About the Trek
About The Valley: The "valley of flowers" was accidentally discovered in 1931, when a team of British mountaineers consisting of Francis Smythe, Eric Shipton and Romilly Holdsworth were returning from a successful summit of Mt. Kamet and they lost the way ending up in this beautiful valley decked up with numerous flowers. Francis later went on to publish a book about this valley which bought it to the limelight of the world. In 1982, this valley was declared a National Park. In 2005, The Valley of Flowers National Park was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is situated at an altitude of approx 3600m/11800ft in North Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India and is famous for its meadows full of endemic alpine flowers. The park is spread across an area of 87.50sq.km and is home to a variety of birds and animals. The best time to visit the valley is from July to early September when it is filled with a variety of colourful flowers. Some of these flowers a...