Horton Plains & World's End

The story

A high-altitude plateau of misty grasslands, cloud forest, and icy streams, Horton Plains National Park culminates at World's End — a sheer 870-metre cliff where the escarpment falls away to the tea country below. The circular trail also passes Baker's Falls and offers rare sightings of sambar deer and endemic bird species.

Highlights

• World's End 870m sheer cliff
• Baker's Falls
• Endemic montane wildlife
• 9km loop trail through cloud forest

Things to do here

1. 1Complete the 9km Big & Little World's End loop hike
2. 2Photograph the 870m cliff drop at sunrise
3. 3Visit Baker's Falls along the trail
4. 4Spot sambar deer, purple-faced langurs and endemic birds
5. 5Guided sunrise trek from Nuwara Eliya
6. 6Combine with a Pattipola–Ohiya tea-country train ride