Heli Services

HELICOPTER SERVICES FOR SCENIC TOUR AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION

View Nepal Treks have good relation with our counterpart Helicopter companies for reliable and efficient Heli services from scenic joy ride to emergency rescue purpose.

For past years we have been leading tours in the comfort of small helicopters with nice relaxing spacious seat arrangement.

We provide an hour tour around Kathmandu valley to full day tour where you will be flying above 5,000 to 6000 meters high with awesome backdrop of high snow-capped mountains that runs parallel north of Kathmandu east to west.

Our Helicopter services include exotic destination to Everest-Annapurna-Langtang and even beyond to Lumbini and other holy sites of Muktinath-Damodar-kund- Halesi Mahadev / Maratika around Solu-Khumbu area.

We also organize trip to Mt. Kailash on Helicopter please visit our Tibet trip for more details.

Beside Joy and Pleasure tour we organize Heli Services on medical rescue for emergency evacuation and to bring the victim safe around nearest hospitals.

ABOUT AIRCRAFT:
In Nepal there are more than 5 Helicopter companies all related for tourism travel and emergency airlift, at present there are two types of helicopters currently operating in private sector:
AS 350 B series helicopters manufactured by Euro copter in France and are very popular all over the world, it is regarded as one of the most multipurpose helicopters and is suitable for mountain flying and all types of helicopter missions. Following are its features:

Fail Safe Design
Comfortable Seating Arrangements
5 seats excluding Pilot
Suitable for all types of helicopter missions
Can fly up to an altitude of 5,600m or 16,000 ft.

Other helicopter is the powerful Russian made MI-17. This is a big bird, capable of transporting 22 passengers or four tons of cargo. MI-17's can reach altitudes well in excess of 5.000 m and have been known to land at Everest Base Camp. They offer excellent utility and reliability under extreme conditions. These helicopters are usually charter for bigger groups or large cargo.