Everest Helicopter Tour Landing Spots

The Everest Helicopter Tour with Landing is a mountain flight trip from Kathmandu. It has several landing spots at vantage viewpoints from which you can see superb views of the high mountains of the Everest Himalayas.

The helicopter also lands for refueling during the flight and for breakfast, except for just landing for the scenery. The Everest Base Camp Tour chopper Lands six times in total after you take off from Kathmandu Airport. There are three landings on the way up and three after visiting the base camp before you land back in Kathmandu. So, what places does the helicopter land during the tour to Everest Base Camp? Let's check them out here:

Landing 1 - Lukla (2840m)

Lukla airport

Lukla is the first landing of the Mt.Everest Base Camp Heli Tour after taking off from Kathmandu Airport. It takes around 45 minutes to fly there, where you see beautiful landscapes, valleys, traditional villages, and stunning mountains like Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, Langtang, Gauri Shankar, and Jugal, including the Tibetan mountain Sisapangma (above 8000m).

There is a wide helipad in Lukla with several helicopter landing spaces. The helicopter lands for 10–15 minutes to fill up on fuel before flying higher. You will see Tenzin-Hilary Airport here, a very famous and one of the most dangerous airports in the world. It has a short and craggy runway. Many base camp trekkers begin their walking journey for the Everest Base Camp Trek by landing at this airport.

Landing 2: Pheriche (4210m)

You will fly toward Pheriche from Lukla for the second stop. It takes another half-hour to fly. The helicopter flies through the Dudhkoshi River and Khumbu valleys now. You will fly over beautiful Sherpa settlements and see colorful buildings. You cross Phakding, Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, and Pangboche. You can also visit historic Buddhist monasteries and other monuments during the flight.

You can also see high Himalayan alpine forests, some wild animals, and birds with beautiful white mountains such as Numbur, Kongde, Kusum Kangaroo, Thamserku, Amadablam, Khangteka, Peak XV, Chhopulu, Island Peak, Lhotse, Nuptse, Taboche, and Cholatse, including Everest, during this Everest helicopter tour with a landing before your second landing.

You will have five people in one helicopter from Kathmandu until landing number 2 in Pheriche, and you will split the group into two different suttles to keep the load balance. Now, the first suttle flies with 2 or 3 people, leaving some people in Pheriche and flying toward Kalapatthar. And rest. Wait for the second supper in this place.

Point to Note: You will land in an open place, and there is no place to escape the cold wind. Pheriche is a windy valley, so wear warm clothes and a Windstopper.

Landin 3 – Kalapatthar (5550m)

Kalapatthar landing

Kalapatthar landing during the EBC helicopter tour is one of the best spots to see stunning mountain views. You will feel like you are standing in a piece of heaven, seeing such unreal mountain views and the nearest view of Mt.Everest. You will feel it worthwhile to pay for this scenic flight tour to the base camp once you land at Kalapatthar. You see Mt.Everest very close, along with sharp-shaped Nuptse, Lhotse, Lola, Changatse, Khumbutse, Lingtren, Pyramid-shaped Pumori, and many other tall mountains. After spending 10–15 minutes at Kalapatthar and taking beautiful pictures, you fly over the base camp and Khumbu glacier and see the Khumbu ice fall. Now you fly back to Pheriche, and the people who dropped you off on the way up do the same.

Point to Note: It will be cold and windy in Kalapatthar, so you need to wear a warm jacket, a winter hat, winter gloves, and sunglasses.

Landing 4—Pheriche for Suttle Change

This fourth landing back in Pheriche during the Mt. Everest helicopter tour will change the schedule. The people who dropped off on the way up to the base camp and Kalapatthar do the same activities as those from the first expedition. You can see many yaks around this valley with stunning views of Mt. Ama Dablam, Cholatse, and Taboche close to you while you land in Pheriche for changing sultans.

Landing 5 – Everest View Hotel (3880m)

Everest View hotel landing.

After finishing two different shuttles from Pheriche, all of you who flew from Kathmandu together will return to the Everest View Hotel for the 5th landing of the EBC helicopter tour. You will have a more extended break at this spot because you will have a warm breakfast in this mountain luxury hotel.

The Everest View Hotel on Syangboche Hill is so stunning that you can see amazing views of Taboche, Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Amadablam, Khangteka, and Thamserku from the terrace of the hotel. After enjoying such beautiful views and breakfast, you will meet many Everest Base Camp trekkers here. The hikers visit this place during their acclimatization practice hike from Namche Bazaar for the rest of the day while on the base camp trek.

Note: Do not forget to bring some Nepalese cash with you for breakfast and the national park permit.

Landing 6: Back in Lukla (2840m)

You will land in Lukla after taking off from the Everest View Hotel to refuel again. You will see the most beautiful Sherpa town in the Everest region, Namche, right after taking off while flying toward Lukla. It is the final landing spot of the Everest base camp helicopter tour; with the landing, you will fly to Kathmandu to have a fantastic Everest experience for another 45 minutes.

Conclusion

The Everest helicopter flight tour includes six landings in four places: Lukla, Pheriche, Kalapatthar, and Syangboche. After taking off and returning to Kathmandu airport, Everest views the hotel. From the Syangboche and Kalapatthar landings, you can enjoy excessively captivating Himalayan views. You will undoubtedly be delighted by this Everest Heli tour with a landing trip.