What is exciting about Everest Heli tour?

Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world and the Everest region of Nepal consists of some of the most beautiful mountains and scenery you must see at least once in life. But, it’s far, actually far doesn’t even justify the distance, energy, and struggle it requires to even get to the Everest region.

There is a neat trekking route that takes you up to the Everest base camp. But trekking to the Everest base camp takes about 14 to 17 days depending upon your stamina and speed. While the view from up there and the experience is entirely worth it, you don’t necessarily need to put your body through all the pain and exhaustion to enjoy the beautiful Everest region.

Everest region is getting popular by the day among tourists and now you can enjoy the tour of the region in a single day with Everest Heli tour.

Everest Heli tour refers to Everest Helicopter/Chopper tour. There are quite a few travel agencies and tour operators providing this service at present. The tour starts from the Airport at Kathmandu heading towards the Khumbu region, which is the part of Solukhumbu district, also recognized as the Nepalese side of the Mount Everest.

What should you look forward to?

As you leave behind the bustling city of Kathmandu, you will pass endless rivers, vast landscapes and beautiful scenery all around before you reach the Khumbu region. En route, you will be mesmerized with the view of series of glorious mountains, such as GauriSankar, Ganesh Himal, Langtang, Cho Oyu, and so much more.

And it will only get better as you reach the Khumbu region. You will soon feel that the best view of the majestic beauty of Khumbu region is only possible to be attained with the bird-eye view. Some of the famous peaks you will gaze upon through your window seat are DorjeLakpa, Mera peak, Lobuche, and Island peak among countless others.

The breath taking experience will continue further as you will land at either Kala Patthar or Everest Base Camp depending upon the travel package and the weather conditions on the particular day. You can take pictures to your heart’s content and enjoy the mesmerizing beauty. Few tour packages also include your trip to Gokyo lakes, which consists of 6 different lakes. Your helicopter will land in the midst of the lakes where you will enjoy nature and fresh air like never before.

The final stop of the tour is your breakfast at Khumbu region, after which the helicopter refuels and heads back to Kathmandu.

Not only will you be able to finish 2 weeks’ worth of trip in a single day, you will have done so without exhausting yourself. Of course, you might take the pleasure in adventure, and if such is the case, you should definitely trek your way through the Everest region. Still, you can’t beat the luxury of the Everest Heli tour. It is probably the best Heli tour in the world in the sense of adventure and blissfulness it provides.