Bali is one of the 13.667 islands in Indonesia, the biggest archipelago in the world. It is located at 8 degrees south of the equator, lies east of Java island separating by a narrow strait of Bali, Lombok is a neighboring island as well take two and half hours by jet powered sea shuttle crossing the Lombok strait. Bali Sea is the border in the north and Indian Ocean in the south. Bali’s total area is 5.632 square kilometer. There are around 14 mountains and 2 volcanoes that stretch from west up to the east of the island with Batukaru Mountain (2240 m) in the west, Batur volcano (1717 m) in the center, and Agung volcano (3142 m) in the east. This mountain link divides the island into two plains, northern and southern one. The northern plain is much narrower than the southern one. In the north Bali, the coast is swampy in the west, alternately sandy and full of pebbles in the center and rocky in the east. North West of Bali is hilly and dry so there is no wet rice culture possible, but this place has Menjangan Island, the best spot to do snorkeling and scuba diving. East of Bali, in the coastal regions is also so dry so that the people have to go for miles for water. The southern tip of the island is also dry as there is no river there because of the limestone peninsula but thousands of teak trees grow there. The center part of the island is the most fertile, as all tropical vegetations including fruits, spices, and rice grow there. The dominant feature of the landscape is terraced rice field, the area is called the rice belt of the island, and almost 80 % of the Balinese live in this part and work as farmers.
Bali Barat National Park
It covers 70. 000 hectares of forest and 7000 hectares of coral reef and coastal water, trekking can be done from Labuhan Lalang and must be accompanied by an authorized guide
BangliOne of the eight regions with its clean town and the beautiful “Kehen” temple
Balangan
Beautiful beach located south of Jimbaran
Banjar
Bali,is only Buddhist monastery, which is about 1.8 km up from the main coast road, there are good views down the valley. Other place in Banjar is the hot spring, the water is slightly sulphurous and pleasantly hot
Batuan
For centuries, Batuan has been an artistic hub, home for dancers and musicians, carvers, and painters. The village’s temple is worth visiting here, the temple is not only the product of the artisan but a carved biography of the village’s life.
Batubulan
A center of stonecarvings, the village is also known for its dance troupes, which perform the barong and kecak daily.
Bedulu
A village where we can see the eleventh century archaeological site called “Goa Gajah”, literally means the elephant cave, a place for doing meditations
Benoa Port
The wide but shallow bay east of the airport runway, is one of the Bali’s main port and it’s also a base of for luxury cruises
Bedugul
A cooling air place locates in high elevation, it’s around 1200 metres above sea level with its beautiful lake of Beratan and Ulun Danu temple
Bias tugel and Blue lagoon
A beach close to Padangbai harbour
Bunyan
Beautiful scenery of the lake on the way to north Bali
Candi Dasa
In 1980s, Candi Dasa grew from a sleepy fishing village to atiny resort, the beaches is not as broad as Kuta, nor the wave so big. Candi Dasa is a fine base from which to explore the rest of eastern Bali especially Tulamben and sorrounding for the ship wreck diving
Canggu
A well-known surf spot with right and left-hand breaks, Canggu has a nice beach, though there is sometimes polluted water at the river mouth
Celuk
This village has grown prosperous from the sale of handcrafted silver and gold jewellery.
Denpasar
The capital of Bali with averagely an half millions people live there, art center, museum, wet market, Bajra Sandi monument are famous places to see by the tourists here.
Geger
A name of a temple locates south of Nusa Dua, it is closed to a beach named “Samudera Geger”
Gianyar
The capital of Gianyar regency has long been known as the center of its weaving of fine endek, Balinese ikat in which the weft threads are tied and dyed to create a pattern before the cloth is woven.
Gilimanuk
At the far western end of the island, Gilimanuk is the terminus for ferries across the strait to Java
Gigit
The tallest waterfall can be reached by a walk down passing many steps with its lush tropical vegetations
Gunung Kawi
The royal tomb of ancient Bali kingdom, it situates in the bank of river with many steps but has fabolous view
Jatiluwih
A rough but very scenic route with its terraced rice paddies view
Jembrana
Jembrana is Bali’s most sparsely populated region. The main road parallels the coast most of the way to Negara, the capital. There are some beautiful scenery but little tourist development along the way. Jembrana is famous with its bull races “Makepung”
Jimbaran
A nice beach where some five stars and boutique resort located, at night you can have the balinese grilled seafood dinner, everyone should try it
Kedaton
Alas Kedaton or the forest of Kedaton, where hundreds of monkeys and big bats live there
Kintamani
A village where we can see the huge caldera of Batur, some small hotels available here for those who would like to climb the volcano of Batur.
