Balloon Above The Desert

I had such an amazing start to my Birthday today! From the morning sunrise at the meeting place to the beautiful desert views from the air, the delightful, friendly conversation and all the information from Will, the pilot, to the special toast and wonderful history and story about hot air balloons, it was a spectacular experience and I would ever this company to anyone. I’m so glad I did this, and I hope to do it again. I found it will worth the money too. I think the best part of Will, the pilot /​owner is that he loves what he does and it shows!

We had an awesome experience with Jack he’s an experience hot air balloon pilot in a veteran of the hot air balloon experience its our first time up in a hot air balloon and we had a blast thank you very much check you out next time

This is our first time ballooning and it was a great experience. We had Jack, a long time balloon pilot who made us feel at ease. This particular company had shuttle service, which is very convenient for those that don’t have a car (we actually did but it meant less driving for us). They picked us up on time in palm springs at 2:30pm, then proceeded to pick up others that were scheduled on the same balloon. We had 8 people in ours but another balloon has 2. We arrived at the drop off site in indio by about 4pm. We saw the balloons inflate, climbed in, and off we went.
The ride itself was the epitome of calm since the balloon moves with the air currents. I’m a little scared of heights but the experience was great and not scary at all. We had some cookies and champagne/​soda in the middle of the trip and our guide pointed out various facts in the area. Since we went in February, the day temp was cooler at 70 but the basket was nice and toasty since it’s next to the burners. I was wearing shorts and a shirt and felt plenty warm. The burners do get loud as they’re being fired off but that wasn’t too bad. Might be scary for young children though.
We saw the mountains, the houses, the whole landscape, and skirted low to the ground at different times which was really neat. The landing bounced a little but was not scary at all. Highly recommended!