Treat mum to the ultimate Mother’s Day gift
When your mum is a force of nature, give her a Mother’s Day gift that offers her a truly sky high adventure, a once in a lifetime hot air balloon ride experience!Our gift vouchers are perfect for any occasion but really come into their own for those special occasions. The feeling of freedom, leaving your…
School holiday fun
What about an incredible hot air balloon experience for your family and a special treat for the kids to see Canberra from above? It won’t just keep them entertained, kids, young and old, can also learn how a hot air balloon works for their “show and tell”. We fly children from 6 years of age. We…
Balloon Spectacular
It’s just a month until the Canberra Balloon Spectacular so now is the time to get your tickets. This year’s Balloon Spectacular starts on Saturday 14 March and runs for 9 days until Sunday 22 March 2025. The Balloon Spectacular is free for spectators but this year numbers are limited and you need to book…
Merry Christmas
Wishing all our passengers, friends and their families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Our pilots and crew are taking a well deserved short break. Our flights will resume on Sunday 28 December 2025. You can book online – or if you want to talk to us please call 02 6249 8660. If…
ChooseCBR
Balloon Aloft are excited to be part of the ChooseCBR program! We are offering to match the ChooseCBR discount, so if you use your $20 voucher, we will take $20 off the price of your flight so you will save $40. Phone us now on 02 6249 8660 with your Choose CBR voucher code and…
Floriade Reimagined
Spring wouldn’t be spring in Canberra without Floriade. In 2020, Floriade has been reimagined with the annual spring celebration moving from its traditional home in Commonwealth Park to bloom across Canberra. With so much changing this year, Floriade: Reimagined (12 September – 11 October 2020) has been designed to allow the community to connect safely…
Return to flying …
After many weeks of being grounded, we are looking forward to getting our passengers back in the air. Flights will resume from 19 June. During our shutdown we have been undertaking maintenance and deep cleaning of our balloon baskets and vehicles and doing some training flights over different parts of Canberra. Thank you to everyone…
Have you seen us flying over your suburb?
Although we are currently unable to conduct passenger flights due to the COVID-19 crisis our pilots are out flying to maintain their licences and researching new flying areas. We look forward to a return to passenger flights as soon as considered safe and restrictions are eased! Our crew have been keeping busy with a maintenance…
Flights still postponed
You may have seen a balloon in the sky today! Our pilots will fly occasionally over the next month; these are practice flights to keep their licenses current. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions we can’t fly passengers just yet. We are using our spare time to clean and maintain our ballooning equipment so we…
Flights Postponed
Unfortunately we have had to suspend our flight operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In line with the Prime Ministers advice as to the time of the pandemic and his recommendations, we are suspending our flight operations until 31 August. This time frame is subject to review and if we can recommence operating sooner, we…