Bali tour: GWK Cultural Park

Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue of Lord Vishnu in the form of Hindu religion is God the Preserver, riding a Garuda bird. Located in Bukit Unggasan - Jimbaran, Bali, this statue is the work of the famous sculptor Bali, I Nyoman Nuarta. The monument was developed as a cultural park and become an icon for tourism in Bali and Indonesia.
This statue is projected to tie layout with visibility up to 20 km so that it can be seen from Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua to Tanah Lot. Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue is a symbol of the mission of saving the environment and the world. The statue was made ​​from a mixture of copper and steel weighing 4,000 tons, with a height of 75 meters and a width of 60 meters. When construction is completed, the sculpture will be the largest statue in the world and beat the Statue of Liberty.

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Bali tour: The village cemetery Trunyan

Trunyan, is one of the Old Village, often called Bali Aga or Bali Mula. Village Community Trunyan still holding strong tradition, especially the tradition of burial. Burial in Trunyan not done as befits people in other areas to bury. Just there corpses wrapped in cloth shroud hereinafter placed on the ground surrounded by "food shelf" woven from bamboo that is formed in such a way, then planted around the bodies. The unique thing is, even though the body is not planted in the ground, but do not remove the smell a bit. People believe that the smell of corpses was neutralized by incense Taru tree that grew in the area of ​​the village cemetery Trunyan.

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Bali tour: Tanjung Benoa

Tanjung Benoa is located at the southeastern tip of the island of Bali and the neighboring Nusa Dua area. Can be reached in 35 minutes from Kuta, 40 minutes from Sanur and 20 minutes from Ngurah Rai Airport.
Tanjung Benoa be a very suitable place for water sport activities or water sports. The beach in this area is very quiet unlike in Kuta, Sanur or Uluwatu making this area as the only place for these fun games.
Water sports can be enjoyed here include jet ski, para sailing, banana boat, scuba diving, snorkeling, Glass bottom plus a visit to Turtle Island (turtle island) and Flying Fish.
Activity usually begins in the morning around 8 am to 2 pm, because after that the water will subside and you can not enjoy the games anymore because his boat could not be used.
Water games in Tanjung Benoa is very safe for children as well as adults. In addition, all packages include insurance.
With a reliable instructors, will provide safety and comfort while enjoying the game here.

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Bali tour: Kecak Dance

Kecak dance is one of the most popular dance of Bali. Kecak dance can be found in several places in Bali, but at Uluwatu is the most interesting to watch.

Pura Uluwatu temple is rich in historic and magical value. This temple is so incredible, standing on a cliff with a height of about 30 meters in the middle of the Indian Ocean blow. Uluwatu is known as a great place to surf and spend time at the beach.

Other attractions are very interested in is the sunset or sunset.

Kecak Dance Performance begins at 18.00 or just before Sunset. The show took the story of the Ramayana story with main characters like Rama, Shinta, Rawana and some of the funny clown with acting, can freshen the atmosphere.

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Bali tour: Tanah Lot

This temple was founded in the XV century AD by Rauh Bawu Rawuh from the Majapahit Kingdom. Tanah Lot Temple is located on the sea or separated from the mainland and around the temple, there are also several small and big temples include Pekendungan Temple. Below and to the west there is a source of fresh water which is water sacred to Hindus. Tanah Lot Temple is located in the village of Kediri District Beraban + 13 km from Tabanan city, complete with adequate parking. When low tide visitors can directly get to the temple to pray. Below are some cave temples in which lived some large snakes and small black and white. The snakes are very docile and should not be disturbed. If the tides, the temple is going to look like a boat floating on the water. At Tanah Lot we can witness the emergence of the full moon at night and sunsets on the horizon, is a very beautiful sight.

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Bali tour: Bedugul

Bedugul is located in Baturiti Tabanan Bali. The distance is about 62.6 miles or about 1 hour 14 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport and 40 km from the city of Singaraja via land route. Tourist attractions in Bali offers, the natural scenic beauty of mountains and lakes. Located at an altitude of 1240 meters above sea level, with an average temperature of 18 Celsius at night and 24 Celsius during the day. A high place to make these places always are cold and foggy. Bedugul Botanical Garden is one of the protected forests as the lungs of the air the island of Bali.
The natural beauty of the mountains and Lake Beratan clean very charming, in the middle there is a Ulun Danu temple which is a place of worship of the Goddess Sang Hyang Danu as the giver of fertility.
The atmosphere on the edge of the lake seemed to be in ancient times, the fog slowly lifted from the cold lake, then the scenery behind it is a green hilly forest. A rush of wind on the surface of the lake, a small ripple deliver peace. When the clouds come, the fog surrounding the temple atmosphere, making it appear more magical. There is a peace and tranquility that is hard find anywhere else.

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Bali tour: Alas Kedaton

Alas Kedaton is one of the most famous monkey forest. It's one of the place in Bali where monkeys exist, free and peaceful. These hundreds of monkeys are a real appeal for the tourists.It is a small forest with the width about 6-7 ha located in the middle of the rice field in Tabanan regency, west part of Bali. The total size of this forest, temple and its supporter facility is about 12 ha. In this forest, there is a temple called Alas Kedaton Temple and owns the natural environments that is looked green with its fresh air and create the calm, quite and holy atmosphere. The monkeys in Alas Kedaton are very tame and free gallivanting in temple yard, so that the calm atmosphere is sometime solved by noise voice of the monkey, which are playing around and scrambling of food. The monkeys who dwell in this forest, there are jump up and down in temple wall, take a bath in moat or there is also hang out in few leaves representing impression view. The monkey like as custodian of temple, which are always ready to greet all visitor who are paying a visit to this place. Beside monkeys, in Kedaton forest also can be met the bats and some other animals. At least 24 types of grove plant have been identified in Alas Kedaton.

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Bali tour: Banyuwedang Hot Spring

District: Buleleng
Banyuwedang water sourced from the hot springs that appear on the beach. The hot water is under water at high tide. Is the largest source of hot water, concrete building peace be made in the form of a circle that serves as a levee, so at the time of high tide the water is not mixed with sea water. This hot water contains a lot of sulfur with an average temperature of 40 degrees Celsius.
Because sulfur content is high enough, the hot water is widely believed even to the island of Java because hot water can cure some diseases especially skin diseases. Coast where there are hot springs are covered with mangrove plants that prevent coastal abrasion. It could be argued Bayuwedang beaches are free from abrasion.
The existence of the bay and some surrounding white sand adds tourism assets around Banyuwedang this. Hot Springs is located in the Village Pejarakan Banyuwedang Gerokrak district 60 km from the city of Singaraja, the boundary edge of West Bali National Park. On the road south to Hot Springs National Park Banyuwedang including area, while on the northern side is the Batu Ampar consisting of calcareous soil. Batu Ampar by Buleleng district level II was planned as a new tourist area, given the potential for a huge attraction, among which is the presence of marine parks around Menjangan Island.
The path to the hot water from the road Banyuwedang-Gilimanuk majors Singaraja has hardened, so too has developed parking facilities. In the hot springs that ditanggul built a building with some enclosed bathroom. In areal water Banyuwedang there are also some toilet facilities built by the West Bali National Park, and some shelter.

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Bali tour: Kintamani

In the mountains around Kintamani, there is a crater lake of Mount Batur with a deep and turbulent hot springs. Cool mountain air accompanied throughout the views, just beautiful with the existence of several important temples, which have made Kintamani become one of the unforgettable places in Bali tourist agenda.
Mount Batur is actually only one small volcano, but the location is in the middle of a large crater diameter of 14 km. Additionally, Mount Batur Lake Batur adjacent crescent-shaped high walled crater rim. Measure of the steepness of the crater will make you imagine terrible eruption of Mount Batur which happened ten thousand years ago.
The mountain is still active until now like the rest of Bali that still remembers the eruption that occurred in the 1917 eruption which has taken thousands of lives and destroyed hundreds of temples. Other eruptions often occur after the incident, forcing local communities to be evacuated, along with some temples include one of Bali's major temples, Pura Ulun Danu. Ulun Pura Danu temple which is in the crater of a huge, then moved to the top of the hill. Now, Ulun Danu temple Pura offers a charming view of Mount Batur.

 

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BALI

Preface
Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia, and also the name of the largest island that is part of the province. Besides consists of the island of Bali, Bali Province region also consists of the islands smaller in the vicinity, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Island and Island Ceningan attack.
Bali lies between Java and Lombok. Denpasar is the provincial capital located in the south of the island. The majority of Balinese are Hindu. In the world famous Bali as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for the Japanese and Australian tourists. Bali is also known as the Island of the Gods and Island of Thousand Temples.
  
Geographic
Geographically, Bali is located at 8 ° 3'40 "- 8 ° 50'48" south latitude and 114 ° 25'53 "- 115 ° 42'40" east longitude. Relief and topography of the island of Bali in the middle of the mountains lie that extends from west to east.
Province of Bali lies between Java and Lombok. Physical boundary is as follows:
     North: Bali Sea
     East: Lombok Strait (West Nusa Tenggara Province)
     Southern: Ocean Indonesia
     West: Bali Strait (East Java)
Administratively, Bali Province is divided into eight districts and one city, namely Jembrana District, Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Karangasem, Klungkung, Bangli, Buleleng, and Denpasar which is also the provincial capital. Besides Bali Bali is also comprised of other small islands, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan in Klungkung regency, Island attack in the city of Denpasar, and Menjangan Island in Buleleng regency. A total floor area of Bali Province is 5634.40 ha to reach the 529 km long coastline.
(Sumber: Master Plan Penunjang Investasi Provinsi Bali Tahun 2006-2010)

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