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Getting to the Valley of Flowers National Park is a 14km trek on a steep stone pathway littered with mule shit, your back breaking under the weight of your rucksack—but it’s worth it. Hidden among rocky mountain faces, there’s a profusion of flowers as far as the eye can see.
Lying in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, the valley starts at an altitude of 3,200m and rises gently to 6,675m. With more than 500 types of flowers, the Pushpawati river meandering through it and the Tipra glacier in the distance, it’s an oasis of grassy meadows in otherwise rugged mountainous terrain.
The valley was discovered in 1931 by a team of British mountaineers led by Frank Smythe. But the better known, rather more loved explorer was a British botanist, Margaret Legge. The story goes that in 1939, while collecting specimens in the valley, Legge slipped and died. Her sister returned a year later and put up a tombstone in her memory. The Valley of Flowers National Park is now recognized by Unesco as a World Heritage Site for its exotic and endangered flora and fauna.
The valley was discovered in 1931 by a team of British mountaineers led by Frank Smythe. But the better known, rather more loved explorer was a British botanist, Margaret Legge. The story goes that in 1939, while collecting specimens in the valley, Legge slipped and died. Her sister returned a year later and put up a tombstone in her memory. The Valley of Flowers National Park is now recognized by Unesco as a World Heritage Site for its exotic and endangered flora and fauna.
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