For many guests, this is one of the trip’s highlights. Rather than spending many additional days of hard trekking to reach Annapurna Base Camp, we fly there by helicopter, surrounded by some of the highest and most spectacular mountains on Earth. At around 14,500 feet, you’re suddenly standing in the heart of the Annapurna Sanctuary with Annapurna I, Machapuchare, and the surrounding Himalayan giants towering around you. We’ll spend only a short time at Base Camp because of the altitude, then fly back down. It’s an extraordinary way to experience the high Himalaya without turning the trip into a long, strenuous high-altitude trek.