5:30 am Wake Up
Wake up at 5:30 am and have a cup of coffee / tea in your hotel before start out to drive to the airport.
6:00 am Head to Kathmandu Airport
Drive to Kathmandu domestic airport, located next to Tribhuvan International Airport. The journey will only take about 15 minutes from your Thamel hotel.
6:30 am Fly to the Everest Region
Take off from Kathmandu Airport, flying east along the Himalayas Mountain Range, to the Tenzing Hilary Airport at Lukla. Your helicopter stops at Lukla for refueling. It’ll take a short 15 minutes.
7:30 to 7:45 am Fly on to Hotel Everest View
Your helicopter will fly over yak pastures, Sherpa villages, Stupas and Buddhist monasteries, Namche Bazaar, raging rivers, Everest National Park, beautiful flora and fauna, hikers far below, and, of course, amazing mountains, and then lands at the hotel where breakfast is served.
7:50 am – 8:35 am Visit to the Everest View Point / Breakfast
As the helicopter is flying at very high altitudes of over 5,500m, we need to reduce the weight. If you’re in a group of 4 or 5 people (the usual maximum for any trip), you’ll be divided into two.
While one group enjoys breakfast, the other will fly to the Everest Viewpoint: Kalapatthar (5,545m).
In fact, the human body is not made to transition from 1400m Kathmandu to more than 5000m+ in a few of hours! While this trip is completely safe to do.
Yet, it’s long enough to get some great photos, videos and memories! The close-up view of the Mount Everest and the surrounding mountains is the highlight of this once-in-a-lifetime trip.
8:40 am – 9:35 am Return flight to Kathmandu
With Khumbu Glacier and Khumbu Icefall, Tengboche Monastery, Everest Base Camp (EBC) and Mount Everest below and around you, not to mention dozens of other mountains, your helicopter will bring you safely back to Kathmandu.
9:35 am – 10 am Drive back to your Hotel
It’s hard to imagine that you’ve returned to your hotel in about four hours after getting a very close view of the highest mountain in the world! We know that you are too excited to sleep and enjoy a cup of coffee while remembering this magical adventure and posting your videos online!