Klungkung
A region locates 15 km east of Gianyar, at the center of the town just across the office of the region leader exist Kerta Gosa, the royal court of justice and a museum tells us the war of Puputan Klungkung.
Kusamba
The fishermen village and where the people process the sea water to get salts, nearby Pura Goa Lawah, the bat cave temple, is one of the important temples for Balinese.
Kuta
The most crowded tourists resort famous as the surfing site, shopping, bar, restaurants, discotheque, bungy jump, sling shot, go karts, tattoo, and a place to see the sunset
Labuan Sait
Beautiful beach in Pecatu village
Legian
A small town locates north of Kuta, famous with its beach for surfing because of its big wave, its shopping area called Legian street, bom blasted there in two bars ” Sari Club and Paddies Cafe”, see the monument
Lovina
The black sand beaches are uncrowded locates in north of Bali close to Singaraja, the former capital of Bali. Dolphin watching, snorkeling can be done here, to do scuba diving, the scuba master will bring you to Menjangan island, an hour and half drive to the west
Mas
A village of woodcarving
Medewi
The beach is noted for its long theft-hand wave
Menjangan Island
It’s on the north west of the island close to the national park of Bali barat, it’s an hour drive from Lovina, Menjangan island is perhaps the most beautiful undersea coral gardens in Bali
Mengwi
Taman Ayun temple locates in this village, a second largest temple owned by the royal family of Mengwi kingdom
Nusa Dua
It’s very quite place specially prepared for five star hotels, has white sand beach, a good place to relax and enjoy the hotel facilities.
Nusa lembongan and Nusa Penida
The most popular destination for day trips from Bali. The journey takes between one and two hours depending on whether you take boat, motor boat or cruise ship.
Pacung
A village near Bedugul fame for its terraced ricefield
Padangbai
A port for the ferry service between Bali and Lombok, a short walk over the rugged head-land to the north will lead you to an intimate white sand beach
Padang padang
Nice beach at the southern Bali, one of the best spot for surfing
Pejeng
This village contains the majority of the island’s antiquities, Penataran Sasih temple houses one of Bali’s most important antiquities, a kettledrum cast in one piece of bronze dating back to the early metal age, around 300 BC.
Panglipuran
Traditional Bali village
Peliatan
A village east of Ubud famous for its legong dance
Samudera Geger
Beautiful beach locates on the south of Nusa Dua
Sanur
It’s quite place mostly three star hotels exist here except the grand bali beach hotel as the only ten floor building in Bali, the beach is good for swimming, diving, and sun bathing
Seminyak
North of Legian, some of the best restaurants and nightspots are here, but it’s pretty spread out
Singaraja
The capital of Buleleng regency and former capital of Bali, there the Dutch government buildings still dominate much of Singaraja’s streetscape, Gedong Kertya lontar museum was established there in 1928 keeps about 3000 lontar books.
Suluban
Surfing beach locates on the south of the Bali island
Taman Ujung
Beautiful set up resting place built by the kingdom of Karangasem
Tanah Lot
A temple used by a holy saint from Java “Danghyang Nirartha” to teach the locals about Hinduism, a temple locates on a huge rock sorrounded by water on a high tide
Tanjung Benoa
The peninsula beach close to Nusa Dua have several water sport centres
Taro or Bakas
The village famous for The Elephant ride trip
Tegalwangi
A beach closed to Ritz Carlton Bali resort
Tegenungan
Waterfall locates in Gianyar regency
Tenganan
The village near Candi Dasa is considered as the first Balinese who has the tradition of banishing the villagers for marrying “outsiders”, people from other villages.
Tirta Empul
The holy spring temple dated back to 962 AD locates in Tampaksiring village
Tirtagangga
The water-palace built in 1947 but damaged in 1963 because of the Gunung Agung eruption
TohpatiA village of handmade batik
Tuban
South of Kuta, the location is not central, but it’s close to the airport and the beach is quite beutiful
Ubud
It is a place where artists devote to the nature by creating: paintings, woodcarvings, and the dancing and other cultural performances
Uluwatu
A temple located on the rock of the southern tip of the island with beautiful scenery
