Mini World’s End

The Mini World’s End at Deanston is a spectacular view point located within the Knuckles Mountain Range. An escarpment with a sheer drop of 1192 metres, it gives magnificent and panoramic views of the surrounding misty landscapes. Deanston, which is the starting point for the trail to Mini World’s End, is an off the beaten track of 1.1 kilometres towards the drop. One should not get confused between the ‘Little World’s End’ located at Horton Plains and the Mini World’s End at Knuckles. It is referred to as ‘mini’ because the cliff is not as high as of the one at Horton Plains.
The trail starts from the Knuckles conservation centre towards a little lake known as ‘Deanston Lake’, crossing a small bridge and you would reach the bank of the lake and turn to the right and walk along the bank for about 10 metres till you reach a patch of forest and continue walking for a further 50 metres till you come to a wooden fence. Walk over the fence and ascend up some steps uphill towards some pine trees and approach a circular trail. Take the left turn leading you through a trail of many elevations till you come to another left turn known as the Hapugaskumbara Nature Trail that will ascend for about 100 metres till the terrain becomes flat. As you proceed further along the trail you will come across an area which has mixed trees of pines and other species. You will have to climb some rocky steps till you arrive at the edge of the cliff. Turn left and walk a further 30 metres until you reach a rocky edge where you could walk right up to the edge which is the Mini World’s End.