Photo Credits & Image Licences
Many of the photographs in our destination and heritage galleries were generously shared by photographers under Creative Commons licences. Every one of them is credited here.
This page lists 130 photographs sourced from Wikimedia Commons, together with the photographer, the licence the photograph is published under, and a link to the original file. 125 of them are published under licences that require attribution; the remainder are public-domain dedications, credited here as a courtesy.
Some images have been cropped or resized to fit our page layouts. No other changes have been made, and no photograph has been altered in a way that misrepresents what it shows.
Photographs of our own tours, guests, team and property — including everything on the travel gallery — belong to Goforth Elevate Tourism and are not listed here.
If you are the rights holder of an image and something on this page is wrong or incomplete, please write to tourismsupport@go4thservices.com and we will correct it.
Heritage & Cultural Tour Galleries
Photographs of the crafts, festivals, architecture and food featured on our heritage and cultural tour pages.
46 photographs| Photograph | Photographer | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakralu Temple Rohrubakralu-temple-rohru.jpg | Amanpanta1990 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Akhand Chandi Palacechamba-akhand-chandi-palace.jpg | Varun Shiv Kapur from New Delhi, India | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Chamba Folk Dancechamba-folk-dance.jpg | Kalitgautam | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Karna Phoolchamba-karna-phool.jpg | SpeakingArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Miniature Paintingchamba-miniature-painting.jpg | SpeakingArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Minjar Chauganchamba-minjar-chaugan.jpg | Kalitgautam | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Necklacechamba-necklace.jpg | SpeakingArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Rang Mahalchamba-rang-mahal.jpg | SpeakingArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chamba Rumal Embroiderychamba-rumal-embroidery.jpg | Unknown | Public domain | View original |
| Dalhousie St Johns Churchdalhousie-st-johns-church.jpg | Divyang.pandya | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Himachali Sadri Jackethimachali-sadri-jacket.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kangra Fort Heritagekangra-fort-heritage.jpg | Twinkle.luthra | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kangra Miniature Dharamshalakangra-miniature-dharamshala.jpg | SpeakingArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Apple Orchardkinnaur-apple-orchard.jpg | Sumita Roy Dutta | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Bridal Nathkinnaur-bridal-nath.jpg | Sapna Sony | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Chandra Haarkinnaur-chandra-haar.jpg | Sapna Sony | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Kalpa Villagekinnaur-kalpa-village.jpg | Amanpanta1990 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Kamru Fortkinnaur-kamru-fort.jpg | Ashish Gupta from Noida, India | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Nati Dancekinnaur-nati-dance.jpg | Ramesh Lalwani | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Prayer Wheelkinnaur-prayer-wheel.jpg | Aniketalam | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Recong Peokinnaur-recong-peo.jpg | Gerd Eichmann | CC BY 4.0 | View original |
| Kinnaur Tribal Womenkinnaur-tribal-women.jpg | Monicagrocks | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Apple Orchardkullu-apple-orchard.jpg | This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@yahoo.com or write on my talk page, for my information. Please contact me before commercial use. Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved.Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Beas Riverkullu-beas-river.jpg | Original: Biswarup Ganguly Derivative work: UnpetitproleX | CC BY 3.0 | View original |
| Kullu Budhi Diwali Dancekullu-budhi-diwali-dance.jpg | Chandrikan36 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Budhi Diwalikullu-budhi-diwali.jpg | Chandrikan36 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Dussehra Festivalkullu-dussehra-festival.jpg | Kondephy | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Kullu Faglikullu-fagli.jpg | Banchida | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Himachali Sockskullu-himachali-socks.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Shawl Weavingkullu-shawl-weaving.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Siddukullu-siddu.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullu Valley Townkullu-valley-town.jpg | UnpetitproleX | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kullvi House Pattukullvi-house-pattu.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Ladakh Folk Danceladakh-folk-dance.jpg | Peter Olshevsky | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Ladakh Matho Prayer Wheelsladakh-matho-prayer-wheels.jpg | Christopher Michel | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Ladakh Momosladakh-momos.jpg | Sumita Roy Dutta | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Ladakh Perak Headdressladakh-perak-headdress.jpg | 123shob123 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Fagli Snacksspiti-fagli-snacks.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Hikkim Villagespiti-hikkim-village.jpg | Sumita Roy Dutta | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Himachali Capspiti-himachali-cap.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Komic Villagespiti-komic-village.jpg | Sumita Roy Dutta | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Langza Villagespiti-langza-village.jpg | Sumita Roy Dutta | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Losar Villagespiti-losar-village.jpg | Timothy Gonsalves | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Mudbrick Villagespiti-mudbrick-village.jpg | This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@yahoo.com or write on my talk page, for my information. Please contact me before commercial use. Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved.Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Sattuspiti-sattu.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Spiti Tingmospiti-tingmo.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
European Destination Galleries
Photographs of the landmarks shown on our international destination pages.
