Famous for its unique rock formations and amazing hot air ballooning opportunities, the otherworldly landscapes of Cappadocia are one of Turkey’s most popular natural wonders. Unusual honeycombed boulders rise from the plateau of Central Anatolia and have, over the centuries, served as the backdrop for a history equally as fascinating.

Cappadocia is now a prime tourist destination and one of the best places to visit in Turkey. It is located in the Central Anatolian region and offers you a fairy tale journey in Anatolian history with magnificent landscape and culture. Therefore, it is an ideal place to have a hot balloon ride.

The Cappadocia hot air balloons are fast-becoming one of the most common travel bucket list items in the world. It’s not hard to see why as you seamlessly float above the historic cave dwellings of Goreme Town with over 100 other balloons at sunrise in what can only be likened to a fairytale scene.

Seeing numerous fairy chimneys from the sky would be a wonderful experience for you. As you may remember, what makes the fairy chimneys in the Cappadocia region is their great number. It is the same for hot air balloon flights in Cappadocia. There could be many places in the world where you can ride hot air balloons. However, the number of air balloons that you can see in the sky at the same time will be countless in Cappadocia. Watching other balloons in the sky would be amazing as well as watching the surface from the sky.

Hot air balloon rides could be a once in a lifetime experience. Therefore, people who want to have hot air balloon flights in the Cappadocia region have questions on their minds. One of them is safety. Hot air balloons are totally safe. First of all, balloon accidents are really rare. Balloons are really safe air vehicles. Moreover, the balloon rides in Cappadocia are supervised by the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation. You can trust your pilot. If the weather conditions are not appropriate for air balloon rides, all rides are canceled by the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Therefore, you do not need to worry about security issues. However, as you can guess, hot air balloon flights would not be a good choice for you if you have acrophobia.

Each year more than half a million people enjoy hot air ballooning in Cappadocia, which is an incredible number and makes this region the number one hot air balloon destination in the world.

Autumn and Spring are the best seasons for balloon rides. As you can guess, the power of wind has an important place in the working principles of air balloons. There should be wind, but it should not be too powerful at the same time. Therefore, the winds of summer and autumn are the best for air balloon rides. There is also an opportunity to have hot air balloon rides in Winter and Summer. However, cancellations are really common, especially in winter. If you have the chance, you can go for it, but Spring and Autumn is highly recommended.