Everest Base Camp Helicopter Day Tour with Breakfast at Hotel Everest View

Did this on a whim with one day left in Kathmandu before my flight home. Best spontaneous decision I've ever made. We were airborne by 6:30am and by 9am I was eating eggs on the Hotel Everest View terrace with Everest right in front of me. Back in my hotel by noon. Absolutely unreal experience.

I came to Nepal for a wedding and had just one free day. My friend told me to book the helicopter tour and I almost didn't because of the price. I am so glad I did. The moment we flew over the Khumbu Icefall and I saw Everest Base Camp below us I genuinely couldn't speak. The breakfast at Hotel Everest View with Everest in front of me was the best meal of my life.

I have MS and trekking to Everest Base Camp was never going to be possible for me. This helicopter tour gave me something I thought I'd never have — I saw Everest. I flew above Base Camp. I had breakfast at the world's highest hotel. The crew was incredibly thoughtful and made sure I was comfortable throughout. I cried on the way back. Happy tears.

Booked this as a surprise for my wife's 40th birthday. She had no idea where we were going until we were on the helipad. The look on her face when we flew over the Khumbu Icefall and Everest appeared in the window — I will never forget it as long as I live. Breakfast at Hotel Everest View with Everest right there in front of us. Perfect in every way.

I'm 72 and my knees haven't allowed serious trekking for years. My grandson told me about the helicopter tour and we booked it together. Four hours from start to finish. We flew above Everest Base Camp, we had breakfast with Everest in the window, and I came home with photographs that made my entire family jealous. Age is no barrier to this experience. Book it.

Business trip to Kathmandu with one free morning. I researched helicopter tours the night before and booked with Inticketo at 11pm. By 6am I was in the helicopter and by noon I was back at my hotel. The views of Everest from the air are something I genuinely had no frame of reference for — the scale is incomprehensible. Best four hours of any business trip ever.

I'm a doctor and I've always been curious about high altitude physiology. Flying above Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar, understanding what climbers experience at that altitude — it was fascinating beyond just the visual. But the visual was extraordinary too. Ama Dablam from the helicopter looks like something from a different planet. Breakfast at Hotel Everest View was magical.

I did the EBC trek three years ago and came back to Nepal to see it from the air. Completely different experience and completely worth repeating the trip to Nepal for. Seeing the route I walked — the Hillary Bridge, Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Dingboche — all visible below in 45 minutes of flight. And then flying above Base Camp itself from the air. Extraordinary perspective.

My father is 78 and has dreamed of seeing Everest his whole life. Trekking was obviously not possible. We booked the private helicopter tour for the two of us and it was the greatest gift I have ever given him. He sat in silence for most of the flight, just watching the mountains. At Hotel Everest View he held my hand and said nothing for a long time. That silence was everything.

Four hours. That's all it takes. Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp flyover to Kala Patthar to breakfast at Hotel Everest View and back. I kept waiting for the experience to feel rushed or touristy and it never did — every minute of the flight was extraordinary. The pilot found the perfect angle for photographs at each point. The window seat guarantee is real — I had unobstructed views the entire way.

I'm 8 months pregnant and obviously couldn't trek. My husband went on the EBC trek last year and I was gutted to miss it. This helicopter tour gave me my own version of the experience. The views were breathtaking. Hotel Everest View breakfast was wonderful. I have photographs of Everest from the air that I will show this baby when they're old enough to understand what they almost prevented their mother from seeing.

I was terrified of helicopters before this tour. Genuinely terrified. My partner convinced me to book it and I spent the week before departure in a state of anxiety. I need to report that the helicopter was smooth, the pilot was calm and professional, and within 10 minutes of takeoff I had completely forgotten my fear and was staring out the window with my mouth open. Everest does that to you.

Precision and professionalism from start to finish. Pickup at exactly 5:30am, airport formalities handled efficiently, takeoff on schedule, and every segment of the flight timed perfectly. The pilot pointed out every significant peak as we flew — I knew the names but seeing them in scale from the air with a professional narrating was a completely different experience. Back at my hotel by noon with the best photographs of my life.

I had 36 hours in Kathmandu in transit. I booked the helicopter tour the night I arrived. The next morning at 6:30am I was flying above the Himalayas. By noon I was back. By 6pm I was on my connecting flight home. In between those hours I saw Everest from above Base Camp and had breakfast at the world's highest hotel. I don't think any 36 hours of my life have ever contained so much.

