Recreation at Bali and Komodo Island

Bali Island  

( Batubulan Village and Tanah Lot Beach )

Batubulan Village

Batubulan village is one of tourist destination in Bali. The artistic countryside is situated in west part of Gianyar regency, around 8 km from Denpasar.The village is popular with stone carving and Barong dance performance.

        Batubulan had been known since a long time by the tourist, because of its handicraft. The village produces statues, made of sand stone. The handicraft can be seen along the road of Batubulan. Identified as an art village, Batubulan has been famous in Indonesian and all over the world. The stone  carvings are unique and artistic. People created various figures, from the congcrete to the abstract objects.

       Beside handicraft, visitors may also enjoy Barong dance performances. They are daily performed at five stages in this countryside. Visitors may enjoy them in Puseh Temple Stage, Tegal Tamu Stage, Denjalan Stage, Sahadewa Stage and Sila Budaya Stage at 09:00 to 10:30 am. daily, Barong Dance is held while the Kecak Dance or Bali Night performances are executed at 18:00 to 19:00 p.m.

       This village consit of three custom country sides; Desa Adat Tegal Tamu, Desa Adat Jero Kuta, and Desa Adat Delod Tukad. Demographically, there are 16 Banjar in the village. This tourist destination becomes more famous with increasing number of tourist come to Bali. Everyday visitors can see Barong performances, and a lot of shops sell antiques for the tourist. As a tourism object abd stone carving business are, Batubulan village is visited by foreign as well as domenstic tourist.

Tanah Lot Beach

       Tanah Lot is a tourist object at the coast of Kediri sub district, Tabanan regency, Bali. It is around 30 km west of Denpasar or 11 km south of Tabanan. The main object is a temple at the beach. The temple is built on the rock with 3 acre size. The beach is smaller than Sanur and Kuta beach, but naturally it is more beautiful.

        Tanah Lot derives from two Balinese words; tanah and lot. Tanah means isle or a small island while lot  or lod means sea. So, Tanah lot means the small island which is floating on the sea. The location is the holy place for Hindu.

       Tanah lot temple is the main temple to worship the god. The name of the god is Dewa Baruna or Bathara Segara, the sea power. The media of worship is the five-storey temple. The Hindu visit the temple to do the worship.

        At the sunset time, Tanah Lot has a magnificent view. Visitors will be marvelled to see beautoful panorama. Beside of this temple, there are other temples like Batu Bolong Temple, Batumejan Temple and Enjung Galuh Temple. There are many place places of interest close to Tanah lot such as monkey forest, hot spring, butterfly park, botanical garden, and other temples.

       The unique animal can be seen in this temple area. They are the sea snakes. The holy snakes are white with black rings variation along the body, and they are tame. The local society believe that the snakes are the deity property. They become the guard of the temple from the bad influence.


Komodo Island
       Komodo is one of the island in the eastern part of Indonesia. Administratevely, it is part of East Nusa Tenggara province. The island is also a popular destination for diving and it is more popular after it was included into the controversial New 7 wonder of Nature list since November 2011.
       The island is particulary notable as  the habitat of the Komodo dragon. It is that largest lizard on the Earth, which is named after the island. The giant lizard also lives in  Rinca island which is smaller than Komodo island. Komodo island has a surface area of 390 square km and it has a human population of over two thousand.
       The island is famous for the unique fauna which roam in it. The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, takes its name from the islands, as well as part of westhern Flores. Javanese deer also inhabit the island, though they are not native. The other fauna include water buffalo, banded pigs, civets, cockcatoo and macaquees.

        Komodo island conatains a beach with pink sand, one o only seven beaches in the world. The sand appears pink, because it is mixture between white sand and red sand, formed from pieces of Foraninifera.