Adventure Balloons is the longest running passenger balloon ride company around London and the Home Counties. Not surprisingly, nearly half our customers come from personal recommendation.
Read on for information of the experience you can expect and more about ballooning’s 200 year history. Book with us and let us prove that a hot air balloon flight with Adventure Balloons is the most exciting gift you can buy for any occasion.
On the 19th September 1783 French scientist Pilatre De Rozier launched the ‘Aerostat Reveillon’, the worlds first hot air balloon. No humans were sent on this maiden flight, intead were a sheep, a duck and a rooster. The balloon stayed in the air for a grand total of 15 minutes before crashing
The first manned ‘flight’ came a few months later, on the 21st November. Two French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier launched the balloon from Paris and flew for 20 minutes. Hot air ballooning was born.