I proposed at Hotel Everest View. She said yes. Mount Everest was right there in the background. I had arranged with Inticketo beforehand to have a photographer at the hotel and the photos are indescribable. Our guide had been subtly photographing us throughout the entire flight without us noticing. We have the entire journey documented including the moment above Base Camp. Thank you for making the greatest moment of my life perfect.

People ask me why I flew from Ghana to Nepal for a four-hour helicopter tour. I tell them: because Everest. Because flying above the Khumbu Icefall at dawn with the world's highest mountain filling the window. Because breakfast at a hotel that holds the Guinness World Record for highest altitude. Because there are some experiences that justify the journey entirely on their own merit. This is one of them.

I came to Nepal with my company for a conference. Everyone else went sightseeing in Kathmandu on the free day. I booked the Everest helicopter tour. On the flight back to Japan, as everyone else talked about Pashupatinath Temple, I looked at my photographs of Everest Base Camp from 300 feet above and said nothing. Some experiences you don't need to explain.

I have a degenerative joint condition that makes long-distance trekking impossible. When I discovered the helicopter tour I couldn't believe something like this existed. Four hours in a helicopter and I saw more of the Everest region than most people who spend two weeks trekking. The window seat was perfect, the pilot was wonderful, and Hotel Everest View was the most extraordinary place I have ever eaten breakfast. Inticketo made every detail easy.

I'm a landscape photographer and I've shot in Patagonia, Iceland, and the Dolomites. The aerial view of the Khumbu from a helicopter is a completely different photographic experience to any of those. The scale is impossible to capture fully but the attempt is extraordinary. Flying directly above the Khumbu Glacier with Everest filling the frame above — nothing in my portfolio comes close to those shots.

My mother is 69 and her lifelong dream was to see Everest. She cannot walk more than a kilometer without pain. We booked the private helicopter tour and she sat in the front seat next to the pilot. Her face when Everest appeared above Base Camp — I have never seen her look like that. She said it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Worth every single dollar.

I did the EBC trek in 2019 and just completed the helicopter tour. Both are incredible but for completely different reasons. The trek gives you the cultural depth, the physical achievement, the tea houses and the Sherpa friendships. The helicopter gives you the aerial scale — Everest from above, the glacier from altitude, the entire Khumbu Valley in one panoramic sweep. If you've done the trek, the helicopter shows you where you walked from the sky. Profound.

The thing nobody tells you about the helicopter tour is how much the journey to Base Camp looks like from the air. You see every Sherpa village, every suspension bridge, every glacier — the entire 14-day trek route in 45 minutes of flight. Having done research on the EBC trek before this trip, seeing the route from above made me immediately want to come back and walk it. Breakfast at Hotel Everest View sealed the deal. This place is extraordinary.

Five of us booked this together — a mix of fitness levels, ages and a grandfather in our group who is 74. The helicopter accommodated everyone perfectly. Our grandfather sat with the best window view and when we flew over Base Camp he was completely silent for the entire approach. At Hotel Everest View he said it was the greatest experience of his life. We all agreed. This tour transcends age completely.

I had 48 hours in Kathmandu before flying to London. I debated whether to spend the money and am laughing at myself now for even hesitating. The pilot gave us commentary throughout the flight identifying every peak, explaining the climbing routes, describing the history of the Khumbu. It was part scenic flight, part Himalayan masterclass. By Hotel Everest View I felt like I understood Everest at a level that took some people 14 trekking days to reach.

Private tour for my wife and I for our anniversary. The Inticketo team arranged everything — photographer at Hotel Everest View, a small anniversary cake, champagne waiting on the terrace. When we flew above Base Camp with Everest above us, I understood for the first time why people dedicate their lives to these mountains. The most romantic, extraordinary, overwhelming experience of our 15 years together.

I have a fear of heights. My therapist actually suggested the helicopter tour as a challenge. I went. I was nervous boarding and for the first five minutes. Then I saw the Himalayas and forgot entirely that I was hundreds of meters in the air in a helicopter. Everest does that — it simply occupies all available cognitive and emotional bandwidth. I came back from Nepal cured of a fear I'd had for 15 years.

Three generations in one helicopter — me, my father who is 62, and my son who is 11. My son's eyes when we flew over the Khumbu Icefall. My father's silence when Everest appeared. My own feeling of completeness watching both of them experience something extraordinary together. Inticketo arranged the private tour perfectly. Every detail was thoughtful and professional. This is what family travel should be.

