Annapurna Base Camp and Poonhill Helicopter Tour
The Annapurna Base Camp helicopter tour program lets one enjoy a picturesque journey by the most beautiful mountain ranges of the Himalayan, including Ganesh, Langtang, Lamjung, Fishtail, Manaslu, Hiunchuli, Gangapurna, Annapurnas, Nilgiri and Dhaulagiri Range. In this 2-hours journey, the flight also takes us over the Marsyangdi and Trishuli river valleys and Begnas, Rupa, and Phewa Lakes.
Tour Highlights
The flight takes us by the mountains of Langtang and enters Pokhara, the most beautiful city in Nepal, and then enters the Annapurna Basecamp, one of the most magnificent places in the Himalayas. As the flight comes into the sky of Pokhara, the mountain sceneries are indescribable with Lamjung, Annapurna 2, 4, 3, and 1, the Fishtail (Machhapuchre), the most beautiful mountain in the northern skyline above the Lake city Pokhara. Next, the flight will land on top of the Sarangkot viewpoint to let us enjoy the natural beauty of Pokhara from the ground. Sarangkot is one of the most beautiful lookouts in Pokhara, and one can enjoy the grand views of Annapurna, Lamjung, Fishtail, Dhaulagiri, and Lake City Pokhara and surrounded by an uninterrupted 360-degree view. Then take off and enter the Annapurna Sanctuary with grand views of Fishtail, Annapurna South, and Hiunchuli over the Modi Khola, letting us enjoy seeing one of the great masses of the giant Himalayan peaks of western Nepal.
Then we exit the Annapurna sanctuary flying over the cradle of Annapurna south and HiumChuli, and land on top of Poon Hill, one of the world-famous viewpoints in the Annapurna region. A brief stop here offers one of the best views of Kaligandaki Gorge, Dhaulagiri Range, Nilgiri, Annapurna and Fishtail standing on your feet! The flyback is equally beautiful as we fly near the Annapurna South and Fishtail and Annapurna II.
This short panoramic sightseeing flight lets one admire nature’s most beautiful gifts by seeing them with one’s bare eyes. The trip also offers the most beautiful scenery of the geographical situation of Nepal, uncountable villages dispersed in the slopes, valleys and hilltops, and attractive river valleys and dense forest areas on earth, making it an unforgettable single-trip in life. January to May and September to December are the best time to enjoy such flights.
