Safety
Experienced High-Altitude Pilots
Quick Facts
Duration
3 to 3.5 hours (Lukla to Lukla)
Max Altitude reached
5,545 metres / 18,192 feet (Kalapatthar)
Finest Season
Spring (March - May), Autumn (September - November)
No of Pax
Up to 5 passengers per tour
Baggage
400 kg (passenger weight + baggage weight per helicopter)
Highlights
Landing at Kalapatthar (5,545m), the closest point to Mount Everest reachable without climbing
A second landing at Gokyo Lake, one of the highest freshwater lake systems in the world
Close-up aerial views of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, and the Khumbu Glacier during the overfly
Route via Namche Bazaar, Tengboche Monastery, and Pheriche
15- to 20-minute breakfast stop at Hotel Everest View, the highest-placed hotel in the world
Passenger insurance covered
About This Flight
Everest Mountain Overfly with Gokyo Lake Landing, Kalapatthar Landing and Breakfast at HEV from Lukla
The Everest Mountain Overfly with Gokyo Lake Landing, Kalapatthar Landing and Breakfast at HEV from Lukla brings the most complete Everest-by-air experience to travellers already in the Khumbu: a close overfly of the world's highest peaks, two high-altitude landings, and a sit-down breakfast with a Himalayan panorama, all in a single day without a separate trip back through Kathmandu. Starting directly from Lukla, the helicopter carries passengers to Pheriche and from there into a layered sequence: the overfly, a landing at Kalapatthar, and a landing beside the turquoise waters of Gokyo Lake, before finishing with breakfast at Hotel Everest View and the return to Lukla.
The route follows the same safety-driven pattern used on the Kathmandu-departure version of this tour, without the Kathmandu legs. From Lukla the aircraft flies over Namche Bazaar and past Tengboche Monastery into Pheriche, at around 4,240 metres. Here the flight changes shape. Passengers come up in small numbers, because of the weight the thin air allows, and each group works through the full sequence: the close overfly of the Everest region, a landing on bare rock at Kalapatthar for five to ten minutes, then on to Gokyo for another five to ten minutes. The contrast is the point. At Kalapatthar you stand on rock and prayer flags with the summit ridge overhead. At Gokyo you stand beside water, glacial blue and perfectly still, with the whole southern Khumbu spread out in front of you and those same peaks reflected in the surface.
Once everyone has flown the overfly and landed at both sites, the group reunites at Pheriche and flies together to Hotel Everest View at Syangboche, where a relaxed breakfast of 15 to 20 minutes is served with sweeping views of Everest, Ama Dablam and Thamserku. From there the helicopter heads straight back to Lukla. It is the richest Everest-region experience available for travellers already in the Khumbu: two summit-region landings, a full mountain overfly, and breakfast at the world's highest hotel, all without routing through Kathmandu.
