Valley of Flower Uttarakhand Tourism

The world famous Valley of Flowers is situated in the upper expan- sions of Bhyundar Ganga in the far int- erior of Garhwal Himalayas. The valley is spread over an area of 87.5 Sq. Kms. And is 3,250 mt to 6,750 mt. Above the mean sea level. The rich references of this colouful and eye catching Valley, are found in the animals of Indian History and literature like that of Ramayana and Mahabharat. The rich references of this colouful and eye catching Valley, are found in the animals of Indian History and literatureArea of flowers in Uttaranchal is a wonderful enchanting position worth looking at for its wonderful and aromatic aspect. The valley is idyllically on the greater expansions of Bhyundar Ganga or Pushpawati Stream in Chamoli Section of Uttararanchal.
Honest S, Jackson – the great mountaineer, traveler, botanist is acknowledged with popularising the position, when he took a recluse here in the year 1937 to take creativity for publishing the publication, called, The Area of Flowers.

Valley of flowers is U-shaped, established by the slim glacier line. The valley continues to be secured snowfall from Nov to May, and flowers with legendary herbal remedies, therapeutic and blooming vegetation, vivid shade flowers all through September and Aug.

The valley provides privacy, and it is for this reason that sages regarded this position suitable for relaxation. It is also righteously regarded that Lakshmana, sister of Master Rama meditated on the financial institutions of river Hemkund. The life providing plant, well-known in Ramayana impressive as 'Sanjeevani Buti', is also regarded to have its source in the aromatic aspect of valley of flowers.

The part of valley relaxing along the encatchment area of Pushpawati Stream or Bhyundar Ganga consists of a 7 km long and 2 km large glacial arena. The arena has its appearance from Tipra Glacier climbing down from Gauri Parbat. Due Northern of the valley of flowers can be found 2000 m extreme walls increasing as ledge, whereas the valley landscape descends gradually towards the the southeast part of region.

The runs of the valley of flowers relaxing towards its northern border and attaining until 3,800 m are secured with birch, rowan and rhododendron, whereas the earth bed is carpeted with lichens development. The runs on the the southeast part of part mostly consist of, mdw or bugyals, with a large range of downhill flowers, such as anemones, asters, fritillarias, gentians, geraniums, larkspurs, lilies, orchid flowers, poppies such as the Himalayan pink poppy, potentillas and primulas, marsh marigolds.

Still, at greater altitudes of valley of flowers, there can be wealthy development of Medicinal herbal remedies, such as rhubarb and aconite, besides the heavenly plant, the Brahma Kamal.

Tourist Spots

Valley of Flowers National Park – The National Park, is a 5 km trek from Ghangria, and is comfortably situated along the banks of Bhyundar Ganga in the Zaskar Range of the Garhwal Himalaya, Chamoli District. The 8,950 ha national park came into existence in September 1982.

Bhyundar Ganga or Pushpawati River – The river is situated at a serene altitude ranging from 3,350 mts. and elevating to the peak of Gauri Parbat at 6,719 mts.

How to reach

By air - nearest air port jollygrant dehradun, then by road from jollygrant to rishikes

By road - Delhi to haridwar - rishikesh - shrinagar garhwal - joshimath - govind ghat

from govind ghat to valley of flowers by trekking