The pinnacle of your visit to Las Vegas and the Southwest will be your travel through champagne air viewing Mother Earth as she begins or ends her day.

A Great American Balloon Company – Las Vegas invites you to participate in an experience of a lifetime; that of the high adventure of a magical balloon flight.Your adventure begins with your transport back to the Old West by traveling through one of three Red Rock Canyon passes that slices through the Spring Mountains forming the western perimeter of the Las Vegas basin.  Observed along the way will be the magnificent escarpment of the Red Rock cliffs.  Your destination is our balloonport at Pahrump, NV.

Pahrump (a Southern Paiute word which means “water rock” or “place where big waters flow;” the entire Pahrump Valley sits a on a huge aquifer of about 22 million acre-feet of water)  has been carefully selected for your balloon flight due to its safe, flyable weather conditions.  It is a desert oasis with a feeling of the Old West.  Pahrump is also the “Gateway to Death Valley” with many points of interest nearby.

The Pahrump Valley is the driest region in the nation.  The Valley has the lowest relative humidity and at least 216 sunny days each year, second only to Yuma, AZ.  Indeed, 82% or 300 days a year are, on average, classified as sunny to partly cloudy.  Therefore, and as opposed to Las Vegas, when you book a flight with A Great American Balloon Company – Las Vegas, be prepared to fly!

• During the first hour, you will arrive at our pre-determined meeting site.  You will be met by your Federal Aviation Administration licensed pilot, your ground crew and fellow passengers.  At the ascent site, our pilot and crew will prepare the hot air balloon system for flight.  You will enjoy observing, taking pictures and even helping in this event of pageantry and color.

• During your second hour, you will be in flight.  Only punctuated by the occasional heating of the air within the balloon envelope, you will revel in the peace, calm and scenery that panoramically unfolds before you.  Your initial emotions are soon overcome by a sense of awe, majesty and grace; the magical experience of hot air balloon flight envelopes you!
• Your flight will be over the Mojave Desert, the smallest of the North American deserts (the Great Basin, Sonoran, Chihuahuan are larger).  The land below you is an area where the Southern Paiutes lived according to archeological records dating back to 900 A.D.   The Mojave Desert is not as barren as perhaps thought.  It is teeming with life and beauty that are rare and unique.  From red tailed hawks overhead to the colors and shadows of the desert floor, every passing moment offers a new memory.  Of the animal life, coyote, gray fox, bobcat, kangaroo rat, blacktail jack rabbit, desert cottontail and even migrating desert big horn sheep are found in the area.  (Of interest:  the kangaroo rat is aptly named for its habit of hopping rather than running. It does not drink, use dew or eat succulent foods.  Its only source of moister comes from metabolic water, i.e., water produced through the digestion of food!)
• During the third hour, your safe landing will be met by your ground crew. As congratulations and smiles are exchanged, the glow of adventure will continue as your pilot and crew prepare for your ceremonial champagne toast and classic regional d'oeuvres. Your journey will conclude as we drive along the desert floor to your initial meeting site.