“Himalayas”

Nepal·hills

Nepal flag, prayer flags and base camps tents at Mount 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.

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Tourist vehicles stuck on a slippery icy road in 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 o…

Nepal·hills

Mountaineers witness snowfall 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·architecture · hills

The climatic conditions in the Sagarmatha region change without prior signs. The team gears up for the summit attempts as the weather clears up and the men set out for the top.

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What a peaceful scene. A Himalayan Birch forest above a meadow with porters sitting around and enjoying the camp fire, a Bhotia mastiff having attached himself to the group for the duration of the expedition, a group of cows crossing a brid…

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

With the monsoon rains dripping off each fern frond, these ferns festoon all the oak and toon trees on the high ridge of Landour in Uttarakhand's western Himalaya, as the season turns misty and mysterious.

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Melia Dubia originates from the Meliaceae family and is an indigenous species of tree to India, South East Asia and Australia, where it has been cultivated as a source of firewood.

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.

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.

hills · river

According to Petr Hrabina, "This is Tibetan argali (Ovis ammon hodgsonii). Some scientists consider it as a distinct species (Ovis hodgsoni)." Ladakh, "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and lies bet…

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.

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

snow · hills

Naturalists searching for Snow Leopard in the snowy rugged mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

snow · hills

A group of naturalists sip their tea as they search for Snow Leopard in the barren mountains of Ladakh. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Uttarakhand·hills · village

A local villager comes across this expensive plant, the root of which is called 'Panja'. It has several medicinal properties and is in great demand with very less supply. Also, it is only found at great heights in the Himalaya.

street food · hills

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range.

Nepal·hills · village

While we were at Mulde Peak we noticed a thick blanket of fog moving fast covering everything in its way. However, we managed to spot Ghorepani from Mulde before it got completely covered in the fog.

river · hills

View of Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Assam, India. The Border Security Force (BSF) is a Border Guarding Force of India.

hills · river

An amazing view of Dodital valley and distant Bakria Khaga pass, from Darva / Darwa Top high above Dodital Lake in Uttarakhand, India. See Rhododendron and Juniper forests at the upper end of the tree line in the Himalaya.

hills · lake

Bar-headed Geese feeding at Tehla Jheel in Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, near the Amab property and Nilkanth temples. The Garh Rajore temples are also nearby as is the fort of Kankwari where Dara Shikoh was kept hostage by the Mughals.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Quechua tents by Decathlon as seen on the Kanchani Kharak campsite in the high Himalaya, within the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary and wild high altitude countryside beyond! The stark browns of autumn, with the deep blue of a clear sky, and t…

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Magnificent view of various Himalayan peaks as seen from Mulde Peak. While in Nepal we trekked to this rhododendron paradise called the Mulde Peak in the Himalaya.

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A right hand side seat on the Delhi - Ladakh flight earns a passenger mystical views of the Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas as the flight nears Leh on its descent to land.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Nakeela pass or Nakee la, the third mountain pass of the brown and barren mountain range of Greater Himalayas, Indus river flowing through Naki la, on the Leh Manali journey, the route which is part of national highway 21, NH 21.