Wine Country Hot-Air Balloon Ride from Yountville

Overview

Experience world-famous wine country from the air on an early morning hot-air balloon ride. Then climb into a comfortable basket to take to the skies as the valley below you awakens. Enjoy a bird’s-eye perspective of rolling hills, expansive vineyards, and elegant estates during your flight. Your pilot will offer insights on ballooning and the landscape as you float above it all!

* Wine Country Hot-air balloon ride
* Learn about the world famous Wine Country as your soar above it all

City: Napa & Sonoma

Mon 23 Dec

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Starting at $338.00

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Mon 23 Dec

Starting at $338.00

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What's Included

Post Flight Sparkling Wine Celebration with the Pilot

40 min to 1 hour hot-air balloon ride (weather dependent)

Preflight Coffee or Tea

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum age is 8 years and minimum height is 57 inches tall. It is at the pilots discretion who is deemed safe to fly
MUST provide on the road phone number at time of booking. Failure to provide this information will result in cancellation
Guests with weights of 260 lbs (118kg) or more will be charged an additional fee of $275
Individuals who have done a deep scuba dive within the past few days
People suffering from chronic pain, have a recent injury or who have recently had major surgery, anyone who is unable to stand without assistance for more than an hour
Someone who requires assistance walking or who cannot climb stairs.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

What To Expect

Napa Valley

Then it’s off into the wild blue yonder. Our experienced pilots will share with you some of ballooning's colorful history and the regions highlights!

Sonoma

Our experienced pilots will share with you ballooning's colorful history and the regions highlights

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 4 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Reviews (474)

pegrita11

Oct 2022

My favorite part was floating in the sky. The staff was so friendly. It was nice afterwards to share a toast.

MissMarciB

Oct 2022

We had an awesome time! Our pilot Jon was great and weather was favorable. Highly recommend!! Best way to see Napa.

Breezy_C

Oct 2022

Let me first say this was a bucket list item for me. I honestly was so excited to get on the balloon. Although I had been on a helicopter before I was not sure if there would be a difference but there truly was a difference in the two- it was amazing. The views were priceless. However, there was a bit that I’d like to mention that could’ve made my experience top notch. But before i mention that i would like to say they had an amazing crew that helped assist with getting in and out of the basket- I’m slightly disabled if i might mention and their assistance made it possible for me to even take the ride - getting in to & out of the basket is not easy especially if you are older or have a slight ailment. They communicated well between everyone & the crew was there waiting for us when we landed which was awesome. To make things better for others who decide to take this balloon ride, i think the landing should be better explained. It was “not” explained very well & gave us all about 30 seconds before we landed, he yelled a quick “bend your legs.” None of us that were on the balloon had ever been on a balloon before and had no idea what to expect. Explaining this prior to the landing would’ve been much better so that we all understood what we would be experiencing during the landing. this would’ve made things go a lot smoother. Also, one other gripe I had was… that i noticed that everyone else that attended the balloon ride that day was invited back for champagne (accept for me & my best friend) instead of offering us to come for champagne, the driver said, “what are you doing after here?” i chuckled to myself & thought to myself, obviously not drinking champagne with you all. *** we were the ONLY blacks there if i might add. I was offended by that but NOT surprised at this, because it is quite “usual” behavior towards people of color in this country. So i’m giving this trip 3 stars because of that.

Response from Host

Oct 2022

Hi Breezy, Thank you for your review. I'll review with our pilots when and what they say for landing to make sure we add where we can. Standard practice for them is to give a briefing before leaving the ground. I'm not sure specifically what happened the morning you flew but obviously for whatever reason, that did not occur or if a more detailed briefing was given, they did not have your attention while doing so. As for post-flight, "what are you doing after here?" or a variation thereof is a conversation starter for us. We ask that or a variation there of to most of our guests as a way to try and connect with them and it gives us something specific to talk to them about, an opportunity to make recommendations of things to do in our backyard and so on based on their response. The sparkling wine toast post-flight is automatic and included. While it's not required that people join us for the post-flight toast, it's kind just assumed that everyone will. It's not something you need an invitation. Because of that, it's mentioned on our confirmation emails, the package description in Viator, our website, etc.. I sorry there was a misunderstanding and that you missed the post-flight toast because we would have loved to have had you join us for that. I was pleased to read that our crew were kind, helpful and courteous helping you into our basket and delighted to hear we helped you check hot air balloon ride off your bucket list! Thanks again for joining us! Sincerely, -Gabe