Gold Coast: 1-Hour Sunrise Balloon Flight, Bubbles, Alpacas and Langham
1-hour sunrise balloon flight over the Gold Coast Hinterland. Sparkling wine, $135 photo package & hotel transfers included. Optional breakfast - vineyard with alpacas or Langham beachside
Highlights
- Fly for 1 hour above the Gold Coast Hinterland & Scenic Rim at sunrise
- Trust a fully CASA-regulated operator with a proud 30+ year safety record
- Choose your morning, wine & photos only or vineyard & alpacas or Langham buffet
- Enjoy a sparkling wine toast and pilot-signed certificate after every flight
- Receive a professional $135 photo package delivered to Google Drive
Description
Start your Gold Coast morning the way it deserves, floating above the hinterland at sunrise, with nothing between you and one of the most breathtaking views in Queensland. Then choose how your morning ends: raise a glass and go, breakfast among the vines with resident alpacas, or a five-star buffet at the beachside Langham Hotel.
Every experience begins with door-to-door pickup from selected Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, or Broadbeach accommodation. At the launch site, watch your balloon inflate to the height of a ten-storey building before stepping into the basket with your experienced pilot.
For the next hour, drift silently above the Gold Coast Hinterland and Scenic Rim. Watch the skyline of Surfers Paradise glow on one horizon and the hinterland ranges and Brisbane City on the other as your pilot shares the story of this remarkable landscape.
After landing, step inside the balloon envelope (conditions permitting) for a unique guided look at the working interior of your aircraft. Then celebrate as your crew opens the sparkling wine. Your pilot personally signs your commemorative certificate of achievement, a tradition on every Hot Air flight, while you raise a glass in the paddock and toast to your adventure.
Morning options
Then choose the morning that suits you. Note, breakfast is only included in the vineyard and Langham options:
Sparkling Wine & Photos - our best-value option, but without breakfast. Celebrate in the paddock, collect your photo package and be back at your hotel with the whole day ahead of you
Vineyard Breakfast with Alpacas, a full country breakfast with sparkling wine at O'Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards, then meet the resident alpacas, always a highlight.
Langham Beachside Breakfast, our premium morning. A lavish buffet at the Akoya restaurant in the five-star Langham Hotel, Surfers Paradise, absolute oceanfront, with sweeping views across the famous beach to the Pacific Ocean.
Safety and photos
Fly with confidence. Hot air ballooning is one of the safest forms of aviation in Australia. Hot Air is fully regulated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), the same federal authority that governs Australia's airlines, and every passenger is protected under the liability cover the Australian Government requires of all commercial air operators. With a proud safety record across 30+ years and a crew who simply won't fly if conditions aren't right, you're in experienced, professional hands from pickup to landing.
Whichever morning you choose, your professionally shot photo package is ready the same day, nothing extra to pay. Taken by our skilled crew on SLR camera, it includes pre-flight portraits with the balloon flame behind you, remote-triggered in-flight shots from a camera suspended 10m from the basket and group or individual portraits at landing. Delivered as a Google Drive link within hours of your flight. Valued at $135, included at no cost. You are welcome to bring your own phone or camera too.
Return hotel drop-off included.
Includes
- 1-hour hot air balloon flight with experienced pilot
- Sparkling wine toast and celebration at landing
- Pilot-signed commemorative certificate of achievement
- Professional photo package ($135 value), SLR shots delivered to Google Drive
- Hotel pickup and drop-off, Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise & Broadbeach
- Comfortable coach transfers with friendly, knowledgeable Hot Air crew
- Choose an optional breakfast when booking: O'Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards with alpacas and wine tasting on weekends, or the Langham beachside breakfast daily
- Note Breakfast is NOT included in the Sparkling Wine & Photos option
Excludes
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks beyond your selected option's inclusions
- Note Breakfast is NOT included in the Sparkling Wine & Photos option but may be chosen at extra cost
Important Information
- All flights are weather dependent, our team will contact you the evening before to confirm
- Pickup available from all Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, and Broadbeach hotels, hostels, and Airbnbs
- Self-drive customers can meet the group at Nerang or Canungra, details on your booking confirmation
- The basket is approximately four feet tall with two foot holds as a step ladder to enter and exit
- You will stand for the duration of the flight
- Please advise at booking if you are over 220 pounds
- Flight duration: Our flights are targeted at 60 minutes in the air. Actual flight time is determined by prevailing wind and weather conditions on the day, the majority of flights exceed 55 minutes. Your pilot will always maximise your time aloft within safe parameters. No two flights follow the same path, this is part of what makes hot air ballooning unique. Flight time may therefore be shorter or longer than 60 minutes
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
