Top 3 Balloon Flights in Sri Lanka

1.Sigiriya & Habarana: Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Ride Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · from $275Our pick

Rise before dawn for hotel pickup, a Sri Lankan breakfast, and a sunrise balloon flight over Kandalama Lake, Habarana, villages, temples, and fields. Pilot Mustafa keeps the flight calm and well explained. Sigiriya may appear in the distance, but the wind decides your exact view.

““From takeoff to landing, the hot air balloon journey was smooth, safe, and breathtaking. Floating above the landscape at sunrise was a once-in-a-lifetime feeling.””

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2.Hot Air Balloon Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 29 reviews · from $261Best value

Take off from Kandalama Lake at 6:00 a.m. for a one-hour balloon flight over Sigiriya, Kandalama, and Habarana. Your licensed pilot handles the flight while a driver collects you from nearby hotels. Breakfast, drinks, cake, champagne, insurance, and a flight certificate are included.

“too much pricey compared to the experience. The basket is too small and cramped.. and u can feel the heat of the gas burners burning and roasting you literally.. also at the end it just lands on some random paddy field full of mud and in between weird village crowd...u do a champagne toast....very awkward and funny...”

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3.Hot Air Balloon ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $275

Start before sunrise with hotel pickup, breakfast, and a safety briefing in Dambulla. Then fly for about an hour from Kandalama Lake in a Sri Lankan-designed balloon, with views of forests, villages, wildlife, and possibly Sigiriya Rock. Mustafa is one named pilot associated with the experience.

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