Lukla Nepal, The Most Dangerous Airport in the World?

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  • Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
  • Is the Lukla Airport the most dangerous in the world? The runway is only be 500 meters long, and there's no fancy radar to help planes land...but this airport beautiful! If you're planning on doing any trekking in the Everest region, there's a good chance you'll be flying into Lukla. Don't worry, embrace the beauty of it. *Pro tip, sit on the left side flying into Lukla, and the right side flying out, the views of the Himalayas are incredible!
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Комментарии • 623

  • @avashgiri2771
    @avashgiri2771 3 года назад +227

    After 3 years who is watching this is a legend

  • @jillkramer5265
    @jillkramer5265 2 года назад +59

    So interesting. I flew out of Lukla in 1982, and still remember that thrilling take off. Lukla was very small back then. So it was amazing to see the difference. In 1982, we hiked all the way up to Lukla from the road, then onto Everest basecamp. It was a trip of a lifetime for sure.

    • @jjr1728
      @jjr1728 5 месяцев назад

      Only bodybuilders should be allowed to mountaineer. I don't want to see non striated glutes climbing. We need a UN resolution about this.

  • @alfonsoportugal6754
    @alfonsoportugal6754 6 лет назад +13

    This is by far the coolest video I've ever seen of Lukla airport. Thanks for sharing!!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад

      Thanks Alfonso! Nepal is the best!

  • @andrerovigatti9997
    @andrerovigatti9997 2 года назад +4

    Cool text, nice scenes, wonderful music, I felt there ! Thank you !

  • @easylife50
    @easylife50 4 года назад +11

    I had no idea you've done this trip!! Its my #1 bucket list. I have a patients daughter who takes her students there every year and so we've been talking almost daily about Napal.

  • @clios1200
    @clios1200 7 лет назад +9

    Hi Ryan, just have to say, you accomplished really something cool with this channel. I came across it by a chance, as I'm watching a lot of videos on the Cho La Pass recently, as we start our track in couple of weeks. Have to say one thing - the whole series of your trek are the best videos on Nepal Trekking I've seen! Thanks for those! Keeping fingers crossed you'll get your travel TV show finally.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад

      Hi there! First of all, you are gonna love your trek in Nepal, it's so beautiful. Second, thank for watching my videos, it really makes me happy to know that people enjoy them. Stay tuned for more and have fun in Nepal!

  • @LittleMissCrista
    @LittleMissCrista 7 лет назад +43

    I was holding my breath through so much of this vlog, haha! The sights were absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Ryan ♥

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +1

      Yeah, it's quite the airport for sure. Thanks again for watching my silliness :)

    • @aashikrawal574
      @aashikrawal574 5 лет назад +1

      Once visit Nepal Crista

    • @bb-gs9vs
      @bb-gs9vs 5 лет назад

      LittleMissCrista cute

  • @oldlogin3383
    @oldlogin3383 5 лет назад +6

    This is why I love travelling. Even in the dull moments - there's never a dull moment.

  • @dipakbaram9990
    @dipakbaram9990 5 лет назад +18

    good to see. Thanks for sharing video and loving Nepal. We Nepalese are eager to welcome you! 😀 Namaste!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад +2

      I love Nepal!!

  • @AviAeroAsis
    @AviAeroAsis 7 лет назад +10

    Thank you for your visit and the wonderful video.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +3

      I love Nepal!

  • @goranmellerup9542
    @goranmellerup9542 7 лет назад

    Vilken film Ryan! Jag blir avundsjuk på ett sådant äventyr. Denna sista film var helt underbar. Har sett denna flygplats tidigare men inte på det här fantastiska vis. Tack Ryan för dessa fina filmer!!!!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад

      Tack sa mycket! Vi borde aka ditt nagongang :)

  • @pikachuthunderbolt8849
    @pikachuthunderbolt8849 5 лет назад +1

    All this brings back amazing memories. Thankyou for sharing

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      It's a magical area for sure

  • @92679gary
    @92679gary 4 года назад +23

    In 1982 I hiked 10 days in from Lamasungu after the bus ride from Kathmandu, but decided to fly out of Lukla to get back to Kathmandu. Had enough hiking after another two week trek to Kala Patar and Base Camp. The runway was an unpaved yak pasture. They sounded an alarm as the plane approached and the herders drove the yaks off the runway. Often times the ground was too muddy from melted snow or rain to land or take off. The airport was sometimes closed for days or even weeks. Trekkers had to hike out during these times. It took about 10 days or so of difficult hiking to get to Kathmandu, but if you had a flight out of the country on a certain date, you had no choice.

