This female Himalayan black bear was with her two cubs on the other side of the valley at Nikachu on one of my journeys to my hometown in east. Unfortunately, i couldn’t put her cubs in my frame. Anyhow, it is said that the female bears
In Bhutan, pikas are native to cold climates of rocky mountainsides above 4000m. It’s a small mammal among a few others that could live at such heights. But what it lacks in size, it makes up in its smartness. Despite the small size, pikas are very
Rheum nobile or Sikkim rhubarb is a giant herbaceous plant, native to the Himalayas that grows at around 4000m – 4800m, quite often in inaccessible locations. With the height of about 1 – 2 m, they stand tall and handsome above all other herbs and shrubs
I consider myself lucky when I take a look back to all those plant expeditions that I had been privileged to lead, all through those places of unsurpassed beauty in the high Himalayas of Bhutan over the years as a mountain guide, plant enthusiast, an amateur
On my recent trek through the alpine regions high above Thimphu and Paro, I came across this lovely female musk deer, and i have managed to capture a few shots before it disappeared into the thicket of rhododendrons. The musk deer live high up in forested and
Corybas himalaicus, a species rare and so beautiful, originally endemic to the Himalayas, is one of the smallest orchids. In Bhutan, it can be seen growing in the coniferous forests at an elevation of around 3200 meters.