Himalayas — Clipahoy

Exploring a rural farming community in the Uttarkhand Himalaya: village home amid green hills, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · village

Poly houses for horticulture, green houses and construction around Mussoorie hill station town. This video presents a calm and captivating visual journey through the scenic hill station of Mussoorie.

Old British architecture in the Himalaya: Mayfair Himalayan Spa Resort in aerial view of Darjeeling

West Bengal·hills · old town

An outdoor glass solarium and an indoor plant collection along the corridors of the Mayfair Hotel in Kalimpong - Darjeeling, with white fairy statues that look rather out of place in a Himalayan Indian setting.

Wood smoothening: machine works on finishing a wooden flooring in a mountain home in the Himalaya

hills

Rosefinch all pink, seen in winter around Mussoorie in the western Himalaya, Woodpecker for company

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

A Himalayan Pied Woodpecker keeps a pair of Common Rosefinches company on a tree top at our wildfilmsindia forests around Mussoorie, the Rosefinches in mid-winter migration mode.

Jaonli Peak in the Himalaya comes alive in evening light from Jabberkhet sanctuary, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

What fabulous evening winterline hues on Jaonli peak as seen from Iris Cottage at Jabbarkhet Estate, within the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

Bikers flagged off for Competitive stage from Panikher in Suru valley

hills

Panikher is a small village towards upper Suru Valley which was also the starting point of the second competitive section of the Raid de Himalaya 2015 during leg 4.

On a wing and a prayer: flying from sea level and landing at 12, 000 feet in the Himalaya, in Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

The flight from new Delhi to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir state of India can be one of the most traumatic to the frame of an aeroplane! The pressure of landing on a short runway, after descending rapidly and suddenly into a narrow valley, losin…

Crimson and pink magic from the Nepal Himalaya: spring-time at Rhododendron central

hills · flowers

A newly-born Yak baby (surely the cutest bundle!) on the grass takes in its pristine high Himalayan habitat, with grasslands, meadows and high altitude forests of spring-time flowering Rhododendron arboreum in western Nepal.

Rare Ibisbill and Snow Pigeon of the Himalaya, in Yumthang, Sikkim

hills · snow

The rare Ibisbill breeds on the shingle beds of the Yumthang Chu in small numbers, in north Sikkim, India. One can see a pair of Snow Pigeons on a rock escarpment in this beautiful alpine valley, skirted with rows of Buddhist prayer flags.

One of the most common (and cute) hill station birds of the Himalaya: Streaked Laughing Thrush calls

birds · hills

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…

Tree Peony suffruticosa 'Shimadaijin' flowers in huge floral profusion with fragrance aplenty, in Landour

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

In March 2023, wildfilmsindia's first Shimadaijin Tree Peony gave out its first flower, to much joy for observers! Tree Peony grows in the Himalaya: Paeonia Tree (Tree Peony) suffruticosa 'Shimadaijin' at the wildfilmsindia botanical collec…

Freak spring storm dumps hail onto our Haunted House in the Himalaya

hills

A sudden high intensity hail storm dumped down hail stones the size of golf balls onto the spring-time flowering daffodils and Irises and reduced them to green pulp in a matter of minutes.

Darjeeling Hill Station or 'Queen of Hills' in Lesser Himalaya, as seen aerially

West Bengal·hills · aerial

A wide view of the Darjeeling Hill station in autumn, quiet and serene with houses clinging to the landscape. Take a visual aerial tour of the land famous for its unique landscapes and tea plantations.

The circle of life! Griffon Vultures pick meat off carrion of leopard kill in high Himalaya

hills · wildlife

The circle of life! Griffons derive their sustenance from this animal that has been killed by a leopard, and their lives get sustained by this remainder...

Trishul, Nanda Ghunti and Kumaon Himalaya peaks at sunrise and Jageshwar Temple, in Uttarakhand

temple · hills

The Ancient Jageshwar temple complex is situated in a beautiful mountain valley covered with thick forest of Cedar Trees, (even 1000 years Deodar Trees).

Himalayan peaks and glaciers with deep snow-pack, see where India's rivers are fed from in summer

snow · hills

See the deep snow-pack of the peaks, glaciers and ridges of the western Himalaya, to understand where summer snow-melt rivers get their waters from, and winter-time water runs in our rivers, in north India.

Dahlia Bank or Halcyon Manor, Landour - Once the finest house in the Himalaya, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills

Sanjay Narang brought the best food to Landour. The hillside was a sleepy forested one until he brought his culinary skills from Bombay and cheered up the Landour scene with festive Rokeby and then the Bakehouse, and several other lovely ae…

Flying over high altitude motoring in the Himalaya: dizzying road bridge crossing, in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·architecture · hills

Flying over the Chicham Bridge in Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh. The bridge connects Kibber and Chicham village. The bridge is situated above a deep gorge about 1000 feet high.

Hemis Gompa: Ladakh flight over arid valley with willow, high altitude desert all around

hills · desert

See the uplift of the trans Himalaya and Ladakh range, from the under the ocean, as you study the folds in the ranges here, exposed as they are to the elements.

Most cheery aquamarine bird you ever saw! Verditer Flycatcher a real treat around our hill stations

birds · hills

If you have ever seen this cute little deep turquoise bird, than it can only be the Verditer that you have beholden and been privileged to see! The most beautiful trilling caller in the Himalaya, surely, the Verditer Flycatcher warbles its…

Trout hatchery of, with Rainbow Trout going into a frenzy at feeding time

hills · river

Rainbow Trout shoal with their gapes open on a bright sunny day at the wildfilmsindia Trout hatchery ponds and runs in the western Himalaya. Clouds roll past in a time lapse over our forested Motidhar ridge.

Monsoon clouds well up in the Himalaya, in this beautiful cloud time lapse during the monsoons, in Landour

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Thick cloud cover moves in across the plains and into the higher mountains, with Surkhanda Devi and Dhanolti seen in the distance.

Monsoon clouds ascend the Himalaya and create a cotton wool blanket over the mountain firmament

hills

Spring-time pink and orange glow on fresh Horse Chestnut leaves in the Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills · forest

Fresh Horse Chestnut leaves and Rhododendron arboreum trees growing in profusion at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand. Also see natural regeneration of Cedrus deodara or the Himalayan Cedar tree.