Luxor Hot Air Balloon Review

This should be the cheapest hot air balloon experience in the world. We paid about RMB 280, and it is said that the cheaper one is 200. The scenery is not as good as Cappadocia, but it is good for the first experience.

Luxor hot air balloon, which is a must-see, is also a comparison of prices from several travel agencies. The price on Ctrip is quite reasonable. If you go to the local area and find a local travel agency, you will get a lower price. If you make a group connection in advance, someone will come to the hotel to pick you up, but our hotel is just opposite the pier, so basically you can get on the boat directly after leaving the hotel. The staff who came to pick us up took good care of us. The whole hot air balloon trip was also very good. They picked us up at 4.35am and returned to the hotel before 8 o'clock. It is worth recommending. Ctrip is direct and worry-free.

This was by far the highlight of my trip to Egypt. Seeing the Sunrise and Temples from above are just amazing! If you are in Egypt this activity is definitely a must!

The most expensive self-funded item on the trip to Egypt was $140 per person, but it was more cost-effective than the Masai Mara in Kenya. It's always hard to take a hot-air balloon. It's 4:15 a.m. and it starts at 4:45 a.m. in the open space near the quarry. The sun had just risen, and the golden sunshine shined on him, warming the ocean and breaking the slight coolness of Egypt's early morning. Colourful balloons scattered on the ground, some filled with hot air and flapping their wings; some just started to inflate and droop their heads; and others lay feebly on the ground, because the fuel bottles that heated the air had not yet arrived. The hotballoon basket in Egypt can accommodate up to 20 passengers. The basket is divided into five zones. The area at four corners is the passenger zone. Each zone can stand five people, and the middle zone is the pilot's operating zone. I stood at the top left corner of the outermost place, this position although the field of vision is very wide, but when the heating device spray fire, it is really hot a little overwhelming. Ten minutes later, it reached a predetermined height of 3,200 feet, about 970 meters, more than 100 meters higher than the world's tallest building, the Dubai Tower. Nearly one kilometer above the ground, the tiny hanging basket swaying slightly, and the vast expanse of the world, this is a wonderful experience, like a dream like fantasy! ____________ The early morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the distance over the Nile River was like wrapping a white ribbon around the Nile River. It is the magnificent temple built by the Pharaoh Hatshepsut that moves slowly beneath her feet. Looking down from the high altitude, she has a full view of her ancient vicissitudes and her ruins. Our balloons drifted slowly across King's Valley and Mennong. The world was so quiet that there was no more noise from tourists. Balloons landed safely in the desert in front of the Valley of the Kings. Because of the wind direction, each balloon landed in different places, some even several kilometers apart. Before landing, we saw the car that picked us up running after us in the desert below. The landing was so smooth that we didn't even do the Landing Position we learned before take-off. After landing, the organizers issued a certificate to each of us as a souvenir.

Here I reflect on the encounter of Trip.com group tour. On July 22, we set off for a group tour. On the way, we contacted the hot air balloon company Magic Horizon to sign up for a flight. We contacted by several emails. We determined that the flight time was on August 5, and the hot air balloon company would pick up and drop off at 4 am. After staying at the hotel the night before the flight, we immediately informed the hot air balloon company of our room number, and then we received the flight confirmation letter transmitted by the hot air balloon company through the hotel front desk but without a letter, and the pick-up time was changed from 4 to 3 and a half. When we received the confirmation, the tour guide called the room several times and asked if we had signed up for a hot air balloon tomorrow morning, and said the Chinese consulate called and asked us to meet him in the lobby to talk. After several calls, we called the leader and clearly pointed out that the tour guide directly contacted the team members to discuss matters that were not related to the itinerary, which had exceeded his duties. Please let her know the reason for it immediately. At 3:30 the next morning, the hot air balloon company staff did not show up, we dialed the confirmation letter on the other party contact Mohammed's phone, he confirmed our room number and replied that let us wait a few minutes, they arrived in a few minutes. We kept calling again a few minutes later, and the other party didn't answer. During the call, the tour guide was lobbying nearby: I told you last night. Trust me, they won't come and won't listen to you again, if you're going to fly, I can help. I asked him: What's going on, how did you know in advance last night that we were going to fly? The tour guide replied that he knew everything. I made it clear that it was a serious violation of the hotel to look over and disclose the information of the guests privately, and I will contact the Chinese consulate to let the government guarantee my safety. I also told him that I had promised the other party that I would keep the contract, and if they did not come, it was their business to lose the contract, and I would make a separate decision. By 4:30, after judging that the hot air balloon company was under pressure and no longer appeared, I said to the tour guide: If you can still guarantee to take off before sunrise, I accept your advice. The tour guide said: No problem, definitely catch up. So we paid for the ride to the departure point in the car they contacted. We were on the box for more than 20 minutes, and the hot air balloon had not yet taken off. The sun came out! Increasingly, the pilot kept calling the company to explain that the wind could not take off at the scene, but the company said that it should not take off (the pilot's explanation after the incident, has been recorded). Finally took off, but soon landed on a sugarcane field, hot air balloon company personnel rushed up to hand in the submission, I only filled in: not completed flight. When I returned, I asked the tour guide for a refund, and was immediately rejected. To ensure my personal safety, I immediately called the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Chinese Foreign Ministry (86-10-59913991), and then called Trip.com , which reflected the whole thing. The consulate hopes to keep in touch every day and send the hotel that I stay at every night to the Consulate through the WeChat public account. Trip.com Let me travel with peace of mind and help me deal with it when I return home.