See the City from above: Hot Air Balloon Mexico City

Hot Air Balloon Mexico City

Imagine spending your morning soaring above Mexico City, surrounded by colorful hot air balloons with a view of Teotihuacan, the pyramids in the background.

While it is a little chilly, the fire from the balloon helps to warm the air around you.

This is one of the not to miss experiences that everyone should experience at least once.

Hot Air Ballons in Mexico City

This excursion was booked through Airbnb. Private transportation is included for your group that picks you up from your hotel or Airbnb. Your tour starts at 5 am, with a one-hour drive to Volar en Globo, where you meet your balloon pilot.

When you arrive you pay, in cash, $192, but you can also pay in pesos. During your ride, they take pictures and videos that you can purchase for 1500 pesos afterward.

The Experience

Once we finished checking in, our guide gave us ponchos because it was really cold that morning. As you are packing for Mexico City, I would keep in mind that in February, it is warm later in the day and most mornings and nights, I needed a jacket.

Once we were all dressed and ready we waited for them to blow up the balloons. As they are getting the balloons ready, the heat coming from the fire helps to warm up the area.

It is cool to see the process of them setting up the balloons before you climb into the one you have been assigned. There are different size baskets and you can be in a couple one or one for a group!

While in the air, it was a little scary. I was so nervous to move around but once I got comfortable I was able to relax and enjoy the views. It was really cloudy when we went so it was a little hard to get great photos but hopefully these capture the moment.

After your time in the air, you land you in a field. Our landing was a little rough because we landed in a dried tree. However, before we all out out we did cheer with champagne. Once we exited, a van took us back to our starting location, where we met our driver.

If you want to see a video of our hot air balloon Mexico City experience, click here.

Conclusion: Hot Air Ballon Mexico City

After the tour, you have the option to head to a breakfast buffet for 200 pesos and/or walk around the pyramids, Teotihuacan, for 100 pesos a person and 100 pesos for parking.

We went to the buffet and the food was so good, keep in mind if you get the specialty drink it will cost more. We did not go to the pyramids as we were all tired.

I highly recommend doing the hot air balloon Mexico City tour, unless you are afraid of heights. From the views to the overall experience, this is definitely a bucket list item that you would want to check off.

If you want to know what else we did during our time in Mexico City, check out the guide located here.

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