29/10/2016
Date from 08/12/2016 to 16/12/2016
Name of festival:luxor first international hot air balloon
Location: luxor egypt
Contact details or website: luxorinternationalhotairballoon.com
Egypt will witness the "First International Hot air Balloon Festival" in Luxor from the 9th. To the 16th. Of December 2016, a meeting of 80 balloon amateur pilots from different countries worldwide – in view of the preliminary registrations – will be flying in the sky of the ancient city of Luxor, enjoying the view of the Nile river and its famous heritage of monuments, challenging in amicable competitions energizing their flights.
It is quite evident that this event is not limited to ballooning activities that all pilots are dreaming with, but it has a wide scope of touristic programs that will contribute to the visit of Luxor.
An evening flight is scheduled with a landing at sun set in the desert, where a Bedwin night will be organized to enjoy the fascination of the desert, the Bedwin folkloric dances and the grilled Bedwin food.
Event Legal Definition
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The event is a tourist balloon meeting under
Sanction (S1 AN3 2) just notified to the FAI ballooning commission (CIA), and is presented during the last CIA meeting held in Spain earlier this year.
About Luxor
Luxor, Egypt is the selected venue of the event , it is situated 800 Km to the south of Cairo, the Egyptian capital, and often called the world's greatest open air museum, but that comes nowhere near describing this extraordinary place, nothing in the world compares to the scale and grandeur of the monuments that have survived from ancient Thebes.
The setting is breathtakingly beautiful, the Nile flowing between the modern city and west-bank necropolis, backed by the enigmatic Theban escarpment. Scattered across the landscape is an embarrassment of riches, from the temples of Karnak in the east to the many tombs and temples on the west bank.
The opening ceremony will take place at the temple of Luxor in such a fascinating environment, presenting some Egyptian folkloric dances.
The flying activities will be organized at the take of strip dedicated to hot air balloons used for commercial touristic flights. While the landings will be at the landing strip currently used for touristic commercial balloons.
