“Himalayas”

hills

Fog and mist in time lapse rising up the rain forest like hills of the Sikkim Himalaya. Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · highway

A vehicle travels along a paved two-lane mountain highway that crosses a deep, rugged river valley in Himachal Pradesh, India.

birds · hills

The nuthatches constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs.

wildlife · snow

A lone Snow leopard in a forest of India.The snow leopard is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Uttarakhand·hills

Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·hills

Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Manali (alt. 1,950 m or 6,398 ft), in the Beas River valley, is an important hill station in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India, near the northern end of the Kullu Valley.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · river

Waterfall en route Amarnath cave shrine, J&K. Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains.

hills · snow

Tip-top climbing on a Himalayan glacier! Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, depending on whether the route chosen is over rock, snow or ice.

flowers · hills

Ox-eye daisies, which are very similar to the Michaelmas daisies in look, prosper in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand, India. Michaelmas or Easter daisies (Aster novi-belgii) were once popular in gardens, but are rarely seen now.

hills

Amazing view of Himalaya mountain in Bhutan. Snowy mountains under clear sky and glaciers which are the main source of freshwater. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom.

flowers · hills

In the background is a boggy meadow of Primula stuartii. One of the smallest flowering Rhododendron shrubs of talispatra, as seen above Dodital in May 1994, in Uttarakhand, India, at around 12, 500 feet altitude.

hills

What started out as a fierce hail-storm peters out into cold rainfall! See a Himalayan hail storm in progress, with hail falling in sheets to the ground.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Pilgrims visiting the temple in Gangotri and sadhus or Hindu priest take a holy bath in river Ganga, chanting mantras. Gangotri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

wildlife · birds

A Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata), a striking Himalayan bird known for its vivid colours and graceful behaviour, sits quietly on a vibrant green tree.

hills · river

In this video, the Lamkhaga Pass is a demanding trek at high altitude in the Himalayas that links the villages of Harshil in Uttarakhand and Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh, a challenging high-altitude trek in the Himalayas connecting the villa…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bearded German rhizomatic Iris in multiple hues and Aquilegia at Jabbarkhet Bearded German rhizomatic Iris in multiple hues and Aquilegia at Jabbarkhet #iris Early spring and late winter flowering German Bearded rhizomatic Iris at wildfilms…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · sport

Helicopter pilots do a dare-devil flight between a rock spire and the main summit of Ali Ratni Tibba in the Manali region of Himachal Pradesh, India.

snow · river

White peak of Banderpunch almost bereft of snow. A shocking view that underlines the drought and flooding patterns that the Himalaya is experiencing.

river · hills

Garhwal Himalaya's Bandarpunch and Kalanag peaks as seen from Lambidhar, Uttarakhand. Bandarpunch (or Bandarpoonch) is a major peak of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills

In the Talle Valley National Park area beyond Ziro village, we espied this spider on its web. What species would this be? Help us identify it, folks!

hills

This little story actually played out at our favourite Himalayan shoe-maker, so we thought we'd enact it for you to get a laugh out of it, too!

hills

Camellias are a commonly grown shrub in Himalayan hill station gardens and were first brought to India during British times. This tall shrub, almost a tree, grows in the hill-station town of Chakrata in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

One of the smallest flowering Rhododendron shrubs - the talispatra, as seen above Dodital in May 1994, in Uttarakhand, India, at around 12, 500 feet altitude.