Horton Plains and World's End walk

What happens

A 9 km loop across high grassland to the World's End cliff and Baker's Falls, on foot. Leave Nuwara Eliya at about 05:30: the view from the cliff usually clouds over by mid-morning. It is cold at dawn and no jeep is needed: a car reaches the gate.

What is in the price

On a trip with our car and driver

Booked as part of a tour, a day tour or your own trip with our car, the trip adds:

• Transfer to the park in your tour vehicle
• Park tickets paid for you at the gate by your driver

Season

• ●Good month
• Blank: neither

Good months: Jan to Apr.

January to April is usually the clearest. Mist can hide World's End in any month, and the walk still runs in rain.

Limits

• About 9 km on uneven ground at 2,100 m; allow three hours of walking.
• Plastic, lighters and cigarettes are checked at the gate.

How we run it

Where it is offered

• Nuwara Eliya
• Haputale

Day tours with this activity

• Horton Plains and World's End from EllaIncluded · day tour, $74 per person for two, from Ella, tickets included
• Horton Plains and World's End from Nuwara EliyaIncluded · day tour, $74 per person for two, from Nuwara Eliya, tickets included

Tours with this activity

• Sri Lanka highlights, 5 daysOptional extra · tour, $534 per person for two, 5 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Hills and wildlife, 6 daysIncluded · tour, $744 per person for two, 6 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Classic Sri Lanka, 7 daysOptional extra · tour, $866 per person for two, 7 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Classic Sri Lanka and beach, 8 daysOptional extra · tour, $1,010 per person for two, 8 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Grand tour of Sri Lanka, 10 daysIncluded · tour, $1,230 per person for two, 10 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Wilpattu to the south coast, 12 daysIncluded · tour, $1,368 per person for two, 12 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included, temple-run sites and one activity paid there
• Complete island, 14 daysIncluded · tour, $1,716 per person for two, 14 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included, temple-run sites paid there
• Slow travel with the north and east, 21 daysIncluded · tour, $2,411 per person for two, 21 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included, Udawattakele forest ticket and temple-run sites paid there
• Honeymoon Sri Lanka, 9 daysOptional extra · tour, $1,268 per person for two, 9 days, superior hotels, shoulder season, tickets included, one activity paid there
• Wildlife Sri Lanka, 8 daysIncluded · tour, $1,102 per person for two, 8 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Adventure Sri Lanka, 9 daysIncluded · tour, $1,088 per person for two, 9 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included
• Tea and trains, 6 daysOptional extra · tour, $601 per person for two, 6 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included

Read more

• Sri Lanka 10-day itinerary: drive times and prices

  Ten days adds Polonnaruwa, Horton Plains and two nights each in Kandy and Ella. About USD 1,174 per person for two with Majeste, as of 7 November 2026.

• Sri Lanka 7-day itinerary: classic loop, priced

  Seven days covers Sigiriya, Kandy, the tea country, the Ella train and a Yala safari. USD 866 per person for two on Majeste's Classic tour, 7 Nov 2026.

• Kandy to Ella train: is it running?

  No: at the 4 Nov 2026 check the Kandy to Ella train was not running end to end. Nanu Oya to Ella runs. Fares, classes, booking and the road options.