Mount Batur and Lake Kintamani, Bali

Lake Kintamani and Mount Batur

In mountainous areas around Kintamani, there is Mount Batur and the crater lake and the natural hot springs that exist in Toyabungkah. The cool mountain air with great views in all directions, as beautiful as the presence of several important temples, which have made Kintamani become one of the most unforgettable places in Bali tourist agenda.

Mount Batur is one small volcano, but its location is in the middle of a large crater diameter 14 km. Mount Batur is located adjacent to Lake Kintamani. Those Shaping crescent surrounded by high walls of the crater rim. The size of the crater steepness will make you imagine the massive eruption of Mount Batur which happened ten thousand years ago.

The mountain is still active. Bali residents remember the eruption in 1917. The eruption has taken thousands of lives and destroyed hundreds of houses Batur Tua village at the base of Batur caldera. People who are still living eventually fled to the Batur village and now called (Kalangayar, which means a new one.) Pura Danu Batur previously also at the bottom of the caldera in the south of Mount Batur also moved.

Lake Kintamani and Mount Batur

The charm is offered to tourists is the natural landscape. The landscape is a combination view of Lake Kintamani and Mount Batur. They stand in the middle of the caldera make this area become one of the most favorite tourist destinations in Bali.

If you have more time and you like adventure or photography, you should stay in the area around Mount Batur. Then the next day climbing Mount Batur or Batur caldera in the east of Mount Batur while enjoying the beautiful sunrise coming out from behind Mount Rinjani in Lombok.

Kintamani tourist attraction can be reached about 2 hours drive from Denpasar or Kuta. You can also pass through when you want to travel to Lovina.

Beautiful Sunrise and Dolphin in Lovina Beach, Bali

Beautiful Sunrise and Dolphin in Lovina Beach, Bali

Lovina Beach is a tourist attraction on the coast of North Bali. Exactly 10 km to the west of Singaraja. Its location in Kalibukbuk Village, Buleleng, Bali. Therefore, better known as a tourist attraction Kalibukbuk.

Black sandy beach of Lovina is still very natural, thus attracting tourists. The trip out to sea waters Lovina very interesting to visit. You can see dolphins around 1 km from the beach. Lovina Beach is relatively quiet so it can be traveled by boat fishermen.

Dolphin in Lovina Beach, Bali

Lovina's area is famous for performances of wild dolphins in the sea. There are hundreds of dolphins on the Lovina Beach. To be able to see the dolphins in action, you have to go to sea before sunrise. Dolphins will popping up between the hours of 6 to 8 o'clock. There are jumping around to the surface, and there is also a swim. Very interesting action this black sea animals.

Tourists who visit can rent boats exclusively reserved for this tour. When heading out to sea to watch the dolphin show, you can also watch the beautiful ocean waters and natural Lovina Beach. You can enjoy these attractions for 3 hours. Fishermen will take you to a place where dolphins are often popping up in Lovina Beach.

Besides being able to watch the dolphin show, there are diving spot at Lovina Beach. There is a wide range of ornamental fish in this marine park. Lovina marine park is also not inferior to other marine parks in Bali. Bali car rental options, is the best choice for you to the tourist area Lovina.

Beautiful Three Colour Lakes, Kelimutu

Beautiful Kelimutu Lake - Flores

Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara has some attractive tourist place. Lots of amazing natural beauty of the island. One of them was at the peak of Mount Kelimutu, namely Kelimutu Lake. Kelimutu Lake is often referred to as the Lake Three Colors, because this lake has three different colors. The lake's water color change over time.

The uniqueness of colors that makes the tourists visiting this attraction. Kelimutu itself is a combination of the word "keli" meaning mountain, and "mutu" which means to boil. The lake is located in the village Pemo, District Flores, Ende, East Nusa Tenggara. To reach this lake, tourists have to travel about 45 miles from Ende or 13 miles from the village of Moni.

Lake Flores popularized a Dutch citizen named Van Such Telen in 1915. The beauty more widely known after it. Bouman describes the beauty and the lake water discoloration in his writings in 1929.

Kelimutu Lake Flores

Scientifically discoloration Kelimutu is a factor, mineral deposits, moss and rocks in the crater and also the influence of sunlight. Scientists believe that the lake was formed from volcanic eruptions in ancient times. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of geologists because of the existence of the lake which has three different colors but it was in this same mountain.

