Helicopter Tour in Nepal

4th December 2019

Who doesn’t love holidays? Everyone of us does right? Just imagine a peaceful luxurious holiday in tranquil places. Isn’t it amazing just thinking of it? Your mind started wandering already? Did it already start scouting for serene places for your next visit? Well, you need to know of this amazing trip that you can take on your next holiday which would totally be worthwhile. Rest assured this would the trip that would make memories for you that would definitely last, a lifetime. Wondering what that could be? It is the most fascinating Tour in Nepal we are talking about. Let’s just dive right into it then! Nepal is known for its multiple tourist spots, the amazing climate where one can experience snow of the world famous Mount Everest, which surely could be the first snow one has ever experienced. The base of this huge snowy mountain is one of the most sought after to visit tourist spots. Okay, now imagine you can tour all of this and these places from the breathtaking view of a sky? Beyond imagination and sounds too good to be true, right? Well, bid goodbye to those days and those thoughts. Because, you are I for a ride! Yes, in a helicopter. That’s true. You’re off in an aircraft to view one of the world’s most beautiful spots. So, let’s have a glance at what you could do in the tours ad which places are a must watch while on this tour. There are a bunch of places that goes on the list of must watch places, which are the Everest Base Camp, Annapurna Base Camp, Everest base camp trek, Annapurna base camp trek, Langtang tour, Everest panoramic tour and the Annapurna panoramic tour. Let us see what divine sights each of these places has to offer

Everest Base Camp Heli Tour

Flying with an amazing view of the Everest base camp with the highest altitude of 5,464 m, there’s a lot of visual treat for the eyes for you to soak it all in. The helicopter flies you for 4 hours from Kathmandu to Lukla to Everest base camp to Kathmandu.

✔ During the flight, you can have the most splendid views of Mount Everest base camp and land at Kalapather, the best view point of the Mount Everest, the Khumbu glacier of Nepal's North East Himalaya region and quite a lot more the serene Nepal tourism has to offer.

✔ 40,000 people make this trip annually and also this is the mot taken mode of sightseeing as there are no roads from Kathmandu to Lukla. So, as a result, the only method of sightseeing or transporting large and heavy goods is carried out only through airways.

The South base camp is in Nepal whilst the North base camp is in China which are covered throughout the tour in the Heli. You can get to see the tallest peak in the world, the Mount Everest, that stands at a tall height of 8848m above sea level

✔ Planning the flight could sometimes prove to be a little tricky as the weather could be unpredictable in the Himalayas and also every year, a huge number of trips in Helicopters and flights have had to be delayed, rescheduled or cancelled altogether to or from Lukla due to bad or erratic weather conditions. So always pay heed to the weather and your itinerary or your schedule before planning on such trips otherwise everything you have had planned might go down the drain and you’ll be left with missing out one of the most scenic and beautiful sights of the earth, from the air, of course!

Annapurna Base Camp Heli tour

✔ An other visual treat for the eyes is to visit the Annapurna Base Camp. Being a crisp and stunning trip to the lap of Annapurna Region, one of the world’s most desirable destinations, you will tour over multiple forests, villages, rivers, farmed terrains at a 4 hours stretch in the day ride at a reasonable price especially when you are travelling with a group of six or more. The prices are likely to increase by folds if the number of people you are travelling with, decreases.

You can also fly alone if you wish to and enjoy the panoramic views without other anybody else’s disturbance of any kind along with a pilot and a guide, of course.

✔ There are two options to go about, for this particular trip. One is from Kathmandu, by first booking a private chartered Helicopter and touring the place whereas the second is to fly from Kathmandu to Pokhara and start a helicopter tour from Pokhara.

Everest base camp Heli trek

✔ Everest Base Camp Heli trek is a small and crisp length which effortless combines the best of both the worlds of an astonishing trekking experience as well as the comfortable and luxurious helicopter ride from Gorakshep.
✔ However, as thrilling and magnificent the trek sounds, with its phenomenal and stupefying views, it is quite difficult for you to complete the entire trak within an anticipated and expected time interval, be it because of the unexpected and unpredictable weather conditions, or the very long trek that lies ahead for you to reach the actual tourist spot or the very trek itself.
✔ So there are lot of people who try trekking to the place but give up on it because they are tired or because they do not want to exhaust themselves by spending up their entire energy on the trek. So they wisely plan ahead as to how to balance between satisfying their wish to trek and also to tour around the plain in an airways or a helicopter. So always plan!

Annapurna base camp Heli trek

✔ While travelling in or to a Annapurna Base camp Heli trek you travel through the foot of Annapurna Himalayas and usually might have to spend a night there to rest yourself after all the exhaustion from all the trekking done to reach to that place.
✔ And after spending a night at the base camp of Annapurna you can explore the Annapurna Base camp near the foot of the Annapurna Himalayas, and can then proceed to travel to explore and enjoy the scenic views of the breathtakingly beautiful Pokhara in a Helicopter flight in a scenic aerial route that lasts for around 40 minutes.
✔ The months between March to May (Spring) and September to December (Autumn) is the best time of the year the to trek the Annapurna Base camp or the Annapurna Himalaya region. The days are warm and the nights are usually cold with a mildly cool breeze. Annapurna Base Camp Trek is also heavenly beautiful in the really freezing cold months of January and February.
✔ The Annapurna Base camp trek is usually started at different points but starting it from Nayapul and continuing it along the way up to Ghorepani Poon Hill is generally the most common and taken way.
✔ A regular Annapurna base trek is 16 days long whereas a helicopter Annapurna base camp trek is just 11 days and it gives you a whole new different experience altogether, for a lifetime. Or you can tae the luxurious and the most lavish & comfortable aerial way in a helicopter and still enjoy the trip of a lifetime.
✔ The camps and the scenic routes and spots are typically more pretty and beautiful durig the dusks and nights with a faint twilight adding up to the beauty of the already amazing places and sceneries.

Langtang heli tour

✔ Another of the spectacular sights that one has to never miss out on, during the tour is the Langtang Heli tour. Langtang Heli tour lets you celebrate the surreal aerial view of Langtang Mountain in a comfortable manner from the comfort of a chopper. The Langtang region, located at the north of the capital city and circumferencing Tibet, it is safely set in at the Langtang National Park.
✔ The Helicopter initially heads towards the north to fly high above the suburban areas of Kathmandu, the Capital city of Nepal. The view gradually slides from the urbanized looks of the capital city(Kathmandu Valley) to a serene hilly area. Forests, stone houses and hills are the most common and beautiful sights while you are touing it in a helicopter
✔ The Helicopter then lands at the Gosaikunda in the beginning. The Gosainkunda Lake is considered a holy lake located in the Langtang region of Nepal.The Gosainkunda Lake is tranquil and is considered to be sacred by Hindus and the Buddhists. Also, the locals pay homage on every pilgrimage journey every year during a particular month.
✔ This Helicopter tour also lets you visit the Kyanjin Gompa and take a look and also to explore the villages nearby. The panoramic views of the mountains in Langtang along with the rocky and the beautiful landscape of the valleys from the Gompa is Breathtaking.

Lo! You have now gained knowledge and wisdom on the most spectacular and breathtaking views, sights and spots in the trek ways as well as the aerial ways in the glorious, aesthetic and the charming Nepal. You now know the best places to visit and more details beyond the scope for you to plan on your next most memorable tour, when are you taking off on the next holiday! Don’t delay, just get going. A great trip is awaiting you!