Valley of Flowers
Altitude: 3,658m
Altitude
3,658m
Best Time
July to September
Nearest Airport
Jolly Grant Airport (295 km)
Nearest Railway
Rishikesh Railway Station (276 km)
About Valley of Flowers
The Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Parks is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uttarakhand, India. It possesses of two core areas about 20 km apart, made up by the Nanda Devi National Park and the Valley of Flowers National Park, plus an encompassing Combined Buffer Zone.
In 1988, the site was inscribed as Nanda Devi National Park (India). In 2005, it was expanded to encompass the Valley of Flowers National Park and a larger buffer zone and it was renamed to Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks.