Most visited Tourism Destinations places in Sri Lanka - 18 Bend Road Mahiyanganaya

 

      Eighteen hairpin bend road of Mahiyanganaya 

A drive down the eighteen-hairpin bend road of Mahiyangana Making the way from Kandy to Mahiyangana the eighteen-hairpin road used to be a picturesque but a break neck drive, which made heads spin and stomachs turn.  made the drive along this very twisted road a breathtaking oneThe daha-ata-wanguwa or the road with eighteen bends had been the nemesis of many a driver, who attempted braving its tricky eighteen hairpin bends up and down the hills of Mahiyangana, since its inception in the 19th century by the British Colonists, who built the road to transport tea and spices to Colombo. Despite its difficult terrain and challenging drive as much as 1800 vehicles slowly zigzagged their way up and down these rough roads on a daily basis with the 70 km bus ride from Mahiyangana to Kandy taking more than four hours.