Flowers in Valley of flowers

There are around 650 different type of flowers found in Valley of flowers. The above gallery shows some of them. According to us at least 40% of the flowers found in valley of flowers are of Bluish or purple blue shade. For example Aconitum Balfourii, Aconitum violaceum, Blue Poppy, Cyananthus-Microphyllus, Cyananthus Lobatus, Corydalis, Geranium Wallichianum, Cicerbita Macrorhiza, Gagealutea, Gentiana Phyllocalyx and many more. Details of all the flowers are given on separate pages you can click on the small images below to know more about a particular flower.

The maximum number of flowers is seen in last week of July. By number we mean quantity in terms quantity per type of flowers as well as number of types of flowers seen. You can see flowers in large number during this period. The best time to see flowers is mid July to mid August. Ironically this is the period when landslides occur on the way from Haridwar to Badrinath. But this is the cost to see the heaven on the earth. Last year many people cancelled their trip to Valley of flowers due to rains and landslides. Actually landslides generally take less time to clear then traffic jams at metros. BRO (Border Road Organization) works very efficiently and generally clears it the road soon. We always provide authentic and up to date information about the road conditions on the way to Valley of flowers.

Fixed Departures for 2013

Following are the fixed departures of 2013, generally these trips are for 6 days from Haridwar.

1. 30 June to 05 July
2. 07 to 12 July
3. 21 to 27 July (7 Days)* (Full)
4. 28 July to 03 August (7 Days)*
5. 04 to 10 August (7 Days)*
6. 11 to 17 August (7 Days)*
7. 25 to 30 August
8. 01 to 06 September
9. 15 to 20 September
10. 22 to 27 September

* One extra day for Valley of flowers, Read this article, why we need an extra day. (We will be going into deeper parts of the Valley of flowers)

Watch below video to see deeper parts of Valley of flowers. Kindly watch it in full screen.

Trekking tours to valley of flowers conducted in 2012

1. 26th May to 1st June
2. 9th July to 14th July
3. 29th July to 4th Aug.
4. 10th Aug. to 15th Aug.
5. 2nd Sept. to 7th Sept.
6. 16th Sept. to 21st Sept.

Flowers in Valley of flowers

Potentilla Atrisanguinea	Aotentilla-Argyrophylla
Potentilla Cuneifolia	Aconitum Balfourii
Aconitum violaceum	Blue Poppy
Cyananthus-Microphyllus	Cyananthus Lobatus
Saussurea Obvallata	Saussurea Simpsoniana
Saussurea Gossypiphora	Corydalis
Codonopsis Rotundifolia	Geranium Collinum
Geranium Wallichianum	Geranium robertianum
Saxifraga Brunonis	Saxifraga Parnassifolia

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