Kintamani – Besakih Tour
Category: Full Day Tour Departure: Best Time at 8:30 AM
- Besakih (Mother Temple)
- Kintamani Lunch with volcano view
- Coffee Plantation
- Penglipuran village
Description
- Besakih Temple is the biggest temple in Bali. It’s located in Besakih Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia about 2 hours drive from Ngurah Rai Airport. Pura Besakih consist by eighteen complex temple sorrounding (1 Pura Basukian and 17 other temple) and one the biggest complex for the center (Pura Penataran Agung Besakih). Pura Penataran Agung is the biggest and has more temple complex in Pura Besakih. In Pura Penataran Agung consist 3 main temples which called Padma Tiga or Tri Murti. God of fire Brahma (creator), God of water Wisnu (protection), and God of wind Siwa (destroy).
- Kintamani is a district and also village located on the western edge of the larger caldera wall of the Mount Batur. From this village you can enjoying beautiful panorama of Batur Volcano and BaturLake. The best located of the area for enjoying lunch.
- Coffee Plantation is a farm where coffee bean plants are grown and the beans harvested for sale. The first famous coffee plantation in Bali that you can count on is Bali Pulina. It is a strategically perfect location with average temperature of 24 degrees and 700 meters above sea level. You will be guided by local Balinese people here who will take you through the Luwak plantation places and the coffee process. After you see how the coffee process is going, you could have a taste or sip a coffee here while having a natural view surrounded by the green forest and beautiful rice terrace.
- Penglipuran Village is one of the traditional villages located in Bangli Regency, Bali Province, Indonesia. Penglipuran village is famous as one of the tourist destinations in Bali because of its society who still preserve their traditional culture in their daily lives. The architecture of buildings and land processing still follows the concept of Tri Hita Karana, the philosophy of Balinese society regarding the balance of relations between God, humans and their environment. Penglipuran Village succeeded in building tourism that benefited all of their communities without losing their culture and traditions. In 1995, Penglipuran Village also received a Kalpataru award from the Indonesian Government for its efforts to protect the Bamboo Forest in their local ecosystem.
