West Bali Private Sightseeing Experience

West Bali Private Sightseeing Experience

West Bali Sightseeing Experience

With this private tour, you’ll spend a day exploring the most iconic places in the west of Bali.

You will be escorted by friendly English speaking guide who will explain the uniqueness culture, tradition, life and temples in Bali.

Visit highlights like: Lake Beratan, Bedugul, Wooden boat canoe experience, Ulun Danu Temple, Candi Kuning, Jatiluwih Rice Terraces and Tanah Lot Sunset.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Taman Ayun Temple, Jl. Ayodya No.10, Mengwi 80351 Indonesia

Taman Ayun literally translates as ‘beautiful garden’ and is generally regarded as one of the most attractive temples of Bali. The Taman Ayun temple is situated in a beautiful park with trees and ponds, near the village of Mengwi in the south of Bali at about 8 km southwest of Ubud and 18 km northwest of Denpasar.

Pura Taman Ayun was built in 1634 by the Raja of Mengwi, I Gusti Agung Putu. It is a socalled Pura Kawiten or family temple, a special temple where the deified ancestors of the Raja Dynasty of Mengwi and important gods of other temples are honored.

The Taman Ayun temple is boarder-ed by broad canals and it can only be entered via a bridge leading to a richly ornamented candid bentar, the gate which gives access to the outer courtyard (jaba) of the temple.

From this candi bentar (Entrance Gate) a straight, paved footpath leads through the well maintained park past a square pond with a fountain exactly in its center. This fountain has nine water jets, four of which are positioned according the cardinal points, another four according the sub-cardinal points and the ninth in the center, symbolizing the Dewa Nawa Sanga, the nine main gods of Balinese Hinduism.

The footpath leads on to a second Candi Bentar which gives access to the Jaba Tengah, the more elevated, second courtyard of the temple. Inside the jaba tengah one finds the walled jaba jero, the third and most holy courtyard of the temple in which the most important shrines are located, among others a number of five, seven, nine and eleven tierd meru’s.

The jaba jero is only accessible during important religious ceremonies, such as the odalan – the day on which the inauguration of the temple is commemorated.

The odalan of the Taman Ayun temple takes place every 210 days on a day called Anggara Kasih, the Tuesday of the week Medangsia of the Balinese Pawukon calendar. The ceremonies of this odalan cover a period of several days.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Pasar Candi Kuning, Jl. Singaraja, Bedugul, Baturiti Indonesia

Candi Kuning is located in Bedugul mountains area.

This is a local traditional market for fresh fruits and vegetable.

Opportunity to see the local and experiencing to buy and taste some fresh fruits

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, Jl. Raya Candi Kuning, Tabanan 82191 Indonesia

Pura Ulun Danu Beratan, or Pura Bratan, is a major Shaivite water temple on Bali, Indonesia. The temple complex is located on the shores of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul.

Water temples serve the entire region in the outflow area; downstream there are many smaller water temples that are specific to each irrigation association (Subak).

Built in 1633, this temple is used for offerings ceremony to the Balinese water, lake and river goddess Dewi Danu, due to the importance of Lake Bratan as a main source of irrigation in central Bali.

The 11-storey pelinggih meru in the complex is dedicated to Shiva and his consort Parvathi. Buddha's statue is also enshrined in this temple. This temple is also called as Bali temple on the lake because it looks like it is floating when the Bratan river water rises.

Lake Bratan is known as the Lake of Holy Mountain due to the fertility of this area. Located 1200 m above sea level, it has a cold tropical climate. (From Wikipedia)

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Baturiti Market, Jl. Raya Baturiti No..68, Baturiti 82191 Indonesia

Baturiti is cool village near Bedugul, where green coffee and spices garden are grow very well.

Opportunity to see and taste the coffee and tee for free welcome tasting

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Jatiluwih Green Land, Jatiluwih Village, Tabanan 82152 Indonesia

Jatiluwih village in Penebel District, north of Tabanan, has paddy fields following the contours of terraced land against the background of spellbinding Mount Batukaru and Mount Agung use traditional Balinese irrigation known as subak, Bali's community-based water control management system.

Lies at an altitude of 700 meters.

Jatiluwih is one of the five rice terraces that describe the "Subak" water management system which has gain acknowledgement from UNESCO as part of the world's cultural heritage

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Tanah Lot Temple, Kecamatan Kediri, Kabupaten Tabanan, Beraban 82121 Indonesia

Tanah Lot means "Land [in the] Sea" in the Balinese language.

Located in Tabanan, about 20 kilometers (12 mi) North West of Denpasar, the temple sits on a large offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide.

Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of the 16th-century Dang Hyang Nirartha.

During his travels along the south coast he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and decided to rest there. Some fishermen saw him, and bought him gifts.

Nirartha then spent the night on the little island.

Later he spoke to the fishermen and told them to build a shrine on the rock, for he felt it to be a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods.

The main deity of the temple is Dewa Baruna or Bhatara Segara, who is the sea god or sea power and these days, Nirartha is also worshipped here.

The Tanah Lot temple was built and has been a part of Balinese mythology for centuries. The temple is one of seven sea temples around the Balinese coast.

Each of the sea temples was established within eyesight of the next to form a chain along the south-western coast.

In addition to Balinese mythology, the temple was significantly influenced by Hinduism.

At the base of the rocky island, venomous sea snakes are believed to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders.

The temple is purportedly protected by a giant snake, which was created from Nirartha's selendang (a type of sash) when he established the island.

Duration: 1 hour