Fairy Chimneys Balloon Tour with Audio Guide

Seeing Cappadocia's famous fairy chimneys from above is the moment most visitors remember longest. This fairy chimneys balloon tour floats you over Göreme Valley in the early morning, and an audio guide tells you what you are looking at as the landscape unfolds below.

Flying with an audio guide

After booking you receive an audio guide, available in English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. Listen to it through your own headphones during the flight to learn about the valleys passing beneath the basket.

The morning programme

After pickup from your hotel, tea, coffee and light snacks are waiting at the launch site. Depending on the weather, you take off right at sunrise or just after, and the flight lasts roughly 45 to 68 minutes. After landing, a traditional non-alcoholic toast, some cake and a commemorative certificate with your name round off the experience.

Weather comes first

Balloons fly with the wind, so take-off times, flight length and routes are set each morning by the weather and Civil Aviation rules. This standard flight is for a fixed date: if the weather cancels flights, your payment is refunded, but it cannot be moved to the next day. Your pickup time is sent on the day before the flight, around 18:00 local time.

Practical tips

Bring your headphones and a charged phone for the audio guide. Dress in layers for the cool morning air. A video filmed on the pilot's own camera is available to buy separately if you want a record of the flight.

To round off your trip, browse more experiences on our Cappadocia (Göreme) tours page, and find somewhere to stay among our hotels in Göreme.