About Valley fo flower

The Valley Of Flowers is God Own Garden, this park spread over an area of 87.5 km has the largest collection of wild flower species which enchanting you. The beauty of the park is enhanced by the Pushpawati river flowing in the vicinity overlooked by the towering Rataban peak in the background. More than 300 species of wild flowers like Saxifrags, Sediams, Lilies, Blue Poppy, Calendular, Daisies, Denthus, Turmopsis, Primula, Dadiculatar, Pontitala, Geranium, Cipro Nepolysis, Holly, Pansy, Zinnia, Petunia, Fox, Caropsis Dynthus and many more. These flowers full of bloom and swing with life during the monsoons.

In 1931 Frank visited here the sublime beauty and a myriad collection of wild flowers and eventually inspired to write a book ‘Smyth a mountaineer, botanist and a great nature enthusiast, who accidently fumbled down into this wonder land while coming from his successful Kamet expedition. He found dumb himself by the sheer beauty of it’. Before the exploration and popularization of it the local people were frequently visiting the valley for their daily need of precious medicinal herbs and other life supporting elements.
In September 1982 the govt of India declared it as national park to preserve its precious flora and fauna because some of the species were found endangered. In July 2005 was figured in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO. •