Lake Kelimutu is part of the Kelimutu National Park. The highest point of the park is 5.679 feet, located in Kelibara Mountain (1,731 meters) and Mount Kelimutu 5,544 feet or (1,690 meters). Kelimutu National Park is home to around 19 species of endangered birds including Punai Flores (Treron florists), Wallacea Owl (Otus silvicola), ikatan rimba-ayun (Rhinomyias oscillans), Kancilan Flores (Pachycephala nudigula), Sepah Kerdil (Pericrocotus lansbergei), Tesia Timor (Tesia everetti), Opior Jambul (Lophozosterops dohertyi), Opior Paruh Tebal (Heleia crassirostris), Cabai Emas  (Dicaeum Annae), Kehicap Flores (Monarcha sacerdotum), Burung Madu Matari  (Nectarinia solaris), and Flores Eagle (Spizaetus florists).

Beautiful Hidden Beaches in Bali

Traveled to Bali is not complete if you do not visit the beach which is known as the Dewata Island. Bali known as a favorite tourist destination because of Bali has a beaches with a charm of its natural beauty. Some of the beaches are famous and visited by tourists domestic and foreign in this Island is Kuta, Sanur Beach, and Pandawa Beach. However, there are many beautiful beaches in Bali are hidden and have not visited by tourists. The following are 5 Beautiful Hidden Beaches in Bali that you need to visit.

1. Green Bowl Beach

Foreign tourists, especially surfers, named it Green Bowl Beach, Bali Cliff Beach, and sometimes Hidden Beach. Whatever you call, the beauty is very captivating and eye.

Called Green Bowl because every low tide it will form a bowl of rocks green when you look from the top of the hill. Some call the Green Beach Bowl because there used to be a company called PT. Green Bowl that will build this resort near the beach. Bali Cliff title comes from the name of a hotel that is Bali Cliff which is right above the cliffs of this beach. While the name Hidden Beach describe this beach location that is hidden behind the high cliffs and hills of the peninsula.

Of the three most popular name is Green Beach Bowl, especially among foreign tourists and surfers.The name sounds beautiful and more commercial to Bali.

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2. Nyang-Nyang Beach

Nyang Nyang beach has beautiful sand, white, soft and ready to welcome your legs are tired after going down the stairs. Waves and ocean waves that can be said to be perfect for surfers. It is more complete with private impression would you get on the beach is fairly quiet and virgin in South Bali. The location of the hidden beaches and access roads are not comfortable making tourists rarely visit this beach.

Located in the west of the Bukit Peninsula and overlooking the Indian Ocean, Nyang Nyang Beach can be called as an isolated beach. Characteristics of the beach in South Bali mostly must be achieved with down the hill. Therefore, this is one of the virgin beaches that offers comfort and quietness with stunning scenery.

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3. Balangan Beach

A perfect place to stroll down and enjoy the tranquility of nature at its finest, the coast is a perfect playground for kids or families where they can collect shells, build sand castles, or just play around in the water.  Similar to most beaches on Bali , Balangan beach also presents the spectacular sight of sunsets over  its afternoon horizon.

It's possible to spend the night at Balangan, either at one of the guesthouses on the bluff or at one of the beach shacks right on the beach. White sun umbrellas line the stretch of sand at the base of the cliffs and is the perfect place to soak up the sun while the surfers amongst you catch some waves out front.

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4. Perasi Beach (Virgin Beach)

This beach is more suitable because it's called Virgin Beach atmosphere is quiet, secure and comfortable. This beach has clear water so it is suitable for swimming or snorkeling and sunbathe.

Virgin Beach beauty is truly extraordinary. Located between two cliffs, which is located behind the Bugbug and Perasi Hill, so the beach is quite hidden. To get there, visitors travel a distance of about 1 km from the main road towards the town of Karangasem. And the condition of the road to Virgin Beach not good infrastructure and steep.

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5. Dreamland Beach

Dreamland Bali is located on a hill Unggasan, one way to Garuda Wisnu Kencana. Bali Dreamland beach, very remote, and should ask the local people there, after you pass the GWK (Garuda Wisnu Kencana).

Because it is in a remote place, the beach is much cleaner than Kuta beach. In Bali Dreamland beach, there are more foreign tourists from the local tourists. Perhaps because the waves are big, very suitable for sports enthusiasts of surfing, and beaches clean, which gives the impression of comfort, when you are sitting or lying on the beach Dreamland Bali.

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