“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A glacial moraine fed by a melt-water waterfall falling off a cliff face... Nanda Devi National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries: Nanda Devi National Park is an outstanding mountain wilderness with few if any parallels elsewhere in the Himalaya…

monsoon · hills

Dharali floods in Uttarakhand's Harsil region cause havoc in western Himalaya: Road construction and development to blame?

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

This timelapse video captures the changing light conditions over the Garhwal Himalayas as viewed from wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet Estate in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Kopper Kettle and other Itoh Peonies and herbaceous Peonies bloom at wildfilmsindia Himalayan Peony gardens.

hills · aerial

An aerial view of Dhaun village in Uttarakhand state in the Western Himalaya, with winding hill roads and green cultivation all around.

birds · forest

What a lovely trilling call this male Verditer delivers, in order to establish its territory and attract a mate.

flowers · hills

Gently plucking one Saffron Crocus flower at a time, in between visits by a giant yellow and black bumblebee, Rupin Dang of wildfilmsindia gathers them in a glass jar, to subsequently have the stamens separated and dried, to create the sup…

hills · river

Camping in a copse of birch trees, short of Har ki dun valley. The Har-ki-dun or Har-ki-doon valley (meaning the valley of God) in Himalayas happen to be one of the finest for trekkers. Trekkers camp in a meadows along the Tons river.

hills · flowers

As our team slogs up the hill in cold wintery conditions from Dharali village before Harsil and Gangotri in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, they come across Rhododendron campanulatum shrubs with frost and icy snow in the lower alpine zone.

Nepal·hills

Everest climbers en route Bupsa to Gorakshep during their expedition to Mount Everest. Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seve…

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East.

Uttarakhand·village · hills

Traditional Terraced Mustard Farming and Rural Village Life in Agora Village of the Garhwal Himalayas within Uttarkashi District.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A female Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus), a small songbird frequently found in the Himalayas and surrounding regions. Appearance: Females are generally brown with a rufous-colored tail and a distinct, faded head pattern.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Hanging upside down as it plunders a wild Himalayan pear tree and bites off big chunks of ripe small wild pear fruit, this Rufous Sibia is the 'Three Cheers' caller, earlier known as the Black-capped Sibia, seen here at Jabbarkhet in the we…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Arisaema Himalayan Snake plant seed pods begin to ripen in our Himalayan forest, even as Agapanthus flowers among the yellow gladiolus at the wildfilmsindia botanical collection at Motidhar around Mussoorie Agapanthus flowers go crazy in th…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bunches of run-wild Crocuses have taken over our early monsoon late summer hillsides at the Jabbarkhet botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia, overlooking the plains and the higher mountains of the Himalaya, as garden escapes that have got nat…

hills · highway

In the fog and mist of the Himalaya, one wrong turn can lead to a deadly accident, such as this one in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. A Haryana number car has gone off the road, with obviously disastrous consequences for the occupants.

Nepal·hills

Climbing up the frozen steep mountains have never been an easy task, and it becomes more evident while the men of Indian Army tries to climb the highest peak in the world i.e., Mount Everest.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With a Hill Barbet and a Blue-throated Barbet calling, and a Rufous Sibia too, a Grey-winged Blackbird takes full advantage of the display of Rhododendron flower heads before it, above our Bindal stream at Motidhar Estate in Mussoorie.

hills · snow

Rudugaira peak, peaks of the Nega-Nelang valley, Manda, Jogin, Auden's Col and Gangotri I, II and III peaks, with the Rudragaira glacier in between.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Blue bearded Bee-eater: Rare sighting of this smart insect eating superb flyer with a beard, in Mussoorie, at the Wilderness Orchard and conservation forests at Motidhar.

forest · hills

The more drab brown female and the blue-black and white male Kalij Pheasant hang out in our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the western Himalaya.