Quick Facts

• The cost is $225.00/person
• 30 years experience
• 15 yrs in the Carson Valley
• Locally owned & operated
• One morning flight / day
• Maximum of 3 passengers/flight, no exceptions
• Licensed and insured
• Local Weather Info
• Meeting Times
• Once we book two passengers, we consider the flight full.
• Reservations require a credit card guarantee to secure your space.
• There are no charges made to credit cards until after the flight has been completed! At that time, you may pay any way you wish (Visa, MasterCard, cash, local check).
• Full fares are charged for failure to show up for scheduled flight.

Where are we?

• Flight Location (Map)
• Meeting Location (Map)
• Where to stay / directions
• Reno - 45-60 minutes
• S. Lake Tahoe - 20 minutes
• Incline Village - 45-60 minutes
• Carson City - 15 minutes
• Sacramento - 2 hours
• San Francisco - 4+ hours
• Las Vegas - 6+ hours

Balloon photos

• Gallery 1: Assorted Flights
• Gallery 2: Fall Flight
• Gallery 3: Spring Flight
• Gallery 4: Reno Balloon Race 2008

We are located in the town of Gardnerville, Nevada, population 3,679. [ Here's a map ] This is rural Nevada, the REAL Nevada, and nothing like Las Vegas. The air is nice and clean here, the valley air currents provide us an amazing amount of steering, and the Sierra views are literally endless - the perfect place for ballooning, and to get a little air!

FYI: Nevada is 110,567 square miles in size. Approximately 2M people live in Nevada, 1.7M of which live on a 7,881 square mile area called Las Vegas/Clark County. The rest of us get the remaining 102,686 square miles to our selves.

Daily Carson Valley balloon flights. Come on out and get a little air with us!

Hot Air Balloon Rides
Minutes from Lake Tahoe

Balloon Nevada offers year round hot air balloon rides over the beautiful Carson Valley in rural northern Nevada [map], minutes from Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson City.

All balloon rides are weather permitting! We also offer Flight Certificates and Wedding flights.

We have a perfect safety record, the nicest, top of the line ballooning equipment in the area, and our pilot has over thirty years experience.

We specialize in private hot air balloon rides for parties of two to three individuals, primarily tourists and local residents from the Reno, Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville areas. Reservations are required and can be requested here.

We're only able to fly our hot air balloon once a day. These early morning only balloon rides average one hour in the air and are available 365 days per year and are always weather permitting. Visit our Flight Information page for complete details

If you have any questions, please
or call 775-790-7572.

Planning a trip to the
Reno / Lake Tahoe area?

Make a hot air balloon ride part of your Lake Tahoe adventure, anniversary, special date, wedding ceremony, or engagement plan.

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