“Himalayas”

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·farmland

One can see Primulas on Everest trail during Mount Everest expedition in 2001. Tak-shidno Pass also covered in field of Primulas. Primula is a genus of mainly herbaceous flowering plants in the family Primulaceae.

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.

West Bengal

Darjeeling Animal Shelter staff collecting or catching stray dogs from various houses to give Anti-Rabies Vaccination and Animal Birth Control(ABC programme) to dogs.

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.

monsoon · river

A young girls stays in her school as her house submerged in flood water in Uttar Pradesh. People wade through waist high flooded water at a village in Uttar Pradesh.

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…

flowers

Ruby cinquefoil has very beautiful leaves with a silvery sheen and silvery edges. They contrast beautifully with the blood red flowers. The plants form clumps of relatively tidy leaves from which the flower spikes rise in all directions.

Uttarakhand·flowers

One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand. It is extremely variable in stature, hardiness, flower color and leaf characteristics.

Corbett, Uttarakhand·river

People cross Ramganga River at Corbett in Uttarakhand. Ramganga River is the Lifeline for Corbett National Park. We cannot imagine the existence of Corbett without Ramganga. It is the largest of all the precious water bodies in the park.

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.

birds

A Greater Yellownape Picus Flavinucha perches on a tree seemingly in a thought over going about its business.

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.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

A cute fella rests in a branch, never stop being alert. Among with some vivid vegetation and some other species, it stays on its branch by itself.

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.

Jammu and Kashmir·river · village

Turtuk is a village in the northeastern part of Ladakh. It is sandwiched between the two majestic mountains of the world, viz the Himalaya and the Karakoram on the banks of Shyok River.