The pickup is between five and six in the morning, because balloons fly before the air warms up and the hour moves with the sunrise. At the launch field there is tea, coffee and Moroccan pastries while the envelopes are laid out and filled, then a briefing from your pilot and about three quarters of an hour to an hour in the air: the plain below, Berber villages and olive groves going past, and the Atlas along one side as the sun comes up. A Berber breakfast is waiting in a tent when you land. Four to five hours door to door, insurance and transfers included.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Experience an unforgettable sunrise hot air balloon ride over the Moroccan countryside near Marrakech. 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