Everest Base Camp Heli Trek

Everest Base Camp Heli Trek: Enjoy the grandeur of Everest from two different perspective: via land and air. 

Highlights: 

• Reveal in the excitement of hiking on one of Nepal’s most popular Himalayan trail – the Everest Base Camp Trek 
• Your experience is combined with an enthralling and adventurous helicopter flight over the majestic Everest region
• The dramatic land and aerial views of Nepal’s gigantic peaks – Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Ama Dablam etc. 
• Life-changing hike to Everest Base Camp and Kalapatthar 
• Close glimpse to mountain legends – Sherpa culture and lifestyle 

Take a delightful guided alpine walks onto the world’s famous Everest Base camp and enjoy thrilling helicopter ride back to Kathmandu; on this 11 days Everest Base Camp Heli Trek.

Everest Base Camp Heli Trek is a short yet scenic trekking package which immaculately combines the stunning walking experience on Everest with luxurious helicopter ride from Gorak Shep. The helicopter flight will save your time as well as energy plus offers you aerial perspective of entire Everest region. 

Walking to the base camp of Everest is definitely on every outdoor enthusiast’s wish-list. Sadly, many adventurer cannot experience the Everest Base Camp trek due to time restrictions. The idea of Everest Base Camp Heli Trek was evoked to facilitate the people to experience magical Mt. Everest in short time period. 

Jagged mountain peaks dusted with snow, gigantic glaciers sparkling in the sunshine, emerald hill groomed with rhododendron forest and intact Sherpa culture with their warm hospitality, Everest region boasts some of the best alpine sceneries in the world.  Allow us to assist you explore the best of Everest in the most professional way! 

Everest Base Camp Heli Trek Route

11 Days Everest Heli Trek starts with an exhilarating trans-Himalayan flight to one of the dramatic airport in the world – Lukla. Later, we walk along the gushing Dudh Koshi River and climb through dense rhododendron forest and villages to Namche Bazaar. We spend one extra night here to acclimatize our body at thin atmosphere. On this day, we will walk to the Everest view hotel to enjoy incredible panorama of Everest, Tawache, Lhotse, Ama Dablam etc. 

We witness and explore the esteemed Tengboche monastery before heading towards Dingboche. It is a small walled village facing towards the most beautiful Amadablam peak. Dingboche is a great place to spend two nights to acclimatize in thinner oxygen before heading above 5,000m. 

As we move towards Gorakshep via Lobuche, the temperature significantly drops and forest line gives way to alpine scrubs. The hike to Everest base Camp over the vast Khumbu glacier can be strenuous but the efforts are well-compensated by the magical sceneries. For more up-close view, we make a pre-sunrise hike to Kalapatthar at 5,545m – a real sense of achievement. Ultimately, we drop down to Gorak Shep and take a scenic heli ride amid of spectacular valley and stunning peaks back to Kathmandu. 

Everest Base Camp Heli Trek Difficulty 

Everest Base Camp Heli Trek difficulty depends on the season you are travelling and your fitness level. Peak seasons are usually less-challenging and you might find the trek highly strenuous if you are physically in-active. 

It is important to know that the hike itself is considered as non-technical. This means that you do not need to acquire any technical climbing skills for Mt. Everest Base Camp hike. In fact, regardless of age and size, anyone can conquer the base camp. 

The most crucial thing that makes Everest Base Camp a challenge is its altitude. Walk on gradual pace, stay hydrated and schedule acclimatization plan to stay away from altitude challenges.