Skydiving in Nepal
- 12 Days
- Maximum Allowed Per Booking: 15
Adult
Description
The trip starts in Kathmandu, from where you will take a flight to the infamous Lukla airport. Perched on a slope plataue above a cliff face on one end of the runway and mountain on the other end, flying into Lukla airport is itself an experience of a lifetime. From Lukla, our jumpers will take a two-day hike through the beautiful river valley, up to Namche Bazaar which is the capital of the Sherpa homeland.
The Skydive Nepal dropzone, Shyangboche airstrip, is located an hour’s hike up from Namche Bazaar. The airstrip was built in the 80s by a Japanese hotelier to allow guests to fly in by single-propeller aircraft. Today the single prop planes are gone but the airstrip remains and it’s proved to be the most spectacular drop zone in the world. Our trip incorporates an additional night in Namche for acclimatization, providing us with ample time for drop zone familiarization and pre-jump orientation.
Skydiving in the Himalayas is a unique challenge but the risk is mitigated with our team of expert jump masters, tandem instructors, DZ safety officers, pilots, medics, and ground crew. Before each Skydive in Nepal, a thorough briefing and familiarization of the DZ is provided. Our jumpmaster and tandem instructors will go over all the procedures and safety precautions before you strap into your parachutes.
You will each have 3 jumps here as standard, and more jumps on request. Furthermore, once the Everest Skydive jumps are completed, you have the option to extend the trip and partake in the world-famous trek to Everest Base Camp.
Skydiving – this expedition in Nepal is for you if:
- You’re looking for an experience of a lifetime.
- You want to skydive in the shadow of Mt. Everest.
- You want to have an extreme adventure during the day but a cozy hotel room at night.
- You want to join a small elite club of jumpers who landed above 10,000ft in a parachute.
- Try your first oxygen jump.
Duration
12 Days
Group Size
16
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Trip Itinerary
You will arrive in Kathmandu in mid-October and connect with our expert Skydive Crew. After spending 2 nights in Kathmandu filled with sightseeing and a welcome dinner with the team, we will fly to Lukla and trek up the Khumbu valley, allowing our bodies to acclimatize to the high altitude of the Everest region. On the trekking, you will get to see the stunning natural beauty of the Himalayas and hear stories of incredible skydiving and mountaineering feats from our team. On the second day of trekking, we reach the legendary Namche bazaar, a Sherpa town with all the modern amenities, perched snugly in a bowl on the side of a mountain. Namche is the cultural and economic capital of the Everest Region and offers visitors everything from stunning mountain views to late-night partying in one of the many bars and cafes. This will be our home for the next six nights.
From Namche, it’s an hour’s hike up to Syangboche Airfield, our dropzone; a wide grassy plateau over Namche Bazaar and the base from where our Jump operations take place. A Puja (a prayer ceremony) is done at the DZ by the local Buddhist Lama to bless the expedition and all the members of the team. We then start to prepare our gear, mark out the drop zone, and call in the chopper. Our Jump Pilot and Director of Skydiving Operations will give an instructions briefing on the ground. When everyone is clear about the plan of action, you gear up with your Tandem Master and enter the chopper as the rotors start to spin.
Following a 15-minute climb, the Jump team will exit the helicopter at 23,000ft with Mt. Everest in the background while the freefall cameraman captures every moment of this incredible experience. After a 40-second freefall, the parachute is deployed, and you safely descend. On day two, your second jump will give you a shorter freefall but more time under the parachute so you can take in the incredible Himalayan views from a vantage that few humans have ever done and capture it on your own handheld camera too. For the adrenaline junkie that just can’t get enough, a third jump with a long freefall is repeated.
After our all jumps are done, we head back down to Namche and celebrate an amazing experience. The next day, we walk back down to Lukla from where we catch our flight back to Kathmandu. The last night before everyone heads home, we will have a team dinner with drinks, have a presentation of skydive achievement certificates, and watch the jump videos together.
This twelve-day skydiving expedition is for anyone with a lust for the most incredible adventure, culture, and adrenaline. The trip combines three days of trekking through the Buddhist homeland of the the Sherpa people on the world-famous Everest Base Camp Trek with the most incredible High Altitude skydives in the world.
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Included
- Expedition leadership
- Skydiving from 23,000ft from Airbus H125 Helicopters with the most experienced Jump Pilots in Nepal
- Welcome dinner and farewell party in Kathmandu
- Freefall Cameraman for the perfect shot with Everest in the Background
- Freefall Oxygen System for all Skydivers, supervised by Oxygen specialists
- Tandem Parachutes with AAD, Harnesses, Jump suit, Jump goggles, gloves and Helmets
- Highly qualified and experienced Medical and Rescue Personnel
- Sherpa guides and porters to support the team during entire expedition
- Accommodation with all meals in 5 Star hotel in Kathmandu and in lodges during the expedition.
- All logistics for personal and team equipment (choppers/yaks/porters)
- All government permits and taxes
- Dropzone Preparations, weather forecasts and air traffic management
- Transportation to/from airport and internal flights as mentioned in the itinerary.
- Two-minute edited video of the expedition as memento for each Skydiver
- Expedition Jacket, Cap and T-shirt for each Skydiver as memento for each Skydiver
- Certificate of Accomplishment signed by Expedition Leader, Jump Master and Pilot
Excluded
- Personal insurance of members; such as travel, accident, medical, emergency evacuation, and lost luggage.
- International airfare and Nepal visa fees
- Clothing and gear for trekking.
- Customs duty and import tariffs for any expedition equipment arriving in Nepal by air or road as cargo.
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