A remote, biodiverse cloud forest range east of Kandy, its ridge trails, waterfalls and highland villages making it one of Sri Lanka’s least-visited yet most rewarding landscapes for genuine hikers. A full-day guided trek here is demanding, crossing varied terrain with sustained climbs, but rewards travellers with a sense of stillness and scale that the more established hill country circuit around Ella rarely offers. It’s the single defining excursion of our Wellness & Wild Trails Collection, appearing in every tour built around that collection’s hiking-first identity. Local naturalist guides are essential here, both for safety and for drawing out the endemic species most travellers would otherwise walk straight past.