Hot-air balloon flight in Saumur (49)

Activity description :

1. 3 hours30 minutes
2. Up to 16 people
3. From 7 years old

With its hot-air balloon, you'll discover the Loire Valley from the sky in a hot-air balloon for an extraordinary experience. Here's your chance to take a hot-air balloon ride in Saumur and see Anjou from the sky.

Saumur castle: the ideal place to discover hot-air ballooning

Enjoy the view of the Château de Saumur, the Chapelle Royale Notre-Dame des Ardilliers, the Chapelle Saint-Jean and many other splendid landscapes. You'll be accompanied by an experienced balloonist with over 1,000 hours' flying experience. If this is your first hot-air balloon flight, you'll have no fear!

Course of the flight :

• Welcome: short briefing, balloon inflation: unfolding the envelope
• Board the basket for take-off. Flights take place in the morning at sunrise or in the evening just before sunset.
• Itinerary: no pre-determined route, flights are wind-driven
• Gentlelanding
• Arrival: recovery of the balloon, followed by the aeronaut's drink and return to the initial departure point with the partner's vehicle.

Several packages are available:

• Pleasure: 3h15 of activity with approximately 1 hour of flight
• Exception: 3h30 of activity with approximately 1h20 of flight time

This experience is an unusual activity to offer to a loved one wishing to discover the region in an original way. For EVGs and EVJFs, it's the perfect way for future brides and grooms to leave with their heads full of memories before taking the plunge!