“Himalayas”

flowers · hills

Butterflies forage on Daphne bholua flowers in Uttarakhand state of India. A Cabbage White butterfly offers itself to a receptive mate on a spring-time afternoon in the high Himalaya, close to the tree-line.

Nepal·hills

The Himalayas is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.

hills

Bubble-like glass cabin of a Lama helicopter in the Himalaya, and a Bell 407 helicopter - all are operated for heli-skiing in the western Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh.

Nepal·hills

The Himalayas is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.

Uttarakhand·hills

A couple of Green-backed Tits are nesting in this tree hollow in the Himalaya, at our wildfilmsindia estate at Pari Tibba in Motidhar, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Hindu prayer 'Om Jaya Jagadish - Jai Jagdish Hare' being chanted, as the Yamuna river flows by the temple if its own name, close to the river's source high up in the Uttarakhand Himalaya in India.

Nepal·hills

The Himalayas is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.

Nepal·hills

The Himalayas is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

High-altitude Himalayan settlement in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India, likely near the famous village of Mana.

hills · wildlife

The Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) is a majestic wild ungulate inhabiting the steep, rocky slopes of the Himalayas at altitudes between 2,500 and 5,000 meters.

village · hills

Step cultivation in the Himalaya, at Ransi village above Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand Step cultivation at Ransi village near Ukhimath in Uttarakhand, en route Madhyamaheshwar temple Ransi Village, located in the Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Kalij Pheasants walk around with great confidence, as they forage for insects and seeds at our wildfilmsindia sanctuaries around Mussoorie. Pheasants of Himalaya become confident as they are provided protection at wildfilmsindia sanctuary

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woodpecker hunt for insects on the oaks around our blue-green valley of Agapanthus blooms in the Himalaya!…

hills · flowers

Our gardeners plant Dutchmaster daffodil bulbs at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in the Himalaya, in the winter season, in December 2021. We had a brilliant showing thereafter, in the spring. Watch this space for images of the same!

hills

People salvage their belongings as the floods hit Uttarakhand yet again - in 2016. A replay of the 2013 flooding, it does seem like the Himalaya is going to continue to reel under the effects of cloud bursts and flooding, with unplanned dev…

flowers · hills

Some of the finest plum blossoms and then fruit come from the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in the western Himalaya. One can hear a White-crested Laughing Thrush calling in the background.

hills

A local artist performs Lionman dance at Miss Himalaya Pageant 2016 .

hills · livestock

It;s getting to be night fall and if the shepherd can't get his stock to the pen on time, the Snow Leopard might just get one or a few of them at nightfall! So the sheep need to rush down to the meadow, as it gets dark in the high Himalaya.…

flowers · hills

Our wildfilmsindia orchards and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya are over-flowing with Agapanthus flowering stalks - by the tens of thousands! Filmed around 11th July 2020.

Ladakh·hills

Leg 4 of the Raid de Himalaya went from Srinagar to Rangdum in Zanskar. The participants passed the beautiful landscapes of Sonamarg, Drass, Kargil, Sankhoo, etc enroute.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Flying over pristine skiing runs in Himachal's higher valleys around the Parvati's head waters, in search of even better heli-skiing runs above! The Himalaya are a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from…

West Bengal·hills

A Darjeeling Nepali man makes a pea shooter with Ringal bamboo in Darjeeling, India. What wonderful memories from a childhood in the Himalaya! This man's father made pea shooters for our company director when he was a child some 35 years ag…

hills · forest

An aerial view of the conifer forests of the Himalaya at Bagsiad and Satadhar in Himachal Pradesh.

flowers · hills

Rhododendron arboreum: 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.