Start your Gold Coast morning the way it deserves — floating above the hinterland at sunrise, with nothing between you and one of the most breathtaking views in Queensland. Then choose how your morning ends: raise a glass and go, breakfast among the vines with resident alpacas, or a five-star buffet at the beachside Langham Hotel.
Every experience begins with door-to-door pickup from selected Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, or Broadbeach accommodation. At the launch site, watch your balloon inflate to the height of a ten-storey building before stepping into the basket with your experienced pilot.
For the next hour, drift silently above the Gold Coast Hinterland and Scenic Rim. Watch the skyline of Surfers Paradise glow on one horizon and the hinterland ranges and Brisbane City on the other as your pilot shares the story of this remarkable landscape.
After landing, step inside the balloon envelope (conditions permitting) for a unique guided look at the working interior of your aircraft. Then celebrate as your crew opens the sparkling wine. Your pilot personally signs your commemorative certificate of achievement — a tradition on every Hot Air flight — while you raise a glass in the paddock and toast to your adventure.
Then choose the morning that suits you. Note, breakfast is only included in the vineyard and Langham options:
Sparkling Wine & Photos - our best-value option, but without breakfast. Celebrate in the paddock, collect your photo package and be back at your hotel with the whole day ahead of you
Vineyard Breakfast with Alpacas — a full country breakfast with sparkling wine at O'Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards, then meet the resident alpacas — always a highlight.
Langham Beachside Breakfast — our premium morning. A lavish buffet at the Akoya restaurant in the five-star Langham Hotel, Surfers Paradise — absolute oceanfront, with sweeping views across the famous beach to the Pacific Ocean.
Fly with confidence. Hot air ballooning is one of the safest forms of aviation in Australia. Hot Air is fully regulated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) — the same federal authority that governs Australia's airlines — and every passenger is protected under the liability cover the Australian Government requires of all commercial air operators. With a proud safety record across 30+ years and a crew who simply won't fly if conditions aren't right, you're in experienced, professional hands from pickup to landing.
Whichever morning you choose, your professionally shot photo package is ready the same day — nothing extra to pay. Taken by our skilled crew on SLR camera, it includes pre-flight portraits with the balloon flame behind you, remote-triggered in-flight shots from a camera suspended 10m from the basket and group or individual portraits at landing. Delivered as a Google Drive link within hours of your flight. Valued at $135, included at no cost. You are welcome to bring your own phone or camera too.
Return hotel drop-off included.
