PLEASE KEEP OUR MOUNTAINS CLEAN.
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THIS VIDEO IS THE SECOND PART OF THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS TREK, WHICH COVERS GHANGARIA TO VALLEY OF FLOWERS NATIONAL PARK.
THE TREK FROM GHANGARIA TO VALLEY IS EASY-MODERATE. THE WALK GOES THROUGH THE VALLEY THAT OPENS UP TO A FLOWER BED, WITH PEAKS AND GLACIER IN THE BACKGROUND AND A RIVERBED.
IT IS UP TO YOU, HOW FAR YOU WANT TO GO.
ONE MUST RETURN BACK TO THE ENTRY GATE BY 05:00 PM.
NIGHT CAMPING IS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE VALLEY.
VALLEY ENTRY TIMINGS ARE-07:00 AM TILL 12:00 NOON.
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VALLEY OF FLOWERS NATIONAL PARK IS AN INDIAN NATIONAL PARK, LOCATED IN CHAMOLI, IN UTTARAKHAND.
DECLARED AS NATIONAL PARK IN 1982. AND AS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 2005.
THE PARK STRETCHES OVER AN EXPANSE OF 87.50(sq)KMS, THE PARK COMES UNDER NANDA DEVI BIOSPHERE RESERVE.
THE VALLEY IS ENDOWED WITH 520 SPECIES OF HIGH-ALTITUDE PLANTS, OF WHICH 498 ARE FLOWERING PLANTS.
THE DENSITY OF WILD ANIMALS IN THE VALLEY IS NOT HIGH, BUT ALL THE ANIMALS FOUND ARE RARE OR ENDANGERED. A TOTAL OF 13 SPECIES OF MAMMALS ARE RECORDED.
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THE PLACE WAS LESS KNOWN TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY.IN 1931 BRITISH MOUNTAINEERS, LOST THEIR WAY WHILE RETURNING FROM A SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION TO MT. KAMET AND HAPPENED UPON THE VALLEY, WHICH WAS FULL OF FLOWERS. THEY WERE ATTRACTED TO THE BEAUTY OF THE AREA AND NAMED IT THE "VALLEY OF FLOWERS."
BUT THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE VISITED THE VALLEY SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, INDIAN YOGIS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE VISITED THE VALLEY FOR MEDITATION.
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THE PARK IS OPEN ONLY DURING SUMMER FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER AND IT IS COVERED BY HEAVY SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
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