  • @x1Blz
    @x1Blz Месяц назад +1

    I like the vibe.
    It has something of a small, cozy village!
    The view is also really stunning.

  • @awesomebishek2530
    @awesomebishek2530 7 лет назад +6

    Wow!! really amazingly captured video, love the way u take it. very interesting to watch.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +1

      Thank you!!! I love Nepal and all it's charm

  • @randyjorgensen7211
    @randyjorgensen7211 6 лет назад +1

    I simply can not understand why each video in this series doesn't have an equal number of "likes" to number of views. Simply awesome.

  • @tafabeatz9417
    @tafabeatz9417 5 лет назад +234

    Far cry 4 mision.

    • @billohsnap5418
      @billohsnap5418 5 лет назад +1

      I was gonna say xd

    • @bigfish4805
      @bigfish4805 5 лет назад

      @@antr6539 yeah the airport in far cry 4 is the same as this one

    • @sergicolome9195
      @sergicolome9195 5 лет назад

      Another one here who thought about it!

    • @adamebanks3837
      @adamebanks3837 5 лет назад

      like when u have to land on the bridge in GTA

  • @johnwiseman1644
    @johnwiseman1644 6 лет назад +54

    I was in India on business at the end of Oct ‘17 and looking for an interesting adventure. After seeing this video several times, I traveled to Kathmandu where I hopped on a tiny plane and flew to Lukla. Took a helicopter flight up by Everest, spent a night in Lukla, then flew back to Kathmandu the next day. Great video - really captures the essence of the place! And luckily I avoided the men’s room, even though I had my own roll in my backpack. As Ryan says at the end - “I love you Nepal”...

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад +8

      Very cooll! Way to make the most out of your trip. Nepal is such a magical place!

  • @senasplage
    @senasplage 7 лет назад +35

    Thank you for all these videos - It made me want to go to Nepal so bad. The LonelyPlanet and TrailBlazer books are now on my bedside table - Planning my solo trek for november 2017, either the 3 passes, or the annapurna trek.
    Can't wait to see more content from your channel !

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +1

      Great! You are gonna LOVE Nepal, I've done Annapurna too, it's pretty awesome. Here's some vids from that trek, ruclips.net/p/PL11ABDFAC51C1E172
      Let me know if you have any questions.

    • @senasplage
      @senasplage 7 лет назад

      I watched them too (I kinda watched your entire channel last weekend)
      I can't really decide yet - The "new" road in the Annapurna is what makes me lean more towards the 3 passes, but at the same time I know there are loads of trekkers in november doing the Everest Base Camp and the 3 passes.
      Unless there is another cool trek that can be done solo, with tea houses, and good signs.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +1

      I'd do the three passes, the scenery is incredible and it's a little tougher, making it a great challenge

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +1

      Love it ,that song is forever in my head

    • @iorellanos
      @iorellanos 7 лет назад

      SenasPlage hey I am going in November as well , I wanna go to EBC do you have any tour company in mind ?

  • @chrismoise817
    @chrismoise817 5 лет назад +1

    Excellent video to get an inside view of the experience of flying out of Lukla.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      It's an interesting place, and so beautiful

  • @TheFlightLevel
    @TheFlightLevel 3 года назад +1

    Great video and narration!

  • @michigannative2951
    @michigannative2951 5 лет назад +5

    I really enjoyed the video. I appreciate being able to experience something as cool as what you did with out actually having gone. I flew to Australia and in Japan the toilet’s looked the same way?. I waited for the airplane bathroom.
    Keep on living the dream and live it up.

  • @waltzink147
    @waltzink147 6 лет назад +20

    I skipped flying into Lukla and hiked from Jiri my last time there in 2015. I'll be doing the same this October. Those planes and that air strip scare me to death.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад

      That's a nice way to go!

  • @jesustorres-uc3hp
    @jesustorres-uc3hp 3 года назад

    Amzing video , keep living it up for the both of us

  • @namraj1
    @namraj1 3 года назад

    One of the most interesting vids I've seen in a long time. Thank you for documenting your flight.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  3 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @user-sk9hl7si7l
    @user-sk9hl7si7l 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks man,mindblowing views and somehow made me think that i should put on more work to be able afford those trips.must be fun

  • @eejnirsflame
    @eejnirsflame 5 лет назад +3

    ahh home sweet home looking beautiful as always

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      The most beautiful!

