This September I am going on Rick's 13-day Turkey tour that includes Cappadocia and am wondering if there
is enough personal/free time to take a morning balloon excursion over Cappadocia.
Posted by
near San Francisco
5437 posts
Yes, and in fact your tour guide will help everyone who is interested arrange it. Your tour guide will take a count. The balloon company will come to your tour hotel the night prior to take payment and then pick you up in the early early morning for the ride to the site and your balloon ride. They'll get you back to your tour hotel in time for breakfast.
Posted by
Massachusetts
1094 posts
I have not been on this tour. However, I suggest you search the tour alumni scrapbooks to see when/how the tour guide arranged for the balloon rides.
https://www.ricksteves.com/tours/scrapbooks/tour-alum-scrapbooks
Here is one example:
https://toniktwelve.wixsite.com/mysite/to-kapadokya
Posted by
OP
2 posts
Thank you so much for the quick answer to my question. I look forward to that part of the trip!
Posted by
Connecticut
693 posts
When you receive your tour documents in your account look under pre-tour planning for the reference for hot air ballooning. An opportunity will be coordinated by the guide for those interested. The details are similar to almost 15 years ago. Some of the post tour reviews also discuss the event as a highlight.
Posted by
3 posts
What type of cash do they accept for the balloon rides?
Posted by
near San Francisco
5437 posts
I vaguely recall our RS tour guide saying they would take cash in a different currency. I bet it was euros as our adventure was quoted in euros.
In any case, they took credit cards. And we compared the rate for paying in TL vs dollars. Surprisingly, I paid a few dollars more by choosing TL. Yes, more. I looked at my online credit card account because our guide was curious. It was a difference of a dollar or maybe two. Still, surprising.