The 10 Sunrise Balloon Flights in Egypt That Earn Their Seat Price

1.Luxury Sunrise Balloon Ride in Luxor with Hotel Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,104 reviews · from $60Our pick

Leave your Luxor hotel or boat around 4:30 a.m. for a West Bank balloon flight at sunrise. Expect air-conditioned transfers, coffee or tea, a 30-minute flight, and a possible Nile crossing afterward. Pilot Ramadan has been praised for smooth landings, but weather can cancel the flight.

“A must do in Luxor! Everything went perfect, from the hotel pick-up and dropoff, to the organization and flight”

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2.Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Over the Historical sites in Luxor

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 697 reviews · from $75

You’ll leave your Luxor hotel or cruise ship around 3:15 am, cross the Nile, and rise above the Valley of the Kings and Temple of Hatshepsut. The flight lasts 30 to 45 minutes and reaches about 1,500 feet. Pilots such as Moodi and guides including Mohamed Awad are praised for friendly, clear support.

“The Sunrise Balloon Tour was well organized and we felt very much welcomed. The staff was very enthusiastic too! We had a great time with NICE TOUR. Amazing view, good breakfast ~ everything was great 👍”

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3.Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Ride Over Luxor

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 648 reviews · from $90

Start around 4:30 am with hotel pickup, a Nile motorboat crossing, and a simple breakfast with tea or coffee. Then fly for about 45 minutes above Luxor’s West Bank, Temple of Hatshepsut, Medinet Habu, and the Nile before returning to your hotel.

“Really enjoyed the experience, we did have to wait a while to go on but that allowed us to see and take photos of all the other balloons going up”

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4.Sunrise Ballooning Luxor with Transfers Included

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 640 reviews · from $58Best value

Start before dawn with pickup from your Luxor hotel or cruise ship, cross the Nile, and join a safety briefing before a 45 to 60-minute balloon flight. You’ll see Hatshepsut Temple, the Valley of the Kings, and the sunrise from above, with coffee, tea, transfers, and a flight certificate included.

“Pleasant and efficient staff. Ride was very calm but direction and height always at mercy of uncontrollable forces. Company accommodating to our needs.”

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5.Small-Group Luxor Day Tour & Sunrise Balloon Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 293 reviews · 18 hours · from $240

Leave Hurghada around 11 PM for Luxor, then fly over the Nile Valley at sunrise before visiting the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon, and Karnak. A small group, English-speaking guide, local lunch, and felucca ride are included. Guides such as Aladdin, Adam, Hamdy, and Mohamed Alazeb are frequently assigned.

“Our guide Hamdy was very knowledgeable and informative on our trip to luxor 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The balloon flight over The Tomb of the Nobles and The Valley of the Queens was amazing and has ticked one off my bucket list ✔️🇪🇬”

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6.Deluxe Sunrise Hot Air Balloon

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 283 reviews · 3 hours · from $64

Start before dawn with pickup in Luxor, cross the Nile to the West Bank, and rise above the temples of Thebes as the sun reaches the East Bank. A 45-minute flight, safety briefing, guide, refreshments, transport, insurance, and flight certificate are included.

“very well organised trip, experience of a lifetime, excellent value for money”

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7.Sunrise VIP Hot Air Balloon Ride in Luxor

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 237 reviews · from $75

Rise before dawn for a roughly 3-hour Luxor balloon outing with hotel or cruise-ship pickup, a Nile crossing, safety briefing, snacks, sunrise views over the East and West Banks, and a flight certificate. Staff names mentioned include Omar, Mirna, and pilot Mohammed.

“What a great way to see the monuments of Luxor. I’m generally very afraid of heights but not with this. It was so peaceful and the locals wave to the balloon passing by”

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8.Hot Air Balloon Ride before Sunrise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 168 reviews · from $0

Rise before dawn for a roughly three-hour Luxor balloon trip with hotel pickup, an air-conditioned transfer to the West Bank, and views of the Nile, Valley of the Kings, green fields, and ancient temples. The certified operator limits each group to six people. Guides may include Hoba, Gabriel, or Mahmoud.

“We had a great ride in the 2nd Tour after sunrise.”

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9.Amazing Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 45 reviews · from $80

Start before dawn with hotel pickup, a crossing of the Nile, and roughly one hour in the air above Luxor. You’ll see Karnak, Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings and Queens, hear English commentary, and finish with breakfast in the countryside.

“Balloon ride itself was amazing and couldn’t have been better however the 4.15 pick up could easily have been 6 had we not been taken on a boat ride with a welcome drink we did not want. We paid for a balloon ride and while the welcome drink and boat ride were meant well, after waking up before 4 in the morning and being taken to go and sit and drink tea on a small boat on the Nile in the dark with strangers was not enjoyable and made us feel uncomfortable and would have preferred the hotel pick up to have just driven us to the balloon site which…”

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10.Luxor Day Trip with Sunrise Hot Air Balloon & Felucca

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · 12 hours · from $260

Leave Aswan before dawn for Luxor, where you’ll see the West Bank from a hot-air balloon, visit royal tombs, Hatshepsut, Karnak, and Luxor Temple, then ride a felucca. Private guides such as Marwa Fatafeat Elsoker and Mahmoud Issa add strong historical context.

“They telling lies about hours duration.they have problems with the police on the road and must pay them to let you pass the road and if you don’t,the driver following a different roots inside from villages with no normal roads to avoid police and the return to hotel is not 3 hours is up to 5 in a car.they don’t telling you from the beginning”

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