Doon Valley
Dun or doon in the colloquial language means valley. This 120-kilometers-long valley holds the administrative center of Garhwal and the UP hills, Dehra Dun. The valley is 225 kilometers north of Delhi and is seen merely as a staging post on the way to the hill station of Mussoorie and the Garhwal interior. The valley never gets hot in summer and snows very rarely in winter. Doon valley is famous for the long-grain rice called basmati. The rice is unique in being hemmed in by the Yamuna to the west and Ganges at Rishikesh to the east. The Rajaji National Park known for the wild elephants is situated in the east of the valley.

Bhyundar valley
An alternative trail splits left from Ghangaria, climbing 5 kilometers to the mountain bugyals of the Bhyundar valley - the Valley Of The Flowers. Starting at an altitude of 3352m, the valley was discovered in 1931 by the visionary mountaineer, Frank Smythe, who named it, not surprisingly, on account of its multitude of rare plants and beautiful flowers. The meadows are at their best towards the end of the monsoons, in early September.