I came to Nepal specifically for this tour — 11 hours of flying from Paris for a 4-hour helicopter tour. People thought I was extravagant. I am completely at peace with that judgment. The aerial view of Everest Base Camp, the Khumbu Icefall from above, breakfast at the world's highest hotel — I would fly 20 hours for this experience. Some things are simply worth the distance.

I've wanted to see Everest since I was a child watching documentaries. My job doesn't allow for two weeks of trekking. This helicopter tour was the answer I didn't know existed. From Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp flyover in 4 hours. The emotional weight of finally seeing Everest — the actual mountain, from the actual sky, right there in front of me — was overwhelming. I did not expect to cry. I cried.

My husband surprised me with this tour for my birthday. I woke up at 5am not knowing where we were going. When the helicopter lifted off and the mountains appeared I realized what was happening and burst into tears immediately. Flying over Base Camp, hovering near Kala Patthar, breakfast at Hotel Everest View — the greatest birthday of my 38 years. The Inticketo team clearly knew how to make a surprise perfect.

As someone who grew up with the view of Mount Kenya outside my school window, mountains are part of my soul. The Himalayas are something different entirely — the scale moves from impressive to overwhelming to almost incomprehensible within a single hour of flight. Flying above Everest Base Camp I felt humbled in a way I've never experienced before. Hotel Everest View breakfast was extraordinary. Inticketo handled everything perfectly.

I'm a primary school teacher and I'm going back in September with 200 printed photographs of Everest from above Base Camp to show my class what the world looks like from its highest mountain. The children have been learning about Everest for two weeks. My photographs and stories will be the best lesson I've ever given. This tour was research for education and the most extraordinary personal experience I've had in 44 years.

I'm a pilot myself — commercial jets for 18 years. I want to specifically say that the helicopter pilots on these Khumbu flights operate at a level of skill and calm that is genuinely impressive. Mountain flying at those altitudes, in variable weather, navigating narrow valleys with high-altitude payload restrictions — it is demanding, specialized work. Our pilot was exceptional. The flight was immaculate. And Everest from the air is something even a pilot cannot be prepared for.

I came to Nepal for a yoga retreat and added the helicopter tour on an impulse on my last day. I am a contemplative person — slow travel, minimal tourism, deep experience. I wondered if a helicopter tour could deliver that. It did. Flying above the Khumbu in near-silence, watching the glaciers from altitude, the stillness of Hotel Everest View terrace with Everest in front of you — this tour has a meditative quality I did not expect. Extraordinary.

From the bottom of the world to the top in 24 hours of flying. Buenos Aires to Kathmandu, sleep, 6am helicopter. By 10am I was having breakfast with Everest in my window. The efficiency of the experience is part of what makes it so surreal — you don't have time to process where you are, you just arrive above Base Camp and there it is. The greatest mountain on Earth, right there. Nothing prepares you for the scale.

I am a wheelchair user. The Inticketo team was exceptional in accommodating me — they arranged ground-level boarding, assisted seating, and made sure I had the best window position throughout. The tour that many people assumed would never be accessible to me was genuinely accessible. Flying above Everest Base Camp in a helicopter is the most extraordinary thing I have ever done and the most accessible mountain experience in the world.

My daughter is 8 years old and has been obsessed with mountains since she learned to read. I told her we were going to see Everest and she didn't sleep the night before. When the mountain appeared in the helicopter window she pressed her face to the glass and said "it's real." Eight years old, above the Khumbu Icefall, face pressed to the glass. That is the moment I will remember for the rest of my life.

I did the Annapurna Circuit last year and thought nothing would top that mountain experience. The helicopter tour to Everest Base Camp is a completely different category. The aerial perspective — seeing the entire Khumbu Valley laid out below, the glacier from above, Base Camp from the air during climbing season with all the expedition tents — it provides a view that no amount of trekking can replicate. Two extraordinary but completely different Himalayan experiences.

I'm 77. Arthritis in both hips. I told my family I wanted to see Everest before I died and my granddaughter found this helicopter tour. Four hours door to door. I sat in the front seat next to the pilot. When we flew above Everest Base Camp and I saw the Khumbu Icefall, I said a prayer. When we sat at Hotel Everest View with Everest in front of me I ordered coffee and did not move for 45 minutes. I have seen Everest. I am complete.

I was in Nepal for a friend's destination wedding. The wedding was beautiful. But the helicopter tour the morning after was the thing I flew 14 hours for. The Khumbu from the air, Base Camp below us during spring climbing season with expedition tents everywhere, breakfast with Everest in front of us. I have one photograph from that morning that I will have printed large and put on my wall for the rest of my life.

