During your stay expierience the thrill of lighter-than-air travel, ballooning aloft in the unique panorama of the California desert resort area at Indian Wells. High-hour FAA-certified pilots guide 2-10 passenger, multicolored hot-air balloons aloft to get the bird's-eye view of the many country clubs, the low desert's winter wildflowers. date plam groves & citrus. The 'Champaigne' adventures lift off daily during the early mornings and again just prior to sunset.