Beginner course

The beginner course costs 500 €.

Together with the advanced course it is available as the complete course for 900 € instead of 1200 €.

For more about iFly paragliding course prices click here.

You can register for a course online, e-mail us at info@ifly.si or call us on +386 31 305 048.

Courses can also be given as a gift voucher.

For more about gift vouchers click here.

• Full equipment rental available
• Equipment purchase at a reduced price for students
• Equipment purchase in instalments
• 10% group discount
• Courses also on weekday afternoons
• Training adapted to the individual

Participants arrange shared transport to the flying site among themselves. Each participant decides for themselves whether their name, town and chosen contact (phone or e-mail) are shown to the other participants of the same course date — this is set with a separate consent at registration or in the profile settings. Without consent the details are not visible; declining does not affect your registration.

For anyone aged 15 or over who wants to learn the basics of paragliding and fly under an instructor's supervision. Under-18s need written parental consent.

Four days in a row, 25 hours in total — most often Thursday to Sunday, other days by arrangement. Groups are small, so the instructor sees every one of your launches and landings and comments on them straight away.

Theory — the six subjects the exam also covers:

• why a paraglider flies: basics of aerodynamics and flight mechanics (A)
• reading the weather as a pilot: aviation meteorology (M)
• what the gear is made of and how to care for it: construction and materials (K)
• what to do when something goes wrong: emergency procedures (E)
• the body in the air: aviation medicine (LM)
• the rules of the air: aviation regulations (Z)

Practice — from the ground to your first real flight:

• laying out and checking the wing before launch
• bringing the wing overhead and keeping it under control on the ground
• launching and landing on the training slope
• steering the wing first just above the ground, then higher and higher
• first manoeuvres: turns, circling and using the speed bar
• to finish, one high flight with about 1000 m of height difference

• access to the online classroom with study material and exam questions
• all flying equipment for the duration of the course: wing, harness, reserve parachute, radio
• photos and videos of your flights
• certificate of completion of the beginner course

Nothing but the will and clothes for the hill: comfortable sportswear and shoes with good grip above the ankle. The flying gear comes from us.

Four days, or 25 hours. That is a frame, not a promise: if the weather does not allow safe flying we move the day — safety comes before the schedule.

A new course starts every Saturday, or on another day by arrangement. You get a text message with the time and place no later than the day before.

The first days on the training slopes at Prebold, Celje and Šoštanj; the high flight from Dobrovlje, Krvavec or Donačka gora.

We run courses all over Slovenia; we choose the take-off together according to the weather, your skill level and your pace.

• Gorenjska: Bled, Bohinj, Dobrča, Kriška gora, Krvavec, Kranjska Gora
• Primorska: Lijak, Kovk, Nanos, Vremščica, Ajdovščina, Tolmin, Kobala, Kobarid
• Štajerska and Savinjska: Golte, Lisca, Konjiška gora, Pohorje, Celje, Šoštanj
• Koroška: Uršlja gora, Peca, Slovenj Gradec
• Ljubljana area: Šmarna gora, Kriška gora, Krvavec, Kamniški vrh, Velika planina

The participant is informed of the specific provider or instructor before the training starts. Where the regulations require a specific rating for the training, it is conducted only by a person holding a valid appropriate rating.

Participants are informed of the specific provider or instructor before training begins. Where regulations require a specific authorisation, training is delivered only by a person holding a valid one.