Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour

Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour: Best Season

Everest Base Camp helicopter tour can be experienced in any season that fits your schedule. However, flights on the monsoon time of June, July, and August can be very weather dependent prone to frequent delays and postponements.

The main aim of tourists to engage in the Everest Base Camp helicopter tour with landing is to get the best sightseeing experience. This advantage will be mainly available in two seasons of Nepal: the Spring extending on March, April, and May and the Fall/Autumn spanning September, October, and November.

You will not be daunted by the harsh cold temperature remaining comfortable in the helicopter in 15 to 20 degree Celsius with the most translucent sky that you can ever get.

December, January, and February of the winter season are also good if early morning departure is avoided.

Everest Base Camp Tour with Landing Difficulty and Who Can Participate

Our Everest Base Camp helicopter tour is the most effortless journey to reach Everest without the strain of several hiking days and long hours and compromising your comfort.

Individual between 5 and 80 years are eligible to participate in this tour without having to thinking twice. The tour duration is not even a whole day with very little concern of acute mountain sickness.

Even if some of our passenger shows the minor signs, our pilot is always ready to immediately descend. Plus, we also have oxygen cylinders on board for your added safety. So yes, this tour has been made for everyone with the desire to reach the Himalayas of Nepal.

Who should carefully think before joining our Mount Everest Base Camp Heli Tour?

Please understand that if you have any serious respiratory issues such as asthma, bronchitis, or any other infections, then you must have the consent of your doctor before joining our Everest Base Camp helicopter tour.

It is because, the tour will direct you to some of the high altitude zone of the Khumbu region. At Everest View Hotel, you will be over 3500 m for an hour while at Kala Patthar, you will be above 5500 m for around 10 to 15 minutes where your health issue may get worse.

Also, if you are uncomfortable of heights, afraid to fly, feel constricted or suffocated in the confined space, then please think carefully about joining this tour.

Safety on the Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour

For us, your safety comes above all else. Thus, we promise, you will be completely safe and in good hands during our Everest Base Camp helicopter tour.

The helicopters that will be used in this tour for your flying are first of all up to date models, new, high quality, top standard, and comfortable with powerful engines that can easily fly at high altitudes and can tackle the pressure of the Khumbu Air.

Plus, before each take-off, the helicopter goes through the close scrutiny of TIA technicians. The concerned personnel at TIA will also ensure we have safe weather in Everest.

As for our pilots, they are all certified, and expert professionals who can handle well the terrain of Lukla, Pheriche, Kala Patthar and Syangboche. You will also be informed in details beforehand what guideline you must follow for your own and other passengers’ safety. We will also oversee your transfers between TIA and your accommodation.

Altitude Sickness/Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) and Acclimatization

The chances of facing the AMS on our Everest Base Camp helicopter tour are pretty slim but not entirely absent. Your body may struggle to adjust quickly with the fluctuation of altitude that occur in this tour.

Therefore, for the better and swift adjustment to the changing and rising altitude, we suggest you keep drinking water before and during the tour.

Also, we have planned adequate breaks and their duration in the tour to help you with proper acclimatization. However, if you go through headaches, nausea, breathing difficulty, and vomiting, then oxygen will be quickly administered to you.

Or, our helicopter will quickly take you down to your comfortable altitude. When flying above 3000 m, to help you breathe easily, our helicopter has automatic oxygen systems.

If you wish to not go through any of these physical discomforts, then take Diamox in the morning before getting inside the helicopter. Please do not take Diamox if you have any issues related to Kidneys.

Necessary Permits for Mount Everest Base Camp Heli Tour

Although we will not be walking but we will be landing in the reserved landmark of the Sagarmatha National park. Therefore, we need to have the authoritative permission for the National Park of Sagarmatha (Everest). We will also have to pay to get into the Khumbu local area.

When you are present for an hour at Everest View Hotel, a government representative will meet you and give you the permits: the Sagarmatha park permit at 3000 NPR per tourist and the local permit at 2000 NPR per tourist.

Please understand that you will have to settle these payments on site as these are not included in the total expense of the tour.

Travel Insurance

You don’t need to buy the particular travel insurance for our Everest Base Camp helicopter tour. Hill Walkers Home will be responsible for your comprehensive safety during the tour.

However, we do suggest you to consider taking an insurance policy that will shield you from any financial accountability should the unfortunate events of extended stays, flight or tour postponements, delays, cancellations, luggage loss or any other medical incidents happen.

In such incidents, your insurer will see to all the expenses or you will get reimbursed later so you won’t have to incur any personal financial burden.