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Cappadocia Balloon Tours
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1 Night 2 Days Cappadocia Travel from Istanbul - Including Hot Air Balloon Tour

1 Night 2 Days Cappadocia Travel from Istanbul - Including Hot Air Balloon Tour

By Turkey Experiences
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$1,528 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This trip package is offering a full-day tour to best sites of Cappadocia, and the most popular event - hot air balloon ride. Get bird's eye views of the lovely landscapes of Cappadocia on a 60-minute hot air balloon flight. Watch the sunrise over the amazing rock formations and get a personalised flight certificate as a keepsake souvenir. Explore the unique places in Cappadocia that interest you with professional licenced guides. Return flight tickets (Istanbul to Cappadocia), hot air balloon ride, one night accommodation at cave hotel, one full day guided tour and airport transfers are included.

Activity location

  • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Cappadocia
    • Turkiye

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Classic Package
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Accommodation: Sedirli Konak Hotel - Stay at Stone Room
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Domestic Flights: Return flight tickets between Istanbul and Cappadocia are INCLUDED.
Tour Guide Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks English.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 1:00 pm
Price details
NZ$1,527.60 x 1 AdultNZ$1,527.60
Total
Price is NZ$1,527.60
Favoured Package
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Accommodation: 1811 Cave Boutique Hotel - Stay at Cave Room
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Domestic Flights: Return flight tickets between Istanbul and Cappadocia are INCLUDED.
Tour Guide Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks English.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 1:00 pm
Price details
NZ$1,575.06 x 1 AdultNZ$1,575.06
Total
Price is NZ$1,575.06
Spanish Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • Spanish

Accommodation: 1811 Cave Boutique Hotel - Stay at Cave Room
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Domestic Flights: Return flight tickets between Istanbul and Cappadocia are INCLUDED.
Tour Guide Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks Spanish.
Pickup included

Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 1:00 pm
Price details
NZ$1,773.71 x 1 AdultNZ$1,773.71
Total
Price is NZ$1,773.71

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedOutdoor Experience : Hot Air Balloon Ride
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's included1 night hotel accommodation including breakfast
  • What's includedWhat's includedBreakfast
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fees of museums, national parks, ruins mentioned in the itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided Tour : Northern Cappadocia Tour (Red Tour)
  • What's includedWhat's includedDomestic Flight Tickets : Istanbul to Cappadocia to Istanbul
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional tour guide who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • What's includedWhat's includedPick-up & Drop-off Services for hotels in Istanbul & Cappadocia
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDinner & Drinks

