scenic flight • Hot and Cold Aussie Breakfast + Champagne • Expert interpretive commentary • Cross Country Hot Air Balloon Chase • Free Commemorative flight Certificate • Return Hotel Transfers What to Bring: • Walking shoes • Camera • Dress casual outdoor layered clothing • White clothing not recommended due to bush environment. Hot Air is pleased to announce that we have the latest pickup time and earliest return time of any balloon company from Port Douglas. More time for you! Quoted rates do include a compulsory additional levy. Return transfers to your hotel or resort are provided at the end of the morning. Your balloon tour finishes at approximately 0945am and does connect with many reef and rainforest tours.

Cairns is the most popular place in Australia to balloon. Hot Air's specially chosen location, provides ideal weather and climate conditions for this gentle activity and our beautiful region offers unrivalled panoramic views of our unique Australian landscape.

Hot Air Cairns has the biggest range of balloons in Australia, including the worlds first Koala Balloon - all innovative state-of-the-art designs, with the best operations and safety equipment such as quiet burners, custom designed balloon baskets, heat deflectors and Hot Air's fleet of luxury coaches.

Hot Air is one of Australia's premier balloon operators. We are continually working to improve our service and standards and complete training and development programs on an ongoing basis. Ballooning safety standards in Australia are very high and monitored by the Civil Aviation and Safety Authority on a regular basis.