“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Roping up to cross the roaring Rishi Ganga river within the outer sanctuary of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India.

farmland · hills

Rukmani Nursery in Ghorakhuri is one of the finest horticulture projects in Uttarakhand, even in the entire western Himalaya.

hills

Laudakia tuberculata: Found from 790m to 3900m above sea level these Lizards are normally seen in open rocky areas and are fairly distributed in India.

birds · hills

Does this owl look comical or threatening as it puffs out its white throat feathers, and calls out its typical toot-toottoot-toot four note call, across the hills of Garhwal? This is the smallest owl in the world, and quite our favourite on…

hills · snow

Breathtaking and beautiful view of the majestic mountains and peaks of the Himalayas, covered with snow. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom.

hills · livestock

Sheep flock together in a rolling green alpine meadow or buggyal pastureland in the high Himalaya of Garhwal.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Nanda Devi National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries: Nanda Devi National Park is an outstanding mountain wilderness with few if any parallels elsewhere in the Himalayas on account of its concentration of high peaks and glaciers lying within a…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A deep purple Crocus flower opening and closing in time lapse, following movement of the sun, at Jabbarkhet in the western Himalaya. A white clover flower grows right behind it.

Uttarakhand·hills · highway

The tiny Chinyalisaur airport above Tehri Dam in Garhwal, Uttarakhand: One of the shortest air strips in the Himalaya, with a tricky approach through the narrow Ganga valley above Tehri Dam, and a short runway.

hills · river

Rare sighting: Is this a Tree Frog or a regular ground frog? Is it a rare Himalayan species, perhaps? Is this species a common one, or is it perhaps not even known to exist in the region? Help us identify this frog species, please.

birds · hills

It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and…

birds · hills

Himalayan Snake Plant or Arisaema among Maroon Oriole and Thrush bird calls at Motidhar estate of wildfilmsindia, in the western Himalaya. Arisaema is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae.

hills · wildlife

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

The elegant grey and mild rufous of the Himalayan TreePie nicely complements the white throat patch and rufous underbelly of the White-throated Laughing Thrush as they carouse together to dig in the oak forest floor, for food and seeds, at…

hills · forest

Rudragaira valley from Gangotri to the second camp. This is the route to be followed to get to Auden's Col and to climb Rudragaira peak itself.

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 · 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…

hills · temple

Clouds timelapse at Katarmal, near the Sun Temple in Uttarakhand, capturing the dramatic movement of clouds sweeping across layered Himalayan mountains.

hills · old town

Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Jalandhri Gadh valley above Harsil (Uttarakhand), a hidden gem of the Garhwal Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Delicate bird of the plains that visits us in the mountains each year: Blue-bearded Bee-eater at Motidhar Blue bearded Bee-eater: Rare sighting of this smart insect eating superb flyer with a beard, in Mussoorie, at the Wilderness Orchard a…

aerial · temple

Mukhba temple priests prepare to despatch the Gangotri idol to the Gangotri temple prior to the doors or kapath opening in end April 2025, as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air.

hills · birds

Collecting faecal globules from their derrierer, this pair of White-throated Laughing Thrushes take their chicks out from the nest for their first flight into the big bad world! Nesting duties of the White-throated Laughing thrush of the Hi…

flowers · hills

Calanthe plantaginea is a beautiful and rare light lilac coloured flowering ground orchid found in the wildfilmsindia forests in the western Himalaya.

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…