Valley of Flowers National Park of India

valley of flowers

I am euphoria to share the beauty of the valley of flowers, and once again regaining the experience of how refined this trek is.Valley of Flowers is the bewitching spot, positioned in Uttarakhand in Chamoli district at the high elevation of 12,100 Ft. from sea level.
There is no denying that Uttarakhand is a bucket of ample of treks, where the valley of flowers is one amongst them, there is a short tale of how the canyon was discovered.
It was found in 1931 by three mountaineers Frank S. Smythe, Eric Shipton and R.L. Holdsworth, the well-known mountaineers lost there where while coming from Mt. Kamat. And put up into the strange cum exotic place enveloped by the floras at each corner their eyes can reach too. 
Frank Smythe also wrote a book about Valley of Flowers too, and now you can imagine how enthusiastic the place is that the man jolts down its beauty in the book itself.
Valley of flower is an inhabitation for about 600 species of flowers and more and is tagged with the status of National park along with the UNESCO world heritage site.

Valley of Flowers - Best Summer Trek

How to Get There?

valley of flowers

Valley of flowers is one of the trek people eagerly wait to visit. Basically there are two ways to get there one is from Ghanagria you trek to valley of flowers, and second is from Kunthkhal – Hanuman Chatti trail, initially it was the original way to get there, but after the Kedarnath tragedy, government closed the way, but now it is accessible, so any of way can be chosen.

Floral and Creature diversity

valley of flowers

Passionate trekkers once wants to trek to valley of flowers, the floral paint of the valley is like a diamond and sets four moons, not in the district, but in the entire country as it is the beauty of fairy tale, the variation of colours in the whole trek can make any trekker an artist.
I must say, the valley of flower is itself an art on the canvas of nature; it has the considerable variation in species you get the glimpse of, talking about the floral diversity so it involves Euphorbia pilosa, Himalayan Slipper Orchid, Iris kaemaonensis, aconites and rhododendrons.
The place also gonna delight you with the creatures like snow leopard the king of the valley, and deer’s as Musk deer, Sambar and Blue mountains sheep, Himalayan Tahr.
Though you should be lucky enough to witness each of them and I must say you are so that you will find at least one of them.

Realm’s Richness - valley of flowers

valley of flowers

Valley of flowers is a hanging valley of Pushpawati River one of the tributaries of Alaknanda River, the guarded peaks that wraps the valley and make it a best sight scenic beauty are  Dunagiri, Rishi Parvat, Kalanka, Nanda Khat, Nanda Devi East, Nilgiri Parvat, Rataban, Gauri Parvat, Saptasring and Nanda Devi are prominent among them.
The crystalline rocks compose the valley reflects the sharp shine as involves quartz and mica.

I Would Now Categorize the Entire Area in 3 Parts Such As:

valley of flowers

73% of the valley area is snow covered the entire year as the area is glaciated, so always wrapped up in the heavy snow.
6% area where, is covered by the Coniferous forests and the remaining area is enveloped with the mixed alpine forest, involves Pindrow fir, Himalayan yew, Himalayan maple, deodars, silver birch, oak and Morinda spruce trees.

So When You Can Trek there?

valley of flowers

The valley  stays snowbound most of the months in the year, but the snow start to melt by the end of the May, so till September the gates open for the trekkers to visit there, and most impressive is if you will be able to visit it earlier or later in September you will be able to see where the valley ends, and glaciated zone starts.
One more thing to keep in mind that does not strictly pollute the valley do not throw the garbage or any waste carelessly into the valley let the beauty remain the beauty do not destroy it by the cruelty of your humanity.

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