Hot-Air Balloon Flight over the Palmeraie
Sixty minutes aloft at sunrise, transfer and breakfast included.
Morocco60 min of flightEasy
Best time
March – May · Sept – Nov
Currency
MAD
Climate
Semi-arid
Flight
3h30
Language
Arabic & French
The flight takes place at sunrise, when the air stays calm and the light is only just beginning to colour the Palmeraie and the line of the Atlas. The transfer leaves your accommodation about an hour before take-off, which means a pre-dawn start, between hot tea and mist still clinging to the palm groves.
On the inflation area, the crew unfurls the envelope and fires the burners. The moment is spectacular from the ground: the sheet of fabric fills, the basket rights itself, the flame lights up faces. Sixty minutes aloft follow, in a silence broken only by bursts from the burner, over gardens and low walls, then the Marrakech countryside, with the ridges of the High Atlas turning pink.
Highlights
Spectacular inflation on the ground
Sixty minutes aloft
The Palmeraie seen from above
High Atlas ridges at dawn
Berber breakfast on landing
What's included
A 60-minute flight
Transfer from Marrakech, round trip
Berber breakfast after the flight
Pilot and ground crew
Tea, coffee and refreshments before the flight
Flight certificate signed by the pilot in command
Itinerary
- 1
Pre-dawn transfer
Departure from your accommodation about an hour before take-off.
- 2
Inflating the envelope
The crew unfurls the fabric and fires the burners as the basket rights itself.
- 3
Take-off
A smooth, seamless climb, just as day breaks.
- 460 min
The flight
The Palmeraie then the countryside drift by, the Atlas turning pink on the horizon.
- 5
Breakfast
Tea, coffee, msemen, honey, eggs and fruit after landing.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.
Local partner
Globeasy local partnerDésert d'Agafay
Runs the excursion on the ground
Camp and lodge in the stone desert, forty-five minutes from Marrakech.
