Knuckles Range Ultimate Extended Trek
Knuckles Mountain RangeFit walkers ready for six walking days
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About this activity
The ultimate Knuckles trek is six days and about 68 kilometres, from a cave night at Duwili Ella to the Five Peaks, Kotaganga, and a village day in Heeloya. You also sleep in a simple cardamom hut and in a cabana. It is moderate to challenging, from 400 US dollars, and it must be booked at least two weeks ahead because of camping permits. Pickup is in Kandy.
Each day changes the kind of night you sleep in and the kind of path you walk. The wildest night is the cave by Duwili Ella. A later night uses an old cardamom hut in the forest. The Kotaganga falls and the Five Peaks come in the middle, when your legs already know the trail. Heeloya closes the trip with a family meal instead of another summit. Meals on the trek, camping gear, leech socks, and permits are included.
Note: Book at least two weeks ahead so camping permits can be filed.
Highlights
- Cave camp beside Duwili Ella
- A night in an old cardamom hut
- Kotaganga falls and the Five Peaks
- Heeloya village at the end of the week
- About 68 km over six days
Itinerary
Day 1: Into the forest
Leave Kandy and walk toward the Duwili side of the range. Camp begins the pattern for the week: early starts, cooked trail meals, and a short evening.
Day 2: Duwili Ella
Spend the day on the waterfall chain and sleep in the cave shelter beside the falls.
Day 3: Streams and the cardamom hut
Cross forest streams and smaller falls, including the fall known as Ginikuru when the water allows, and sleep in a simple cardamom hut.
Day 4: Kotaganga
Walk the Kotaganga chain and the grassland above it, watching for the upward spray in the first gorge.
Day 5: Five Peaks
Climb the five summits and sleep at the cabana near the forest.
Day 6: Heeloya and Kandy
Walk to Heeloya, eat with a host family, and drive back to Kandy.
Included / Excluded
- Included
- Private departure for your group
- English-speaking guide and camp support
- Transport from and back to Kandy
- Camps, cabana, cardamom-hut night, and meals on the trek
- Camping gear, leech socks, and permits
- Excluded
- Personal travel insurance
- Tips for the guide and driver
- Alcoholic drinks
- Hotels before pickup and after drop-off
- Anything not listed under includes
Languages
English
Activity location
Corbett's Gap, Knuckles Conservation Forest
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Can this be shortened?
The three-day nature and culture trek and the two-day waterfall trek use pieces of the same country. This six-day version is the one that keeps the cave and the hut.
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