PlanningTravel note
You can't camp inside the valley
Valley of Flowers entry, Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand
Published Oct 10, 2026 · RegretMap travel note
The situation
Visitors enter the park from Ghangaria for the day and must come back out the same day. The valley goes much further than most people manage to walk, so the return time sets how far you get.
What catches people out
Starting late leaves only a short stretch of the valley to see.
The lesson
Spend the night at Ghangaria and enter as soon as the gate opens.
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