6 Hot Air Balloon Flights in Melbourne That Survive a Second Look

1.Hot Air Balloon Flights over Melbourne City (optional breakfast)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 403 reviews · from $369Our pick

Meet around 5:00 am for a dawn hot air balloon flight over Melbourne, with views of the MCG, Museum, CBD, and sunrise. Liberty Balloon Flights provides the pilot, support crew, safety briefing, in-flight guidance, and return transfer to the meeting point. Flights last about one hour, with optional Windsor Hotel breakfast for A$50.

“Melbourne is one of the few cities in the world where you can float over the skyline in a hot air balloon.”

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2.Melbourne Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Ride with GoPro Photos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 263 reviews · from $426

Meet at Pullman Melbourne On The Park before dawn for a safety briefing and roughly one hour in the air. Your pilot may steer over the CBD, Yarra River, MCG, parks, stadiums, or inner suburbs, depending on wind. Help with the balloon if able, then add a buffet breakfast with sparkling wine.

“I recommend to everyone who is thinking of doing a Balloon flight just do it, It is sooo awesome, I thought I was going to be really scared, but I wasn,t. It was so calming and the views where a sight to be hold, I absolutely loved it 3”

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3.Melbourne Premium Balloon Flight plus 5-Star champagne breakfast

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 114 reviews · from $377

Fly above Melbourne in a wicker basket with BalloonMan, taking in the Yarra River, MCG, Eureka Tower, Royal Botanic Gardens, Westgate Bridge, and Brighton’s bathing boxes. The flight lasts about 3 to 4 hours including a five-star champagne breakfast. Groups are capped at 10, and pickup is offered.

“We had booked the trip and it was cancelled due to the weather. I am sincerely appreciated the Balloonman team, the organizer, who always kept in touch with us til the refund granted.”

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4.Balloon Flight at Sunrise

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 106 reviews · 4 hours · from $364

Meet at The Hotel Windsor before dawn, ride to the launch field, help prepare the balloon, then fly for about an hour over Melbourne’s CBD, MCG, Yarra River and parks. Pilot-led route planning uses winds at different heights, followed by a ground-crew landing and return to central Melbourne. English and Spanish guidance is available.

“These men are great team and great service and great friendly guys they have given us all. Very thoroughly explain and clear instructions. I love it so much and very impressive what I see during the ride up the sky in Hot Air Balloon. Thank you all guys”

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5.Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 53 reviews · 3 hours · from $360Best value

Meet at Sofi’s Lounge at the Sofitel, or choose CBD, Southbank, or Docklands pickup. After a safety briefing, fly over Melbourne with pilot Dom and the crew. The three-hour outing includes skyline views, the MCG, Flinders Street, Southern Cross Station, and the Eureka, plus optional breakfast with champagne.

“It was one of the best experiences I have done. They kept update the information we need to know before the flight. The Balloon ride was so smooth and comfortable. It was really awesome to see skyscrapers from above. Assisting post-fly preparation was fun. In addition, Dom the Captain was answered whatever questions we had, he is really helpful, kind, and funny. And thanks to Riley as well. He coached us how/what to do during post-fly preparation. I will definitely do this again when I visit Melbourne! Thanks million Dom, and Riley, and rest of crews 😃”

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6.1-Hour Hot Air Balloon Flight at Sunrise

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 24 reviews · from $393

Meet before sunrise at Pullman Melbourne on the Park, help inflate the balloon, then spend about an hour floating above Melbourne and its parks. Pilot commentary, a digital flight certificate, and return transport are included. Wind decides your route, so a flight directly over the city is not guaranteed. Add a champagne buffet breakfast for $35.

“That’s awesome even though we need to wake up at 04:30. The view up there in the air is amazing. We all having a great time. After the 3hours journey, the champagne breakfast is wonderful to fill up a hungry stomach.”

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