Hot air balloon in Varanasi: The three-day hot air balloon festival kick-started in Varanasi, India on November 17, 2021. The hot air balloon rides have been organised to promote tourism in the city. The opening rides were made free for few children from an orphanage along with COVID-19 warriors and locals.
People can take the hot air balloon ride in Varanasi to catch an aerial glimpse of the city on the banks of Ganga. Around 50 people took the hot air balloon ride on the first day of the Varanasi balloon festival.
All the hot air balloon tickets were sold out within three hours itself, as per regional tourism officer Kirtiman Srivastava. While some of the balloons have the capacity of carrying five passengers, others can carry up to eight passengers.
Hot Air Balloon Varanasi Dates: November 17-19
Hot Air Balloon Price: Rs 500 per person
Hot Air Balloon ride duration: 45 minutes
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Hot Air Balloon Rides in Varanasi: All you need to know
•The hot air balloon festival is being held in Varanasi between November 17 and November 19 at the bank of the river near Domri Raj Ghat.
•There will be 11 hot air balloons that will be part of the hot air balloon event in Varanasi, as per Varanasi District Commissioner Deepak Agrawal. The hot air balloon rides are a promotional event and efforts are on to turn it into a regular event in Varanasi.
•The hot air balloon rides will take people up to a height of 1,000 feet.
•People will be able to enjoy the beautiful views of Varanasi through these hot air balloons.
•The tourism department has fixed the hot air balloon price at Rs 500 per person.
•A total of four stations have been built around Varanasi to facilitate take-off and landing of the hot air balloons.
•Hot air balloon stations-CHS Sports Ground, BLW Sports Ground, Domri and Sigra Stadium have been made stations for flying hot air balloons.
Will the hot air balloon rides be safe?
•Varanasi District Commissioner Deepak Agrawal informed that eight pilots have been called to fly the hot air balloons, among whom seven are from foreign nations.
•The hot air balloon rides will be conducted under ATC supervision. All hot air balloons take off under instruction from the Air Traffic Control, Varanasi.
•The four stations will fly the hot air balloons safely with mutual coordination.
•The hot air balloons will be flown for 45 minutes in the morning.
Background
A ten-day long hot air festival was held on the bank of River Ganga in December 2017. The festival was organised by a private tour operator - Tour Assistant India - in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Tourism department to explore the scope of adventure tourism in the city.
The pilot project aimed to check the feasibility of the project to make it a permanent adventure to attract more tourists to the city. The hot air balloon rides were affordable and were priced at Rs 500 per head.
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