August 28, 2022 by anisha

This Tengboche helicopter shuttle service lets you encounter the beautiful snowy landscape along with the green hills, exotic and unique flora and fauna, and famous climbers. All the people who want to avoid walking can easily adapt to this helicopter flight in order to save time and energy or to evade some circumstances. The Kathmandu to Tengboche Heli tour is suitable for those who want to walk further from Tengboche towards the Everest Base camp or Kala Pathar instead of flying to Lukla and strolling uphill to Tengboche.

Kathmandu Tengboche helicopter flight is the helicopter carriage service for transferring from one place to another. The actual distance between Kathmandu to Tengboche is 147 kilometers. It will take around 55 minutes to reach Kathmandu from Tengboche.

7 Days Everest Base Camp Helicopter Trek

Tengboche Heli tour is always a good idea for your vacation in Nepal because it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Tengboche is a village in Khumjung in the Khumbu region of northern Nepal, at 3867 meters. In the village is an important Buddhist Monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest Gompa in the Khumbu region.

The major attraction of Tengboche Valley

  • Mountains viewed such as Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Tengi ragi tau, Aama Dablam, Thamserku, Tobuche, Lusum Kanguru, Shar, Nupla, Khumbila, Kabsila etc.
  • Local settlements, bazaars, museums, and encounters with native cultures and traditions like Manirimdo.
  • Chortens, monasteries, rivers, cascades, and snowy landscapes.
  • Hills and wilderness.
  • City settlements, huge and small houses, and banking rivers.

Group Joining Tengboche Helicopter Tour

We offer group joining dates as a fixed departure helicopter flight and collect people on a cost-sharing basis for the helicopter ride. The group joining the helicopter flight shares the total cost of the helicopter flight with all the people flying together.

Tengboche Helicopter tour is more frequent during the trekking season. So we operate a group joining helicopter flights for single trekkers. If you have enough groups for the flight, then let us know about the date and time.

If you are single and want to fly by helicopter ride then contact us with your desired date. If other people are planning to fly by helicopter on a particular date, then we accept your booking for the helicopter flight.

Private Tengboche Helicopter Landing Tour           

Private helicopter charter flights are the best way to explore the beautiful views with your own team. It’s your private helicopter ride, so a private tour to Tengboche is easy to operate on time because it’s your private ride and there will be no hassles like waiting for other groups, flying around on other’s interests, and so on.

However, the cost for private charter flights is higher than group joining flights. You can make your own group and contact us so we can manage your private helicopter ride on your preferred date and time. The helicopter flight takes you to the base camp to Mount Everest flight to Tengboche is weather dependent so, helicopter flights also depend on weather and condition.

Kathmandu to Tengboche helicopter tour facts

  • Flight duration from Kathmandu is 55 minutes
  • Flight duration from Lukla: 12 minutes
  • Flight duration from Kala Pathar (Everest base camp): 10 to 15 minutes
  • Maximum group size: 5 people in 1 helicopter
  • Weight allowance:  400 kilograms + Luggage
  • Minimum altitude: 1400 Meters
  • Maximum altitude:  3900 Meters
Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour from Kathmandu

How to reach Tengboche by helicopter?

In the early morning, we pick you up from the hotel where you have stayed and transfer you to the Tribhuvan domestic airport, where our helicopter is waiting. From there, the Heli takes you to the Lukla Airport through the Himalayas and reaches there in almost 45 minutes. At Lukla, you have a stop for almost 15 minutes. You can see a glimpse of Sherpas over there.

Then the helicopter starts and hands directly at Tengboche. It takes approximately 12 minutes to reach there.

Everest base camp helicopter tour- from Tengboche

Here, we have talked about the Everest base camp helicopter tour with landing at the Kala Pathar viewpoint can also be an ultimate choice. If you are in Tengboche and wish to see Mount Everest (8,848.86 meters) from close along with the stopovers at the places like Kala Pathar, Hotel Everest View, Pheriche, etc. The best itinerary is our page Mount Everest base Camp helicopter tour would be the right suggestion.

Here, your pick-up point will be Tengboche Monastery, and following the original trip itinerary, you will cover the places like the flyover to Everest base camp, Hev, Lukla, and finally Kathmandu. Moreover, the Tengboche to EBC helicopter tour offers the best views of the Everest Himalayan range, Ama Dablam, Mount Everest, Nuptse, and many more peaks during the Heli flight tour.

Lukla to Tengboche helicopter Tour

These helicopter shuttle services are mainly focused on those people who reach Lukla and want to make a short visit to Tengboche Monastery within a short period of time, or good for those who want to reach Tengboche by flight from Lukla.

The helicopter flight to Tengboche from Lukla takes 20 minutes which is a time saver tour for hikers. So, remember us if you are in Lukla or in Tengboche and want to make a short-distance flight by helicopter, you can contact us.

Best Time for Kathmandu to Tengboche Helicopter Flight

Tengboche is always a frozen area as it lies at a high altitude. Whether it is summer or winter or autumn or spring, the Tengboche is always at nearly freezing point. The Helicopter tour from Kathmandu to Tengboche can be done throughout the year. The most necessary thing to be needed during any helicopter tour is the clear sky. Meanwhile, March to April in the spring season and October to November in the autumn season is considered the best season for the Helicopter tour. You can also do this helicopter tour in early May and December. Spring and autumn are the perfect time of the year to do the Tengboche Helicopter tour because of the stable weather and clear views.

These seasons have the most fantastic views of the Himalayan Mountain. Helicopter tours in the Himalayas during the off-seasons can get canceled frequently. The overall trip may not be as smooth as during peak seasons.

Safety Rules for Kathmandu to Tengboche Tour

While taking any helicopter service, safety is the main priority and essential above everything else. The Pilots we have collaborated with are experienced and highly trained pilots and have years of experience flying over the Himalayas and navigating its uniquely diverse weather conditions.

Now talking about the weights in a helicopter, the helicopter has a maximum certified weight set by the helicopter manufacturer. So, the helicopter allows for carrying a total of 350- 500 weights depending on altitude and location. There can be only 5 passengers plus a pilot in one helicopter. Ensuring the proper seat arrangement we balance the weight of the passengers too.