“Himalayas”

hills · flowers

Bunches of sunflowers from a new variety grow at our botanical collections in the Motidhar valley on wildfilmsindia's Pari Tibba Estate. New Sunflower varieties grown at wildfilmsindia botanical collections and arboreta in the Himalaya

forest · hills

Treading through sunlight and shadow, this murgha cautiously walks through the forest understory, even as Maroon Orioles calls in the backdrop in its clear melodious fluty whistle...

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Life among cliffs, Oak forests and Berberis aristata bushes, this is truly the good life for this Goral or wild mountain goat of the Himalaya, living under the protection of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Mussoorie, Uttarak…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Life among cliffs, Oak forests and Berberis aristata bushes, this is truly the good life for this Goral or wild mountain goat of the Himalaya, living under the protection of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Mussoorie, Uttarak…

Uttarakhand·livestock · hills

What fun to see the sheep scatter when they come across a car around the bend, as they are herded from Batagad bazaar down the Jabbarkhet road, towards Musoorie on the lower bypass road.

temple · hills

The pujari seems to be making chandan or sandalwood paste on a stone slab outside the Madhyamaheshwar Temple in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, with a backdrop of solar panels.

hills · flowers

These lovely mauve lilac Tree Dahlias tower as high as two human beings' height! They grow naturalized in the late autumn early winter season, in the Himalaya, having been introduced from Mexico and Colombia.

hills · sport

Being ridden for hundreds of kilometres a day on dirt tracks in Raid de Himalaya, the bikes require service at the end of every race day. Shown

monsoon · hills

What steady focus and concentration, this caterpillar chows down on a ginger leaf, meticulously trying to finish the leaf and damage the plan, to ensure its own existence! What species of caterpillar would this be? A butterfly one, perhaps?…

Himachal Pradesh·farmland · snow

It is interesting to see the pattern of frozen snow on the agricultural fields of the high Himalaya, in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

wildlife · snow

A well-planned attack turns to dross. The Snow Leopard was well concealed behind a rock and nicely placed just above the grazing Ibex.

hills · river

The Jallandhri Garh torrent flows through the Kiarkoti valley below Lamkhaga pass in Uttarakhand.

wildlife · birds

A pair of Brown Dipper birds in spring. The male courts the female and tries to feed here even as they battle the cold blue waters of the Jalandhri Garh torrent above Harsil in the high Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The piercing whistles of the Mountain Hawk Eagle are a familiar and inspiring reminder of the freedom and wilderness of the lower and middle Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Old footage from before the cataclysmic Uttarakhand Flooods, and before the damage occurred to the Kedarnath temple. According to Mahabharata the elder brother of Pandavas, Yudhistir started his journey to the heaven from Kedarnath.

hills

Follow the tracks of downhill skiiers as you fly over the mountains of the western Himalaya in winter - a unique experience thanks to our choppercam!

hills

What massive slug we found high up in the Himalaya! Help us identify the species... This looks like a Black European Slug. Please do help us confirm the species.

hills

When trekking in the high Himalaya, especially in winter, the skies tend to be so clear that the moon and stars actually appear closer than as seen from the plains. There is less of the atmosphere hindering the view, as well.

forest · wildlife

Rare archival footage of logging operations in the Himalaya in the early twentieth century. Tree trunks are being floated down a river, and moved along by men on canoes.

birds · wildlife

A Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) clinging vertically to a moss-covered tree branch. The bird uses its strong bill to repeatedly peck at the tree's surface while searching for insects and larvae beneath the bark.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

A stunning timelapse captures the grandeur of Jaonli peak in the Garhwal Himalayan Range as seen from Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie.

hills · wildlife

This video captures a Himalayan Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes montana) moving through the rough, arid mountain terrain of the high Himalayas.

hills

The Hudhud or Upupa epops is the common Eurasiean Hoopoe. The familiar Common or Eurasian Hoopoe has a wide distribution across, Asia, India and Europe, and lives from plains to high altitudes.

hills · flowers

Monsoon time flowering of the burgundry (almost purple-black) Arum Lilies at our Himalayan gardens. Burgundy Velvet Calla Lilies being harvested at wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the Himalaya