  • @TheGr8music
    @TheGr8music Год назад

    Excellent video!!! Nicely described. ❤

  • @Rlaplante73
    @Rlaplante73 9 месяцев назад

    Wow, amazing and breathtaking!

  • @mitchelljwatson
    @mitchelljwatson 5 лет назад +1

    I’ve flown in and out of lulka in September 2017 for Everest base camp and it has to be one of the best airports I’ve ever flown. Best than any roller coaster ride I’ve been on!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      Mitch Watson very true!

  • @shakuan868
    @shakuan868 Год назад +3

    First time looking at this and didn’t even realize it was 6 years old. This he videography and storytelling is amazing ❤️

    • @duzer
      @duzer  Год назад

      Thank you, I appreciate that!

  • @broagans
    @broagans 5 лет назад +2

    The video was really cool . I love the slow-Mo part.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks!

  • @bossedup957
    @bossedup957 5 лет назад +2

    This video is awesome man..I wish I had you as a friend... What an adventure we would have

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      I bet we would!

  • @MalayDhar
    @MalayDhar 2 года назад

    loved the video. Thanks for making it.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  2 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @NomadicFrames
    @NomadicFrames 7 лет назад

    Excellent as always Mr. Duzer.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад

      Thanks my friend!

  • @joeylepore
    @joeylepore 3 года назад +1

    Awesome!!!
    You. Got. THE. Life!

  • @StoriesNMore
    @StoriesNMore 6 лет назад +3

    Thank you for sharing the beautiful video. I have been watching it again and again. Someday, I would like to visit and perhaps do the base camp trek.
    Great music in the background... based on Raga desh!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks for watching, I really hope you can make it there someday, it's pure magic!

  • @dharanepunkdevil
    @dharanepunkdevil 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the slow mo part, love u ryan 🤗

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      you're welcome! I love Nepal

  • @andyfran
    @andyfran 7 лет назад +1

    Totally totally totally LOVE this video!!!!

  • @user-xg3ks8jx9s
    @user-xg3ks8jx9s 3 года назад

    Cool video Ryan.

  • @super20dan
    @super20dan 6 лет назад +1

    wonderfull vid with seldom seen looks at behind the scenes at lukla

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @Ben-pu7jl
    @Ben-pu7jl Год назад

    Awesome vid dude 🔥🔥🔥

  • @lifestories7957
    @lifestories7957 7 лет назад

    Enjoyed watching your vdo!

  • @kyledburkhardt6419
    @kyledburkhardt6419 7 лет назад

    YAY I was hoping you would post scenes from the airport!!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад

      It's a crazy place!

    • @ganappashivaiah6064
      @ganappashivaiah6064 7 лет назад

      mate, no one has had a shower and you expect the airplane pilot to take the sky? lol he gonna swoon

  • @cucuca7281
    @cucuca7281 5 лет назад +2

    Beautiful mountains

  • @tlanand21
    @tlanand21 4 года назад

    very cool video thank you my friend!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  4 года назад

      thanks for watching!

  • @SwetasHope
    @SwetasHope Год назад +1

    Today I'm watching u r vdo for first time.. it's unbelievable sharing...thx a lot

    • @duzer
      @duzer  Год назад +1

      Thanks and welcome

    • @SwetasHope
      @SwetasHope Год назад

      @@duzer thak you sir...

  • @iansouthward7991
    @iansouthward7991 4 года назад +2

    This would have been spectacular in 4k....... love it anyhoo!

  • @sohanmaharjan601
    @sohanmaharjan601 3 года назад +4

    Nepal is surrounded by beautiful nature .It is god gifted country .

  • @theaviator7175
    @theaviator7175 6 лет назад +9

    Thats one awesome airport👍🏻🙂

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад +2

      Sure is

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID 6 лет назад +7

    I took at least three showers on my trek to and from Everest base camp. Mostly freezing cold water, and one in a shower cubicle with an open side facing across the valley. A shower with a real view.
    Some places have showers with solar heaters, but you had better be one of the first two or three users or else it's mountain stream temperature (but still not as cold as the showers in the lodge at the top of Cerro Chirripó in Costa Rica).

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад

      yeah, they are available, but I just went full on dirtbag out there :) But...the wool kept me from stinking too badly.

  • @TheMembrenofrank
    @TheMembrenofrank 4 года назад

    Nice video bro!!!!

