Tandem paragliding at 4 locations in Austria:
Zell am See Kaprun, Salzburg, Königsleiten and Weissensee!

The price of a tandem paragliding flight is based on the length of the flight (airtime) as well as on the total time that an experienced licensed tandem pilot spends with a passenger. For a 20 minute flight this can easily be 2 hours. Then there is the write-off of the tandem gear, participation in advanced flying courses and the marketing expense of the paragliding company. Inflation has forced Austrian companies to raise the prices. In general tandem paragliding is not an activity to compromise with quality and safety. In general we recommend customers: do not beg for a discount but opt for a top quality safe flight.

We take our time with tandem paragliding passengers and their onlookers. We try to make your experience unique and perfect. We allow you to use your mobile phone. We make sure you have a video of your start and landing. We make sure your onlookers have a great time. And we don’t mind to optimise meeting point and other details for your perfect unique experience. With us you are not a number but a VIP!

It is not possible to give discounts for children. The effort on our part can be even bigger with kids. We will bring a special children seat for tandem paragliding with kids. We may need help at the starting field. We spend exactly the same time with kids as with adults. In winter and with weak thermals the flight with light children will even be longer than the flight with adults. So just be happy that we fly with children from 20kg (44 pounds) up and please be happy to pay the same price.

Yes. We do group discounts for tandem paragliding. You can always ask and depending on the demand in the season something can be arranged. However if you are 6 people and you want 6 pilots to fly all of you at the same time together, then a discount will not be possible. If you are willing to do 2 or 3 rounds with 2 or 3 pilots we can discuss it.

The ultra VIP-day is a way to have your personal tandem pilot for a whole day paragliding together. In that way you could do several flights and have a nice lunch together. On days with strong thermals a long tandem XC flight is possible (2-3 hours airtime).

Yes you can pay tandem paragliding with a card! We carry secure portable payment portals.

Yes. Go to the voucher page to buy a tandem paragliding voucher as a gift.

Contrary to parachute jumping paragliding is an advanced art of flying. Like an eagle or a sailplane we are gliding on air and playing with wind and thermals. When the thermals get stronger we go up instead of down. Flights of 10 minutes up to many hours are possible. Typically paragliders start from mountain tops by running a few steps against the wind.

Tandem paragliding is when a licensed tandem pilot and a passenger both wear a paragliding harness and create a tandem by attaching to a so called spreader and then attach the wing (canopy) to the spreader. In this way the passenger who sits in front can safely enjoy the thrill of an advanced paragliding flight that is fully secured by the tremendous skills and local knowledge of the tandem pilot.

Paragliders don’t jump (summer saluting from a hot air balloon is a big exception). Paragliders run against the wind from a mountain top. We take off gently and have no free fall. Our speed is just 35-50kmh (plus or minus the wind component). In stronger winds no running is required. The lift-off will be like a helicopter then. The flying is magic allowing for an eagles view of the mountains and landscape. Adrenaline rush is a voluntary option with manoeuvres like wing-over and spiral. The tandem paragliding passenger can also choose a totally calm flight.

The safety of tandem paragliding compared to solo paragliding is that a typical commercial tandem pilot is extremely experienced with his or her gear and and extremely experiences locally in his or her flying area. A tandem pilot is never experimenting with paying customers. He or she will never fly outside strict safety margins. Those margins can be quite broad. Tandem pilots may fly when less experienced solo pilots abstain, but your safety is always guaranteed. Also the typical tandem paraglider is very robust in turbulences compared to high performance solo wings. So the combination of very experienced pilot and robust glider makes it very safe.

If helpers are present on the mountain (local solo pilots waiting to take off) even people who are wheelchair bound or otherwise handicapped can do tandem paragliding. In somewhat stronger winds very heavy persons can easily take off without any serious running. Light passengers also do not have to run as much since the stronger and heavier pilot will do most of the work. In wind still conditions a heavy person does need to run fast and on a flatter take off spot sometimes even a bit longer as well. A pilot may decide to ask an nonathletic heavy person to come back on another day with more wind. Landing is never a problem, since a safe sitting landing can always be done with older people, heavy people or people with (knee) injuries.

The tandem wings are tested with a very wide passenger weight range. Children can fly from as soon as they are 20 kilograms (44 pounds). In strong winds however this low weight can be problematic. The pilot may need to postpone the flight with a child in these conditions. Running is no issue with a light child …. they will be lifted by the wing much sooner than the pilot. Elderly people can also easily fly provided the wind at the start is around 10-25kmh. In that case the running is very limited or even absent. In winds over 25kmh a sitting start can be performed which is super comfortable especially for elderly people. A safe landing is always possible in sitting mode.

Generally speaking fear of heights is no problem when tandem paragliding. At the start one looks horizontally when running and also during the flight the passenger is mostly looking around horizontally. Looking down is a thrill especially on the first few flights even for people without fear of heights. The seat however is so comfortable that one feels almost like sitting on a movie chair looking at a movie. And the landing is super smooth so generally people always say that the fear of heights was no problem.

Yes! As you see on the photo the passenger can hold the toggles and steer the glider under instruction from the pilot. In this way the experience becomes even more intense. And you can judge whether you would want to do a solo course to learn paragliding yourself. Coming back to fly with us again and again you could even become quite proficient in flying just by doing some safe supervised tandems. And you could book the ultra VIP-day to fly with one of our tandem pilots for a whole day.

With VIP-paragliding you are truly a Very Important Passenger. During your tandem paragliding flight we enable all your wishes and more. We have a special ultrastrong leash on a roll that you can secure your mobile phone to. In that way you can get those extra images as you want to make them or even call your loved ones looking on from the ground. Also if you have your own action cam we are happy to film with that instead of our own standard GoPro photo & video service.

With VIP-paragliding you get the best photo’s and video of your tandem flight. Right after the flight we copy it to your mobile phone. In most circumstances we make sure you also get a video of your tandem paragliding start and landing, as well as from the action flying that we do upon your request. Those are super nice to look at and share on social media #vipparagliding #tandemparagliding #zellamseekaprun