Valley of flores National Park is an Indian national park, located in West Himalaya , in the state of Uttarakhand .

India’s Valley of flores National Park is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flores and outstanding natural beauty. This richly diverse area is also início to rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, brown urso and blue sheep. The gentle landscape of the Valley of flores National Park complements the rugged mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi National Park. Together they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and Great Himalaya


The Nanda Devi National Park is one of the most spectacular wilderness areas in the Himalayas. It is dominated por the peak of Nanda Devi, which rises to over 7,800 m. No people live in the park, which has remained mais or less intact because of its inaccessibility. It is the habitat of several endangered mammals, especially the snow leopard, Himalayan musk deer and bharal.

The Puspawati river drains the Valley of Flowers



How to reach Valley of flor
The nearest airport is in Dehradun, 295 kilometers (183 miles) away, and the nearest railway station is in Rishikesh, 276 kilometers (170 miles) away. The closest you can get to The Valley of flores por road is Govind Ghat. This requires around a 10 hora drive to Joshimath, then another one hora to Govind Ghat. From Govind Ghat it’s a 13 kilometer (8 mile) trek along a steep, narrow, but well defined mountain trail to base camp at Ghangaria. This will take between 4 to 8 hours, depending on your fitness! The start of the main valley, where all the flores are, is a further 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Ghangaria.