Global Ballooning: Melbourne hot air balloon ride prices
Melbourne hot air balloon flights are available with Global Ballooning. Prices for a one hour balloon ride over the city start at $495.
Global Ballooning in Melbourne claims that it does something unique. This hot air balloon tour company reckons that Melbourne is the only major city in the world you can fly over in a hot air balloon.
To book your Melbourne hot air balloon flight, click here.
Melbourne balloon rides start time
In the interests of not checking the bylaws of every single large city on earth, we’ll assume that’s true. Either way, you can take a hot air balloon ride across Melbourne, and it’s a rather incredible experience.
Just be prepared to get up early.
The start time for the Global Ballooning hot air balloon tour in Melbourne is an hour and a half before sunrise.
The meeting point is the Pullman Melbourne on the Park hotel in East Melbourne. From there, participants are driven to the launch site, where they can help out with the set up and inflation of the balloon.
👇 7 great day trips while you’re in Melbourne 👇
- Great Ocean Road tour – with koalas 🐨.
- Brighton Beach, Moonlit Sanctuary and Phillip Island tour – with penguins 🐧.
- Yarra Valley wine tour – with gin, cider and cheese 🍷.
- Grampians National Park tour – with bushwalks and LOADS of kangaroos 🦘.
- Mornington Peninsula tour – with hot springs bathing 🛀.
- Wilsons Promontory tour – with all manner of native wildlife 🦘🐨.
- Dandenong Ranges steam train ride – plus wildlife at Healesville Sanctuary and chocolate-tasting in the Yarra Valley.
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Global Ballooning: Sunrise hot air balloon flights over Melbourne
The balloon takes off around sunrise, and spends approximately an hour in the air floating over or around Melbourne, depending on weather conditions.
The precise landing site depends on which way the wind is blowing.
How to do Melbourne IN STYLE
If there’s a special occasion while you’re in Melbourne, consider splashing out on these memory-making experiences…
- An indulgent Yarra Valley food and wine tour – with lunch at Yering Station.
- A sunrise hot air balloon flight across the city – followed by a champagne breakfast.
- See the city by helicopter.
- A private Great Ocean Road tour – with an early start to beat the crowds.
- Tandem skydive from 14,000ft – and land on the beach.
Melbourne hot air balloon flight prices
These Melbourne hot air balloon flights cost $495, or $530 including a post-flight breakfast at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park. Flight certificates and a set of photos taken on board the balloon are included within the Global Ballooning package price.
These Melbourne hot air balloon rides can be booked online.
Melbourne scenic flights
Other ways of seeing Melbourne from up high are on a beach-landing skydive or a scenic helicopter ride, or from the Melbourne Skydeck on the 88th floor of the Eureka Tower.
Cheaper hotels within a short walking distance of the Pullman Melbourne on the Park include the Mantra on Jolimont, the Lanbruk Richmond Hill and the Knightsbridge Apartments.
14 fantastic experiences that make the most of your free time in Melbourne
- Get the very best views – on a hot air balloon flight over the city.
- See the changing colours of the river – on a sunset kayaking tour – with dinner. (Highly recommended ✅)
- Feast and see the sights at the same time – on a four course dinner cruise along the Yarra River.
- A genuinely excellent street art tour, led by prominent street artists. (Highly recommended ✅)
- The also superb Aboriginal heritage, plants and bush food tour in the Botanic Gardens. (💲 Great value 💲)
- Best of Melbourne bike tour – you can see more on two wheels than walking.
- Hidden laneways bar crawl OR foodie discovery tour OR chocolate and dessert tour.
- Combo ticket for Australian Sports Museum and MCG tour.
- Hassle-dodging advance tickets for the Melbourne Skydeck, Melbourne Zoo, the Ice Bar (with cocktails) and Sea Life Aquarium.
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