Fly Between The Mountains

Mountain flight in Nepal is one of the most exclusive mountain fly tour packages in the world, offering a scenic view of Mount Everest-Top of the World (8848.86 M height) flight tour, as well as other series of Giant panoramic Himalayan ranges, long-ranged Tibetan plateau up to a closer distance of 5 nautical miles, with an in-flight duration of 1 hour.

Mountain flights offer passengers a spectacular view of the Himalayan peaks. The one-hour mountain flight takes passengers within camera range of some of the highest peaks in the world. The peaks are Gosaithan, Dorje Lhakpa, and Phurbi Chyachu. Choba Bhamare, Mt. GauriShankar, Melungtse, Chugimago, mt. Numbur, Karyolung, Cho-Oyu, Gyachungkang, Pumori, Nuptse and finally Mt.Everest. Mountain flights are offered by several domestic airlines in the nation. As part of the tour program here in Nepal, mountain flight is gaining high demand during the tourist arrival season. To fulfill the request, various private-domestic airlines operate mountain flights.

Description of a few Mountains: -

1. Langtang (7234m):

The first mountain, which can be seen, is Langtang. The valley of Langtang, which is not visible from the mountain flight, is considered the most beautiful in the whole Himalayan region.

2. Gosainthan (8013m):

The mountain lies on the Nepal - Tibetan border. The Tibetan name for this mountain is Shisapangma. She is related to many Hindu Mythologies, especially Shiva.

3. DorjeLakpa (6975m):

This mountain has a Tibetan name, which means "the mountains of many sacred Thunderbolts". This mountain is considered to be a holy mountain for Buddhists, and climbing permission was given only in 1964, and it was not climbed until 1981.

4. Gauri-Sanker (7134m):

This single mountain has two peaks and two names joined together because the Hindus believe that the mountain looks like the pair of Gods Shiva and Gouri. This holy mountain was restricted till 1977 for climbers. It was only in 1979 that an American - Nepal group reached the summit.

5. Lhotse (8516m):

As this mountain lies to the south of Everest, the name given by the Sherpas is Lhotse, which means" South Peak." The first ascent of this mountain took place in 1956 by the Swiss.

6. Mount Everest (8848m):

This Mountain was discovered in 1852 and is the highest mountain in the world, is named after Sir George Everest, an English surveyor. Sagarmatha, the top of the universe, is the name Nepal gives, meaning "mother of the world," and Qomolangma in Tibetan. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa were the first to climb Everest on May 25, 1953. As a coronation gift to Queen Elizabeth.