BALLOON ADVENTURES

Early departure for the take-off area near Nahel on the E33, 45 km from Al-Aïn. An experience rich in emotion and unforgettable. The arid expanses play on the full range of carmine hues as the sun rises.

This is undoubtedly the most original way to discover the desert: an experience rich in emotion and unforgettable, to be preferred for its atypical character. Granted, you have to get up early! But it's exclusively to admire a drone show before jumping aboard a gondola at the crack of dawn and greeting the sunrise as you soar silently into the sky still tinged with night... You won't regret it: the arid expanses are never more beautiful than in the early morning, the best time of day to optimize this type of activity - gentle air currents, mild temperatures, soothing natural light. If you like to sleep in, don't forget to set your alarm, because this adventure, led by captains who are as friendly as they are ultra-professional, is worth its weight in sleep deprivation, especially if you're lucky enough and privileged enough to fly with Captain Caroline, champion of the Netherlands! Tip: don't use vertigo as an excuse not to come. Curiously, this sensation is hardly perceptible aboard a balloon, perhaps because you're sailing gently, untethered to the ground. In any case, you can rely on Balloon Adventures Dubai: THE specialist in hot-air balloon flights in the Emirates, a high-performance company with a presence on 3 continents and some twenty years' experience. In Dubai, where it attracts hundreds of passengers a year, the company operates no fewer than 8 hot-air balloons, including the world's largest, for 24 passengers, as well as a lovely romantic bubble for aerial duo escapes, a way of sealing a milestone event with a memorable activity (breakfast served on board). Children and teenagers will be delighted by this amazing way of playing with currents, terrain and the burner to lift the impressive mass of the balloon into the air or, on the contrary, to bring it just a few meters above the ground, as if touching the dunes. But the highlight is undoubtedly the moment when a hawk lands on the basket and swirls around the balloon in a superb aerial ballet.

After the flight, authentic open Land Rovers from the 1950s take passengers from the sky to a chic yet rustic Bedouin camp, where a delicious gourmet breakfast is served in the heart of the desert.