We started the journey in the early morning from Colombo and we reached Kandy within three hours. We bought all the food items / kerosene oil from Kandy. We planned to stay first night in Deanston Conservation Centre and second night in Dothalugala Cabin and we had no idea that Knuckles has a camping site. If you need to book any of these places you need to book it from “Sampathpaya” Forest Department office and for that you will need a recommendation from a Forest Dept Official.

Then we continued our journey along Kandy – Mahiyangana Road (A26). On the way we stopped near Victoria reservoir to have our breakfast. (If you need to visit Victoria Dam you can visit it on the way but it is strictly prohibited to take photographs. Also do not forget to carry National Identity Card if you have an idea of visiting the Dam.)

When we passed Hunasgiriya town we came across the Hunnasgiriya – Loolwatta Junction.

Hunnasgiriya Sign Board on A26	Hunnasgiriya – Loolwatta Junction
Sceneries on the way to Deanston	Knuckles Sign Board just before the deanston frest office

Hunnasgiriya to Deanston distance is less than 8KM but the road condition was not that good and the van we traveled was driven by the owner so it took more time than we expected.

Anyway we arrived at Deanston around 11AM and we rested before trekking the Mini Worlds End Trail. There are no shops or places you can buy food so its better to buy vegetables / rice and etc from Kandy or Hunnasgiriya like we did. Deanston conservation centre has a cook and his food was delicious.

Deanston Conservation Centre

Tribute…

The above picture I have added as a tribute to the great man who came up with a great idea. This was a great service done by Forest Department.

By the way if you are traveling by bus you can take Mahiyanganaya bus, get down at Hunnasgiriya – Loolwatta Junction and from Hunnasgiriya take bus route 616 ( Hunnasgiriya – Loolwatta ) and get down at Deanston.

Route 616 – Hunnasgiriya - Loolwatte

Mini Worlds End Sign Board

After a good rest we started the Mini Worlds End trail. The trail starts from Deanston conservation centre. You will not need a permit or permission to do the trail. The Forest department has done some wonders by creating the conservation centre and you will be able to get information about Knuckles Range and the forest officers are very nice and informative.

First we went through a cement bridge and then after few meters we came across a small lake.

The Bridge

The Lake

hen we passed the lake we came across a very tiny forest patch. After that we came across a small fence and have to walk over to the other side and continue the trail.

Crew inside the Forest Patch

Walk over Fence

while we were passing this area we saw many “Binara Flowers”. It is known as a threatened endemic flower. (After reading the article I was so worried about the threat to the species and plants endemic to Sri Lanka.)

After climbing few steps and walking few meters we came across a trail through the pine trees

Getting the best Shot…

This point onwards most of the trail is going through pine trees and there are climbs and descends now and then Although trail is fairly flat throughout.

Reaching the end of the road…

We were lucky as we didn’t travel in the rainy season because of that leaches didn’t bother us while doing the mini worlds end trail.

When we reached Mini Worlds End it was sunny and we had the spectacular views. I am inserting few of the photographs in sake of people who hasn’t traveled there. I have some panoramas but I am not going to insert them as I encourage people to go and see.

View from Mini Worlds End	View from Mini Worlds End
Garandi Ella from Mini Worlds End - Zoomed	To Jump or Not to Jump…

We had some biscuits while we were at worlds end. We spent around one hour there and took the group photo. There is a very interesting dead tree on top of Mini Worlds End. On our way we collected garbage we spotted on our way in to a Garbage Bag.

The Dead Tree

Me and My Crew at Mini World's End

We returned to Deanston had our lunch and had some fun. There is a very interesting place if you need to have a bath. Water is crystal clear and Forrest officers have put their effort to build a natural pool. We visited pool area in the afternoon but we wanted to do something adventurous or might be stupid. We had a bath around 10PM and we walked the dead of the night using our head torches. It’s around 150M to the pool from conservation centre. We had no idea about the temperature of the water when we jumped in to the water it was FREEZING!

Spring Water Pool at Denston

Freezing!!!!