Himalayas — Clipahoy

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.

Children play cricket in Chicham village in wintery Spiti Himalaya: hitting a chhaka

Himachal Pradesh

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...

Sukhi Top aerial view of the Garhwal Himalaya, with mid winter clear skies, in Uttarakhand

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.

Camp Fire in the Himalaya, after a hard day's trek and training, with pine cones added for fragrance, in Uttarkashi

Uttarakhand·forest

After a tough day of training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, students of the Adventure Course are treated to a bonfire at their camp.

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.

Grey headed or Lesser Fishing Eagle in the sub Himalaya, in Sri Lanka

birds · wildlife

The Grey-headed Fish Eagle or Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus is a bird of prey and belongs to the eagle family Accipitridae. Grey-headed Fish Eagle breeds in southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia.

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…

Upper Harsil Valley and Bhagirathi - Wooden homes of Mukhba village with snow-capped Himalayas, in Uttarakhand

village · river

Mukhba Village on the Harsil Trek near the Bhagirathi River with wooden houses and ripe apples in the autumn. The temple here resembles the Gangotri temple as Mukhba is the winter home of the Gangotri temple idol.

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.

Leh maraket and monastery vignettes from Ladakh's blue sky country: Autumn in the trans Himalaya

Ladakh

Setting up a tent and training en route the tricky Chaukhamba Col in the Garhwal Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

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

Snow Leopard takes a late evening stroll - or a snack break in the Himalaya?

wildlife · snow

Snow leopards have evolved to live in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Their white-grey coat spotted with large black rosettes blends in perfectly with the steep and rocky mountains of Central Asia.

Jaonli, first climbed by Hari Dang, as seen from wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya, in Landour

Uttarakhand

Jaonli was first ascended by a Doon school expedition headed by Hari Dang. See this great view of the Gangotri wall of peaks, Jaonli and Rudragaira from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie.

Jibhi in Himachal Pradesh looks out to the plains of north India, and north to the Himalaya

forest

A mix of lower altitude forests, apple orchards, small towns and state highways, Jibhi is small town lower Himachal at its best.

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.