Cappadocia Anatolian Balloons
Flying in a hot-air-balloon is an exquisite feeling anywhere in the world. But flying in
Cappadocia is actually a privilege. The sort of flights we do here can not be done anywhere else in the whole world. All you can do with a hot air balloon is to make it go up or down, and make the balloon rotate around itself. Therefore the balloon is totally dependent on the prevailing wind and goes where the wind takes it. Here in Cappadocia we fly within the valleys and around the fairy chimneys, very close to the ground, and the flights are so perfect, one would think that the balloon actually had steering facilities. But the explanation is rather simple. Cappadocia being in the middle of what is known as continental climate, there is a great difference of temperature between night and day. During the night, there accumulates a mass of cold air within the valleys. This mass begins to flow just like a river around sunrise time. It is thanks to this reliable flow that we manage to perform the astonishing flights that we do almost every day of the year. Naturally this has a lot to do with the skill of our pilots, but without the flow, this sort of flight would not be possible. This also is the reason why we fly only and only around sunrise time, because later on, the conditions are not so reliable any more.
As
ANATOLIAN BALLOONS, we are the biggest hot air balloon company in Turkey and the only one with ISO 9001-2000 quality certification. We have the newest and the highest quality ballooning equipment and vehicles available. Our pilots, our ground crew and office staff are all professionals with very high experience. All this enables us to proudly provide our passengers with the best possible service. This is why our motto is “
Fly with finesse”.