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like add accommodation on single room(s) to your booking, there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for bookings of single / solo travellers. They will already accommodate at single room(s).
  • The pre-planned hotels are "Sedirli Konak Hotel" - "1811 Cave Boutique Hotel" for your accommodation on this travel package. You can choose one of them during reservation. If these hotels (which you preferred) are not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, local tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel. IMPORTANT NOTE (SUGGESTION) 1811 Cave Hotel is a historical building and it doesn't have AC in rooms because of that. If you travel in July-August, we highly suggest you make booking to option of Classic Package.
  • The check-in time of the hotels is 02.00pm, and you can not start use your room before this time. This is about the check-in & check-out policies of the hotels.
  • The differences between the package options are about the hotel categories. Tour(s), airport transfer(s) and flight ticket levels will be same for all options.
  • Local tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at three days before your departure date. You will not need the print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport, and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for get your boarding cards from the desks of airline companies.
  • Local tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets. If you do not share the details which requested by local tour operator, your domestic flight tickets can not bookable.
  • You will have 15kg luggage + 8kg hand bag quota per person for each domestic flight. If you will need more luggage capacity, please inform that to local tour operator. There could be some extra fee for luggage quotas more than 15kg. This is exactly about the policies of airline companies.
  • If your return hotel is different than pick-up hotel, please inform that detail immediately. If you inform that detail after organised your flight tickets, local tour operator can request extra cost because of the distances between the airports and some hotels. If you inform this type changes on service day (last day of your trip), local tour operator do not accept this last minute amending and drop you to your pick-up hotel.
  • If your pick-up / drop-off hotels are inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) local tour operator do not provide any hotel pick-up / drop-off service.
  • Hot air ballooning is a fully weather-dependent activity and the Civil Aviation Authority determines whether the flight will be held. If your flight is cancelled due to inclement weather conditions, you are entitled to a partial refund. In such a case, your refund will be processed by the day after of that trip.
  • The Standard Balloon Ride has an One-hour approximately flight duration with 20 to 28 people capacity basket. The flight duration could be 50-55 minutes or 65-70 minutes. This situation depend the weather conditions before landing, and pilots are decide to that within the safety rules of Civil Aviation Authority. Total activity duration is approximately 3 hours.
  • If you do not use any service or give up join to activities / tours / airport transfers, that's meaning is going to be last minute cancellation. Because of that, there is not going to be any refund for that.
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
  • This tour is not available for the bookings to children who are 5 years old and under.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia - Overnight at Cappadocia
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: INCLUDED - There are different hotel variations. You can choose your hotel category while booking to this tour package.
Istanbul
  • 1h
The travel services will start with a departure transfer from your hotel to airport. Our driver will meet you at the reception of your hotel (or your AirBnb address if the street of it is available for car parking) and then transfer to airport for your flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia. The pick-up time of this airport transfer depends your prefer which you chose while booking. The pick up time could be +/- 30 minutes difference than departure time option of your booking. That depends the daily flight schedules of airline companies.
Cappadocia
  • 1h
Upon your arrival Cappadocia airport, you will be met by your driver and driven to your hotel in Cappadocia - approx 1 hour from airport. The driver will be waiting you at the exit gate of arrival terminal in airport, and holding a signboard written your name on it.
Day 2: Hot Air Balloon Ride (INCLUDED) - Guided Cappadocia Tour - Flight Back to Istanbul
  • 10 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Cappadocia Han Travel
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Hot Air Balloon Ride (INCLUDED) : Get ready for a wonderful experience unique to Cappadocia! We will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the balloon site where you will have the opportunity to watch the balloon being prepared for your flight. The flight will be at sunrise time, where your pilot will climb to a comfortable altitude of about 700 to 1000 metres above ground level. It is from this elevation that you will marvel at the beauty of Cappadocia below you. During certain segments of the flight our pilots are also capable of flying as low as 1 metre above the rock formations which will allow you perfect photo taking opportunities. Duration of total activity is approx 3 hours, and total duration of flight is approx 60 minutes. There will be a champagne celebration at end of the flight and you will be presented with a madal, as a souvenir reminder of this magnificent experience. Afterwards, we will drop back you to your hotel.
Urgup
  • 15m
We will pick you up from your hotel on 09.30am-10.00am (Approx) and depar for the Red Tour of Cappadocia. Meet the most famous family of fairy chimneys: Three beauties. These are the official symbol of both Urgup and Cappadocia.
Goreme Open-Air Museum
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Here is the monastery, including the rock cut churches, kitchens, wineries, storages and living rooms left from Anatolian Christians. Goreme Open Air Museum is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Ortahisar Panorama
  • 15m
The entire town is dominated by the 90-metre-high (300 ft) rock-castle in the centre of the town, which is called Sivrikoya by the inhabitants. It is an extraordinary example of the rock-cut architecture which is typical of the region and served as a refuge from attackers in Byzantine times. You will see all these rock-cut architecture by panoramic visit.
Uchisar Castle
  • 20m
Uchisar rock castle is one of the biggest landmarks of Cappadocia. It is the highest tuff hill in the area with beautiful views of the surrounding valley full of bizarre rock formations. (There are no any visit to rock castle because of the walking difficulties and safety risks on there. You will have a stop for panoramic view to this rock castle and Cappadocia from castle region.)
Avanos Oren Yeri
  • 1h 30m
You will take your lunch by a local restaurant in Avanos. Also, Vegetarian meals are available in same restaurant. Avanos is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river. The old city of Avanos, whose name in ancient times was Venessa, overlooks the longest river of Turkey, the Kizilirmak (Red River), which also separates Avanos from the rest of Cappadocia. The most famous historical feature of Avanos, which is still relevant and very visible today, is its production of earthenware pottery; it is also the most economic activity in the town. The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date right back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kizilirmak has always been used.
Devrent Valley
  • 20m
Which is also known as Imagination Valley. Valley contains many animal shaped rocks which are mostly in red colour. Some of the most frequent shapes is like Camel.
Fairy Chimneys
Cappadocia is famous for its unique landforms. The Fairy Chimneys are the most obvious places to visit where these landforms are best seen and the common life of humankind and nature. On this tour, you will have seen many examples of the Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia. There will not be visit / stop at Fairy Chimneys during tour.
Cappadocia
  • 1h
At the end of tour, you will be transferred to Cappadocia airport for your flight back to Istanbul.
İstanbul
  • 1h
Upon your arrival Istanbul, we will meet you at the airport and then we will drop you to your hotel in Istanbul. *** The departure time of return flight is between 08.00pm and 09.00pm. That's meaning, Your return flight will be landing Istanbul approx. 09.30pm and 10.45pm. *** The best timing is this one for you can catch your return flight to Istanbul after your full-day guided Cappadocia tour on today.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESIstanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECappadocia
    • Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEUçhisar
    • Uçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEÜrgüp
    • Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEİstanbul
    • İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAvanos
    • Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOrtahisar
    • 50650, Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGöreme
    • 50180, Göreme, Nevşehir, Turkiye

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