Himalayas — Clipahoy

Koklass Pheasant female perched on a grassy knoll atop mountain ledge followed Lammergeier in flight

wildlife · hills

Female Koklass Pheasant, one of the most elusive pheasants inhabiting the temperate and coniferous forests of the Himalayas.

Ladakh Urial or Shapu herd grazes on Seabuckthorn shrubs in Ladakh mountains along Zanskar river

Ladakh·river · hills

As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller precipices and chasms, they descend with great glee to the waters' edge to drink from the Zanskar river, and then proceed to eat berries of Leh Berry or Seabuckthorn (Hippophae tibe…

Misty monsoon rain-forest-like forest at Jabbarkhet forests around Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Misty monsoon Himalayan rain-forest-like forest at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forests around Mussoorie in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Frog puffs its throat into orange sack and calls out, at our Himalayan ponds and stream in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · river

What frog species is this middle Himalayan altitude mendhak? We filmed this at our wildfilmsindia wetlands in the middle Himalaya, around Pari Tibba Estate and Motidhar, along the origin of the Bindal-Rispana nadi, in the monsoon of 2022.

Moon races across a cloudy but bright Himalayan night sky, as seen in time lapse, in Uttarakhand

hills

Ominous and dark or beautiful and fleeting? The moon races across a cloudy but bright Himalayan night sky, as seen in this 4K time lapse taken from our wildfilmsindia mountains in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Glacier seracs, sunrise over Srikanth, Chhaian Gad Valley, Bandarpunch and its glacier on southeast

snow · hills

Early mornings over the Srikanth Peak, sun rays filtering through the cold landscape in timelapse. Rare view of the Chhaian Gad Valley in the early onset of winter before the landscape is too harsh to trek.

Everest, Makalu, Nuptse, Lhotse aerial journey over the highest peaks in the world, flying in Nepal

aerial · hills

Flying from Everest and moving west towards the Annapurna range, in Nepal. 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.

Chamba in Garhwal, crowded town provides gateway to Tehri Dam, Uttarkashi and Gangotri: aerial view, in Uttarakhand

hills · highway

Chamba is a gateway town situated on a crossroads col that has roads leading in to it from Mussoorie and Dhanolti on one side, Rishikesh and Narendranagar from another and a higher road leading up to Ranichauri where M. L.

Nanda Devi glacier sudden surge gushes down Alaknanda Ganga river valley on 7th February 2021, in Rishikesh

Uttarakhand·river · hills

On 7th February 2021, a sudden glacial surge of water gushed down the riverine course of the Rishi Ganga and thus the Dhauli Ganga, and into the Alaknanda river valley, all the way down from Chamoli in Garhwal to the lower reaches of the Ga…

Langur monkey pulls the tail of a wild Goral or mountain goat - animals do have a sense of humour!

hills · wildlife

Who says animals don't have a sense of humour? This langur baby, a variety of monkey from the Himalaya, approaches a grazing wild mountain goat known as a Goral, and tried to repeatedly pull its tail.

Himalayan Rock Bee forages on Himalayan Balsam plant, threaten wasp at nest hole

hills · birds

Himalayan Rock Bees' honey is rich in natural taste. Completely different in aroma and taste than other honey. It is toxic. Possess high medicinal value (sucked nectar from precious herbs like Yarsagumba & Paanchawle).

Joshimath town in Garhwal, with monsoon mists swirling: cross-roads to Badrinath and Nanda Devi, in Uttarakhand

monsoon · highway

Monsoon in the inner / deeper Himalaya, with mists swirling around Joshimath town before houses started collapsing here, due to subsidence, road-building, over-construction and more anthropogenic factors.

Trekkers climb Rudragaira peak through snow-covered Himalayan slopes in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

A team of trekkers and mountaineers ascending the rugged high-altitude slopes of Rudragaira Peak (approximately 5,850 metres / 19,200 feet) in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India.

Air India propellor plane takes off from Kullu Manali Bhuntar Airport, Himachal Pradesh

river · hills

An Air India flight takes off from the Kullu Manali airport in Bhuntar in Himachal Pradesh. Another Air India flight lands on the runway of Bhuntar airport. One can see the Himalaya across the runway.

Himalayan traffic jam: Tourists stranded on way to Rohtang Pass in a long queue

highway · hills

The highest altitude traffic jam in the world? What an absurd sight and thought - cars lined up waiting for the line to let up so they can proceed on their way into the inner Himalaya.

Red-billed Blue Magpie incubating its eggs in the Nainital area of Kumaon

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

A Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) sits at its nest to incubate its eggs near Nainital in Uttarakhand.

Gaggle of White-throated Laughing Thrush are like the Babbler Sat bhai or Seven Sisters of plains

hills · birds

The mountain equivalent of the Satbhai or Seven Sisters of the plains! White-throated Laughing Thrushes are gregarious by nature and hang out in larger groups, chasing out insects from shrubbery and foraging for seed and berry alike in the…

Joshimath has become a crowded hill town, at Auli, Badrinath, Valley of Flowers, Malari cross-roads, in Uttarakhand

hills · flowers

See an aerial view of Joshimath town in Garhwal. It has spread and become rather large due to a military presence, and being at the cross-roads of important destinations such as Auli, Badrinath, Valley of Flowers, Mana Village and Mana Pass…

Porters and trekkers cross rugged Rudragaira trails above a pristine Himalayan river gorge, in Uttarkashi

Uttarakhand·hills · river

The Rudragaira Trek in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, deep within the Gangotri region of the Himalayas.

Rolling hills, stepped fields of Kumaon: Monsoon greenery at Regru village, Lohaghat, Uttarkashi, in Uttarakhand

monsoon · hills

Step field agriculture in Kumaon. The entire hill looks shaped by the agricultural terraces cut for farming. Electic pylons bring electricity to the villages around Regru in Lohaghat area of Uttarakhand.

Male threatens female away from prize worm she found: Kaleej Pheasant couple beak around in grass

forest · hills

Male threatens female away from prize worm she has found: Kaleej Pheasant couple beak around in grass Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red…

Himalayan woman from Himachal cleans and shovels deep snow from her terrace near Sarahan

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

A Himalayan woman from Himachal cleans and shovels deep snow from her terrace and roof-top near Sarahan town.

Himalayan Ibex with huge heads of horns in aerial view of Spiti cliffy landscape, in winter freeze

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Himalayan Ibex with huge heads of horns, as seen in this aerial view of a Spiti cliffy landscape, in deep winter freeze, sheltering and living along the cliffs and rock faces of the inner Himalaya.

Receding monsoon clouds play their magic over Dehradun valley and mountains around Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

As the monsoon winds head back down south, and return for the year, the clouds dissipate and one can literally see the clouds recede and had down south.