“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

Rain drops fall off deodar needles, ferns and branches, seen in slow motion, in Jabbarkhet monsoon, at the wildfilmsindia mountain estates in the Himalaya.

village · hills

A village clings onto a cliff in wintery Spiti in Himachal. With snow cover in all directions and freezing winter conditions, these villagers eke out a difficult existence in the high Himalaya, managing subsistence agriculture in the summer…

Ladakh·hills · snow

Leh valley in autumn, the Stok Kangri mountain range, the Shanti Stupa, Gompa at the Shanti Stupa, Namgyal Tsemo chapel and Spituk Gompa. Buddhist Monasteries in trans Himalayan wilderness. A monastery in the Leh valley.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Pretty in pink: More Himalayan wild Cherry blossom in this video than Rufous Sibia, but the bird is avisiting for insects and nectar The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body…

hills · snow

Tibetan Snow Partridge on bare and rocky, dry and craggy, edge of snow inhospitable terrain in Ladakh 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…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Appl orchards across the valley are cloaked in white as well. Bhimakali Temple in Sarahan near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh covered with deep winter snow pack Himachali houses covered with snow as winter sets in deep with extreme temperatures…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · ceremony

Spiti valley aerial view of Tibetan prayer flags and wild winter time mountainscapes, Himachal Pradesh. Barren winter time snowy desolation in the high Himalaya.

aerial · highway

Road to Kyoto from Chicham starting point of Parang La trek in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti region in India. An aerial view of bright winter landscape with blue skies and shiny snow-covered mountains.

snow · wildlife

A mother Snow Leopard leads the way to head back to their cave, as her two cubs follow her across a scree slope, and then a wide snow tongue, at the end of a day of hunting and training, in the high wintery mountains of the western Himalaya…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Birds' nests with eggs in them, young bird chicks and reptiles all perished in this dreadful forest fire lit by a careless tourist with a cigarette or a greedy and jealous neighbour, as the case may be.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Walking up a grassland near Kaplani and Masrana villages on the Mussoorie-Dhanolti ridge brings into sharp focus the proximity of the high Himalaya and the closeness of the plains of north India.

hills

A stunning mid-winter panorama in 4K from the high Garhwal Himalaya. 1:50 is Gangotri 1. At 2:03 you see Srikanta, Pk.

flowers · hills

Meconopsis paniculata or Himalayan yellow poppy growing wild on a Himalayan slope in north Sikkim, as well as Oriental garden Lily : Two yellow stunners Meconopsis paniculata in Sikkim Himalaya, seen in end Jun 2002 with droplets of monsoon…

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Cute moments between a Snow Leopard mother and her cubs as they head back to their cave after a day of hunting and training for the young Ounces, as filmed during wildfilmsindia's Spiti Snow Leopard Expedition 2023.

Ladakh·hills · aerial

Flying over the Himalaya! Zanskar range of peaks followed by Himachal Parvati valley, Lahaul, Spiti, Garhwal range with Kamet and Nanda Devi.

river · hills

The blue-green glacial icy melt waters and the Inula daisies in flower along the shores of this high altitude trans Himalayan lake make for an other-worldly vision of the old India with a Himalaya that was unsullied.

Uttarakhand·school · hills

Woodstock School, Mussoorie: aerial flight over Alter Ridge, girls' hostel and swimming pool. Located in the northern state of Uttarakhand, Woodstock covers more than 250 acres of protected forest on the foothills of the Himalayas.

hills · forest

A rare Himalayan pre-winter sneak peek at Nanda Ghunti, Ronti Saddle, Trishul and Shilasamudar (sea of rocks) in Uttarakhand's Garhwal Himalaya.

hills

A Broadbill flicks its blue-edged tail up and down, rapidly and vertically! Long-tailed Broadbill sits on our walnut trees during nesting season, male carries twigs in his beak Long-tailed Broadbill sits on our walnut trees during nesting s…

livestock · hills

The sheep wants to keep its coat! It doesn't to be sheared... See how roughly the shepherds handle the sheep, even pulling and dragging them with one leg.

flowers · monsoon

The first Rain lily of the season is special, even though it is followed by thousands more! See this one open up in time lapse...

river · hills

Crossing a fast flowing Himalayan stream at the foot of a moraine, as one treks to the pass of Kalindi Khal in the Garhwal Himalaya.

birds · hills

Birds of Middle Hills in autumn: Minivet, Common or Mountain Hawk Cuckoo or Kaphal Pako bird hiding secretively in an Oak tree, Jay, Black-capped or Rufous Sibia, Black-crowned Jay, Streaked Laughing Thrush, Grey Tit, White-eye, Bulbul, Fly…