“Himalayas”

hills

Nepal combines Himalayan views, golden temples, charming hill villages and jungle wildlife watching to offer one of the world's great travel destinations.

flowers

Nepal's flora has a lot to offer, however, the beauty lies in the smallest things like these brilliant yellow flowers of Primula strumosa. We came across this bed of primulas while we were trekking to Mulde or Muldhai peak.

Rajasthan·lake

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

Rajasthan

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

birds · flowers

Green barbet chick hides among bright red flowers from which it drinks water. The Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, along the southern foothills of the Himalayas an…

Uttarakhand·hills

The old apple orchard hill-top of Jariyakhali beyond Someshwar, and well beyond Ranikhet... Ranikhet is a hill station and cantonment town in Almora district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Assam

A trio of rhinos next to a dried river-bed and grassland in Kaziranga, Assam, India. One of them chases off another one and then all three go their own ways! The Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is also called Greater One-horned Rhi…

Uttarakhand·birds

The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

hills · forest

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.

Nepal·hills · snow

Everest climbers take a break and chit-chat with each other during their Everest expedition at Pumori Base camp.

coastline · hills

A slug or snail crawls at geological pace on a moss-laden stone slope in the Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand. It leaves behind a slimy trail...

Uttarakhand·temple · river

The tour to Yamunotri performed as a part of the pilgrimage is believed to be of the quality of cleansing the soul of all the sins.

river

The Dooars or Duars are the floodplains and foothills of the eastern Himalayas in North-East India around Bhutan.

In 1995 Christine and Jeremy Townend founded Kalimpong Animal Shelter, which was built on the outskirts of the town.

music

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · hills

Indian Himalaya landscape en route Amarnath in Kashmir. Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.

wildlife

Nilgai and massive tuskers from South India. The nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), sometimes called nilgau, is an antelope, and is one of the most commonly seen wild animals of central and northern India and eastern Pakistan; it is also pre…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · festival

This is the 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014 in Dharamshala organized by Ants Entertainment.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · festival

This is the 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014 in Dharamshala organized by Ants Entertainment.

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Rajaji National Park is an Indian national park that encompasses the Shivaliks, near the foothills of the Himalayas. It is spread over 820 km²., and three districts of Uttarakhand: Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal.

hills · forest

White-tailed Nuthatch in Uttarakhand, India. The White-tailed Nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family.

View of clouds over Bhutan as seen from an aeroplane's window. Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas.

hills · wildlife

The Black-headed Jay or Lanceolated Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) is roughly the same size as its close relative the Eurasian Jay, but a little more slender overall except for the bill which is slightly shorter and thicker.

river · temple

The Gangotri temple was built by the Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa, in the 18th century, is situated on the left bank of Bhagirathi. The temple is nested amidst the beautiful surroundings of deodars and pines.