{"id":3136,"date":"2015-04-09T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T07:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2021-05-30T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T14:49:44","slug":"hot-air-balloon-festival-in-munnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/hot-air-balloon-festival-in-munnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Air Balloon Festival in Munnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an adventure lover, an exciting new\u00a0opportunity\u00a0awaits you at Munnar\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0the central adventure destination of Kerala. OK Online, an Internet service company based at the Start up Village, Kochi has decided to launch \u2018The Hot Air Balloon Festival of Kerala, 2015\u2019 in Munnar.<\/p>\n<p>Hot Air Ballooning in the form of \u2018Tethered Joy Rides\u2019 will be held between April 21st and May 20th at The High Altitude Sports Centre and the Tata Tea ground. Munnar is witnessing such a grand hot air balloon festival for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3158 size-full\" title=\"Hot Air Balloon Fest\" src=\"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hot-Air-Balloon-Fest.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Air Balloon Fest\" width=\"640\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hot-Air-Balloon-Fest.jpg 640w, https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hot-Air-Balloon-Fest-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is considered to be the one of the milder adventure sports\u00a0and\u00a0a popular,\u00a0fun family activity. Each hot air balloon ride lasts for 10 minutes with 2-4 passengers allowed at a time. The time schedule for the beautiful sunrise and sunset rides are 2 hours before 9 am and 2 hours after.<\/p>\n<p>During the &#8216;Tethered Joy Rides\u2019, the hot air balloon acquires an altitude of 150 &#8211; 200 feet while being firmly tied to the ground. The balloon rises smoothly and remains suspended in the air, providing a mesmerizing sight of Lakshmi hills, the lush green tea estates of Munnar, the Pallivasal dam and the Anamudi (South India\u2019s highest peak).<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0Festival will\u00a0be held in association with The Tourism Department of Kerala and the Ballooning Club of India. The ballooning partner of this great event is Mr. Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, India\u2019s first Balloonist and the Secretary of the Ballooning Club of India.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this unique opportunity\u00a0to be in Munnar during this summer vacation. It is an amazing opportunity to fly like a bird in the air and\u00a0experience the pure bliss of mystical Kerala. \u00a0A good visit during family vacation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/contact_us\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Get-Your-Tour-Plan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Get-Your-Tour-Plan-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Get-Your-Tour-Plan-1-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paradise-kerala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Get-Your-Tour-Plan-1-768x205.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an adventure lover, an exciting new\u00a0opportunity\u00a0awaits you at Munnar\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0the central adventure destination of Kerala. OK Online, an Internet service company based at the Start up Village, Kochi has decided to launch \u2018The Hot Air Balloon Festival of Kerala, 2015\u2019 in Munnar. Hot Air Ballooning in the form of \u2018Tethered Joy Rides\u2019 will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourist-activities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hot Air Balloon Festival in Munnar - Paradise Holidays - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hot Air Balloon in the form of \u2018Tethered Joy Rides\u2019 will be held between April 21st and May 20th at Munnar. 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