Bali Landscape Tour

1

Tanah Lot Temple 

First of all we will bring you to visit Tanah Lot Temple, The temple is perched on a little rocky islet. This temple was built in 16th century by the Javanese priest Danghyang Nirartha who built many temples near the sea around the island such as Rambut Siwi Temple in west of Bali, Pulaki Temple and Ponjok Batu Temple in North of Bali. In western side there are small temples. The temple in the top rock with hole is named as Batu Bolong Temple, Batu means Rock and Bolong means hole.

2

Wanasari Vilage

After visiting Tanah Lot Temple we will drive to the west through Tabanan Street to Penebel. Then we will stop at Wanasari Village to see the colony of butterfly. The Butterfly Park collects many kinds of butterfly from Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo and Irian Jaya. They do sell some souvenirs from butterflies.

3

Batukaru Temple 

The next stop at Batukaru Temple, drive to north passed the Penebel Village we will arrive at Batukaru Temple which is located in Wongaya Gede Village. This temple is one of the important temples in Bali for western direction. The temple is dedicated for Mahadewa (God). Surrounding of the temple is forest with peaceful and very quiet as the temple lied in slope of Batukaru Mount. The temple has some Meru, the Meru is symbol of the mountain. In the eastern side, there is holy spring temple (Beji) and small moat with some small fish.

4

Jatiluwih Rice Terraces

We will go from Batukaru to Jatiluwih Village the most interesting place to see rice terraces, coffee plantation, durian trees, cacao, bamboo, avocado and etc. Jatiluwih Village has beautiful and wide of rice terraces and the best rice terraces in Bali Island. After harvest season you may see the farmer ploughing the field with cow or buffalo, they still use traditional equipment to manage their land

5

Taman Ayun Temple

Taman Ayun Temple in Mengwi will be our last place to be visited. There is a huge state temple of Mengwi Kingdom surrounded by a wide moat which was built in 1634. The outside yard has an open grassy expanse and meeting hall for meeting, dance performance and sometimes cockfighting. In the Middle yard there is a high wood bell (Kulkul). Outside yard to middle yard is separated by open gate and from middle yard to inner courtyard is separated by close gate. Inner courtyard has a lot of multitier shrines (Meru), from first till the highest one. The visitors are only allowed to see the inner courtyard from outside.