Great world's end- parque Nacional Hortons Plain
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.38 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,276 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,276 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,021 ft
- TrailRank
- 54
- Min elevation
- 6,665 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 15 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 46 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1463
- Uploaded
- November 4, 2023
- Recorded
- November 2023
near Hortonplains, Central (Sri Lanka)
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Walk through the Horton Plains National Park Sri Lanka, to the World's End viewpoint, a viewpoint that falls 850 meters, to then take you to Baker's Falls.
The guides recommend starting the route very early, before 7:00-7:30 to reach the elevation before 9:00, the time after which the clouds rise and hide the landscape. For 5 people we paid almost 10,000 rupees. From this point, it is still another 5-10 minutes by car to the start of the walk, where they check your backpacks to avoid bringing plastic into the park.
Signposted and easy route, without technical difficulty, on an obvious path even with water on the roads.
The first section of the route is shared on the round trip. It is about 800 meters along a comfortable track, at times even tiled, until the fork where you can choose whether to walk clockwise or counterclockwise. The distance to the End of the World according to the signs: 3.5 kilometers. We chose the first option to save Baker waterfall for last.
The path immediately enters a forest, until reaching Little World's End, a viewpoint from which you can already see good views of the Kiriketi River.
At this point you can choose to continue along the main path inside the mountain, which comfortably leads to the large signposted End of the World. Or head, first up the slope and then down, along the crest of the mountain for 500 meters, fabulous views of the valley and the main viewpoint in the distance (End of the World, a little steeper and narrow paths among a lot of vegetation. .
An information sign warns of the risk of this second variant, but the stretch is not complicated if you are physically prepared. This path connects half a kilometer ahead with the main inland path that leaves Little World's End.
From the intersection of both roads you reach World's End after traveling about 700 meters, again between the trees, which clear at the End of the World, the panoramic view extends dozens of kilometers to the south, with small towns in the depths of the valley. and other mountains silhouetted in front.
We followed the path to the Baker waterfall, a waterfall on the Belihul River, which is two kilometers away. You cross landscapes that combine undulating plains and gentle hills where rhododendrons grow. First we cross a small stream over a wooden bridge, to then see the Belihul River, whose southern bank we follow in parallel but at a certain distance until we enter another section of forest, at the beginning of which there are some bathrooms and a water tap. a short
A climb but intense to the Baker waterfall.
The route continues again under the open sky, leaving the lush forests to travel through the hilly landscape again. After two kilometers and overcoming another wooden bridge and a small dam, we reach the initial fork, where we only have to undo the 900-meter stretch to the barrier where we started the route four hours earlier.
The guides recommend starting the route very early, before 7:00-7:30 to reach the elevation before 9:00, the time after which the clouds rise and hide the landscape. For 5 people we paid almost 10,000 rupees. From this point, it is still another 5-10 minutes by car to the start of the walk, where they check your backpacks to avoid bringing plastic into the park.
Signposted and easy route, without technical difficulty, on an obvious path even with water on the roads.
The first section of the route is shared on the round trip. It is about 800 meters along a comfortable track, at times even tiled, until the fork where you can choose whether to walk clockwise or counterclockwise. The distance to the End of the World according to the signs: 3.5 kilometers. We chose the first option to save Baker waterfall for last.
The path immediately enters a forest, until reaching Little World's End, a viewpoint from which you can already see good views of the Kiriketi River.
At this point you can choose to continue along the main path inside the mountain, which comfortably leads to the large signposted End of the World. Or head, first up the slope and then down, along the crest of the mountain for 500 meters, fabulous views of the valley and the main viewpoint in the distance (End of the World, a little steeper and narrow paths among a lot of vegetation. .
An information sign warns of the risk of this second variant, but the stretch is not complicated if you are physically prepared. This path connects half a kilometer ahead with the main inland path that leaves Little World's End.
From the intersection of both roads you reach World's End after traveling about 700 meters, again between the trees, which clear at the End of the World, the panoramic view extends dozens of kilometers to the south, with small towns in the depths of the valley. and other mountains silhouetted in front.
We followed the path to the Baker waterfall, a waterfall on the Belihul River, which is two kilometers away. You cross landscapes that combine undulating plains and gentle hills where rhododendrons grow. First we cross a small stream over a wooden bridge, to then see the Belihul River, whose southern bank we follow in parallel but at a certain distance until we enter another section of forest, at the beginning of which there are some bathrooms and a water tap. a short
A climb but intense to the Baker waterfall.
The route continues again under the open sky, leaving the lush forests to travel through the hilly landscape again. After two kilometers and overcoming another wooden bridge and a small dam, we reach the initial fork, where we only have to undo the 900-meter stretch to the barrier where we started the route four hours earlier.
Waypoints
River
6,920 ft
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Lake
Tree
Intersection
Summit
Bridge
Fauna
Waterfall
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