Facing Extinction:Western Tragopan breeding program headed for disaster Shimla: After spending crores of rupees on conservation breeding of Western Tragopan, a highly endangered Western Himalayan pheasant facing extinction, the program is but an apparent failure that the wild life officials and an overseas consultant refuse to acknowledge. Reliable sources revealed that in March-April, 2010 nearly [...]

Kullu: The Forest Department is becoming proactive in its ecotourism training especially in the Great Himalayan National Park. A 10 day first aid cum Wilderness Emergency Rescue course sponsored by the Great Himalayan National Park began on the 5th of December 2009. It consisted of 20 persons belonging to the Wildlife and Forest department, Ecotourism [...]

THE GHNP has been described as undoubtedly the most pristine mountain landscape in the Western Himalayas… and perhaps the planet. From the Andes to Nepal and Tibet, to the mountains of Eastern Europe and Western China – the pressures of a growing human population have left the landscape – even so-called “national parks’ – overgrazed, [...]

THE GREAT HIMALAYAN NATIONAL PARK September, 28, 2009. The members of the Sunshine –BTCA Adventure team yesterday managed to rescue a cub of a Himalayan black bear from the clutches of the mighty Tirthan. Aditya Sood (Panki) ,the group leader while trekking to Rolla heard the cries of a small cub and began tracing it [...]

The issues surrounding the protection of a large area (754 km2) like the unique ecosystem of the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) are varied and complex. One of the primary problems is convincing rural, poor village communities of the value in protecting areas which have traditionally been used as a livelihood resource. The topic has [...]

Most of my friends and family have already dismissed me as an eccentric because I take off for the high mountain climbs every season the snow melts. Why can’t I join the mainstream rush to the driveable hill retreats, they ask me. All I tell them is what I am sharing with you now, that [...]

Shimla: For the wide and rare variety of wildlife and high biological diversity that Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu shelters, it has been short listed for being considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Justifying GHNP’s inclusion in the short list for a world heritage status, UNECSO on its site states that “representation [...]

Shimla: Success rate in captive breeding of the exotic and threatened Western Tragopan pheasant has its best chance this season for not only have the hens laid 52 eggs, but with the first lot having hatched, a chick has broken through the shell and is alive and kicking. Amidst scenic surroundings at the Sarahan peasantry, [...]

Not many of you have ever heard of Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP). A piece of 765 sq-km area of land offers a vast range of tourism varieties to those seeking refreshing and adventurous break from their routine work. Far from busy and noisy life of cities, about 60-km from Kullu town, GHNP is a [...]

Not many of us know that just 60 kms away from Kullu town lies a 765 sq km area known as the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP). As management students we were given the task to build a sustainable model for ecotourism in the park but when we started our project on the its promotion [...]

As two nature enthusiasts from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai we were quite excited when we were lucky enough to get an opportunity to work as part of our curriculum (Development of Corporate Citizenship – DOCC) with My Himachal on an eco-tourism project for the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in the [...]

YEW Tree Himalayan black bear Herd of blue sheep Courtesy: Dr. Sanjeeva Pandey

I recently emerged from the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), where I lived for two months while carrying out biological fieldwork about the impact of local villagers on pheasant populations. As an American ecologist, I was intrigued by the eco-development implemented in GHNP and thus initiated a project to acquire an Indian perspective on the [...]

On Wednesday April 30, 2008, my wife Kimberly and I set off on an overnight bus from New Delhi to Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Though the “Volvo” bus was several hours late, the trip was relatively comfortable. The next morning, we disembarked from the bus just before the Aut tunnel in the lower Kullu Valley and [...]

The much anticipated first eco tour by US based adventure speaker, anthropologist, author and TV Personality, Dr. Jeff Salz and his team of adventurers got completed in Himachal’s Great Himalayan National Park. They hiked first time to “Chakri Peak”! First Ascent: Chakri Peak 17,000 feet (approximately) Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh, India September 11th, [...]

The popularity of the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is growing as a preferred Eco-tourism destination in the Himalayas. A trek to the park was recently featured in the “The Hindu” magazine. The GHNP is a 754.4 sq km. protected area located in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. Its final notification as a National Park [...]

Tribune news article The Sahara-Sunshine Adventures in association with the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Department and The Bio Diversity Conservation Society – Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) held Himachal’s first-ever nature photography competition here today. Mr Payson R. Stevens (a trained earth scientist and founder of InterNetwork, Inc and InterNetwork Media, Inc. (www.in-media.com), his companies worked [...]

While browsing for nature parks of Himachal I came across The great Himalayan national park website, which is a group of nature adventurers working for the conservation of the this vast park. Himachal has more than 50% green area and is major source of herbal medicines and is famous for various nature treks thousands of [...]