Landing is the only scary part. As you get lower your realize you're going horizontally at a decent rate and the only way to really stop is to drag the basket along the ground, occasionally sideways. If there's eight people in the balloon this can be kind of fun when everyone falls onto everyone else. In our case we smacked into what he called a "breaking tree" and then continued on our merry way. They have no control over where the balloon goes, other than being able to bring it up or down to catch different winds.