“Himalayas”

flowers · hills

While cultivated cherry trees bloom in spring, the wild Prunus of the western Himalaya flowers in early winter, to a glorious showing of pink and deep pink. The next tree is a Spathodium or Tulip Tree.

farmland · hills

Rice paddies are cultivated in step cultivation form in the Himalaya. The rice fields are stepped down the hillside, with each field a foot or so lower so that the steepness of the hill is tamed and water can flow evenly from one field to t…

hills · river

A trek to the high-altitude lake, Brahma Taal will leave you awestruck with its beauty. A moderate trek in the Himalayas with comparing beauty but definitely found at much higher altitude.

forest · hills

As the mists rise and fall, this wild mountain goat flicks off bugs and looks around for danger, but overall feels secure in the protection accorded to it by wildfilmsindia at our wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

Nepal·hills

Help us identify these peaks of the central Nepal Himalaya. Of course, Mr. Everest at the beginning of the clip, as filmed in 4K, stands out as a black massif contrasting against the white clouds and the backdrop of the Tibetan plateau behi…

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Gangotri wall of peaks as seen from wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum at Jabbarkhet near Landour.

hills

Terrace farming is a type of farming that was developed in various places round the world. The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (hills and mountains) is a World Heritage Site. It dates back two thousand years.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Rainbow Trout seen swimming about at wildfilmsindia Trout hatchery, in slow motion, in Himalaya Jal tori farming in Uttarakhand! Rainbow Trout fish ponds and trout hatchery run by wildfilmsindia in Mussoorie river valley Rainbow Trout fill…

hills

Folks burn waste in a Himalaya hill station town, including garbage, leaves and plastics - Never a good idea! The fumes are noxious, and the carbon generated is damaging.

hills · birds

People around the world eat certain varieties of ferns that have high iron content and are lovely to turn into a subzi of sorts, with a nice bitter-sweet vegetable taste.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Capsicum or Shimla mirch farming in the Nainbagh - Ghorakhuri belt of Garhwal : the new food bowl of the Himalaya.

hills

A freezing Chhaian Gad Valley even in autumn in the Garhwal Himalaya supporting life in unusual forms with peculiar looking fungi sprouting from tree stems.

hills · river

A Red Fox in the Himalaya starts winter morning with a nice poop, stretches and looks for marmot prey in the only non-snowed over patch of mountain slope. It rests on the mild bit of grass where a stream has melted the snow.

hills

Early winter expedition to the upper Dharali valley, in the Gangotri Himalaya of Uttarakhand state. Brilliant views of Shrikantha peak from lower slopes that are explored by Himraj Dang and his expeditioning group in October 2018.

lake · river

Landscape of Pangong Tso, a spectacular endorheic lake located in Ladakh, India, extending into the Tibetan Plateau.

birds · hills

See these super cute Thrush chicks with little fresh feather tufts on their ears! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of the finest songsters in the entire Himalayan region, like a very coval thrush in an English country garden.

monsoon · hills

Monsoon retreat from the Himalaya seen in the form of a cloud time lapse, as the high mountains clear in preparations for autumn.

hills · wildlife

Demoiselle Crane flock arrives in Rajasthan, after crossing the Himalaya, crooning with joy on safe arrival in India, having escaped the harsh winters of Mongolia and further north.

hills

Our wildfilmsindia crew righted several upside down beetles and found a strange pleasure in seeing them trot off happily, after hours of gruelling agonising upside down crawl! Beetle Rescue in the Himalaya - Righting upside down beetles - W…

river · hills

The high and difficult terrain of the Himalayas is a paradise for adventure seekers. Take a virtual crossing on the glacial streams of the Chhaiyan Gad on the Harsil Trek.

wildlife · snow

See the mother Ounce leap up those vertical cliffs like she's walking in a city garden! The Snow Leopard is a rarely seen cat in the animal kingdom as it lives in the high altitude of the Himalayas.

hills · forest

A scenic mountain landscape features mist-covered hills, dense evergreen forests, and dramatic cloud formations during sunrise or sunset.

Uttarakhand·hills

A hailstorm is taking place in the mountain region of Jabbarkhet as hailstones fall rapidly from the sky across the landscape.

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) moves through its natural mountain habitat in the Himalayan region. The horned goat-antelope walks toward a camera trap while grazing and looking around the surrounding area.