Hot Air Ballooning - Alice Springs

Experience the legend of Australia's Outback in the total freedom of a Hot Air Balloon. Your 60 minute ballooning adventure begins in the cool pre dawn darkness as you are picked up from your accommodation in Alice Springs. During the 15-minute drive to our desert launch site you will get to know the crew as they make final weather checks and explain the routine for the morning. At the launch site gas burners are used to inflate the balloons just as the sun lights up the rugged MacDonnell Ranges. Once floating gently in the air you will appreciate the vast remoteness of the Australian Outback. Wildlife particularly big red kangaroos are seen nearly every day as the balloon crosses spinifex grasses mulga scrub and cattle stations. After landing you may become involved in assisting the crew or taking photographs as we pack the balloon back into its bag. Our buses will then travel along remote tracks to our bush campsite where you will be served a 4 course gourmet chicken and champagne breakfast. Between courses of honey glazed sesame chicken drumsticks quiches fruit baskets cheese and homemade chocolate cake you will have the opportunity to purchase photographs taken earlier in the morning. Transfers back to your hotel or to the airport and a commemorative flight certificate completes your morning with Outback Ballooning.