Balloon Festival

2018 Taiwan International Balloon Festival
Date: 2018/06/30 (Sat) - 08/13 (Mon)
Location: Luye Gaotai, Taitung
The eighth Taiwan International Balloon Festival will begin on June 30th, 2018. The Event has become very popular since the first fiesta in 2011 which had the rest of Taiwan following its footsteps. It is now one of the main events in Taiwan. The festival is scheduled with light shows, balloon ride experience, and balloon flying shows. The hot air balloon tour ride, which started in 2013, has become a regular activity throughout the whole year starting from 2014. The ride is around 30-40 min, with a 360 view of Taitung’s finest mountain views.
※ Balloon Tethering Ride Fee: TWD 500/ person

2018 Taoyuan Hot Air Balloon Festiva
Date: 2018/06/23 (Sat) - 07/01 (Sun)
Location: Shihmen Reservoir, Taoyuan
The 2018 Taoyuan Hot Air Balloon Festival will be hold for a longer period, featuring even more eye-catching hot air balloons. In addition to the hot air balloon rides, there will also be events including light shows, VR activities, hot air balloon exploring, and outdoor concert.
※ Balloon Tethering Ride Fee: TWD 500/ person

2018 Yilan Hot Air Balloon Festival
Date: 2018/06/02 (Sat) – 06/03 (Sun) & 06/16 (Sat) – 06/17 (Sun)
Location: No.77, Sanfeng Rd., Dongshan Township, Yilan County
This is the first time that Yilan Dongshan Township holds a Hot Air Balloon Festival. The festival will be four days with eight balloon tethering rides, offering the travelers the chance to enjoy the hot air balloon ride while appreciating the picturesque sceneries of paddy fields. There will also be light shows and hot air balloon walk in experiences. (Photo provided by Dongshan Township Office)
※ Balloon Tethering Ride Time: 06:00-08:00 and 16:30-18:30
※ Light Show: 18:45-19:00※ Balloon Tethering Ride Fee: TWD 500/ person
※ Hot Air Balloon Walk in: Free

2017 Hsinchu Hot air Balloon Festival
Date: 2017/07/29(Sat)-06/30(Sun)
Location: Chin-Chin Grassland, Hsinchu
The second Hsinchu Hot air Balloon Festival will be hold at Chin-Chin Grassland, featuring the longest stone slides in the northern Taiwan and the excellent coastline view on the hot air balloon ride. There will be at least 3 hot air balloons flying at the same time, offering tourists free rides. Travelers are recommended to take the hot air balloon ride, which overlooks the broad grassland and the coast view.
※ In case of bad weather, the event will be postponed to 08/05-08/06.