Himalayas — Clipahoy

Flying over camping site and deodar forests in Himalaya, in Kullu

Himachal Pradesh·forest · aerial

Flying over the camping site and blue and green tented accommodation for bikers at Gada Gushaini in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. Local Himachali men and women perform Naati dance while other men play Dhol and Thonkru.

Dog picks up soggy biscuits from monsoon rainwater puddle in the Himalaya

monsoon

In the process of lapping up more rainwater than biscuit, these two dogs lap up water from a monsoon puddle as they try to reach Parle G Biscuits dropped into the water.

Butterflies in slow motion in the Himalaya

hills

Two Great Blackvein butterflies up close and in slow motion. Watch a Common Gull butterfly as it flies off in slow motion.

Clouds race over the Himalaya: lush meadows of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, in Madhyamaheshwar

Uttarakhand·hills

Up the Madhur Ganga towards Nandikund, one first traverses the Madhyamaheshwar valley and up to Kanchani Khal. See the meadows above Gaundar, with healthy Monal Pheasant populations, and the rapid movement of post-monsoon cloud cover.

Chandrashila Peak: over-flight above Tungnath temple in western Himalaya

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

A fabulous aerial 360 degree view of Chandrashila peak top above Tungnath temple in Uttarakhand.

Shrikanta is a beautiful peak in Garhwal Himalaya: see a unique aerial view, in Uttarakhand

aerial

A beautiful aerial view of the Srikantha massif above Dharali and Harsil in the Ganga upper regions of Uttarakhand. The snowpack is thick and deep in this winter aerial view, filmed for the first time thus...

Clouds in motion over Garhwal Himalayas as seen from Gidara Buggyal, in Uttarakhand

While Dayara Bugyal is one of the easiest and popular trekking destination in Uttarakhand, most people don’t know that there is another gem hidden 14kms beyond Dayara Bugyal, the scenic Gidara Bugyal.

Remote high-altitude landscapes of the Trans-Himalayas and the cold desert regions of Ladakh

hills · highway

The vast, barren landscapes of northern India’s Trans-Himalayan region, where smooth mountain highways stretch across dry, treeless plains surrounded by rugged eroded ridges.

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.

Dutch Irises flourish in May warmth at Jabbarkhet botanical spread in the Himalaya

Uttarakhand

Woolly Caterpillar munches on leaves at Jabbarkhet forest in Himalaya - tedious work

Uttarakhand

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.

Dehradun lit up on Diwali, with the plains of India behind, from the high Himalaya: stunning view

Uttarakhand

Although nothing different happens on Diwali in the plains, the view of the Dehradun city is however worth witnessing. Fireworks are the main attraction here that eventually illuminate the night sky.

Over-laden Truck falls into gorge after bridge collapse in the Uttarakhand Himalaya

highway · architecture

Over-laden with the weight of a JCB bull-dozer machine, this truck made a Bailey bridge collapse under its weight, in the Pithoragarh region of Kumaon in Uttarakhand.

Plucking red, ripe tomatoes from a field at harvest time in the western Himalaya

farmland

Tomatoes ready for harvest, being plucked and put in large plastic baskets from the fields. After getting a bumper harvest, these farmers sort through a huge mound of fresh, juicy tomatoes to take to the market to sell.

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.

Hundreds of Demoiselle Cranes make migratory landing in Rajasthan, after crossing the Himalaya

Khichan, Rajasthan

Thousands of Koonj or Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) making their migratory landing at a water hole in Khichan, Rajasthan.

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…