  • @Bezanie
    @Bezanie 6 месяцев назад +1

    The town seems to be doing pretty well for itself despite being isolated. With hikers and adventurer's coming to town, business must be booming!

  • @outdoorsboy
    @outdoorsboy 2 года назад +2

    Nepal is on my bucket list, including Lukla ❤️

  • @F-Man
    @F-Man 3 года назад +2

    What a spectacular hodgepodge mess that somehow works amazingly well!

  • @chrisbarker270
    @chrisbarker270 4 года назад

    Awesome man 👍

  • @krishnaadhikari7706
    @krishnaadhikari7706 2 дня назад +1

    thank you❤❤

  • @GalaxyStation
    @GalaxyStation 11 месяцев назад

    One of the best thrilling moments of my life happened here twice! Once during landing another during takeoff!

  • @lifeintechnicolorii4715
    @lifeintechnicolorii4715 3 года назад

    solid video man!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  3 года назад

      Thanks

  • @rc8698
    @rc8698 6 лет назад +6

    much respect to the people of Nepal. Iv worked with your military often. Perhaps one day they will allow you to field full formations of Gurkas again.

  • @rohitgamer5043
    @rohitgamer5043 2 года назад

    Lots of love 💗

  • @hrithikbhogal6367
    @hrithikbhogal6367 2 года назад

    Love the background music

  • @alinarai4988
    @alinarai4988 7 лет назад +1

    Nepal loves u back!! ☺

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +2

      I'll be back someday!

  • @darthbleen984
    @darthbleen984 3 года назад +51

    Ryan: Who really wants to wash their hands.
    Covid-19: Embrace me son.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  3 года назад +6

      Haha!

    • @NinoNiemanThe1st
      @NinoNiemanThe1st 3 года назад +1

      @Ryan: No-one in Nepal apparently. In that respect Nepal and its people are like in India, except in the mountains. The other side of Everest (Tibet) is completely different though - much stricter about Everest permits, safety, guides etc. .... and hygeine too.
      Lukla is geographically spectacular though, and the flight to Kathmandu was too.

  • @chrisrose01
    @chrisrose01 Год назад

    That early morning flight I did out of Lukla was really bumpy as you get the first thermals of the day. All par for the course and a really good curry at the end of the day !!

  • @Vector_Ze
    @Vector_Ze 2 года назад

    5:04 Makes me think about all the litter likely left behind on the trail.

  • @adalbertoortiz81
    @adalbertoortiz81 2 года назад

    Wow. The view man is so amazing..
    May 2022 here

  • @williamzondersen
    @williamzondersen 2 года назад

    Gorgeous n thrilling program.

  • @nyhotelpilot
    @nyhotelpilot 5 лет назад

    Awesome!

  • @prabinrawal8336
    @prabinrawal8336 3 года назад

    Love u from Nepal ❤️ Nice video

  • @aftermathsample305
    @aftermathsample305 2 месяца назад +2

    2024 and I'm here. Beautiful video

  • @sayemahmed8539
    @sayemahmed8539 2 года назад +1

    Love Nepal its a very nice country. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🇳🇵

  • @lizdee8118
    @lizdee8118 5 лет назад +4

    Hi Ryan! I love your videos! I just finished watching your 3 passes Nepal series, and I have a couple of questions. Did you take Diamox at all? Did you get headaches, because the only problem you seemed to have was the cold at night? You mentioned diarrhea in one vid...bad food, water, or altitude?

  • @SparkWithTheory
    @SparkWithTheory 6 лет назад +2

    Nepal is such a charming beautiful place. I have visited again but I will visit again. And this time, I will surely go to Lukla Airport.

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад

      It's my fav country!

    • @SparkWithTheory
      @SparkWithTheory 6 лет назад

      Ya! It's a very beautiful place. The Paradise on Earth

    • @hostilegaming1252
      @hostilegaming1252 5 лет назад

      There's more beautiful countrys

  • @drivers99
    @drivers99 3 года назад

    I didn’t realize who posted the video so I was surprised when Ryan showed up. LOL. Wow, cool. Wait I just realized I watched this before I knew of Ryan. Whoa! I didn’t realize it was the same person before.

  • @BladedDuck324
    @BladedDuck324 7 лет назад +4

    Thanks for your love towards Nepal, despite the situation of the bathroom at Lukla Airport. Hope to host you again!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад +2

      I love Nepal soooo much!!!

