The flight starts with two hot air balloons in the sky every day from Pokhara, which carries 8 passengers on each craft. The hot air balloon flight starts early in the morning at Dhampus village located on (1,650m), which is just 32km away from the northeast side of Pokhara. And, your beautiful flight will end on the majestic bank of the Mardi River.
The people from the travel agency will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the hot air balloon location side. If you are not an early person who likes to wake up early in the morning, then you can also catch the balloon flight at 9:00 am for the amazing ride.

As you can find, two types of balloon flight in Pokhara: one is Tether Flight, and another is Free Flight. You can find the time, budget, and landing point difference between these two hot air balloon flights in Pokhara. However, both of the flights take you off from the small Dhumpus/Laurukh (Depending on the weather condition) and land on the bank of Mardi River. Besides that, Free flight gives you an amazing 1-hour ride in the sky, but you can only enjoy a 15-20 minute ride in Tether flight.
It depends upon you whether you want a longer breathtaking flight or a shorter balloon flight. But, both the flight gives you an amazing experience of your lifetime.

Time is the most important part when you are traveling to beautiful places around the world. So, you have to balance both time and season for the awesome possible view during the balloon flight. Sometimes flights can be delayed and canceled if the weather conditions are not good for a balloon ride. Especially when there is high wind blowing or foggy and cloudy sky, the flight cannot take off during these conditions. 
So, the ideal time for the hot air balloon ride in Pokhara is during the autumn (September to December) and in spring (March to May). The weather cannot give full support during the monsoon season as it frequently rains in Pokhara (Nepal). However, if you are lucky then, you can enjoy the spectacular Mountain View with the clear sky when the rain stops.

Yes, you can bring your children on a hot air balloon ride if they are less than two years old. In fact, it’s free of cost for those ages of children, but you have to pay the full amount for children who are above two years.
The hot air balloon ride is completely safe; however, it’s your responsibility to watch your kids to avoid any possible accidents. You can hold them in your lap during the beautiful balloon flight so that children can also enjoy the flight.

You should not worry about the altitude sickness, not at all, and why’s that? Because the balloon can only fly up to 2,600m, which is a maximum point for a hot air balloon. Your body cannot be able to realize a tiny bit of altitude, resulting in no altitude sickness. The actual duration and height in hot air balloon on Pokhara do not threaten any altitude sickness, which is good news for altitude problem people.