Once you have experienced flying,
you will walk the earth always with your eyes turned
to the sky, for that is where you wish to return.
Leonardo Da Vinci

Come to understand
Da Vinci's reflection.

What is ballooning

Ballooning is an aeronautical activity practiced with a hot air balloon.

 

The hot air balloon is the oldest aerial transport vehicle in human engineering.

 

It has a history of three centuries that begins with Leonardo Da Vinci, who made the first sketch.
Portugal played a decisive role in the history of ballooning.

 

With an ambitious spirit, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, in 1709, before King D. João V, made a paper globe rise four meters high for the first time.

Security

Ballooning is recognized by the FAI (Federation Aeronautique Internationale) as the safest aerial activity, with accident rates close to zero.

Flight Types

At dawn or at dusk, hot air ballooning is an involving and unforgettable experience. The trip has no set itinerary, since we fly at the whim of the wind.

The emotions during the balloon flight are fed by the enchantment of flying in a unique way and in complete harmony with nature.

The best sensations of peace, serenity, and freedom are awakened.

Free Flight


At dawn or at dusk, hot air ballooning is an involving and unforgettable experience. The trip has no set itinerary, since we fly at the whim of the wind.


The emotions during the balloon flight are fed by the enchantment of flying in a unique way and in complete harmony with nature.


The best sensations of peace, serenity, and freedom are awakened.

Free Flight

It is a more economical mode of flight.

Ideal for groups of friends or independent groups who want to share the experience of flying in a hot air balloon (minimum 4 adult passengers).

Corporate or Shared Flight


It is a more economical mode of flight.


Ideal for groups of friends or independent groups who want to share the experience of flying in a hot air balloon (minimum 4 adult passengers).

Corporate or Shared Flight

It is designed for couples or small families who value their privacy and do not want to share the experience with others.

Exclusive flight


It is designed for couples or small families who value their privacy and do not want to share the experience with others.

Exclusive flight

The Captive Flight has an enormous power of attraction and success in the most varied festivities, commemorative or corporate events, whether in actions of promotion and dissemination of brands or services.

It is ideal for baptism flights to a larger number of people, providing the opportunity to have direct contact with the hot air balloon, to live the experience of flying and enjoy a panoramic view of the place for a few minutes.

Captive Flight


The Captive Flight has an enormous power of attraction and success in the most varied festivities, commemorative or corporate events, whether in actions of promotion and dissemination of brands or services.


It is ideal for baptism flights to a larger number of people, providing the opportunity to have direct contact with the hot air balloon, to live the experience of flying and enjoy a panoramic view of the place for a few minutes.

Captive Flight

Night Glow is a magnificent night show of light and sound, where hot air balloons will synchronize their burners to the rhythm of the music.

It is a show with a great power of attraction for any event, creating effects of immense beauty and visual impact.

Night Glow

 

Night Glow is a magnificent night show of light and sound, where hot air balloons will synchronize their burners to the rhythm of the music.

It is a show with a great power of attraction for any event, creating effects of immense beauty and visual impact.

Night Glow

A experiência de voar de balão

Duração e desenrolar da experiência:
In total the whole process of the experience takes about 3 hours:
 
1. Balloon preparation
– Briefing de segurança
– Insuflação do balão
– Descolagem
 
2. Flight: about 01h duration (depending on the weather and morphological conditions of the terrain).
 
3. Landing
– Confraternização no local da aterragem
– Atribuição de diplomas
– Arrumação do material
 
4. Retorno através de viaturas até ao local da descolagem
 
Horário:
Na Primavera e no Verão (abril a setembro) os voos são essencialmente feitos ao nascer do sol, pois os balões de ar quente são muito sensíveis às correntes térmicas e turbulências que ocorrem durante o período em que o sol aquece a Terra. Portanto para se voar em segurança é necessário estarem reunidas as melhores condições atmosféricas ( secas, estáveis, temperaturas frescas e ventos calmos), e a hora de nascer do sol é a que mais satisfaz essas condições.
Nos meses de Outono e Inverno (outubro a março), devido às suas temperaturas mais baixas, muitos dias oferecem-nos boas condições atmosféricas para voar de manhã após o nascer do sol, e no período da tarde.
Frisando sempre que a hora para voar é definida de acordo com a avaliação do Piloto sobre as condições meteorológicas de cada dia e local de voo.
 
Condições meteorológicas:
To carry out a hot air balloon flight all safety conditions must be met, and the weather conditions must be ideal such as: favorable winds, good visibility and no precipitation
or thunderstorms
As condições e previsões meteorológicas para os locais de voo são analisadas e seguidas diariamente pelo Piloto.
A decisão de cancelamento do voo cabe-lhe única e exclusivamente a ele, pois o Piloto tem o poder de avaliação e decisão de todas as questões e condições necessárias para a realização do voo.
We emphasize that our maxim is the well-being and safety of all.
 
Vestuário:
Passengers should dress as comfortably as possible, however with clothing appropriate to the season.
É aconselhada roupa cómoda, prática e de fácil mobilidade, de preferência calças, e calçado raso e fechado tipo ténis ou sapatilhas.
But for the warmer months we recommend the use of sunscreen and hats.
We point out that ballooning is an outdoor activity in which we always land in the countryside.

The hot air balloon

The manned hot air balloon is the most common and widely used hot air balloon worldwide.

It has a capacity of between 2 to 32 crew members plus pilot.

The balloon is ascended by heating atmospheric air, which becomes less dense and lifts the balloon.
The fuel usually used is propane gas C3H8.

The payload of a hot air balloon depends exclusively on the size of its envelope (balloon).

A balloon considered "normal" has on average 2,000m3 to 3,000m3 of internal volume and can carry 2 to 5 people.

There are also balloons that have between 5,000m3 to 24,000m3 that can carry up to 35 passengers per flight.

Find out what is required for each flight.

A balloon.
Gas canisters with the appropriate capacity.
The trailer to transport the balloon and remaining equipment.
A vehicle to transport the trailer with the balloon.
The licensing of the balloon and related equipment once a year.
The flight support team.
Compulsory insurance.
A license to fly.

What is essential for flying

Get to know what is required for each flight.

A balloon.
Gas canisters with the appropriate capacity.
The trailer to transport the balloon and remaining equipment.
A vehicle to transport the trailer with the balloon.
The licensing of the balloon and related equipment once a year.
The flight support team.
Compulsory insurance.
A license to fly.

Anatomy of a hot air balloon

Get to know in detail what a hot air balloon is.

Curiosities about ballooning

The hot air balloon is the oldest air vehicle in human history.

The brothers Joseph-Ralf and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier discovered that smoke from a bonfire could inflate a silk sack.

So on July 5, 1783, they developed a hot air balloon.

The first controlled flight of a hot air balloon was carried out by Frenchmen Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783 in Paris in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.

This first flight reached an altitude of 24 meters, i.e. the maximum length that the rope would allow it to ascend.

Today balloons are capable of reaching great altitudes.

On November 26, 2005, Vijaypat Singhania set an altitude record with a hot air balloon, reaching a height of 21,027 meters.

The first non-stop trip around the world in a hot air balloon took place in 1999.

The balloon took off from Château-d'Oex in Switzerland on March 1, 1999 and landed at 01:02 on March 21 in the Egyptian desert.

Its two crew members broke records for distance and duration, traveling for 19 days, 21 hours, and 55 minutes.