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Itinerary :
Tegenungan Waterfall
Tegenungan Waterfall has a beautiful natural scenery, a field of green trees around the waterfall completed with the sound of water splashing and bird chirping which increasingly add the beauty of the waterfall. There you can sit enjoying the waterfall while playing water and certainly take pictures to immortalise the experience.
As a leading tourist destination in Gianyar regency, Tegenungan waterfall is already widely visited by tourists both from domestic and foreign countries. For those who have never come to see it and have a desire to visit the Tegenungan Waterfall, do not worry, there have been already available various facilities for the visitors ranging from spacious vehicle parking, food stalls, restaurants and villas around the waterfall.
In addition, around the waterfall, there has also been built bathing facilities with showers that come from a pure water spring to clean after playing water. The presence of pure water springs around the waterfall are also often used by surrounding communities for every day’s consumptions and other necessities such as bathing.
Goa Gajah Temple
Goa Gajah heritage site in the west side of Bedulu countryside, Blah Batuh Sub district and Gianyar Regency. Furthermore, it is about 27 km from Denpasar town. This cave is built at the crevasse edge from the federation of 2 rills and is called the Pangkung River, where the irrigation is mixed with the Petanu River flow. The federation area of two rivers is called Campuhan/Mixture. It owns the magical energy on the basis of the Rwabineda Concept/two different matters on this basic concept hence gua gajah(elephant cave ) is intentionally built among two rivers, There is a relief almost looking like the form of mountain on the entrance of this Bali Elephant Cave. There are many design on the relief like grove with the stick, close leaf, animal for example forest pig, tortoise and specters. ,The bas-relief decorates the mount of cave with the eye turn around to the right or west side. There is an article letter of Kediri type from the early of 11 century on the wall. We can see that on the left side or east side. There is a pool (Patirthaan) as a place to take the holy Tirtha water for Hindu ceremony. The pool location in the middle of the cave courtyard. The land has piled this Holy Pool previously and Krijgsman from the Ancient Department successfully found it in 1954. The There are several statue douches in this Holy pool and parallel in two groups.
Pura Tirtha Empul / Holly Spring Temple
Holy Water Tirta Empul Temple is located just below the Tampaksiring Presidential Palace. Built in 1957 by the first President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI), Soekarno. Together with the Presidential Palace, the Holy Water Tirta Empul Temple presents the charm of interesting sights that you can see.
As a Petirtaan center or bathing place, to explore the entire location of Tirta Empul is quite complex and it takes at least 30 minutes to an hour. Just like in temples and other holy places around the island, you need to wear a ‘sarong’ before entering that place. Holsters are available at the entrance to the temple and can be rented with a small contribution.
Once you enter the temple, you will walk through a large stone gate (known as Bentar Temple). At the end of the page is another Bentar Temple built on the wall that leads to the central courtyard.
This gate is guarded by carvings of two large statues of Dwarapala or guardians that are given a golden color. At the top of the gate there is a Kala carving that is very different from other Kala carvings in other places because it has sticking fangs up and a pair of hands with open arms.
Entering the inner courtyard, you will arrive at the ‘Jaba Tengah’ area which is the main area of the temple. The holy spring here ballooned into a large crystal-clear pond inside the temple and gushed out through 30 stalks of water to two holy purification pools.
Balinese and Hindu local adherents stand in long lines in the pond waiting to dip their heads under the water funnel in a purification ritual known as ‘melukat’.
Coffee Plantation
A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach, proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet’s intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness, widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world.
Coffee beans are actually seeds found in the pit of cherry-sized fruits on the coffee plant. Removing these seeds in the preparation of coffee can be done through fermentation. Over the years humans have devised several ways to synthesize that process of fermentation. But fermentation also happens naturally in the wild through an animal’s digestive tract. Here at the Coffee Plantation, the civet cat eats the ripest berries of a coffee plant and through the process of digestion, the seed is separated from the fruit and is fermented. After about 24 hours, the cat will poop the seeds out naturally and voila… the magic in the coffee making process begins.