I've flown over the Alps, the Andes, and the Rockies. Nothing compares to the Khumbu from a helicopter at dawn. The clarity of the air at that altitude, the color of the glaciers, the sheer scale of the peaks — it is a different category of mountain entirely. Flying above Everest Base Camp during the spring climbing season with the Khumbu Icefall visible below was the most dramatic aerial experience of my life. Inticketo organized everything flawlessly.

I have lupus and cannot do strenuous physical activity. When I found out about the helicopter tour I booked it immediately. The four hours were extraordinary — from the moment we left Kathmandu to the moment we returned, every minute had something worth seeing. The pilot narrated beautifully. Kala Patthar from above and the Hotel Everest View breakfast were the two highlights. Inticketo was thoughtful about my condition and made sure I was completely comfortable.

I completed the EBC trek in 2018. I came back to Nepal to show my father the mountains from the air. He is 70 and could never have trekked. Seeing the route I walked on foot — every landmark I described to him over the years suddenly visible below us in the helicopter — and then flying above Base Camp together, and then sitting at Hotel Everest View with Everest right there. Completing the circle. Best Nepal trip of the three I've done.

I was scared to book this because of the altitude. I get headaches easily and was worried about being in the helicopter at 5,000+ meters even briefly. The Inticketo team answered all my questions patiently — they explained the brief exposure time at altitude, the supplementary oxygen on board, and the hotel stop at 3,880m as a stabilization point. I had zero issues throughout. The experience was perfect. Everest from the air is indescribable.

As an architect I am professionally trained to appreciate scale and proportion. The Himalayas from the air break every frame of reference I have. The relationship between Base Camp and the Khumbu Icefall and the summit of Everest above — all visible simultaneously from the helicopter — is architectural in its drama. No human structure approaches this scale. Hotel Everest View sitting on its ridge with Everest behind it is the most dramatic building placement I have ever seen.

I came to Nepal for a conference. I had one free day. A colleague mentioned the helicopter tour over dinner. By 6am the next morning I was on the helipad. By noon I had seen Everest from above Base Camp and had breakfast at the world's highest hotel. By evening I was back at the conference, slightly stunned, unable to concentrate on presentations about supply chain logistics while my mind was still above the Khumbu Glacier.

The photography from this tour is on a completely different level to anything I've shot anywhere else in the world. The combination of the helicopter's altitude, the clear mountain air, the early morning light, and the sheer scale of the peaks — every frame is extraordinary. Flying directly above Base Camp during climbing season with expedition tents below and the Icefall above — I have never taken a photograph I'm more proud of.

I'm 65 and retired last year. My first solo trip. I was nervous about everything — the flight, the altitude, navigating Kathmandu alone. The Inticketo team made everything effortless. Pickup at my hotel, every form handled for me, a window seat guaranteed, the pilot calm and narrating throughout. By Hotel Everest View I had completely forgotten I was traveling alone and was simply sitting with Everest in front of me, completely at peace. Perfect first solo trip.

I want to tell every African traveler — Nepal is worth the journey and the Everest helicopter tour is worth the price. The Khumbu from the air is something no documentary, no photograph, no travel blog fully captures. You need to be there, in the window seat, watching the glaciers from above and feeling the scale of those peaks. Hotel Everest View with Everest right there — no description does it justice. Just go.

I've always been intimidated by Nepal — it seemed like a destination for serious trekkers and climbers. The helicopter tour is the perfect introduction for someone like me. No physical demands, completely accessible, and you see more of the Everest region in four hours than most day tourists see anywhere. I am now planning to come back for the EBC trek next October. This tour started something for me.

My grandfather fought in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. He always said that if there was a heaven, it would look like the Himalayas. He passed away three years ago. I took this helicopter tour carrying his photograph in my jacket pocket. At Hotel Everest View, with Everest in front of me, I took out his photograph and held it up to the window. He was there. He saw it. That is all.

I was managing a group of 12 corporate clients visiting Nepal. I organized the helicopter tour for all of them as a half-day activity before our afternoon workshops. The logistics were complex — multiple pickup points, different dietary requirements for the Hotel Everest View breakfast, varying fitness levels. Inticketo coordinated everything without a single problem. All 12 clients described it as the highlight of the entire trip. The ROI on this experience for corporate groups is extraordinary.

