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Hot Air Balloon Ride: In-Flight Falcon Show Experience
4.9
165 Ratings
Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve
The only hot air balloon operator with an in-flight falcon show in the world. It will be a globally rare, exclusive and unique experience that allows customers to witness a falcon take off, orbit and land on the balloon basket from heights of up to 4,000 ft.
The only hot air balloon operator with an in-flight falcon show in the world. It will be a globally rare, exclusive and unique experience that allows customers to witness a falcon take off, orbit and land on the balloon basket from heights of up to 4,000 ft.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve - Enjoy and explore the iconic Dubai desert as you float gently in our hot air balloon. All our balloon rides start just before sunrise and this package is genuinely for ballooning enthusiasts. Therefore, you need to wake up before dawn and take an early morning drive to catch a glimpse of the natural beauty…
- Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve - Enjoy and explore the iconic Dubai desert as you float gently in our hot air balloon. All our balloon rides start just before sunrise and this package is genuinely for ballooning enthusiasts. Therefore, you need to wake up before dawn and take an early morning drive to catch a glimpse of the natural beauty around you. Begin the adventure by experiencing the hot air balloon inflation, a quick pre-flight briefing, and then board the basket to glide all across the vast expanse of the Dubai desert.

What's Included
- Bottled water
- In-flight falcon show
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tea and coffee
- Bottled water
- In-flight falcon show
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
- Tipping
- Flight video
- Tipping
- Flight video
Location
Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve
Dubai-Al Ain Road - Exit 50
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(165 Ratings)
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Mikeli3160nz
Oct 30, 2025
Sunrise Balloon Trip - Great time from start to finish. Driver picked us up promt and took as to the starting point for the balloon trip. A quick coffee while we waited for the other passengers was followed by a safety brief. Then it was time to climb inside and head off to catch the sunrise. My partner and I were lucky to only share our quadrant with the falcon handler, who was very friendly and took some pictures of us with the falcon. Being next to the handler also gave us the best view for the falcon show. After around 40mins in the air it was time to land and the crew handled that safely without any issues. Once out the basket got a few pictures inside the balloon. Back in the Land Cruiser ww headed into the desert for some dune bashing enroute to the farm where we had a tasty breakfast followed by a quick camel and horse ride around the paddock. Our final activity of the day was the quad bikes. It's definitely worth upgrading to going out into the desert rather going around the track. More pictures later and it was back in the Land Cruiser and back to our hotel by 11qm. A very early start to the day but still plenty of time to do as you please later in the day. Highly recommend Suleiman and the team at Hot Air Balloon UAE for a great adventure
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Howard_m
Oct 13, 2025
Balloon ride with Falcon flight - An early start to the day, but OMG it was worth it.
Jamal picked us up at 0345 ( bang on time that we were scheduled for ).
After collecting some other members of our party, we headed off to the desert to where our balloon would be.
Our Pilot Ramee, was outstanding, ( apologies if I've spelt his name wrong ).
We got to see the sunrise which was stunning and we flew up to 4000 ft.
Then we got to experience the Falcon flight - what a brilliant handler he was, and his bird was simply gorgeous.
After the bird had flown a few times, we was allowed to hold him on our gloved hand - Amazing !
Our landing was very smooth and the whole experience was well worth it.
Jamal went out of his way to make the experience one that we will never forget.
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Kenflyet
Oct 2, 2025
Beautiful balloon tour - My wife and our friends enjoyed a wonderful hot air balloon ride. It was our first experience. Captain Ramy was very professional and knowledgeable. He made us feel safe and we enjoyed ourselves very much. The whole staff was friendly and nice. We highly recommend using this company for a beautiful morning ride over the desert.
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Sanya2709
Jul 21, 2025
Definitely need to try even if you are scared of heights totally worth it✨ - It was an amazing experience. Scared of heights but this one of great. The falcon show was fantastic and the views oh my god, couldn’t get enough of it. We had the sunrise on point.🤌🏼
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Chantellwj
May 25, 2025
Absolutely beautiful and peaceful flight over the desert - The hot air balloon experience was absolutely beautiful! The staff was friendly and communicated before and during the activity, which helped to ease any anxiety I had. My favorite part was gliding over a herd of camels! The only con was how hot the fire felt on my skin during take off and our ascent. I would suggest you wear long sleeves to lessen the temporary discomfort. Other than that, it was a great experience!
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19babakd
Apr 9, 2025
Great experience - A 5/5 performance, thanks to Leo and his team and especially to the Captain too, great. Very professional and very kind, with lots of explanations. Thank you.
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Helenru2626vg
Apr 6, 2025
A….ma….zing! - What an amazing experience, that’s one ticked off the bucket list, all the team were superb and looked after us well. Would definitely recommend this experience, special mention to Jamal our driver who went above and beyond, Leo and all those who helped me into the basket, you know who you are !
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D646pcalext
Mar 19, 2025
My amazing 40th birthday flight - wow - From being collected from the hotel at 04:30 am we soon arrived at the drop zone where we were greeting by our balloon pilot Ramy who was an absolute legend .
Within 10 mins we were in the basket ready for take off ,
We were so lucky to have a cloud inversion and once we broke through , the sunrise over the Oman mountain range and conservation area was incredible .
Finally we reached 4000ft and Ramy began to sing happy birthday in which the whole group joined in which was a real nice touch ,
The falcon show was incredible and the bird handler (falconer) with the star of the show “IVAN “ couldn’t do enough to answer all our questions and made the experience unforgettable
All in all this trip is sensational and run by an amazing group of people who ensure you go away with the most amazing memories .
Thank you so much and I can’t wait to get back up in the skies the next time I visit Dubai
Alex and Laura
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A403tfstaceya
Sep 28, 2025
Disappointing - The hot air balloon ride itself was good but definitely don't pay for a video! I have been sent the wrong video twice now and getting a refund is proving extremely difficult!
Overall I have found this to be a very disappointing experience and would not recommend.
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621luckym
Mar 30, 2025
Terrible landing, No aftercare - March 23rd we did a balloon flight. The take off and the flight went smoothly, with beautiful scenes. Landing was another story, we had a very very hard landing on what i think was a dune, another balloon crash landed upside down, several people were taken away by ambulance. Breakfast was included in our deal, we skipped this.
Our whole day was ruined we had backpain, knees ache ect. we felt like we survived a car crash. We were taken directly to our hotel by the driver and he told us, it was a very bad day. A lady in our car had a head injury, no one took care of her.
A week later and we are still not 100%, still experiencing aches & pain from the landing.
No one from the organization reached out to us after this hard landing.
Once never again.
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