Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand - India

A protected UNESCO world Heritage site, Valley of Flowers is the name of the Himalayan area in Uttarakhand (previously Uttaranchal), India, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and carpeted with over 500 species of flowers.

It was declared a national park in 1982. The Valley of Flowers stretches over an expanse of 87.50 km². This part of Uttarakhand, in the upper reaches of Garhwal, is inaccessible through much of the year. The area lies on the Zanskar range of the Himalayas with the highest point in the national park being Gauri Parbat at 6,719 m above sea level.

Flowers mostly orchids, poppies (esp. rare blue poppies), primulas, calendulas, daisies and anemones carpet the ground. Alpine forests of birch and rhododendron cover a part of the area, and are home to tahr, snow leopard, musk deer, red fox, common langur, bharal, serow, Himalayan black bear and a huge variety of butterflies.

There is no settlement in the national park and grazing in the area has been banned. The park is open only in summers between June and October, being covered by heavy snow during the rest of the year.

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• India
• UNESCO
• Heritage
• Flowers
• Uttarakhand
• Himalaya

[diwaliben]

Nice music. What is the CD called ?

[mmanoba]

Thanks. Please see the first comment.

[Pandracule]

Absolutely beautiful.I booked marked your video so I could find it again.I'm going to look at the rest of them thank you so much for sharing India with me...

[mmanoba]

Thanks. Happy you enjoyed it.

[grindnosticfront]

What song is this,beautiful

[mmanoba]

Hi, thanks for the appreciation. Please check the reply to the first comment.

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[sidds123450]

I have been to this place, amazing - awesomely beautiful. You are from Uttarakhand?

[vijay22061970]

Awesome...Amazing....I am coming to u next year.... Can any one help me in knowing that is this all to be tracked or do we have some place where one can stay also...temp arrangement like tent or so? Also, if you could help me in knowing the name of the CD or Music... loved it.

[Shiveshrai]

Real heaven on earth...

[amit01376234885]

ITS TRULY BEATIFUL .......

[47veg]

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[smenon7]

Beautiful pictures and I love the music!

[tourhimalayas]

@bwfan87 Oh no. Keep that filth away from such pristine places.

[sujitforyou]

Hi, I am planning to go there in July, is there any prior permission needed from Govt Authority?

[smpurani]

Beautiful video! We are going in July. Is the trek very difficult for non trekkers?