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 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 i