Zermatt Thermal Tandem Gleitschirmflug mit Matterhornblick

When I signed up to go Paragliding with this outfit, I was expecting the basic 25-30 minute trip from the top of the hill, swing about a quarter mile from the Matterhorn and into town trip. Wow, was I in for a surprise. After we took off, we went back-and-forth to gain altitude while engaging in casual conversation. The partner I drew was Eric, a man with 37 years flying experience. As we were watching other paragliders takeoff below us, he mentioned to me that they will be landing in town long before we are. He told me that those guys just do it for the money, he does it because it’s his passion. He told me that he had nobody on the schedule after me for the day so as long as I had a strong stomach, we’re gonna be in for a good day, and man was he right. We flew around for over 20 minutes before we even got over by the Matterhorn but we didn’t get about a quarter mile from it, we were less than 100 feet from the mountain. We flew along the east face so we could look straight up the side, up to the top. We went around the corner to the south side, did a loop and returned to go along the east face again. It was amazing to see all the water and erosion that’s taking place, running down the face from that close up distance. We then flew off and gained altitude where we flew inside of a passing cloud for a bit. The paragliders that took off after us, we could see them landing in town before we even got close to the Matterhorn. On the way back into Zermatt, while we were over the town, Eric let me take over controlling the flight of the paraglide. It was extremely easy to steer, the same as a parachute but my point in this story is that these guys really do it as a passion and not just because it’s their job. Eric and I were airborne for an hour and 10 minutes which I hope doesn’t get anybody in trouble. It’s not something you can expect them to have time to do every time but if there’s an option to pay for extra time, I would definitely take them up on it because it’s worth it. Thanks a lot guys and thank you Eric, a very memorable check mark off the bucket list. PS, pay for the videos and pictures, it’s well worth it. I was going to take my own pictures and videos with my phone but that thought went out the window less than five minutes after we took off.

This flight exceeded my and my daughter’s expectations in every way. Our pilots, Alan and Jan, were amazing and thought of everything to make it an enjoyable experience, including hats, gloves, boots etc. We did the high altitude paragliding and would recommend it! Absolutely breathtaking terrain, and stunning landscape up there.

I had an incredible time. Jan was super professional and I felt very safe for the entire flight. I got some awesome go pro footage too. Definitely do this experience you won’t regret it.

I highly recommend this adventure. The views were amazing and even better my guide Alan was extremely fun and informative every step of the way.