Chateau Yering Hotel
Bookings Essential
Throughout the peak season October – April, both Chateau Yering Hotel and Go Wild Ballooning often book out in advance. To secure your preferred dates please book early to avoid disappointment. Complete the online booking request form and submit for processing. All bookings are processed and confirmed pending availability within 12 hours or the next business day
Additional Information
- Guests are required to arrange their own transport to Chateau Yering Hotel for check-in from 2pm
- Self Drive, Car Hire, Uber or Taxi
- All rates quoted are AUD
- Payment surcharge 1.75% applies to the flight only portion processed by Go Wild Ballooning. When processed GWB will email a Flight Itinerary Confirmation
- Payment surcharge 1.30% applies to the Bed & Breakfast portion processed by Chateau Yering Hotel. When processed CYH will email you a Confirmation
Complimentary Inclusions
- Bonus – Free in-flight photography on most flights at the pilots discretion
- Souvenir Flight Certificate emailed to you as a memento of your hot air balloon flight experience in the Yarra Valley
- Wine tasting at Yering Station Winery – ask at Front Office
- In-suite wi-fi
CYH Booking & Cancellation Information
Accommodation is not weather affected. If your flight is cancelled by our pilot you are required to arrive at your accommodation venue & adhere to Chateau Yerings T&C’s & cancellation policy. No cancellations or changes accepted to your confirmed accommodation booking within 7 days of the arrival date.
Eleonore’s Restaurant @ CYH open Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings for dinner – bookings essential
For further information on any Chateau Yering suites and hotel facilities or to make any amendments or additions to your booking visit www.chateauyering.com.au
Weekday Melba Suite Bed & Breakfast with Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flights
From $531.25 per person / $1062.50 per couple
Itinerary
- Check In: from 2pm
- Accommodation – either one or two nights in a luxury Melba suite bed & breakfast package
- Hot Air Balloon Flights – the following morning with complimentary transfers from Chateau Yering Hotel to & from the launch and landing sites
- Breakfast – Sweetwater Cafe’ – sumptuous gourmet breakfast in ‘Sweetwater Cafe’ (included in your bed & breakfast accommodation package)
- Checkout – 10:30am
Melba Suite Bed & Breakfast Rates (per couple or single supplement)
Weekday Sunday to Thursday (excluding public holidays)
1 night stay $369
2 night stay $738
*Rates subject to seasonal high/low fluctuation. If the rate has increased, we will seek your approval prior to booking your accommodation.
Yarra Valley Weekday Hot Air Balloon Flights
We welcome you to the beautiful Yarra Valley at sunrise to experience a magical awakening of the senses. Float above world famous wineries & watch the Yarra River as it winds its way into Melbourne CBD in the distance.
Flight duration – one hour
Weekday discounted accommodation flights are valid for 12 months. Rebookable to any day weekday excluding public holidays. If your flight is cancelled by the pilot, you are emailed a Rebooking Link that will allow you to reschedule and fly on a better day. Most flights proceed, however, no aviation activity can ever be 100% guaranteed.
Passengers who are only here for a short period of time and may not be able to reschedule if necessary, need to book their Yarra Valley Flight including the Premium Upgrade – refundable directly on our website.
Weekday Flight Rate
Monday to Friday excluding public holidays and some special dates
$346.75 pp / $693.50 per couple – rebookable, non-refundable, discounted & valid for 12 months
Best suited if you live local to the Yarra Valley, Greater Melbourne, Victoria. All international & interstate passengers are reminded to take out their own personal travel insurance policy to cover you in the event of a late cancellation. No aviation activity can ever be 100% guaranteed.
BONUS Complimentary free in-flight photography on most flights at pilot’s discretion
This discounted Accommodation & Flight package is not recommended for international & interstate passengers who are here on a short stay holiday. We recommend that you purchase our Premium Upgrade Flight Option – refundable directly on the website https://www.gowildballooning.com.au/product/yarra-valley-flight/
No changes or cancellations accepted within 7 days of a confirmed flight date
Weather / Meteorology
- Weather & Meteorology
- Our flying locations are chosen as they provide calm, cool air, suitable for flying hot air balloons
- The majority of flights do proceed on the scheduled day
- Commercial Pilots, trained in meteorology, re-evaluate the weather several times each morning
- Avoid following Melbourne weather forecasts, in particular long-range forecasts that provide an overall view of the whole day & are not necessarily relevant to early morning hot air ballooning
- Pilots have registered access to detailed weather reports from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) specific to ballooning in our flying locations
- We see the sunrise on most flights
- Hot air ballooning is a weather dependant activity
- No aviation flight or activity is ever 100% guaranteed as weather is not an exact science
- If your flight is cancelled by the pilot, we email a link so you can rebook & fly on another day
Hot Air Balloon Flight Itinerary
– allow up to 5 hours
- Balloon meeting time is confirmed the evening before your flight when you ‘check-in’ with our duty pilot
- Flight morning commences at our Yarra Valley meeting point Chateau Yering Hotel approximately one (1) hour before sunrise
- You will receive a ‘wake-up’ call 30 minutes before the meeting time
- Go Wild Ballooning transfer passengers from Chateau Yering to the launch site
- Balloon launch & landing site & flight path vary daily depending on the weather
- No two flights are ever the same
- The balloon is inflated and we encourage passenger participation. This is also a great time to take photographs
- Your hot air balloon flight is approximately one hour with magnificent views of the vineyards, mountain ranges, the meandering Yarra River below with distant views of the Melbourne CBD skyline and Port Phillip Bay
- Upon landing passengers are encouraged to participate in the deflation process and packing up the balloon. This is a great time for taking photographs and a fun way to complete your ballooning experience
- Arriving back at Chateau Yering Hotel we enjoy a 5 star gourmet breakfast in Sweetwater Cafe’
For more details click the button below to view our flight information