Midweek Special Booking Form
Midweek Special
Hot Air Balloon Flight Booking Form
Flight Rate 329 pp / 658 per couple
Book and fly on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday excluding public holidays
Flight Time: Approx 1 hour, allow 3-4 hours for the whole ballooning experience
Bonus free in flight photography on most flights at pilots discretion.
Midweek Specials are -
Valid for 12 months
Add breakfast - book & pay Chateau Yering Hotel direct 03 9237 3333
Non-Refundable – Suitable for passengers who live local to Melbourne / Yarra Valley who can reschedule if necessary
Not recommended for interstate / international passengers on a short stay holiday who may not be able to reschedule if necessary
Most flights do proceed on the scheduled day
Minimum age 6 years
Reschedule if necessary and complete your flight within the 12 month validity period
All Yarra Valley flights are sunrise-morning not sunset-evening
No upgrades available
Melbourne CBD Transfers - not available
Refer to Terms & Conditions
Weather / Meteorology
- Ballooning is a weather dependant activity & the majority of our scheduled flights do proceed however, passenger safety is our first priority and your CASA approved pilot trained in meteorology will cancel if it is not safe to fly and the weather is inclement.
- Please avoid following Melbourne weather forecasts and in particular long-range forecasts that are not relevant to ballooning in the Yarra Valley.
- Go Wild Ballooning has registered access to detailed weather reports from the Bureau of Meteorology specific for ballooning in the Yarra Valley
Please contact reservations if you need to reschedule a flight cancelled by the pilot
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 and views vary daily depending on the wind speed & direction that is present on the morning of your flight
- 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’