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Muktinath Helicopter Tour is for people who find it hard to make it to the holy Muktinath temple by roadways and trekking. Also for people who are eager to visit Holy Muktinath Temple and does not have the time to trek for weeks in our hills and mountains nor had opportunity to sightseeing around Himalayas of Nepal.
Muktinath is situated on the upper part of the river Kali of Buri Gandaki on the north side of the main Himalayan range and south of Lo-Manthang or Mustang. Its precise location is 29 (degree) 11′ N. latitude and 83 (degree) 53E. longitude, at an elevation of 3,8000m (or approximately 12,500 ft) on the western slopes of the Damodar Himal, northern extension of the Annapurna Himalayan massif.
Muktinath is the holy Hindu and Buddhist temple. Every year Hindus form all over world come to pay tribut to Lord Bishnu. The area is regarded as the sacred place Mukti Kshetra, which literally means the “place of Salvation”. The temple is considered to be the 105th among the available 108 Divya Desam. Myths are that the region has scared steps directly to heaven.
Muktinath Heli tour will start form Pokhara and the helicopter will take you directly to near Muktinath temple from where you have to hike for around 30 minutes. This Muktinath pilgrimage tour will take you through the alpine region of Annapurna via valley of Jomsom & Kagbeni to the famous temple situated at Muktinath. This is yet another great opportunity to explore beauty of Himalayas and stock your time in the holy region. You can also start your tour from Kathmandu as well.
8:00 am Pick up from hotel and drive to airport
You will have a private vehicle waiting in hotel parking in order to take you to airport.
8:45 am Helicopter take off
After finishing all the paper works and formality you will take off from Pokhara airport. It takes about 30 minutes in order to reach Muktinath by helicopter.
9:15 am Landing at helipad
You have to hike around 45 minutes from helipad as you cannot land at the premises of Muktinath. You can have a horse ride in order to reach temple premises or you can hike. You will have ground time of another 45 minutes in order to explore. You can click some pictures, have some breakfast/ Tea, Coffee and do some small shopping spree.
10:45 am Take off from helipad
The 30 minutes ride back to Pokhara. You can enjoy amazing bird eye views of the place along with mountains. You can also have enjoy the great views of Phewa Lake of Pokhara.
11:15 am Drop off at Pokhara airport.
You will have a vehicle waiting for you at the airport in order to drop you back to hotel.
Note: (Above mention time is standard time but in some cases timing may vary as due to change in weather or some other technical difficulties.)
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