Everest Helicopter Tour is a premium luxury 4-day trip in Nepal designed by Nepal Himalaya Tours, which begins and ends in Kathmandu—the capital city of Nepal. We begin our Everest helicopter tour from Kathmandu.
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The Everest Helicopter Tour is a premium luxury 4-day trip in Nepal designed by Nepal Himalaya Tours, which begins and ends in Kathmandu—the capital city of Nepal. We begin our Everest helicopter tour from Kathmandu. The Everest Helicopter Tour is on the second day of our packages. Early morning begins the day with a helicopter ride flying over the Everest Base Camp or Kalapattar stopover, which offers majestic mountain views including Mt. Everest, Lothse, Nputse, and Mt. Pumari, which is the best viewpoint for up-close beauty of the Himalayas. After spending some time at Everest base camp, we fly back to Syangboche for breakfast at the Everest View Hotel. We then fly back to Kathmandu. On the third day, we explore the Kathmandu Valley, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site, including Boudhanath (the largest Buddha stupa in the world), Pashupatinath Temple, Shyambhunath, and Kathmandu Durbar Square.
You need to get a Nepal visa from the consulate of Nepal in your country. However, the arrival visa at the Kathmandu airport is available instantly; within 5-10 minutes you get the visa, so getting a Nepal visa at the Kathmandu airport would be easiest for you. For a Nepal visa, you should carry 2 copies of passport-size photos and no less than US$ 50 cash or other currency for the visa charge.
Before you book the trip to Nepal, you must know about travel information as well. Kathmandu is the gateway of Nepal, so you must catch the flight to Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu. Our national carrier, Nepal Airlines, has very limited aircraft, so flying to certain cities like Bangkok, Delhi, and Dubai is not sufficient. From Europe, America, other Asian countries, or Australia, you must travel by international airlines like Qantas from Australia, Qatar Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Dragon air from Hong Kong, Thai Airlines, Etihad Air, and many other international airlines flying directly from their cities. It is also possible to visit Nepal by land from the Tibet-China border. And many different points from the Indian border sides.
Nepal Himalaya Tour’s team will be in Kathmandu airport to receive you without any delay according to your arrival flight schedule. It may take some time, like 20-30 minutes, to collect your luggage and for security checking at the airport. After that, you make your way to the exit from the airport and stuff your name card and our company name, “Nepal Himalaya Tours.” As you see the card, he will greet and welcome you, and we will then transfer you by luxury car or jeep to the hotel. Welcome drinks will be served by the hotel.
What should I expect from an Everest helicopter tour in Nepal?
On the evening of arrival day, we give you a short briefing about the helicopter trip to Everest and other information as well. In the next few days, you will be in Nepal for your holiday trip. You may ask any question or query you have in this orientation meeting or any time before you depart for your trip.
Nepal Himalaya Tours are always flexible for the extension of the particular trip you are undertaking. If you enjoy the trip you are doing, you can extend it to a few more days. But, for this, you must contact us before completing the trip so that we can manage your interest, and we must extend the accommodation, transportation, and other minor needs as well, and you should pay some little additional cost extra, which we will settle in understanding easily.
Upon arrival at Kathmandu Airport, Nepal Himalaya Tour’s team will be in the Kathmandu airport to receive you without any delay according to your arrival flight schedule. It may take some time, like 30-40 minutes, to collect your luggage and for security checking at the airport. After that, you make your way to the exit from the airport and stuff your name card and our company name, “Nepal Himalaya Tours.” As you see the card, our staff will greet you and transfer you to the hotel by luxury car. After check-in, you can take a rest or visit our office. In the evening, there will be a welcome dinner with our team member with a short briefing about the helicopter tour to Everest for the next morning.
Early morning, 6 AM: Pick up from your hotel and drop off at Kathmandu Airport for a scheduled helicopter flight to Everest Base Camp and Kalapattar. Around 7 AM: Preparation and processing to take your scheduled helicopter flight to Everest Base Camp and Kalapattar. We begin our preparations for the helicopter tour. We make our way towards the departure point after making sure all the papers and documents are in order.
We then take a helicopter flight, explore Mountain Touch to Sky, and have breakfast at Everest View Hotel at the altitude of 3880 m. We begin our Himalayan journey around 7:30 A.M., heading towards the Mahalangur Himalayan range. Taking to the skies, we fly over Khumbu, the Sherpa villages, Everest Base Camp, and Kalapatter. At an altitude of 5,564 m. We stop over for breakfast at the Everest View Hotel. Then fly back to Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel.
After breakfast, we start a sightseeing tour for UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Kathmandu Valley: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath, Boudhnath (the largest Boudha stupa in the world), and Swayambhunath. Kathmandu Durbar Square holds the palaces of the medieval kings who ruled over the then Kathmandu Kingdom. Swayambhu stupa is one of the oldest Buddhist stupas in the world. The stupa is also famous for being on the hilltop and known as the Monkey Temple. The Pashupatinath temple bank of the Bagmati River is one of the world’s most sacred places of worship for the Hindus. The Buddhist shrine of Boudha Nath is one of the largest stupas in the world and one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimages and most visited tourist destinations.
After breakfast we transfer to the airport 3 hours before your scheduled flight. We hope you enjoyed the tour with us, and we are sure you will be back for a trip to the Nepal Himalaya next year with your friends.
Nepal is geographically located between China and India—a landlocked country, it is a naturally beautiful country. People also know the place where Lord Buddha was born and the country of Mt. Everest, so we believe it is a myth of heaven. Here we can get the variety of weather and different land structures here in Nepal. In the northern part of Nepal, you can see the panoramic mountains, including Mt. Everest—the top of the world. The middle part of Nepal is a hilly region; Kathmandu and Pokhara are also included in the hilly region, and it is a land for trekking and hiking. Hilly regions are the gateway to adventure trekking trails like Langtang, Everest, and Annapurna. The south part of the country is the Terai region, and you can find flat land and warm weather. We can visit this part for a holiday tour, including a wildlife jungle safari tour. You are visiting Nepal for a luxury holiday trip, so during the visit, Nepal Himalaya Tours will provide you with the best transportation, 5-star hotel accommodation, and helicopters for mountain flights as per your interest. We also organize the Everest breakfast tour by helicopter at the Everest View Hotel, Syangboche, where you can see the Mt. Everest courtyard.