“Himalayas”

birds · wildlife

Grey headed Canary Flycatcher at Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi, just before departing for Himalaya on their return migration at the end of winter.

hills · snow

A spectacular winter landscape unfolds around the Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh, one of the most remarkable engineering achievements in the Indian Himalayas.

forest · hills

Plump Kaleej Pheasant walks around wildfilmsindia fields of Arum Lily and Peonies in western Himalaya. They cross our Bindal stream and drink water from a pure source.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Golden hour sunset glow on German Iris flower bed at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet, with daisies Bearded Iris bruno, a German rhizomatic grows in spring time warmth of wildfilmsindia botanical garden Bearded Iris Bruno and Iris Alba flowers in…

hills · snow

Fresh streams originating from the glaciers frozen in the early winter. Semi-solidified water flowing down the smooth rocks towards the valley.

hills

Rider Ashish Moudghil takes a break after the first competitive section near Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh, on Day 2 of Raid de Himalaya 2015.

forest · hills

Papilio arcturus or Blue (not Common Peacock) Peacock. Filmed at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himlaya.

hills

Flying from the Himachal Pradesh Himalaya, around the Parvati Valley and the Great Himalayan National Park, into the lower hills and then the plains of north India. See a village and town clustered around the fields.

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.

flowers

Globe Primrose or Primula glomerata is distinguished by its compact spherical head of many blue flowers, carried on top of stem 10-30 cm tall.

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.

industry

Found in the high Himalayas, an expensive root with lots of medicinal properties. Commonly known as Panja, literally translated in hindi as Fist, is root of Dactylorhiza hatagirea plant.

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.