To allow acquisition of information corresponding to running conditions of a vehicle and presentation of the information to a passenger. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus acquires information on vehicle surroundings while floating a floating body equipped with a sensor including at least an image-taking apparatus in the vehicle surroundings and presents the information to a passenger. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes processing means for controlling at least one of a method for acquiring the information on the vehicle surroundings and a method for presenting the information to a passenger in accordance with running conditions of a vehicle.