“Himalayas”

flowers · hills

Separating and planting out Meconopsis Himalayan and Tibetan Blue Poppy seedlings into separate pots, Primulas too, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills

European Honey Buzzard, a prominent Himalayan raptor (not the Oriental?) sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar tree, during passage migration, as seen at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet mountains in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · snow

Neat and cute as buttons, a covey of Tibetan Snow Partridge huddle together on an icy snow slope in the Ladakh winter, rugged and tolerant to extreme temperatures. They band together to keep warm and share in each others' warmth.

hills · snow

Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

hills · forest

High up in the Himalaya grows the remarkable Bhojpatra, or Himalayan birch. Its distinctive peeling, pale bark was traditionally used as a writing material for manuscripts and religious texts.

hills · monsoon

Walking through deep snowpack Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

forest · hills

In pre-dawn darkness, a Kalij Pheasant is the first one to the party on the forest floor, turning up leaves and digging with its claws in the soft moist soil below the oak trees.

hills · monsoon

Misty monsoon clouds roll over green hills in the Lower Himalayas during heavy fog season. Thick white fog blankets valleys and peaks, creating dramatic atmospheric layers.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · village

Explore the traditional houses and simple village lifestyle of the people of Spiti Valley. This video captures the unique architecture and daily life set against the stunning backdrop of the Himalayas.

hills · flowers

Darma Valley alpine meadow flowers in a windy exposed sloping meadow of the Kumaon Himalaya: Stellera chamaejasme, Anemone obtusiloba and Androsace sarmentosa

Uttarakhand·hills · village

Is that a Himalayan form of Rock Paper Scissors? Mountain bachhas play around their village in the Pithoragarh district of Kumaon Himalaya

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Black-crowned Jay and Rufous Sibia: Two visitors to our wild Himalayan pear tree, for fruit and insect fare The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body and a black cap atop its…

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body and a black cap atop its head Hanging upside down as it plunders a wild Himalayan pear tree and bites off big chunks of ripe small w…

hills · village

On a hillside covered with juniper shrubs and Silver Birch of Betula utilis trees lies this mysterious cave that is worhipped for its icycles and blue ice, within the Niti river valley along the Dhauli Ganga in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

forest · hills

Dense monoculture deodar forest in Lohaghat, Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Cedrus deodara is the cedar of the western Himalaya. See interfaces of cultivation and forest in the middle hills of Uttarakhand state.

flowers · hills

Clusters of Himalayan rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum) flowers bloom in vivid shades of pink, adding spectacular colour to a lush mountain forest.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Trekking over Bedni and Ali Buggyal to get to Roopkund Lake of Bones in the Garhwal Himalaya, with views of Nanda Ghunti and Trishul peaks.

hills

Walking up the scree and rocky slopes of Mt. Rudragaira to get to a 19, 200 foot high trekking peak of a Himalayan summit in the Garhwal Himalaya.

birds · forest

A pair of Jungle Myna try to steal the excavated nest hole of a pair of Great Hill Barbets at wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate in the Western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Smart bird of Himalayan peace? Oriental Turtle Dove or ghughi iwth black spots of banding on its nape coos calmly at Jabbarkhet wildfilmsinda forest in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

European Honey Buzzard takes flight from Himalayan Deodar tree European Honey Buzzard, a prominent Himalayan raptor (not the Oriental?) sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar tree, during passage migration, as seen at wildfilmsindia Jabbark…

Arunachal Pradesh·highway · hills

Welcome to the eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and the eastern Himalaya, through this adventure sports promo short film. Walk through a tea garden. Enjoy wild orchids on the trees. See Kanchenjunga and the peaks of its range.

hills · temple

The beauty of Mukhba Temple and the nearby village, located close to Gangotri in the Uttarakhand Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Stunning Himalayan sunrise, monsoon clouds go past deodar trees, at wildfilmsindia estate in Landour Sunrises and Sunsets over the western Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia at Jabbarkhet