48 photographs| Photograph | Photographer | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallstatt Villageintl-austria-hallstatt.jpg | C.Stadler/Bwag | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Golden Roof, Innsbruckintl-austria-innsbruck.jpg | Bbb | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Melk Abbey, Wachau Valleyintl-austria-melk.jpg | Thomas Ledl | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburgintl-austria-salzburg.jpg | C.Stadler/Bwag | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Schönbrunn Palace, Viennaintl-austria-schonbrunn.jpg | C.Stadler/Bwag | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Vienna State Operaintl-austria-vienna-opera.jpg | Wiener Staatsoper GmbH | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Château de Chambord, Loire Valleyintl-france-chambord.jpg | Carsten Steger | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Eiffel Tower, Parisintl-france-eiffel-tower.jpg | Benh LIEU SONG | Public domain | View original |
| The Louvre, Parisintl-france-louvre.jpg | Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Mont Saint-Michel, Normandyintl-france-mont-saint-michel.jpg | Amaustan | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| French Riviera, Niceintl-france-riviera.jpg | 3602kiva | CC0 | View original |
| Palace of Versaillesintl-france-versailles.jpg | ToucanWings | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Acropolis of Athensintl-greece-acropolis.jpg | Giles Laurent | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Meteora Monasteriesintl-greece-meteora.jpg | Stathis floros | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Paraportiani Church, Mykonosintl-greece-mykonos.jpg | Bernard Gagnon | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Navagio Beach, Zakynthosintl-greece-navagio.jpg | Wilnel José Verdú Guerrero | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| The Parthenon, Athensintl-greece-parthenon.jpg | Steve Swayne | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Oia, Santoriniintl-greece-santorini.jpg | TomasEE | CC BY 3.0 | View original |
| Amalfi Coastintl-italy-amalfi.jpg | Bruno Rijsman | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Colosseum, Romeintl-italy-colosseum.jpg | FeaturedPics | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Leaning Tower of Pisaintl-italy-pisa.jpg | Arne Müseler | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | View original |
| Trevi Fountain, Romeintl-italy-trevi.jpg | NikonZ7II | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Val d'Orcia, Tuscanyintl-italy-tuscany.jpg | Carlo cattaneo fotografie | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Grand Canal, Veniceintl-italy-venice.jpg | Didier Descouens | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Canals of Amsterdamintl-netherlands-amsterdam-canals.jpg | Andrés Barrios | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Giethoornintl-netherlands-giethoorn.jpg | PhotoBobil | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Keukenhof Tulip Gardensintl-netherlands-keukenhof.jpg | Urdulife | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kinderdijk Windmillsintl-netherlands-kinderdijk.jpg | Lucas Hirschegger | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Rijksmuseum, Amsterdamintl-netherlands-rijksmuseum.jpg | Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) | CC BY 4.0 | View original |
| Zaanse Schansintl-netherlands-zaanse-schans.jpg | Zairon | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Alfama District, Lisbonintl-portugal-alfama.jpg | Arne Müseler | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | View original |
| Ponta da Piedade, Algarveintl-portugal-algarve.jpg | Arne Müseler | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | View original |
| Belém Tower, Lisbonintl-portugal-belem-tower.jpg | Lisbon Photoshoots | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Douro Valleyintl-portugal-douro.jpg | Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Pena Palace, Sintraintl-portugal-pena-palace.jpg | CEphoto, Uwe Aranas | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Dom Luís I Bridge, Portointl-portugal-porto.jpg | Deensel | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| Alhambra, Granadaintl-spain-alhambra.jpg | Jebulon | CC0 | View original |
| Mezquita, Córdobaintl-spain-cordoba.jpg | Toni Castillo Quero | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Ibiza Old Townintl-spain-ibiza.jpg | Forbfruit at German Wikipedia | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Park Güell, Barcelonaintl-spain-park-guell.jpg | essetefano | CC BY 3.0 | View original |
| Sagrada Família, Barcelonaintl-spain-sagrada-familia.jpg | Canaan | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Plaza de España, Sevilleintl-spain-seville.jpg | Carlos Delgado | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Interlakenintl-switzerland-interlaken.jpg | Rectilinium | CC0 | View original |
| Jungfraujoch — Top of Europeintl-switzerland-jungfraujoch.jpg | Pmau | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chillon Castle, Lake Genevaintl-switzerland-lake-geneva.jpg | Giles Laurent | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Lauterbrunnen Valleyintl-switzerland-lauterbrunnen.jpg | Chensiyuan | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Chapel Bridge, Lucerneintl-switzerland-lucerne.jpg | Simon Koopmann | CC BY-SA 2.5 | View original |
| Matterhorn, Zermattintl-switzerland-matterhorn.jpg | Photo: chil, on Camptocamp.org Derivative work:Zacharie Grossen | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
Destination, Package & Blog Photographs
Photographs used as page headers and in article imagery across the destination guides, tour packages and travel blog.
