“Himalayas”

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

Good stock footage of driving towards Stakna monastery from Thiksey monastery in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

festival · bazaar

The traditional Jaleb starts with pomp and show were the devotees play the traditional music instrument know as 'Thonkru', the procession takes place during the Mandi Mahashivratri every year.

hills · livestock

Bharal or Himalayan blue sheep standing on high altitude mountain in Ladakh. The Bharal , also known as the Blue Sheep, is a high mountain sheep that is the primary prey of Snow Leopards.

Nepal·bazaar · village

Indian Army mountaineers reach Namche Bazaar ahead of their Everest expedition. Namche Bazaar is a village and Village Development Committee (Namche) in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal.

Nepal·hills

View of a colourful tented city at Everest Base camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·aerial · hills

Superb views of the peaks of Nepal and Sikkim in India, with the summit of Kanchenjunga standing out, as seen from the air, with a blanket of puffy clouds below.

hills

Mountaineers drink tea outside their temporary tented accommodation at Pethang Ringmo, the eastern face at the base of Qomolangma or Mt. Everest in Tibet. Pethang Ringmo is at the base of Qomolangma's East Face in the Gama Valley of Tibet.

river · hills

Paro has the privilege of hosting Bhutan's lone airport. The Paro Chhu valley is an excellent trout stream and runs through the valley.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · livestock

Cattle lined up for sale at a cattle market in the hill town of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. Kullu is a district in Himachal Pradesh, India. The district stretches from the village of Rampur in the south to the Rohtang Pass in the North.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

An aerial journey of hill station town Dharamshala in Himachal. Tracks laid down for the mountain biking event popularly known as the MTB Himalayas. The mountain bikers can be seen following the chalked track in order to stay on the route.

flowers · hills

The flowering cones appear like lit yellow candles from a distance. The ornamental tree, a Himalayan Cedar is brimming with the colourful flowers. On a closer look, the flowers are surrounded by small insects buzzing around it.

hills · snow

Passing by the snow covered hills of Ladakh, India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan…

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Ladakh·hills · snow

Tourist taking picture of the snowy mountains on their way to Leh Ladakh. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Kuen Lun mountain range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhab…

hills · snow

View of snow covered barren mountains of Ladakh in India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo…

river · hills

A beautiful, fun wintery day up in the high Himalaya, and what a better way to celebrate the weather than to unsuccessfully try and fish for trout, struggling to find unfrozen patches of water in which to cash the Mepps Aglia spinner.

Uttarakhand·hills

Walking down the cemetery road in Landour, on the north face, we came across this Tree Creeper busily making its way up a cracked wall, searching for insects and grubs.

hills · wildlife

Himalayan Vultures of Himalayan Griffon Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) fight over their meal of a carcass in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

hills

Great, big birds of the Himalaya, Himalayan Griffon Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) gather around a carcass to pick it clean for their meal. Each vulture tries to chases away the others to get the lion's share of the meat.

river · hills

Timelapse of Kanchenjunga as seen from Tashi point in the Indian state of Sikkim. Around 8 kms from Gangtok Tashi View Point located on the Gangtok – North Sikkim Highway offers the spectacular view of Mt. Kanchenjunga and Mt. Siniolchu.

hills

Himalayan Yaks in Sikkim, beyond Thangu and well beyond Lachen village. The yak, Bos grunniens, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia. Yaks have shaggy hair to insulate them from the cold.

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand·hills

Pre-monsoon storm in teak trees as seen from Ananda in the sub-Himalayan low hills Narendranagar town, Uttarakhand, India, and the hills towards Rishikesh in the plains below, where the Ganga / Ganges river, enters the plains of north India…

Uttarakhand·temple · aerial

Hindu devotees use ropeway or udan khatola to reach Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar. This ropeway gives an amazing aerial view of of Haridwar city.

monsoon · hills

The beauty of Himalayan clouds moving above the mighty mountains. The compositions of the forests on this mighty range are effected by the combined effect of altitude, rainfall and latitude.