Air Ballon trip in Abu Dhabi - It was a fantastic ride and see the desert and sun rise from above (from the air balloon). Although I have to wake up super early like 230am for a pick up at my hotel scheduled at 315am , all is worth it ! A rare opportunity for us to this . Besides the driver Ali was polite and punctual plus an experience driver too who is friendly

Hot air balloon ride delivers expectations ☁️ - I booked my Abu Dhabi tour experience about a week before my trip. Sadly, upon arrival, I was met with rain and wind, which prompted the crew to cancel the hot air balloon ride for Sunday. The organizer reached out to coordinate a rebooking on Monday, and I agreed. Unfortunately, the same weather continued into Monday, so the hot air balloon ride was canceled again. They then rebooked me for Tuesday. Luckily, the weather cooperated this time! My driver, Muhammad, was great. He picked me up promptly from my hotel and chauffeured me to all of the locations, including the safety briefing, the ascent/descent of the balloon, as well as the breakfast and activity location. The hot air balloon ride was awesome. Our pilot, Captain Hakki, was very sociable and talked to us during our hour-long flight experience. We even got some extended time in the air to watch the gazelles. (The on-site team offers video and photo packages if that is of interest; I declined since I was traveling solo.) If you are mostly booking this for the hot air balloon ride, it is worth it. I had a hard time finding any other hot air balloon rides that will do pick up from Abu Dhabi. Because the desert is just outside of Dubai, most of the other tours are for Dubai pick up and drop off only. I gave the tour, as a whole, a four-star review mainly because of the breakfast and camel ride experience. I thought the food was very poor quality… minimal selection and cold. The camel ride is a 30-second ride in a dirt parking lot across from breakfast. Arguably worse than a zoo experience, and I didn’t get any good photos or videos out of it. I did a different desert safari experience the day prior, and the camel ride was much better. That guide also went well out of his way to capture photos and videos, so in comparing the two experiences, the other was better. Aside from the hot air balloon ride, the other aspect I liked about this tour was the falcon photo opportunity. With this, the staff made sure I got a great photo. I was then driven back to my hotel. Two hours to the desert and two hours back makes this a long journey. But if you’re keen on the hot air balloon ride experience, I would say book it.