Capture a unique Egyptian experience inside a real hot air balloon basket — without leaving the ground.
We collect you from your hotel before sunrise and drive to the launch area on the West Bank, where the balloons are being laid out and inflated. Our team brings the costumes and accessories; a professional photographer works with you in and around a real basket while the sun comes up over the Theban hills and the other balloons rise behind you.
No flight is included — this is a photography experience on the ground, using a hot air balloon as the setting. It runs about an hour and a half to two hours, and suits couples, families, honeymooners, influencers and anyone making social-media content.
Selected photographs are professionally edited and delivered to you digitally after the session.
Itinerary
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Early morningHotel pick-up Collected from your hotel or moored Nile cruise before sunrise
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Transfer to the launch area Short drive to the West Bank field where the balloons are laid out and inflated
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Costumes and accessories Choose from our ready-to-wear Egyptian costumes and traditional accessories
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SunrisePhoto session in the basket Creative portraits inside a real hot air balloon basket with your photographer
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Photo session around the launch field The inflating envelopes, the burners and the open landscape as your backdrop
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Late morningReturn to your hotel Selected photographs are professionally edited and delivered digitally afterwards
What’s included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transfer to the hot air balloon launch area
- Professional photo session inside a real hot air balloon basket
- Ready-to-wear Egyptian costumes provided by our team
- Traditional Egyptian accessories
- Professional photographer
- Creative photos in the basket and around the launch area
- Sunrise atmosphere and Luxor landscapes
- Professionally edited digital photos
What you will see from the balloon
On a normal morning the balloon drifts within sight of Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Nile River, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple — the exact route depends on the wind, which is what makes every flight different.
Questions about this tour
Hotel pickup is usually between 4:00 and 4:30 AM, and the balloon lifts off right at sunrise — roughly 5:30 AM in summer and 6:30 AM in winter. Exact times shift with the season, so we confirm your pickup the evening before your flight.
The flight itself lasts 35 to 45 minutes in the air. Allow around 3 to 3.5 hours door to door, including hotel pickup, the safety briefing, inflation, the flight, the landing celebration and the drive back to your hotel or Nile cruise.
Prices start at $65 per person for the standard sunrise flight, $125 for the balloon-plus-Luxor-tour package and $180 for the premium small-basket experience. Booking direct with us includes hotel transfers, insurance, a flight certificate and refreshments, with no booking fee.
Yes. Every flight is operated under the regulations of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority by licensed commercial balloon pilots, with fully insured passengers, modern equipment inspected before each flight, and a strict no-fly rule whenever wind or visibility falls outside safe limits.
Wear comfortable closed shoes, long trousers and a light jacket or fleece — early mornings in Luxor are cool even in summer, and layers come off once the sun rises. Bring a hat, sunglasses and your camera; the basket has room for it.
October to April offers the most comfortable temperatures and the highest number of flyable mornings. Balloons fly year round in Luxor, and summer flights take off earlier when the air is coolest and calmest.
