Hemis National Park is named after the famous monastery Hemis Gompa. The beautification of Hemis National Park is enhanced by the overview of Indus River, in its north, and the catchments areas of Markha, Sumdah, and Rumbak streams and parts of the Zanskar ranges. Hemis National Park is reckoned as the "Snow Leopard Capital of India". It is situated at an altitudinal range of 3,300m to 6,000m, and exhibits a wide variety of wildlife. This park is a high altitude national park located in the Eastern Ladakh region.

In 1981, the Hemis National Park came to be known as one of the national parks of India. This park is one of the major tourist attractions for the Indus River that fences the area. Being the largest notified protected area in India and the largest national park of India, Hemis National Park is the abode of a wide variety of floras and faunas. The major biomes in Hemis National Park include dry Himalayan subtropical pine forests, Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows and Himalayan Alpine tundra. The park is the abode of about 200 snow leopards, Argali (Great Tibetan Sheep), Bharal (Blue Sheep), Shapu (Ladakhi Urial), and livestock including a small number of the Asiatic Ibex, Tibetan Wolf, the Eurasian Brown Bear (endangered in India), and the Red Fox. Moreover, small mammals including the Himalayan Marmot, Mountain Weasel and the Himalayan Mouse Hare are also present in Hemis National Park. Moreover, birds like Golden Eagle, Lammergeier vulture, and the Himalayan Griffon vulture are also observed in Hemis.

The Hemis National Park is known for rare dry forests of juniper, birch, fir, alpine grasslands and scrublands. The famous flora of the Park includes sparse grasslands, herbaceous vegetation, Junipers, Myricaria, Poplar, Salix, Birch, Astragalus, Taraxacum, Leortopodium, Ephedra and many sparse types of grassland.

The Hemis National Park is known to be the abode of some rare species of animals and plants that are mainly of frosty region.

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