Nepal helicopter services, compared from one desk.
Go Heli Nepal is a booking desk, not a helicopter operator. Tell us the flight, whether a tour, a charter, a shared seat or a rescue, and we send it to every CAAN-certified operator that flies it, check its Air Operator Certificate is current, and book you the cheapest quote, itemised, aiming to reply within four hours.
© Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0How Go Heli Nepal compares CAAN-certified operators.
- You name the flightThe route, the date and who is flying. Add your group’s weight if you know it.
- We ask every certified operatorEach holds a current Air Operator Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, checked before the request goes out.
- You get the cheapest, itemisedThe operator’s price and any fee of ours are separate lines. Nothing is charged until you accept.
© Justin Eng / PexelsKTMLUAKathmandu → Lukla · 135 km · 35–38 minAny two places, one way or return.
The whole helicopter for your group, on your date and take-off time. Lukla out, a missed connection, an airfield with no scheduled service.
- Up to five passengers, planned by weight
- The only choice on restricted routes like Upper Mustang
Someone hurt or ill in the mountains.
Call the rescue line. We alert rescue operators by phone as soon as you call, and arrange the evacuation with CAAN-certified operators. No account, no form.
Rescue line · 24 hours+977 98 6104 4994Call now- LoggedWith a reference, the moment you call
- Finding an aircraftThe desk rings operators with a crew on standby
- Call backTo your number, as soon as there is news
From the trekking regions to a Kathmandu hospital. Insurance paperwork handled with you. How a rescue works
© Ashok Sharma / Pexels
© Saket Krishnam / UnsplashThe Himalaya at first light, back by noon.
Out at first light, a short landing at the viewpoint, back the same morning, by the seat or the whole aircraft.
- From Kathmandu or Pokhara
- Sold by the seat or by the aircraft
© titas gurung / UnsplashPay only for your seats.
Join a flight other travellers are filling, on a published departure. One or two people fly for the price of their own seats.
- Priced per seat
- If it does not fill: another date, or a full refund
© Slava Auchynnikau / UnsplashLower fares on flights coming home.
A seat on a helicopter returning empty after a charter. The trade is that you take the date and the direction the aircraft is already going.
- The date and route follow the charter
© Gaston Julian / PexelsThree places. Just the two of you.
The helicopter lands, you step out, and nobody else is on board. Hold a second morning: flights go early, before the cloud builds.
- 4,919 mTilicho Lake
- 4,130 mAnnapurna Base Camp
- 5,545 mKala Patthar
- A private charter from Kathmandu or Pokhara
© Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0Airtime for film, photo and survey crews.
A camera flight with the route and the hold points planned before you fly, priced against the job rather than a tour rate.
- Doors off, a gimbal mount and a licensed crew
- Operators holding aerial-work approval
© Ghana Shyam Khadka / UnsplashA load on a longline, beyond the road.
Cargo, relief supplies and construction material, carried on a longline beneath the aircraft where no road reaches.
- Planned by weight and landing site
- Priced against the job
Before you choose.
What people ask when they are deciding between services.
What is the difference between a shared seat and a private charter?
A shared seat puts you on a departure other travellers are filling, so it costs far less but leaves when the seats sell and follows a fixed itinerary. A private charter is the whole aircraft, typically five seats, on your own timetable. On the Everest tour the whole aircraft costs more than five shared seats, so a charter buys privacy and the timetable, not a lower price.
Which helicopter service is cheapest?
An empty leg, typically 40 to 70 per cent below the charter price, because the aircraft is already flying home after a drop-off. The trade is that you take the date and direction the aircraft is going.
Do you need to book a helicopter rescue in advance?
No. A rescue is arranged by phone when it is needed, on the rescue line +977 98 6104 4994, with no account and no booking. What is worth arranging in advance is travel insurance that covers helicopter evacuation at the altitude you will trek to.
Can a helicopter fly anywhere in Nepal?
Almost anywhere with a safe landing surface, if the aircraft has the performance for the altitude. Tours land no higher than Kala Patthar, at 5,545 m. Landings above 5,000 m are often split into two lifts because thin air reduces what the aircraft can carry. Some areas also need permits.
Are the operators licensed?
Every operator the desk sends a request to holds a current Air Operator Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, checked before the request goes out. We do not own aircraft or employ pilots.
Tell us the job. We do the comparing.
Send where, when and who is flying. We ask every licensed operator that can do it and come back with the cheapest, aiming within four hours.