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Your flight starts before sunrise.

Hotel pickup at 4:30. Tea and breakfast by the basket while your balloon comes to life.

The burner roars. The ground lets go.

Eight guests at most, so everyone gets a corner of the basket.

Fairy chimneys drop away beneath you.

Your pilot names every valley as you drift over Göreme.

One hour up here with a hundred balloons.

Flights from €290. Free rebooking if the weather moves your morning.

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The quietest hour of your life.

The burner goes quiet. The basket drifts. Below you, the valleys turn from blue to gold. A hundred balloons rise around you in silence. Nobody talks much up there. Nobody needs to.

Licensed pilotsMax 8 guests per basketHotel pickup includedFree rebooking if we don’t flyFlight certificateSunrise toast on landing

Three ways to fly.

Small-Basket Flight

Shared basket, eight guests at most

Room to move, room to breathe, room for the photo.

  • 1 hour flight
  • Hotel pickup
  • Breakfast
  • Landing toast

From €290

per person

Private Basket

Just you and your people, up to four guests

Your own pilot, your own pace.

  • 1 hour flight
  • Hotel pickup
  • Breakfast
  • Private landing toast

From €1,600

per basket

Proposal Flight

A private basket for two

A quiet moment at altitude. We handle the planning. You handle the question.

  • Private basket
  • Photographer on board
  • Flowers and champagne on landing

From €1,950

per basket

Your morning, hour by hour.

  1. 4:30

    Pickup

    We collect you from your hotel anywhere in Göreme, Ürgüp, Uçhisar or Avanos.

  2. 5:00

    Breakfast

    Tea, coffee and something warm while the crew prepares the balloon.

  3. 5:30

    Inflation

    Watch your balloon come to life. Your pilot walks you through the flight.

  4. Sunrise

    Sunrise flight

    About an hour over the valleys, drifting with the light.

  5. Landing

    Landing toast

    A traditional celebration, your flight certificate, and a ride back to your hotel.

Why people fly with Kalkan.

Eight guests, never more.

Everyone gets a corner. Everyone gets the view.

Pilots, not operators.

Our pilots have more than 2,000 flight hours each over Cappadocia. You’ll know their name before you take off.

Your flight, whenever the sky allows.

Weather decides when we fly. If it moves your morning, we move your booking free, or refund you in full.

We answer.

Real people on WhatsApp, before and after you book.

From people who’ve been up there.

“There were six of us in the basket. Our pilot named every valley as we passed over it. It felt like our own private sunrise.”
Sarah & Tom, London
“Our flight moved a day because of the wind. The next morning was perfect, and the team made the change in minutes.”
Markus, Munich
“I proposed at 800 metres. She said yes. The photographer caught all of it.”
Daniel, Amsterdam

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