Knuckles Mountain

 Knuckles Mountain 1515 m

Knuckles is one the most important bio-diversity environments with a range of mountains and a great

 water and wildlife resources. The Knuckles National Heritage and Wilderness Area or the Knuckles Mountain Range is a mountain range that covers an area of 155 sq km. The forest contains five major Forest formations and includes a wide variety of uncommon and endemic fauna & flora. The knuckles are a mountain range with fascinating and out-of-this-world mountain scenery. A number of large mammals like Elephants, Leopards, Sambhur, Deer, a large number of reptiles, birds, and fishes, etc. are found in abundance at the knuckles range. Out of the many endemic birds and reptile species, the Blotched Filamented Barb & Martins tine Barb (Fish), Tenant's Horned Lizard, and the Marbled Cliff Frog are endemic to this mountain range.

Loved by travelers for its beauty Knuckles mountains has become a hot spot in eco-tourism in Sri Lanka.