Cappadocia Balloon Flight with Red Tour

Pre-Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flight: Experience the unique beauty of Cappadocia in a hot air balloon flight before sunrise. Our VIP vehicles will pick you up from your hotel one hour before sunrise (around 06:30 during winter and 04:15 during summer) and take you to the take-off area. Your pilot will guide you through the breathtaking scenery of Red Valley to Goreme, offering perfect panoramic views of Urgup, Goreme, Ortahisar, Uchisar, Avanos, and Nevsehir. Watch the sunrise from above and witness the stunning landscape of Cappadocia. After the approximate 60-minute flight, our professional pilot will land with the help of the ground team. Enjoy a celebration with refreshing non-alcoholic drinks and receive a flight certificate specially made for you. We then take you back to your hotel (at 8:30 am).

RED Tour: After your hot air balloon flight, get ready for the RED Tour. At 9:45 am, we will pick you up from your hotel and start the day by visiting Devrent Valley, also known as “Imagination Valley,” which has a surreal-looking landscape. Our next stop will be Pashabagi, also known as the Monks Valley, where Christian hermits chose to locate hermit cells and churches in three-headed pinnacles symbolic of the Holy Trinity. You can see all the stages in the formation of fairy chimneys at this spot. We will then proceed to Avanos (Venessa), the pottery center of Cappadocia, located on the banks of the Kizilirmak/Red River. The river gets its name from the red clay it deposits. You can watch the potters at work using kick wheels, a technique that has remained unchanged for generations. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant before continuing to the Goreme Open Air Museum, where you can find the world’s most important Byzantine cave churches. Here, monks and nuns pursued monastic life from the 3rd century on. You can see the best-preserved Byzantine cave wall paintings and frescoes from the Iconoclastic period through to the end of the Seljuk rule. Icons with scenes from the Old Testament and the New Testament above portraits of Church Fathers and saints depict the structure of the Byzantine universe. Enjoy a panoramic view from Esentepe, which offers a spectacular view over Goreme, seeing the complete view of Goreme valley and Goreme village, fairy chimneys, rock formations, and cave houses. End your day with Uchisar Castle, the highest point of the Goreme region. After the tour, we will return you to your hotel at 4:30 pm.