22 hours from São Paulo to Kathmandu. Four hours to Everest. Worth every hour. Worth every dollar. I have no more eloquent way to put it than that. Flying above Everest Base Camp changed something in me permanently. The scale of those mountains, the silence inside the helicopter as we flew over the Khumbu Glacier, the breakfast with Everest in the window. I came home a different person. Inticketo made it perfectly simple to access something completely extraordinary.

I booked this as a solo traveler on my first visit to Nepal with two days before my flight home. The sharing flight put me with four other solo travelers from France, Japan, India, and the US. By Hotel Everest View we were friends — sharing photographs, swapping camera tips, ordering extra coffee and refusing to leave. We have stayed in contact since. This tour creates community as readily as the EBC trek does. A remarkable experience.

I'm a high school geography teacher. For years I've taught students about the Himalayas, the Khumbu Glacier, Sagarmatha National Park, the Sherpa people. This helicopter tour was the best professional development I've ever done. Flying above every landmark I've spent years teaching — Namche Bazaar visible below, the Khumbu Glacier right there beneath us, Everest Base Camp, Kala Patthar — I returned to my classroom with photographs and stories that transformed my lessons.

I'm a cardiologist. I reviewed the altitude profile of the helicopter tour carefully before booking — brief exposure to 5,364m during the flyover, rapid return to 3,880m for the hotel stop. For healthy individuals without cardiac conditions this is a well-designed tour from an altitude safety perspective. The supplementary oxygen on board and the CAAN weight safety protocols give me professional confidence. And personally — Everest from above Base Camp was the most extraordinary sight of my 54-year life.

I was skeptical that four hours could deliver the Everest experience. I was wrong. The flight from Kathmandu takes you through an extraordinary visual journey — the city giving way to hills, the hills to mountains, the mountains to giants. By the time you're above Base Camp you've watched the landscape transform completely. The Khumbu Icefall right below you. Everest above. Nothing gradual about it — it hits you all at once.

I have anxiety and crowds. The EBC trek was not something I could face. The helicopter tour was perfect — small group, professional environment, and the experience of the Himalayas without the 14-day commitment. What I didn't expect was how quiet and peaceful the flight actually was. Even five people in a helicopter above the Khumbu feels completely private and intimate. Everest from that altitude, in that silence, with morning light — it addressed something deep in me.

I'm a professional film editor. I've spent 20 years in a dark room making other people's footage look beautiful. On this flight I forgot completely that I was holding a camera. Just watched. Just absorbed. Flying above Base Camp with the Khumbu Icefall below and Everest above — I didn't think about composition or exposure or color grading. I just looked. That almost never happens to me. The mountains have a way of making you forget your profession.

My husband and I have been to 47 countries together. This helicopter tour is the single best travel experience we've had in 22 years of traveling. No competition. The combination of the flight, the scale of the peaks, the Khumbu Icefall from above, and then the Hotel Everest View breakfast with Everest right in front of us — it is designed perfectly. Nothing feels rushed, nothing feels cheap. Back in Kathmandu by noon with the best photographs of our lives.

Four hours. Back in time for a late lunch. I've had business meetings that lasted longer and achieved less than this helicopter tour. The impact of seeing Everest Base Camp from the air, flying through the Khumbu Valley with the glacier below, breakfast at the world's highest hotel — all in one morning — is genuinely difficult to reconcile with the brevity of the experience. It feels like a full expedition compressed into a perfect four hours.

My daughter is a competitive climber who has dreamed of Everest for years. We booked the private tour as her 18th birthday gift. She spent most of the flight pressed to the window pointing at things — the Icefall, the fixed ropes visible in spring, the expedition tents at Base Camp. At Kala Patthar she asked the pilot to hover a little longer and stared at Everest's summit with such intensity. That girl is going to climb it someday. This tour gave her the view that sealed the ambition.

I have done luxury travel on every continent. Private islands, Arctic expeditions, Michelin-starred dinners in unexpected places. The Hotel Everest View breakfast with Everest in the window, arrived at by helicopter after flying above Base Camp, is the single most extraordinary luxury experience I have had. The price is exceptional value for what is delivered. This is five-star experience in the most dramatic setting on the planet.

I had already booked the EBC trek for next year. I added the helicopter tour as a reconnaissance flight — I wanted to see the route from the air before walking it. Now I've seen Namche Bazaar from above, Tengboche, Dingboche, the entire Khumbu Valley laid out below. I understand the geography in a way no map could give me. And seeing Base Camp from the air makes me want to stand there on foot more than ever. This tour made me more excited for the trek, not less.

