Mendoza
Drone wedding coverage · Valle de Uco
In short
Drone wedding coverage in Valle de Uco starts at $500: 3 hours on location with a photographer who works in Valle de Uco, and 40 edited photos + a 2–3 minute edited film delivered to a private gallery within 3 weeks.
Why choose drone wedding coverage in Valle de Uco?
The Valle de Uco was made for a drone. Wineries stand alone in grids of vines that run for kilometres, the Andes fill the whole western horizon, and nothing built gets in the way. Three hours of aerial coverage takes the estate from above as guests arrive, the ceremony from a respectful distance, the couple walking a row at sunset and the winery in the last light, with the mountains fading behind.
Worth knowing about Valle de Uco
A Valle de Uco winery is rural ground, and ANAC's RAAC treat rural zones differently in two ways: the Part 101 ban on Open-category flights in adverse weather does not apply there, and under Part 100 the operator is responsible for avoiding any simultaneous operation with a manned aircraft. With no weather rule to lean on, the call on a Zonda afternoon — the hot, dry Andean wind that the Government of Mendoza places between May and November — rests on the pilot's own risk assessment, and gusts ground the drone.
What does the session in Valle de Uco look like?
- Vineyard grid with the Andes behind
- The scale of the valley, with the winery as a small point in it.
- Couple alone in a vineyard row
- A top-down frame with no guests under the aircraft.
- The winery in the last light
- The estate from outside as the sun drops behind the Andes, flown away from the guests.
What does drone wedding coverage in Valle de Uco include?
- 180 minutes of drone coverage inside your wedding day, planned in daylight
- 40 edited aerial photos
- A 2- to 3-minute aerial film, edited to sit beside your wedding photos or film
- A flight plan checked before the day against nearby airports, the venue’s rules and where the guests will be
- Delivered within 3 weeks
FAQ — Drone wedding coverage in Valle de Uco
Is any authorisation needed to fly a drone at a Valle de Uco wedding?
Usually not from the aviation authority. Under ANAC's RAAC Part 101, an open-category drone needs no prior authorisation, only a free sworn declaration to the Registro Nacional de Aeronaves, and it flies within sight of the pilot, below 122 m and away from guests who have not agreed to be flown over. The Valle de Uco winery hosting the wedding still has to accept the flight.
Does the Valle de Uco wind affect drone coverage of a wedding?
It can. Between May and November the Zonda, a strong, hot and dry wind off the Andes, can blow through the Valle de Uco, and gusts ground a small drone. The pilot checks the official forecast on the morning of the wedding and moves the aerial shots to the calmest hour.