Riwai Village, near Mawlynnong, is home to one of Meghalaya's most accessible living root bridges, requiring only a short, easy walk rather than the demanding multi-hour trek needed to reach Nongriat's more famous double-decker bridge. This accessibility has made Riwai's bridge a popular stop for visitors wanting to experience a living root bridge without committing to a full day's demanding trekking effort.
The village's proximity to Mawlynnong means the two are almost always visited together, and Riwai's more relaxed, easily walkable root bridge offers a practical alternative for visitors with limited time or physical capacity for the steeper, more remote root bridge treks found elsewhere in the region.
Riwai's root bridge, while less famous than the double-decker at Nongriat, represents the same centuries-old Khasi living-root-bridge cultivation tradition, made more broadly accessible by the village's relatively flat, easy approach compared to more remote examples.
October to April.
Near Mawlynnong, about 90km from Shillong.
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