Sunrise Hot-Air Balloon over Amber & the Aravallis

A private car collects you in the dark for the short drive to the launch field below Amber, where you watch the envelope inflate and catch fire against the first grey light.

You drift on the morning thermals over the ramparts of Amber and Jaigarh, the still Maota Lake and the patchwork villages beyond, your pilot reading the wind to bring you low over palace walls and high above the ridgeline. A champagne toast and flight certificate close the morning back on the ground.