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Yumthang valley of flowers

The Yumthang Valley or Sikkim Valley of Flowers haven is a nature asylum with the waterway, hot springs, yaks and nibbling field on moving glades encompassed by the Himalayan mountains in the North Sikkim area of Sikkim state in India. It is at a rise of 3,564 meters 11,693 ft above MSL at a separation of 150 kilometres 93 mi from the state capital Gangtok. It is prominently known as ‘Valley of Flowers’ and is home to the Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, which has more than twenty-four types of the rhododendron, the state bloom.

The blossoming season is from late February and to mid-June when innumerable blossoms sprout to cover the valley in diverse shades of the rainbow.6 A tributary of the stream Teesta streams past the valley and the town of Lachung, the closest possessed focus. Yumthang is shut amongst December and March because of substantial snowfall. There is additionally a hot spring in the valley.

Yumthang Valley is a beautiful valley situated in north Sikkim. It sits at an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea-level, so naturally, home to many beautiful Himalayan flowers. It is rightfully called a valley of flowers, although that name is associated with the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand. Yumthang Valley is extremely picturesque, with green slopes covered with trees, yaks grazing in the flower-spangled grassy plains below, and a river flowing right through the valley. The serene and tranquil air of the Valley cannot be described in words. A single visit there can leave the visitor in an enchanted state for weeks.

It also happens to be situated at what is called “the tree-line”, the altitude above which there are no trees. This makes the Yumthang Valley unique in that it has trees and Rhododendrons, and yet abounds in tiny, low-growing Himalayan flowers. The Valley has an astounding, over 24 species of Rhododendrons which paint the Valley red in spring. Rhododendrons are shrubs or trees, and different species of Rhododendron cover different large stretches of the Valley.

In spring, the Valley looks like a collage of little forests of different colours. The flowering of Rhododendrons is over by May end. During monsoons, starting in June, the Valley blooms with all kinds of tiny Himalayan flowers, like the Primroses, Cinquefoils, Louseworts and Cobra-lilies. This is a much more enchanting scenario, but takes a keen viewer, with an eye for detail, to truly appreciate.

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