Luxor Hot Air Balloon

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!

Experienced a hot air balloon project in Luxor, it was really exciting, and the scenery was beautiful. Sitting on the hot air balloon and watching the surrounding scenery, it can really be described as refreshing.

It is said that Egypt's hot air balloon is the cheapest in the world! Before I went, I was worried about safety and checked the accident rate here. It seemed to be lower than Turkey, so I sat at ease! Egyptians often said: "Without Luxor, it is not considered Egypt". This ancient Egyptian capital, built in the 14th century BC, stands on the site of Thebes, the birthplace of ancient Egyptian civilization. The temple of Luxor on the banks of the Nile is numerous, is the world's largest open-air museum, with the reputation of "the city of palaces". The wind blows up dry sand, and the air smells like thousands of years ago. Set off before dawn, enjoy the sunrise view of the Valley of the Emperors on a hot air balloon, and the entire Thebes remains are at your feet, feeling the strong ancient Egyptian atmosphere in the air, while satisfying the sky and the yearning for history, there is no more wonderful way to start a new day.

We started at 4:30 a.m. that day, because we had a late night the previous night, so everyone was a little tired. It's said that it will take more than half an hour. Everyone wants to close their eyes and have a rest. I don't know who suddenly found an armored car following us and lost sleep. Only when asked, did we know that they had protected us from coming. Everyone was grateful to them, and they really felt relieved. Before I knew it, I arrived at my destination. Speaking of hot air balloons, I want to go many times. In Thailand there is a problem with the wind direction, in Australia there is heavy rain, and no trip. That's great. There's nothing wrong with it. The captain waited until everyone was seated and began to take off. Spacecraft slowly ascended, higher and higher, what Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens, Nile, Queen's Palace __________ All at our feet. Everyone is so happy that when they come, they are tired and don't know where they are going. In about fifty minutes, we began to fall. This is really a meaningful experience in life, in addition to satisfaction, or satisfaction!

Luxor Hot Balloon: It needs to start at 4 a.m. to get to the take-off point before the sun rises. First, at the gathering place of the hot-air balloon company, enjoy their breakfast and wait for them to inflate the balloon. Balloons slowly bulge up in the darkness, then stand tall, and then we stand in groups of four people in the basket, divided into four groups, waiting for launch. At daybreak, we take off with the balloon, and below is the Valley of the Emperor. It is totally different from the Valley of the Emperor seen in the daytime. It overlooks the whole Valley of the Emperor. The Mausoleum of the great ancestors can not walk in the daytime. Now it looks so faint.

Start at 3 a.m. to take a hot-air balloon and cross the Nile with a group of people from Mexico, Spain and Colombia by boat. Wait for the ignition and rise together to greet the sunrise on the hot-air balloon.My Dream Has Last Come True!!!

That night, they talked with a local guide in Luxor about pricing, together with charter fares and balloon-lift costs, totalling 280 pounds per person (about 280 yuan). She said the price was very confusing, depending entirely on the level of tourists'bargaining. As far as she knew, some people paid as much as $150 per person for the same trip, while others only spent 250. When discussing the price, there is no mention of insurance, hot-air balloon safety, project sponsors and hot-air balloon driver qualification. At 4:30 a.m. local time on February 19, after a half-hour drive, Lin Chenxi and his party arrived at the hot-air balloon base. Being scheduled for the penultimate take-off, she had time to observe the scene. It was an open area on the West Bank of the Luxoniro River between houses and monuments. When they arrived, the hot balloons were still inflated, and each of them "paralyzed" on the ground. Some hot-air balloons have holes and patches on them. The patches are not big, nor many. " Lin Chenxi also found that only a canvas was placed under the balloon, which was not very clean. The driver has no work license. The driver is a middle-aged local man, wearing casual clothes and without any work license. On the hot-air balloon, the driver spoke a note in English. There was no translation on the spot. Because he didn't understand English very well, Lin Chen-xi didn't quite understand what he meant. He only understood a sentence that basically told the passengers to hold on to the handrails on the suspension rails and not to shake them. Lin Chenxi's party and another group of 17 passengers (including a child) boarded the rattan basket of the hot air balloon. She noticed that in the middle of the basket there were three or four long, slender gas tanks with the driver standing in the center. Passengers stand on both sides to keep the basket balanced. The burning flame is 1-2 metres above the head. Hot air balloons take off steadily and fly slowly. Lin Chen-xi found that the hot air balloons in the sky did not follow the same route, but varied in height, distance and distance. One of them flew high and far, while her hot air balloons flew low. She was also annoyed at that time. The whole flight lasted for 20 minutes, and the balloon began to land after a period of flat flight. About a minute before the ground, the driver asked all the passengers to squat down. At this time, there are many staff on the ground who are also dressed in casual clothes waiting for the basket to be pulled when it approaches the ground, so as not to be taken to the sky by hot air balloons. After landing, Lin Chenxi found that their balloons landed in a ploughed farmland with soft soil. However, many hot-air balloons do not land well and must be raised to a certain height again to land in this area by ground crews. " She said that the control of hot-air balloon collapse also requires technology. Before the balloon falls down, the staff should lay a canvas first. Normally, the balloon should be slowly poured on the cloth. A hot-air balloon did not fall on the cloth at all, but on top of the passengers'heads. They were turned over. " Lin Chenxi said that the driver's skill is not uniform, but also gives people a very confused feeling.