The earlier you fly, the better, as the visibility usually is better in the early hours. There are a few companies that offer the Everest Experience flight (Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Simrik Airlines), but after researching the airlines’ safety records I decided to go with Buddha Air Nepal. How To Book Your Mountain Everest Scenic Flight Leaving from (and returning to) Kathmandu domestic airport, the Everest flight lasts about an hour, goes all the way from Kathmandu to Mount Everest by following the Himalaya range, and then comes back. Trekkers have not much choice but taking the Kathmandu to Lukla flight and hope for the best, but there is a safer solution for non-trekkers: the Everest scenic flight. It sits on the side of the mountain so if anything goes wrong while the pilots are attempting the landing, there isn’t much it can be done, and accidents do happen rather frequently. Lukla airport, at the base of where the trekking to Everest starts, is often referred to as the most dangerous in the world. Somewhere in the distance, the Annapurna range… So I started to look for ways to get closer to the mountains. I hoped to see Mount Everest from plane on my way back, but I couldn’t rely on that some of my friends were going on a trip to Himalayas afterwards, either to trek the Annapurna or to do a Mount Everest tour, but I wasn’t. To be fair, I had seen the Annapurna range far in the distance in Pokhara, but that was it. The trip around the country had been great, I had seen rhinos in Chitwan, Buddha’s birthplace in Lumbini, and had incredibly fun times with new friends, but I hadn’t had any close encounters with the big giants, the Himalayas, yet. It was my second to last day in Nepal, and I felt like something was missing. In front of this wonderful display of nature I felt tiny and unimportant, and yet so wonderfully free. Departing from Kathmandu, the Everest scenic flight is the ultimate experience to get close to the mighty Himalayan giants. Have you ever dreamt of seeing Mount Everest with your own eyes? Then you need to take a mountain flight in Nepal.