36 photographs| Photograph | Photographer | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 080 Bengal Tiger In Ranthambore National Park Photo By Giles Laurent080_bengal_tiger_in_ranthambore_national_park_photo_by_giles_laurent.jpg | Giles Laurent | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| 20191210 Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur 1016 783420191210_mehrangarh_fort-_jodhpur_1016_7834.jpg | Jakub Hałun | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Bara Imambara Lucknowbara_imambara_lucknow.jpg | Muhammad Mahdi Karim | GFDL 1.2 | View original |
| Christ Church The Ridge Shimlachrist_church_-_the_ridge_shimla.jpg | Virusism | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Cst Rumi Darwaza Lucknowcst_-_rumi_darwaza-_lucknow.jpg | Chandra Shekhar Tripathi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| East Facade Hawa Mahal Jaipur From Ground Level July 2022 Img 01east_facade_hawa_mahal_jaipur_from_ground_level_-july_2022-_-_img_01.jpg | Chainwit. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Empty Shikara On Dal Lake Srinagar India 2013 08 23 Flickr 9967093983empty_shikara_on_dal_lake-_srinagar-_india_2013-08-23_-flickr_9967093983-.jpg | Fulvio Spada from Torino, Italy | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Front Elevation Of Basilica Of Bom Jesusfront_elevation_of_basilica_of_bom_jesus.jpg | iMahesh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Golden Temple Amritsar At Night 02golden_temple-_amritsar_at_night_02.jpg | Slyronit | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Hamandir Sahib Golden Templehamandir_sahib_-golden_temple-.jpg | This picture has been taken by Oleg Yunakov. Contact e-mail: yunakovgmail.com. Image can be used in accordance with the terms of the СС-BY-SA license. Other photos can be seen here. | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Houseboat On Alleppey Backwaters Kerala India 2023 52703799562houseboat_on_alleppey_backwaters_-kerala-_india_2023-_-52703799562-.jpg | Paul Arps from The Netherlands | CC BY 2.0 | View original |
| India Gate 1 New Delhiindia_gate_1_-new_delhi-.jpg | Subeesh Balan സുഭീഷ് ബാലൻ | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Jaipur 03 2016 02 Amber Fortjaipur_03-2016_02_amber_fort.jpg | A.Savin | FAL | View original |
| Jaisalmer Fort Indiajaisalmer_fort-_india.jpg | Clément Bardot | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kerala Backwaters Palm Trees Indiakerala_backwaters-_palm_trees-_india.jpg | Vyacheslav Argenberg | CC BY 4.0 | View original |
| Khajjiar Dalhousiekhajjiar_dalhousie.jpg | Ashish Sharma | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Kochi Chinese Fishing Net 20080215 01akochi_chinese_fishing-net-20080215-01a.jpg | Hans A. Rosbach | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View original |
| Kufri Simla Himachal India 5kufri_simla_himachal_india_-5-.jpg | Shahnoor Habib Munmun | CC BY 3.0 | View original |
| Maldives Maafushimaldives-maafushi.jpg | Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View original |
| Pangong Tso 2pangong_tso_2.jpg | KennyOMG | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Paragliding At Bir Hpparagliding_at_bir-_hp.jpg | Original: PanWoyteczekDerivative work: UnpetitproleX | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| River Rafting In Ganga Near Ram Jhula Rishikesh 03river_rafting_in_ganga_near_ram_jhula_rishikesh_03.jpg | Goutam1962 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Rock Garden Memory Stone Chandigarh Indiarock_garden_memory_stone-_chandigarh-_india.jpg | Subhrajyoti07 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Shimla Skylineshimla_skyline.jpg | UnpetitproleX | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Side Elevation Of Basilica Of Bom Jesusside_elevation_of_basilica_of_bom_jesus.jpg | iMahesh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Solang Valley Paragliding View Manali Himachal Pardes Indiasolang_valley_-paragliding_view-_manali-_himachal_pardes-india.jpg | Harvinder Chandigarh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Solang Valley In Manalisolang_valley_in_manali.jpg | TulikaPriyadarshini | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Solang Valley Manalisolang_valley-_manali.jpg | Vikas Choudhary | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Statue Of The Buddha In Namgyal Monasterystatue_of_the_buddha_in_namgyal_monastery.jpg | Bernard Gagnon | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Stream Parbati Kullu Himachal Nov21 D72 21167stream_parbati_kullu_himachal_nov21_d72_21167.jpg | This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@yahoo.com or write on my talk page, for my information. Please contact me before commercial use. Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved.Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Taj Mahal Agra India Edit2taj_mahal-_agra-_india_edit2.jpg | Yann; edited by King of Hearts | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Thiksey Monastery Ladakh 15thiksey_monastery-_ladakh_15.jpg | Bernard Gagnon Canon EOS REBEL T4i | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Tourists At The Taj Mahaltourists_at_the_taj_mahal.jpg | Buiobuione | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Train At Summer Hill Railway Station On The Kalka Shimla Railway 1train_at_summer_hill_railway_station_on_the_kalka-shimla_railway-1.jpg | Rajani Gairshail | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |
| Triund Trek Kangratriund_trek-_kangra.jpg | Meerah Dhiman | CC BY 4.0 | View original |
| Triund Dharamsalatriund-_dharamsala.jpg | Mohitb1991 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View original |