Chateau Yering Hotel
Bookings Essential
Throughout the peak season October – April, both Chateau Yering Hotel and Go Wild Ballooning often book out in advance. To secure your preferred dates please book early to avoid disappointment. Complete the online booking request form and submit for processing. All bookings are processed and confirmed pending availability within 12 hours or the next business day
Additional Information
- Guests are required to arrange their own transport to Chateau Yering Hotel for check-in from 2pm
- Self Drive, Car Hire, Uber or Taxi
- All rates quoted are AUD
- Payment surcharge 1.75% applies to the flight only portion. When processed GWB will email a Flight Itinerary Confirmation
- Payment surcharge 1.3% applies to the Bed & Breakfast portion. When processed CYH will email a Confirmation
Complimentary Inclusions
- Bonus – Free in-flight photography on most flights at the pilots discretion
- Souvenir Flight Certificate emailed to you as a memento of your hot air balloon flight experience in the Yarra Valley
- Wine tasting at Yering Station Winery – ask at Front Office
- In-suite wi-fi
Yarra Valley Hot Air Balloon Flights
We welcome you to the beautiful Yarra Valley at sunrise to experience a magical awakening of the senses. Float above world famous wineries & watch the Yarra River as it winds its way into Melbourne CBD in the distance.
Flight duration – one hour
Both flight options offered are valid for 12 months and rebookable to any day of the week. If your flight is cancelled by the pilot, you are emailed a Rebooking Link that will allow you to reschedule and fly on a better day. Most flights proceed, however, no aviation activity can ever be 100% guaranteed.
359 pp / 718 per couple – non-refundable, rebookable, valid for 12 months. Best suited if you live local to the Yarra Valley, Greater Melbourne, Victoria
389 pp / 778 per couple – refundable T&C’s apply, rebookable, valid for 12 months. Recommended if you live interstate or overseas
BONUS Complimentary free in-flight photography on most flights at pilot’s discretion
No changes or cancellations accepted within 7 days of a confirmed flight date. Refundable flights are eligible to be refunded if the pilot cancels the flight and if we receive a refund request in writing within 14 days of the original flight date, refer T&C’s
Melba Suite Bed & Breakfast with Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flights
From $556.50 per person / $1113 per couple
Itinerary
- Check In: from 2pm
- Accommodation – either one or two nights in a luxury Melba suite bed & breakfast package
- Hot Air Balloon Flights – the following morning with complimentary transfers from Chateau Yering Hotel to & from the launch and landing sites
- Breakfast – Sweetwater Cafe’ – sumptuous gourmet breakfast in ‘Sweetwater Cafe’ (this is part of your accommodation B&B package)
- Checkout – 10:30am
(Hotel & flight rates are already reduced, no further discounts apply)
Melba Suite Bed & Breakfast Rates (per couple or single supplement)
MIDWEEK Sunday to Thursday (excluding public holidays)
1 night stay $395
2 night stay $790
COMBINATION OF MIDWEEK & WEEKEND (excluding public holidays)
2 night stay Thursday & Friday $840
2 night stay Sunday & Monday $840
WEEKEND Friday & Saturday (excluding public holidays)
1 night stay Fri or Sat $445
2 night stay Fri & Sat $890
PUBLIC HOLIDAY LONG WEEKEND
Minimum 2 night stay (inclusive of a $150 surcharge) $1040
* Any night that falls on a midweek public holiday or over a weekend will incur a public holiday surcharge of $150 per suite
CYH Booking & Cancellation Information
Accommodation is not weather affected. If your flight is cancelled by our pilot you are required to arrive at your accommodation venue & adhere to Chateau Yerings T&C’s & cancellation policy. No cancellations or changes accepted to your confirmed accommodation booking within 7 days of the arrival date. If your dates include a midweek public holiday or fall over a long weekend, you will be charged an additional $150 Public Holiday surcharge.
Eleonore’s Restaurant @ CYH open Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings for dinner – bookings essential
For further information on any Chateau Yering suites and hotel facilities or to make any amendments or additions to your booking visit www.chateauyering.com.au
Weather / Meteorology
- Weather & Meteorology
- Our flying locations are chosen as they provide calm, cool air, suitable for flying hot air balloons
- The majority of flights do proceed on the scheduled day
- Commercial Pilots, trained in meteorology, re-evaluate the weather several times each morning
- Avoid following Melbourne weather forecasts, in particular long-range forecasts that provide an overall view of the whole day & are not necessarily relevant to early morning hot air ballooning
- Pilots have registered access to detailed weather reports from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) specific to ballooning in our flying locations
- We see the sunrise on most flights
- Hot air ballooning is a weather dependant activity
- No aviation flight or activity is ever 100% guaranteed as weather is not an exact science
- If your flight is cancelled by the pilot, we email a link so you can rebook & fly on another day
Hot Air Balloon Flight Itinerary
– allow up to 5 hours
- Balloon meeting time is confirmed the evening before your flight when you ‘check-in’ with our duty pilot
- Flight morning commences at our Yarra Valley meeting point Chateau Yering Hotel approximately one (1) hour before sunrise
- You will receive a ‘wake-up’ call 30 minutes before the meeting time
- Go Wild Ballooning transfer passengers from Chateau Yering to the launch site
- Balloon launch & landing site & flight path vary daily depending on the weather
- No two flights are ever the same
- The balloon is inflated and we encourage passenger participation. This is also a great time to take photographs
- Your hot air balloon flight is approximately one hour with magnificent views of the vineyards, mountain ranges, the meandering Yarra River below with distant views of the Melbourne CBD skyline and Port Phillip Bay
- Upon landing passengers are encouraged to participate in the deflation process and packing up the balloon. This is a great time for taking photographs and a fun way to complete your ballooning experience
- Arriving back at Chateau Yering Hotel we enjoy a 5 star gourmet breakfast in Sweetwater Cafe’
For more details click the button below to view our flight information