Kadugannawa Ambalama

Very ancient amabalama, nice view from here. You can see the great mountians from there.

Renovated and conserved by the Department of Archeology, this Ambalama (Resting Place) is a historical landmark of the Colombo-Kandy highway.

Ambalama was used in ancient times where the main mode of transport was by foot. The commuters travelling long distances used to stopover for meals, snacks, resting, during bad weather and specially overnight.

This Ambalama was used by thousands of commuters travelling between the Kingdom of Kandy and Colombo commercial hub, specially during the colonial era.

It is worth to stop for 15 minutes to observe the remains of an ancient transport tradition in Ceylon and understand the drastic development in transport with the invention of wheels, fossil fuels and engineering.

For authorities - not enough parking, packs details of the place, should be open and allowed access inside, you can even open a little restaurant with authentic local food and tea. Another missed opportunity to promote tourism and earn forex.

One of the ancient historical place in Sri lanka, Still maintaining as it was, it useful place to explain the purpose of this Ambalama & how hard to travel those early days by our old generation to our new young generation. We should protect & Support to prevent & Maintain these type of places in sri Lanka

Ancient and historic place which runs as long as Kandyan kingdom days. This is a national heritage location. Good old days climbing along this Kadugannawa road might be tedious task and the place had been used for resting.

This place had historical value. National heritage of Sri Lanka. Very old ‘AMBALAMA’ (resting place) rehabilitated by Ministry of Tourism, Sri Lanka .

This is one of the Historical Place in Pahala Kadugannawa, This is known as Ambalama (Rest Place) where people Rest while Traveling by This Way, this is not in use now millions of people passing this many of them don’t know about this historical place. Should maintain this properly. Nowadays everywhere they paint walls and all but this ambalama still with old paint, if anyone seeing this plz consider about this.❤

you can see this when traveling from Colombo to Kandy on your left.Ambalama is now more than 200 years old. A national heritage item of Sri Lanka. Other side of the ambalama you can see a staircase from that you can visit ti a Anciant temple built by King walagamaba.

Kadugannawa.
I recommend you to Stop here and enjoy the view! (Especially during sunsets) and have some snacks from nearby stores.

This is a National heritage location.An ancian pieriod there were so many AMBALAM (Rest House) available at the country

The paint is showing signs of aging and the gate is closed inside. But you can easily jump it. The location can use some maintenance. Don't get me wrong, its clean but aging.

The surrounding view is not the best near the ambalama. You could park about 1 KM above and come walking down for some finishing shots.

What rest houses are today this was so back in the old days. What we take for granted today was luxury not so far ago.

I went there... Clean place and good for resting while traveling.. There is a person to look after it..

Nice place & nice view.
Ancient place.

Nice place to stop and take a break.

This is a ancient rest house. Anyone can rest here without any charge. This place doesnot have any phone number. This place is very popular among tourists all over the world due to its location. It is located in front of beautiful hill side view. Recommend for everyone.

When travelling towards Kandy on the Colombo – Kandy main road running from Colombo to Kandy, this Ambalama can be seen on the left side of the famous Kudukannawa Hill. Ambalam is a place used in the past as a place to rest and spend the night when having long journey.
The building dates back to the Kandyan era and is about 200 years old. This building has an archaeological value and it  has been renovated by the Ministry of Tourism according to the supervision and technical instructions of the Department of Archeology. Kadugannawa Ambalama which is considered as a National Heritage in Sri Lanka.

This is and ancient landmark which was built for relaxing while travelling through this area called pahala Kadugannawa heading to Heritance city Kandy.It is a long way to kandy to here, people normally drop by to relax and see the amazing view.

Ambalamas are traditional resting places built by locals to accommodate wayfarers who were traveling to distant places. The Ambalama at Kadugannawa is one such structure built during the British period [(1815-1948).The Kadugannawa Ambalama is an old wayside rest in the village of Kadugannawa in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka.
Kadugannawa Ambalama in Pahala Kadugannawa Village in the Mahakadurawa Grama Niladhari Division of the Mawanella Divisional Secretary’s Division is an archaeological protected monument, declared by a government gazette notification published on 22 July 2011.

One of the old place in Sri Lanka. Oldest Ambalama was rebuilt after a lorry hit the building.

Historic wayside rest that is on the side of Colombo to Kandy (A1) Road. Build on early 18th century.

Ambalama is a place where in the history people use to rest in between their destinations.
This is one of that. It's normally free service to travellers.