I have Parkinson's disease. Walking long distances is becoming harder every year. My neurologist encouraged me to travel while I still can. The helicopter tour to Everest Base Camp was my answer. I sat in the window seat, completely stable in the smooth flight, and watched the world's greatest mountain appear and fill the window. At Hotel Everest View I drank my coffee with steady hands for once and looked at Everest. It was the best morning of recent years.

As someone who has hiked in the Dolomites my whole life, I thought I understood mountains. The Himalayas redefined the word for me. The scale is genuinely incomprehensible until you're in the helicopter above the Khumbu Valley and the peaks simply keep going up, and up, and up beyond where any mountain you've seen before would have stopped. Flying over Base Camp was the most humbling aerial experience I can imagine. Inticketo made every detail of the booking effortless.

I want to say to every person from West Africa reading this — Nepal is not far, and this helicopter tour is not only for wealthy Western travelers. I saved for this trip for 14 months. Standing on the helipad at dawn in Kathmandu I thought about those 14 months and smiled. Four hours later, having seen Everest Base Camp from the air and had breakfast at the world's highest hotel, I thought about those 14 months again. Worth every month. Worth every savings deposit.

I'm a pediatric surgeon. I work 70-hour weeks. I had four days in Nepal between conferences. The helicopter tour on Day 1 set the tone for everything else — from the moment we flew above the Khumbu Icefall, my mind went completely quiet for the first time in months. The mountains do that. Hotel Everest View breakfast extended that quiet. I came back to the conference the next day more rested and present than I'd been in years. I'm booking this tour every time I'm within range of Nepal.

My travel photography Instagram has 180,000 followers. This helicopter tour produced the best content I have ever posted. Four images from above Base Camp and Hotel Everest View received more engagement than anything in my four years of travel photography. But more than the content — the personal experience of being above Everest Base Camp in a helicopter at dawn, seeing the expedition tents below, watching the morning light hit the summit — that belongs only to me.

I managed the entire booking through WhatsApp the evening before. I was leaving Nepal the following afternoon and almost didn't bother. The next morning at 6:30am I was airborne above the Himalayas. By noon I was back having lunch in Thamel. That afternoon I flew home. What I carry from that morning — the image of Everest from above Base Camp, breakfast at Hotel Everest View, the scale of the Khumbu from the air — I will carry for life.

I studied geography at university and wrote my thesis on Himalayan glaciology. Seeing the Khumbu Glacier from above — in person, from a helicopter — after 30 years of studying it in satellite images and academic papers was an almost overwhelming academic emotion. The scale of the glacial retreat visible even in the aerial view is striking. And the beauty of it, beyond the science — the blue-white ice flowing between the black moraines, Everest above it all — is simply perfect.

I'm Samoan-New Zealander and I grew up surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The concept of a mountain as big as Everest was completely abstract to me — I'd never been near anything higher than 2,500m. Flying above Base Camp and seeing Everest from the helicopter was the most visually overwhelming thing I have ever experienced. The scale broke my brain in the best way. Hotel Everest View breakfast looking at Everest — extraordinary. Thank you Inticketo.

I booked this for my honeymoon. We did the helicopter tour on Day 2 of our Nepal trip. Flying above Everest Base Camp together, breakfast at Hotel Everest View, the private charter with just the two of us — the pilot was discreet and wonderful, giving us space and privacy at each stop. Back at our hotel by noon. That afternoon we explored Thamel. But nothing competed with the morning above the Khumbu. Our marriage started with the most extraordinary morning of our lives.

I teach environmental science and climate change. The Khumbu Glacier from above tells the story of climate change more powerfully than any academic paper or presentation I've ever given. The glacial retreat is visible. The moraines tell the story. The meltwater lakes that didn't exist 30 years ago are right there below you. Beyond the extraordinary beauty — and it is extraordinarily beautiful — this tour gave me classroom material that will move my students more than any slide deck. Book it. See it. Understand it.

I came to Nepal alone after a very difficult year — a divorce, a job loss, a health scare. I needed something that would remind me the world is enormous and beautiful. Flying above Everest Base Camp in a helicopter at 6,500 meters before breakfast did exactly that. The world is enormous. It is beautiful. My problems are real but the mountains put them in their proper proportion. I came home from that flight ready to rebuild. Thank you Inticketo for the best four hours of a very hard year.