Hot Air Balloon Ride in Napa Valley

This was such an amazing experience! Everyone was amazing especially the pilot. So knowledgeable and experienced.

The experience was a gift to me; the person giving the gift passed away so I had to contact the company to make the arrangements. They were awesome from start to finish! I received emails with help throughout the experience. From start to finish everyone we encountered on Saturday was fantastic! Chris was a great pilot and shared information about the area we were flying over and hot air balloon history. I would do this again in a heartbeat!

The team at Napa Valley Balloons were courteous and professional, the experience went smoothly and the actual hot air balloon ride felt like floating on a cloud! My wife and I expected it to be turbulent but the pilot was very experienced and the whole thing was amazing! Thanks to Napa Valley Balloons!

The whole experience was simply magical.

It was a beautiful and relaxing experience.

Excellent all around. The pilots were fantastic, the organization top notch, and the entire experience was just awesome.

My husband and I went on hot air balloon on Father's Day and it was awesome, pure excitement, better than we have imagined! The whole experience was excellent: great customer service by our Pilot Chad...he made it an unforgettable ride, extremely knowledgeable of safety precautions and explained the flight plan from beginning to end. We landed in a sunflower field and we took gorgeous pictures! I highly recommend this experience for anyone looking to try something new but not afraid of heights.

Wonderful pilot. Safe and informative.

Very impressive almost 1-hour ride over vineyards, hills and highways.

Really enjoyed this experience. Amazing sunrise views and great to see the other balloons out and about. We were able to get some lovely photographs of the scenery and the balloons. The landing was much better than I expected, great piloting! Covid-19 precautions were taken seriously by all involved so felt very safe, this was our first 'non-essential' outing since March so we were a bit nervous but no need.

Exhilarating is the word I kept using to describe the experience! Such beautiful views in the air and of the ground below us! Mike, our hot air balloon pilot was experienced (35 yrs) and entertaining. The crew was courteous and helpful getting us into and out of the basket. The weather in Yountville was not good for ballooning that morning, so they whisked us into vans and drove us to Winters, where we took to the air. Extraordinary!

Great experience!

Had a great time with the Napa Valley Balloons team! Day starts with a nice coffee and pastry bar while everyone arrives and mingles. The balloon flight is amazing! The experience ends with a delicious breakfast and mimosas back at the winery.

This was an incredible experience. The staff and crew were all amazing. The pilot, Bob, was very experienced, and I felt completely comfortable. They really do a great job at providing a great experience from beginning to end. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone! Not only do you get amazing views early before the rest of Napa Valley is up, but you have a yummy breakfast filled with mimosas before the winery opens as well!

Awesome experience! The weather was perfect (with scattered cloud coverage which added to the experience). From beginning to the very end the staff was the best! Very pleased with the whole experience!

We had an excellent balloon trip! Cloud9 made booking and checking in very easy and Napa Valley Balloons was wonderful!

Wonderful experience! Our pilot Mike was a comedian! I was originally nervous about the heights but it was totally fine!

It was truly a wonderful experience. If I had to give any feedback it would be to give more time between check-in and take-off. The email said to arrive at 5:30, and we arrived exactly on time but there was no more coffee or pastries. We found a cup of tea but as soon as we poured it, it was time to take off and we had to throw it out. A very small complaint for an otherwise fantastic service!

Everything ran so smoothly and we had a great experience. This is a professional group and they were uber friendly. Even helped with taking photos from our phones. Highly recommend!

I had the best experience using Cloud 9 Living to enjoy a hot air balloon ride and will recommend this company to anyone! Customer service was amazing and the experience was top notch. Thanks so much!

Beautifully executed from start to finish! Great experience. Thank you!

This is one of the best experiences that I've had. My husband and I went on the Napa Valley hot air balloon ride. It was just such an amazing experience. The conductor was super-friendly. The experience overall from balloon flight to mimosas and breakfast at Chandons ...incredible!!!

Wonderful experience -- first class!! Definitely recommend. Started the day with coffee and danish, and then met the pilot, Ken. He had 29+ years of experience so we felt very safe. He proved it with his knowledge of balloons, flying, and the area, and he ended with a perfect landing. Then back to the winery for a delicious brunch. October is a perfect time of year to go -- not too cold. Great time!

The staff was super-polite and knowledgeable. The balloon pilot was quite friendly and informative. The logistics were handled well. The food service could have been better in my opinion. I could have used little more to eat before the ride, and at breakfast there should have been more condiments. But the meal was good.

More fabulous than we expected!

Fabulous experience from start to finish!

Breathtaking! Amazing experience!

Everything from the start was flawless. We were well prepped and then taken to the balloon take-off zone. Took off and stayed in the air for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Back on the ground and back for brunch with champagne ! Awesome from start to finish.

Due to the loss of the balloon company that Cloud Nine had previously used, there were some issues that took some time to resolve regarding initial dates for the trip. The young lady who took care of us was very nice and kept in touch, but we were not quite sure that our chosen dates would be accepted until a short time had passed. Once the dates were scheduled, everything went perfectly. Our only other complaint was beyond anyone's control. We, unfortunately, could not fly out of Napa due to weather conditions. We were offered a reschedule, or a change of location. We, as everyone else, chose the change of location. The company bused us to the new location, and we flew over mostly yellow fields, with some walnut trees and ponds. The fly was still spectacular, and we were not at all disappointed in having made the decision to fly that day. I highly recommend that Cloud Nine continues to use this same company, Napa Valley Balloons. Our Pilot, and the complete crew, including the dog on the chase crew were all friendly, polite, and punctual. The brunch was also fantastic. Missed seeing the vineyards from the air, but everything else was beyond our expectations. Thanks for a great time.

The hot air balloon portion was incredible! But there was no wine tasting before or after, you have to plan that yourself.

it was somewhat of a short ride, but was an amazing experience

It was great! So beautiful. One thing that I wish people told me (or that the service itself told me) was that the best times to fly are outside of July&August (because of the fog in Napa). So we flew over near Vacaville, which was still gorgeous but we were looking forward to flying above the scenery in Napa. Oh well, now we know!

Basket was too crowded…. Claustrophobic!

We were stuffed in a small compartment of four adults where as only two should have been there and it was so difficult to move around and breath - suffocating! The basket was so heavy that we hardly felt it was rocking, rather an elevator was moving up or down on this third hot air balloon ride! And the noise of gas going into the hot air balloon was deafening! Better would have been to make the standing compartments farther from the noise. The pilot kept us entertained!