Riwai Village & The Livingy Root Bridge
Deep within the forest area of North-Eastern state of Meghalaya⛰️, considered one of the wettest regions in the world, is a small War-Khasis tribal village named Riwai village. Where a bridge to cross the flowing river water within the forest hasn't been constructed or built out of wooden logs or bamboos but rather strangely has been grown out of the roots of the Ficus elastica tree (rubber tree species). The bridges are grown here because the heavy rainfall during the monsoon season in and around Cherrapunji causes the man made bridges to break time and again, hence the tribals took to the natural method of growing their own bridges to cross the river beds where ever needed. The village of Riwai is located around 82 km from the state capital of Shillong and is at a distance of 8 KM from the village of Mawlynnong which is dubbed as the cleanest village in Asia. The best way to get to Riwai village is The @meghtourism organizes a bus for travelers during season which is the most affordable way to get to see the living root bridge. As we went. The living root bridge of Riwai is included in the Mawlynnong tour section. To book a seat on the bus travelers have to go a day in advance and inquire about the timing and the availability of the same. Once in the village of Riwai, travelers have to walk through the forest buffer area for about 300 meters till they reach the living root bridge. The walk can be considered more or less as a very easy hike through the Riwai village rain forest. The villagers of Riwai collect a nominal entry fee (40 Rupee) to see the living root bridge, the proceeds of the same go towards the development of the village.
After visiting #mawjngih_lapynshongdor hill ⛰️
we came to Riwai village to see the root bridge and the beautiful village. while visiting the village we mated two indian friends🇮🇳. One of them was from Delhi who’s name was Rakesh kumar and other one was from Kerela but we forgot to ask his name.
They were so excited to know about us when they knew we are from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. They were so happy to seeing us in their country. we captured some moments in my phone. For me, It’ll be always a great memory like every moment of our #shillong journey. Check the glimpse of our Shillon Journey by clicking this link https://youtu.be/-RKf2EBbZ_4