Hot-air balloon flights · Sedona
Rise withthe sun
Float over Sedona’s red rocks at sunrise in a wicker basket, with a pilot who has flown here for twenty years and a champagne toast when you land.
- guests flown
- 38,000 guests flown
- on 2,400 reviews
- 4.9 on 2,400 reviews
- 2004
- Since 2004
Your morning
From dark to three thousand feet
A balloon morning is quiet, early and over too soon. This is how it goes, minute by minute and foot by foot.
5:15 am
Pickup
We collect you from your hotel in the dark, with coffee in the van.
5:50 am
Inflation
Watch the balloons fill with air and flame as the sky turns blue.
6:20 am
Lift-off
No jolt, no wind: the ground simply falls away beneath you.
6:45 am
Sunrise over the rocks
The sun breaks over the mesas and the red rocks catch fire.
7:05 am
The highest point
Three thousand feet, total silence and the whole valley at once.
7:25 am
Treetop drift
Your pilot brings you down to skim the river and the cottonwoods.
7:45 am
Landing and toast
A soft landing, a champagne toast and a flight certificate.
Flights
Choose your basket
Share the sky with up to sixteen guests, or keep a basket to yourselves.
Shared
Shared sunrise flight
The classic: an hour at sunrise with a small group
Seats: Up to 16 guests
- Time: About 3½ hours, an hour in the air
- Price: $289 per person
Private
Private basket
A basket and a pilot just for the two of you
Seats: Two guests
- Time: About 3½ hours, an hour in the air
- Price: $1,190 per basket
Celebrations
Proposal flight
Ask the question at sunrise, three thousand feet up
Seats: Two guests
- Time: About 3½ hours, an hour in the air
- Price: $1,490 per basket
Shared
Family flight
A gentle, low flight for children from six
Seats: Up to five guests
- Time: About 3½ hours, an hour in the air
- Price: $990 per family of four
Shared
Photographers’ flight
Golden light, fewer guests, more time at the edge
Seats: Up to 8 guests
- Time: About 3½ hours, an hour in the air
- Price: $389 per person
Celebrations
Group charter
One big balloon, your whole group
Seats: Up to 16 guests
- Time: About 3½ hours, an hour in the air
- Price: from $4,200 per balloon
We fly when the sky says yes
Balloons need calm air. Our chief pilot checks the forecast at 4 am and again at the launch field, and only flies when every one of these is right.
If we cancel for weather, you rebook for free or get a full refund. About one morning in five, the sky says no.
- Wind
- under 8 mph
- Visibility
- over 3 miles
- Storms
- none within 50 miles
Prices
One morning, all included
Hotel pickup, coffee, the flight, the toast and the certificate, in every price.
Shared sunrise
Up to 16 guests in a big basket
$289per person
Our classic flight: an hour at sunrise with a small group.
- Hotel pickup and coffee
- About an hour in the air
- Champagne toast and certificate
- Free rebooking for weather
Most loved
Private basket
Just the two of you and the pilot
$1,190per basket
A small basket of your own and a pilot who flies where you like.
- Everything in the shared flight
- Your own basket and pilot
- Breakfast picnic after landing
- Photos of your flight
Proposal
A private basket, timed to the sun
$1,490per basket
We plan the moment with you, down to the minute the sun hits the rocks.
- Everything in the private flight
- A photographer in the next balloon
- Flowers and a banner on landing
- Champagne breakfast for two
Routes
Where the wind takes you
We never quite know: the wind decides. These are the four routes it chooses most mornings.
Over the buttes north of town
Red Rock Loop
- Time in the air
- About 60 minutes
- Highest point
- Up to 3,000 ft
Along the creek to the west
River Valley Drift
- Time in the air
- About 60 minutes
- Highest point
- Treetops to 1,500 ft
Along the canyon to the south
Canyon Rim Run
- Time in the air
- About 60 minutes
- Highest point
- Up to 2,500 ft
Pilots and crew
Twenty thousand hours in the air
FAA-certified commercial pilots and a ground crew who have done this every morning for years.
Dana Holt
Crew chief
Guests say
Words from the basket
I was nervous about heights. Ten minutes in I forgot to be scared; it was the calmest hour of my life.
Laura K.Shared sunrise flight Kai timed the proposal for the exact moment the sun hit Cathedral Rock. She said yes at 2,400 feet.
James & AmiraProposal flight Our kids still talk about touching the treetops over the river. Best morning of the whole trip.
The Okafor familyFamily flight
Before you fly
How early is the pickup?
About an hour before sunrise: between 5 and 6:30 am depending on the season. We confirm the time the evening before.
Is there an age or weight limit?
Guests must be at least six years old and able to stand for an hour. We ask your weight when you book to balance the basket.
What if the weather is bad?
We decide at 4 am. If we cancel, you rebook for free or get a full refund.
Is it cold up there?
Not much colder than on the ground, and the burner keeps it warm. Wear layers and closed-toe shoes.
Journal
Notes from the launch field
What to wear for a balloon flight
Layers, closed shoes and a hat: how to dress for a desert sunrise at three thousand feet.
Why balloons fly at sunrise
Calm air, cool temperatures and the best light: the science behind the early start.
Guests only
Why we toast with champagne
The two-hundred-year-old tradition behind the toast at every landing.
The flight log
One short email a month: the best weeks to fly, a photo from the basket and the occasional last-minute seat.
See you at sunrise
Seats on weekends go weeks ahead. Pick your morning now, and change it for free up to two days before.
