Basic Intro

Himalayan Club offers daily flights for those who are restricted by time from trekking and can get a panoramic view of the Himalayan in just an hour. Early morning we pick you up from your hotel and drive to Kathmandu domestic airport, take off from Kathmandu airport in the early morning for an hour's worth of spectacular mountain scenery.

As the aircraft lifts up and heads towards the east, passengers don’t have to wait long to find out what is in store for them there they are mountains as they always have been.

First to their far left visitor see   Gosaithan, also called shisha Pahngma, standing at the majestic height of 8,013 m immediately to the right of Gosaithan there appears Dorje Lakpa (6,966 m), a mountain that looks like the number 8 lying down, and covered with snow. To the right of Dorge Lakpa is phurba-Ghyachu, which looms over the Kathmandu valley.

As the plane moves along, the mountains come closer and closer. Next on the vision is Choba-bhamare, the smallest one of the lot at 5,933 m but singularly stubborn as it has never been climbed. Then appears the mountain that is not only prominent in sight but also spiritually-Gauri-Shankar. Lord Shiva and his consort Gauri are said to have protected this mountain, at the proud height of 7,134 m and the summit had a history of unsuccessful attempts till 1979. Gauri-Shankar is sharp and very conspicuous during the mountain flight.

As the plane moves towards the land of the rising sun, the eastern Himalayas a succession of glorious mountains follows. Melungtse, a plateau-like mountain that stretches up to 7,023 m, Chugimago at 6,297 m is still a virgin, waiting to be climbed. At 6,956 m, Number Mountain resembles a breast, a maternal source in the sky providing pure milk to the shapes of the Solu Khumbu. Next is Karyolung, an intensely white mountain that at 6,511 m gleams with the rising sun. Cho-Oyu is the eighth-highest mountain in the world. Reaching a height of 8,021 m, it appears stunningly beautiful from the aircraft.

Next on the menu is Gyanchungkang, at a majestic height of 7,952 m, considered an extremely difficult climb. To the right of Gyanchungkang is pumori (7,161m). As passengers get closer to Everest. There is Nuptse (7,855 m), which means west peak, signifying its direction from Everest. Finally, there is Everest (8,848  m) itself, known as Sagarmatha by the Nepalese and Chomolungma by the Tibetans. Much as has already been written about Everest. But to actually witness it face to face during a mountain flight is something else. Even while it looms there in front of the eyes, it remains an enigma, this highest spot on the earth.