Bali Paradise Island Tour

May 5, 2013 | Bali Tour | No Comments

We bring you to visit Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah), this cave was built in the 11 century by the king of Udayana. The name is from the small river nearby, it’s named Lua Gajah (Female Elephant). In front of the cave built a place for bathing with six figures (Sapta Gangga). Inside the temple, there are places for meditation, the west side is the statue of Sri Ganesh (the god of protector), and on the east side is three Lingam, believed one with black cloth is for Wisnu Gods symbol of water, a white cloth is for Siwa Gods symbol of the air and red cloth is Brahma Gods symbol of fire.

The next point see the Monkey Forest in Ubud, The monkeys within the Sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal are commonly called long-tailed macaques. Their scientific name is Macaca fascicuiaris. On Bali, there are Balinese long-tailed macaque troops (populations) that live in areas where they have little to no contact with humans and troops that come into contact with humans on a regular basis. In the western part is Dalem Temple (temple dedicated to Siwa Gods), in the east is the cemetery, and Merajapati Temple is dedicated to Goddes of Durga (wife of Siwa God).

Don’t forget to visit Candi Kuning, Fruits and flowers Market, and Botanical Gardens, the market sell a variety of fruit such as durian season, Manggo, Banana, Salak (Sanke fruit), papaya, green apple, avocado, strawberry, sweet corn, peanut, coffee powder, and many kinds of herbs. For flowers and plants, they sell orchids, carrots, roses, oranges and etc. The market also sells many kinds of handicraft products, paintings,s and textiles. They do sell rabbits too.

Bedugul (Bratan Lake) the temple well known as Ulundanu Temple Ulun means heart and Danau it means lake, the temple is dedicated to the Gods of the lake or waters (Danu Goddes), the lake supplies a lot of water to the rice field. The temple was founded in the 17th century by the King of Mengwi. In the outside yard, there is a Buddhist temple and a big Banyan tree.

Taman Ayun Temple in Mengwi, a huge state temple of the Mengwi Kingdom surrounded by a wide moat, the temple built in 1634. Outside yard with an open grassy expanse and meeting hall for holding the meeting, dance performances,s and sometimes cockfighting. In the Middle of the yard is built a high wood bell (Kulkul), the outside yard to the middle yard is separated by an open gate, and from the middle yard to the inner courtyard is separated by a closed gate. The inner courtyard has a lot of multilayer shrines (Meru), from the first to the highest one. The visitor is allowed to see the inner courtyard from outside only.