Anyone looking north from Mussoorie or Dhanaulti will be gazing across the Aglar Valley. From the valley floor rises the Nag Tibba range, beyond which stand the snow peaks of the mighty Great Himalayan Range. The wide valley of the Aglar is drained by the namesake river, a westward-flowing tributary of the Yamuna, into which …
Bird watching in Govind Pashu Vihar The Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a mid-to high-altitude Himalayan region in the Garhwal Himalayas, covering an area of 958 sq. km. The Har-ki-dun trek to the base of the Jaundhar glacier is one of the most spectacular treks at this altitude in the Western …
The Mussoorie hills form the northern boundary of the Dehra Dun valley and has altitude of 2300 m. The ridge superfluous runs roughly on an east to west axis and the northern side falls away into the Aglar Valley. There are a variety of habitats here from steep grassy hillsides, mixed hill forest, oak-rhododendron forest, …
