Visitors are greeted with a colorful bouquet of flowers as the Valley of Flowers, a UNESCO World Heritage site, located in the Himalayan mountains in the Uttarakhand region of Chamoli is open to visitors on Wednesday. a valley at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters on opening day, said Forest Area Inanda Chief Inanda Ballabh Joshi.
Twelve species of flowers are in full bloom these days in a valley spread over an area of ​​87.5 square km where 500 species of flowers grow between June-October, he said. The Valley of Flowers will remain open until October 31. Apart from flowers, visitors can also see a variety of birds and Himalayan herbs in a valley surrounded by snowcapped peaks.
However, visitors can stay in the village until two o’clock in the afternoon after which they must return to Ghangariya, a village camp about two miles [3 km] away. Great excitement among the guests was evident on the opening day as the facility was fully reopened after a two-year gap due to the COVID-19 epidemic, he said. Tourists from all over the country and abroad want all sorts of information about this valley this year which is an indication of foot growth. Due to the Covid epidemic the flower valley could not remain open for the entire five-month period in 2020 and 2021. Even the number of visitors to the site was very limited during the season due to various restrictions and the Covid agreement, says Jososhi.