Royal palace Ubud
The palace was the official residence of the royal family of Ubud. It was on his travels that Rsi Markandya received a divine revelation that in Bali he was to bury five precious metals on a mountain slope where the mother temple of Besakih now stands today. Along with a group of followers, Rsi Markandya was magnetically attracted to a destination located in the central foothills of the island that radiated light and energy. This place was Campuhan in Ubud at a junction in the Wos River and it was here that he felt compelled to build a temple by the name of Pura Gunung Lebah.
On subsequent expeditions around Bali, Rsi Markandya built a number of other significant temples and created a shared irrigation system for the terraced landscape that is still practiced by farmers today. The formation of the banjar, which is a village council responsible for community and religious affairs, was also inspired by Rsi Markandya. In essence, it can be said that Rsi Markandya is responsible for the foundation of Balinese Hinduism in its purest form referred to as Agama Tirtha or the religion of holy water.
Since being discovered back in the 8th century, the area of Campuhan has always been highly regarded by the Balinese for its immense spiritual powers. Even the term Ubud is derived from the term ubad, meaning medicine in reference to the traditional healing properties of the array of plants that randomly grow here. Generations of Hindu worshippers have made special pilgrimages to the fork in the Wos River to mediate, bathe and collect holy water for temple ceremonies and cleansing rituals.
There had always been ties between Java and Bali, but it was the disintegration of the once mighty Majapahit Empire in the 15th century that saw a mass exodus of nobles to Bali. A new kingdom on the island’s east coast called gelgel was consequently established and gave sanctuary to many important ruling families. They brought with them an artistic legacy and the principles of the caste system.
By the 17th century Bali invariably experienced a rapid emergence of new kingdoms, including the founding of several royal houses in Ubud. However, this period also saw much conflict between the royal clans with supremacy as the ultimate goal. A prince from Klungkung was sent to create a palace in Sukawati as a centre of great power and aesthetic beauty. Artisans came from all over Bali to help in its construction and once completed many of them chose to stay. Sukawati today is a community that strongly supports all forms of artistry as well as dance and music.
With the successful establishment of a reigning authority in Sukawati, palace retainers were then sent in the late 1700s to secure the area of Ubud. A pair of cousins formed rival communities in Padang Tegal and further north in the area of Taman. Following subsequent fighting between these neighbouring villages the king of Sukawati sent his brothers Tjokorde Ngurah Tabanan to Peliatan and Tjokorde Tangkeban to Sambahan to establish palaces with the notion to control these troubled areas.
Saraswati Temple
Saraswati temple Kingdom of Ubud is dedicated to honor the Hindu Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning, literature and art. This temple is very beautiful and artistic, so many tourists who come to see its charm, but for purposes of worship. Pura Taman Saraswati has a water garden and lotus pond at the center of its attraction as a tourist attraction.This temple is decorated with so many fine carvings and inside there Padmasana shrine located in the northeast, but it also contained bale barong, giant masks, statues of Goddess Saraswati and the statue of the devil Jero Gede Mecaling as high as 3 meters in front of the temple.
The Ubud Art Market is a great place to find beautiful silk scarves, lightweight shirts, statues, kites, handmade woven bags, baskets or hats and many other hand-crafted goods. Locally known as Pasar Seni Ubud, the market is opposite the Puri Saren Royal Ubud Palace and opens daily.
Most of the goods found at the Ubud Market are made in the neighbouring villages of Pengosekan, Tegallalang, Payangan and Peliatan. The location of the Ubud Art Market, which is centred among the art producing villages and at the centre of Ubud itself, makes it a strategic shopping place for Balinese handicrafts and souvenirs.
The Ubud market also served as a setting for the Hollywood movie Eat Pray Love, which shows a scene with actress Julia Roberts opposite a male character strolling through the stalls which are frequently visited by foreign and local visitors in real life. Naturally, bargaining is essential.
Price :
USD 50/Person
Term & condition
minimum booking 2 person
Including
- private transportation
- English speaking driver
- mineral water
- all entrance ticket
excluding
- meal & personal expenses
- tip