  • @salemhollst3884
    @salemhollst3884 7 лет назад +2

    You lead a really cool life, Ryan. My 4-year-old really liked this video and wanted me to tell you. She also likes to pick emojis on the iPad👩‍🎤

    • @duzer
      @duzer  7 лет назад

      Thanks! I like picking out emojis too :)

  • @loatilelebala6749
    @loatilelebala6749 5 лет назад +1

    Exceptional quality bro keep it up✊🏾

  • @WeAreSuccess
    @WeAreSuccess 4 года назад

    Amazing video

  • @leonelelen1165
    @leonelelen1165 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Ryan, make another video about Nepal again please, Nepal is so emotionally beautiful, I love it

  • @richardrichard9878
    @richardrichard9878 4 года назад

    Excellent documentary

    • @duzer
      @duzer  4 года назад

      Thanks!

    • @richardrichard9878
      @richardrichard9878 4 года назад

      @@duzer soothing background music... All the best to you

    • @duzer
      @duzer  4 года назад

      Thanks, you too!!

  • @ajitsikandar1312
    @ajitsikandar1312 2 года назад +1

    Perfect sir

  • @pravinkhaling4222
    @pravinkhaling4222 2 года назад

    love from Nepal.

  • @richardrondon2763
    @richardrondon2763 3 года назад

    Excelente, muy bello Nepal.!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  3 года назад

      Gracias Richard! Es bellisimo!

  • @LatitudeSky
    @LatitudeSky 4 года назад

    Wow. So this helps perspective on the big crash there. One of those planes wiped out the helicopter pad on the right. Brutal crash.

  • @opponghenrywestcott2652
    @opponghenrywestcott2652 2 года назад

    Incredible place to be

  • @senasplage
    @senasplage 7 лет назад

    Maybe you could do a video of the kit you wished you had during your trip, and the kit what you never used in the end (if you had any as you where pretty light), .....as a sort of wrap up..kind of.

  • @buckadantas4361
    @buckadantas4361 3 года назад

    Wonderfull!

  • @at8630
    @at8630 2 года назад

    Awesome video. Top of my bucket list, I'm in good health but 63 now, so not sure if I could handle it or if they have a good geriatric trek instead. :)

  • @prajwalsubedi5531
    @prajwalsubedi5531 6 лет назад +3

    Thanks 🙏 for visiting nepal 🇳🇵
    Hope you enjoy nepal 😊

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад +1

      I love your country!

    • @prajwalsubedi5531
      @prajwalsubedi5531 6 лет назад

      Ryan Van Duzer ohh thank you 😊
      You enjoy nepal??

  • @AKAZAX_FF
    @AKAZAX_FF Год назад +1

    Very nice

  • @chetangore2308
    @chetangore2308 5 лет назад

    Crazy airport!

  • @Rushilk88
    @Rushilk88 5 лет назад +1

    i've flown in and out of this airport last year. didn't feel scary or dangerous at all! just felt cool!

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      True, it's mostly cool

  • @shishirkhadka6539
    @shishirkhadka6539 3 года назад +1

    After 4 years watching 😃❣️❣️
    #NEPAL🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

  • @fatboy4139
    @fatboy4139 6 лет назад +1

    Best Vlogger on RUclips, new subscriber. One question - How do you go about booking a solo trip? Most I have seen are with guides. Thanks man, Yor are truly inspirational

    • @duzer
      @duzer  6 лет назад

      Thanks my friend!!! Really appreciate it. I actually didn't book a guided trip, I just bought the maps and went out on my own. It's very easy, many travelers I met did the same. Good luck!

  • @bowroj6392
    @bowroj6392 5 лет назад

    Great mission

  • @yuliustotting3767
    @yuliustotting3767 3 года назад

    ngeri deh..bandarnya...waktu mau ke everest.himalaya..toraja sulsel..

  • @_monti142
    @_monti142 5 лет назад +1

    reminds you that there is so much stuff to do out there and that our world is giant,

    • @duzer
      @duzer  5 лет назад

      so true!

  • @DreamWorld9504
    @DreamWorld9504 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for loving our nepal 🇳🇵 visit again... Visit nepal 2020

    • @duzer
      @duzer  4 года назад

      I want to!

    • @bikuyadav8874
      @bikuyadav8874 3 года назад

      @@duzer great job makin video 🇳🇵

  • @sanzupoudel4120
    @sanzupoudel4120 2 года назад

    Watching after 5year from Nepal 🙏❤️