Dubai Balloon Ride with Breakfast, Camel Ride, Falconry and Transfers

Take-off is around sunrise. The balloon climbs to roughly 3,000 to 4,000 feet, high enough to watch the sun come up over this corner of the UAE, then drifts across the valleys and descends slowly over the desert. Low over the dunes is where the wildlife shows up: gazelles, camels, whatever else is moving at that hour. After landing, vehicles run you to the camp for a gourmet breakfast. The falcons are there too, and so is the camel ride, which is why a good share of the photographs people bring home are from the ground rather than the air. The meeting point is the Sindbad Balloons flying zone at Murqquab, on the Dubai to Al Ain road at Exit 47.