Bedugul - Bali
Fifteen kilometers (9 3/8 miles) west of Kintamani
and 51 km (31 7/8 miles) north of Denpasar, Bedugul is a lakeside
mountain resort that provides welcome relief from the heat and
especially the humidity of the coast.
Lake Bratan, together with Lake Buyan and Tamblingan, occupies
what is in fact another huge caldera, comparable to Batur’s,
but in this case the northern walls have slipped seawards and
it is consequently neither as distinct nor anything like as impressive.
Ulun Danu
At Candikuning on the edge of the lake (which is in places
35 m or 115 deep) stands the temple of Ulun Danu, set in delightful
garden. Temple buildings occupy two minutes offshore islets, and
these, with their three and eleven tier meru, are, hardly surprisingly,
much photographed. The temple is dedicated to the spirits that
control the irrigation system that derive their waters from the
lake; there are also Buddhist and Islamic temples close by.
It is possible to be taken by rowing boat on a lake trip lasting
approximately 45 minutes to see a cave and visit the Bedugul Hotel
and Restaurant. Water skiing and parasailing are on offer. Accomodation
and meals can also be had at Bali Hander Country Club which boasts
a golf course.
Bali Botanical Garden
Half a kilometer from the lake along the road back towards
Denpasar,
by a flower and vegetable market, a road runs off to the right
to the Botanical Gardens. The gardens consist of an open area
of wooded parkland still in an early stage of development. Pathways
have been established, and the clearly labeled trees, on this
south-facing, upland slope, are very fine in themselves.
Flowers are being added gradually. At the moment it’s
a place for quiet, rather extensive walks among glades, with views
up to the wooden hills, and, on the weekday at least, almost total
solitude. On an island where a huge variety of tropical and subtropical
plants, both native and introduced, flourish with ease, the potential
here is clearly immense. Book Bedugul
Bali Tour, and enjoy cool unpolloted atmosphere Bali country
side with mountain resort.
