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The Knuckles Mountain Range lies in central Sri Lanka, in the Districts of Matale and Kandy. The range takes its name from a series of recumbent folds and peaks in the west of the massif which resemble the knuckles of clenched fist when viewed from certain locations in the Kandy District. Whilst this name was assigned by early British surveyors, the Sinhalese residents have traditionally referred to the area as Dumbara Kanduvetiya meaning Mist-laden Mountain Range (Cooray, 1984).

Mini Worlds end
Smaller than usual World's end is a slope located at the southern end of the Knuckles range. From this area, the panoramic view of the knuckles range and a portion of the towns located in the foot slopes of knuckles can be seen. The place is called " Mini worlds end " as it takes after a littler variant of the "world's end" drop located at Horton Plains National Park.
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Bird watching
Sri Lanka is a standout amongst other places on the planet to watch winged animals and is really a heaven for all Bird Watching aficionados. The movement turns out to be more typical particularly around the flying creature and wetland reserves in the south east part of the island while the mild atmosphere is perfect for relocating flying creatures. The tropical atmosphere and colorful scene of the heaven isle of Sri Lanka makes it a genuine safe place for feathered creature lovers, who land from everywhere throughout the world. Sri Lanka is home to more than 400 feathered creature species with around 23 endemics and 200 migrant birds touching base from India, Siberia, Scandinavia and Western Europe. The best time for Bird Watching lovers to visit the island is towards the last part of the year. In fact the period of December has been announced as the National Bird Month by the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, the national offshoot of Bird Life International. There are many winged creature havens spread all through the island which incorporates the Kumana National Park, the Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary, the Bodhinagala Sanctuary and Udawatte Kele. Numerous exercises are composed amid the National Bird Month for general public, presenting them to the fortunes of flying creature life.
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Trekking & Hiking Knuckles Mountain Range
Knuckles mountain range and its forestry trails are the most appropriate for trekking in Sri Lanka. It has numerous nature trails cleared through the forest by forest department with campgrounds. For instance Mini worlds end trails in the west and east, Pitawala pathena trail, Ash buckle trail, Nitre surrender trail, Knuckles summit trail are extremely energizing. Additionally there are interconnected trails of cardamom grower, toddy tapers, tea manor specialists, farmers and villages. Conventional towns of the Knuckles lower regions with so much of treks and short strolls, for example, Last King of Kandy, Sri Wikrama Rajasinhes (1798-1815) hang out place, Rathna water fall trek, Sitakotuwa limestone give in and waterfall trek and so forth.
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