Bill Harrop's "Original" Balloon Safaris

Activities offered

Ballooning

Description

Bill Harrop\302\264s "Original" Balloon Safaris has been operating as a legally licensed balloon Air Transport Service since 1981. It is a family business run by Bill Harrop, his wife Mary, son Sam and daughter Sarah working in partnership with over 40 full time, part time, contract and casual staff.

Only qualified and experienced professional pilots are employed, and over five-thousand very happy passengers a year are testimony to our professional attitude in entertaining you to one of the most memorably enjoyable experiences of your life.

We run a fleet of six large hot air balloons which can carry between six and eighteen passengers each. So whether it is a romantic balloon flight for 2, or a party for 18 adventurers in one of the biggest balloons in the world, or a corporate adventure for 142, Bill Harrop\302\264s "Original" Balloon Safaris is the preferred choice for safe, reliable, quality ballooning.

He firmly believes that attention to service excellence and a commitment to care for ones community will build a better nation, especially through education, and is a recognised benefactor of the Tourism Education Trust.

* Accredited members of the Southern African Tourism Services Association since 1981.
* TOMSA levy contributor
* Founder Member of the Magalies Meander and member of the Crocodile Ramble

We are a South African Airways "Prime Operator Principal" and have 5 South African Aviation Safety Council Aviation Safety Awards.