Site-Seeing - More Ideas

General Rules
Touristy places - Lombok, Bali, Kuta, Denpasar
Sun, Sea, Beach scene - Kuta, Sanur, Lovina
Balinese Art, Culture, Good Food, Market, Rural walks - Ubud
Busiest city, Transport, Courses - Denpasar


Beaches
Kuta Beach (South Bali) - widest beach, easiest surfing, famous sunset
Mushroom Bay (Nusa Lembongan) super snorkelling

Museums
Neka Museum (Ubud) history of Bali art
Museum Puri Lukisa (Ubud) fine art in gardens
Museum Negeri Promisni Bali (Denpasar), prehistoric artefacts, tools, masks, costumes

Outdoor Activities
Walking
- Rice fields around Ubud
- Trekking up the 2 great volcanos (Gunung Batur and Gunung Agung)
Rafting
Surfing
Diving & Snorkelling
- safe snorkling @ Amed

Scenery
Penelokan (Central mountains) amazing volcanic views, lakes, and lava
It's a bit of a walk down to the cliffs, but put a visit to the 11th century Hindu carvings and tombs at Gunung Kawi on the top of your "to-do" list. This is one of Bali's best sights and the shady river setting is ideal for a picnic. There's always plenty of vendors around selling fresh fruit and simple food. Perfect. source: roughguides


Temples & Monuments Gunung Kawi (Tampaksiring) - shirines cut into cliffs Pura Besakih (East Bali) - Bali's "Mother Temple" Pura Luhur Viv Watu (South Bali) - clifftop temple Pura Rambut
Siwi (West Bali) - clifftop temple






Highlights of Bali tour
AUD$35 per person - 9am-5pm - min 2, but you can go alone with another couple that the tour company organises, like I did. Company is Tour East

Kintamani Volcano/Mount Batur

making of a Gamelan Orchestra

Archaelogical Museum

Sri Batu (cheap saffron!)

Panglipuran Village

Bakit Jati (nice views!)

an expensive lunch at Kintamani Restaurant (85,000Rp) but all-you-can-eat

62 361 725833 or saptadps@indo.net.id
I went on it, I wouldn't go on it again, but if you are going to go on this tour, I would recommend that you do it in the first couple of days of arriving in Bali as it gives you a good overview of the Balinese culture. I went in my last week, after being there almost a month and didn't appreciate it as much as I could've, but I still had a good day.

Just across the water from East Java sits Bali, the longtime jewel in the crown of Indonesian tourism, a tiny island of elegant temples, verdant landscape and fine surf.

The biggest resorts are the party towns of Kuta and adjacent Legian, with the more subdued beaches at Lovina and Candi Dasa appealing to travellers not hell-bent on raging nightlife.

Most visitors also spend time in Bali's cultural centre of Ubud, whose lifeblood continues to be painting, carving, dancing and music-making.

The islands east of Bali – collectively known as Nusa Tenggara – are now attracting bigger crowds, particularly neighbouring Lombok, with its beautiful beaches and temples.

East again, the chance of seeing the world's largest lizards, the Komodo dragons, draws travellers to Komodo and then it's an easy hop across to Flores which has great surfing, and the unforgettable coloured crater lakes of Keli Mutu.

South of Flores, Sumba is famous for its intricate fabrics, grand funeral ceremonies and extraordinary annual ritual war, the pasola.

Lombok - Music & Dance (has dances not found elsewhere in Indonesia, but not marketed, exclusive to luxury hotels and village of Lenek)
Religion 90% Islam/Muslims

The peak tourist season is between mid-June and mid-September and again over the Christmas and New Year season.

Villages:
Celuk - noted for silver and goldsmithing
Mas - woodcarving

The Bali Barrat National Park = flora & fauna, hot springs, guided jungle treks, animals (monkeys, deer, reptiles, birds).

Shopping bargains:
Seminyak
Kemarin Hai Ini: 1200BC JL Raya Basangkasa - Iron and Homeware Pieces
Legian
Nacha Natural: JL Legian Kaja 456 (Gifts)