Great Activities in Bali

ELEPHANT SAFARI
Did you know that you can ride an elephant in Bali ? Up close, elephants are enormous and lovely animals. Enjoy the beautiful natural view of Taro Village from the back of an elephant. Usually, this activity is combined with a visit to Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave), in the art village of Ubud. This is a real elephant tour.

CAMEL SAFARI
Enjoy a camel ride for usually for about 1 hour (including a 15 minutes break in the middle) in the Camel Safari located inside the Nikko Bali Resort & Spa on the south of Bali, Nusa Dua.

DOLPHIN LODGE
There is a special facility that allows you to come in close touch with dolphins off the cost of Serangan near Sanur. Here, you can touch, hug, feed and play catch with dolphins. You will be enchanted with these charming and intelligent animals. Sure to be an unforgettable experience. In Lovina area, there is also some places to see the attraction of the dolphins

Elephant Safari Ride in Taro Bali

With the collection of more than 20 elephants, guaranteed you will see many of the most interesting activity of these animals. Not only interesting, but also funny. If you visiting the Taro village to ride the elephant in Bali along with your family and children, your child will be more happy.

For about 30 minutes, on the top of elephant body, you will be engaged to walk around the Taro village, to see the citizen there doing their daily activity. After that, you will be entertained by those elephants with attraction of playing football, basketball, drawing or give you a flower. Once again, visiting this activity in Bali with the family and children will be more interesting. As the children will love it much!

Taro village is located at Tegalang, Ubud Bali. From Kuta, the location can be reached in about 1 hour drive by car. Best way to reach the place is by renting a car in Bali. Another way is by ride the taxi, but it is not advised as the price will be more expensive.

Cycling in Bali

Cycling is an adventure tour that will take you further knowing the various of Bali nature and the living of the Balinese. This kind of adventure will usually taking the road at the country side of Bali island. This way make the possibilities for you to interact more with the local in sub urban area.

In Bali, this kind of activity has been included in the interesting Bali tour package that you can choose, which one is look good for you. The tour company in Bali who operate this activity has been completing their tools with the international standard, including for the safety.

If you can choose for one of them, beside the tools, you will also get a guide who will make your holiday will be planned very well. This will help you to avoid any stresses, as you just need to follow for what they had programmed.

The recommended track of cycling in Bali is mount Batur, mount Batukaru, Ubud, Ayung, Kintamani and Jatiluwih.

The price to do cycling in Bali is vary. If you get this service from a tour company, the price is between USD 30 - USD 40 per person. Minimum bikers is 2 persons. The price is including for the hotel transfer with an air con vehicle, international standard tools, guide, lunch, toilet and insurance.

Kuta Sport & Recreation

You see everything here at Western and local kids doing wheelies with skate boards or inline skate, beach-tennis players, California joggers, patrolling Indonesian soldiers, clusters of carts selling steamed corn and bags of peanuts, hefty Dutch matrons, packs of mangy dogs, hordes of Javanese tourists, cyclists, horseback riders and masseurs.

Huge crowds gather it sunset, setting up tripods, reading novels, humming guitars, swigging cold beer, tripping in magic mushrooms. Vendors, who may not venture beyond an official demarcation line, offer massages, drinks, souvenirs, and bikinis. Large sun umbrellas are for rent. Nude swimming and sunbathing, as well as motorcycle and surf buggy riding, are frowned upon by the local police.

The beach is extremely crowded in August and December. For any semblance of seclusion you have to walk north for at least a kilometer past Legian.

Although Kuta beach is inviting, watch the treacherous undertow and strong currents. Since 1958, over 100 tourists have drowned here. Always swim within the flag markers on the beach, loop near the crowds and lifeguards, and remain within the reef.

Surfing
Kuta became a hippie haven and surf paradise the early 70s. The best waves are the left handers out on Kuta Reef; the best surf=ing from March to July. Kuta Reef is accessible motorized outrigger from Jimbaran.

Young Kuta cowboys tend to be real possessive about their waves, make friends with them first. For surfing equipment, head for the dozen or so surf shops on Bakung Sari and Jl. Legian. Run by veteran surfers, these shops rent and sell surfboards, boogie boards, and such accessories as water sport wear and tide charts. These guys can also give you current information on the state of surf. Surfboards can also be rented on beach.

Bali Marine Walk in Nusa Lembongan

Thinking of beyond Bali?

Yeap, try Nusa Lembongan!

Nusa Lembongan is small island located at the southeast of Bali island. Yes, you need a boat to go to there. Actually, a speed boat.

Bali Marine Walk is very interesting activity to do while you are in Bali for holiday. Good for the group of family, or couple. In Bali island, near the island, there are also some small islands. And, this activity located in Nusa Lembongan, a small island in south east Bali island. This small island has a limpid water on the beach. If you heard of Bali Hai Cruise before, this island is their destination via their cruise. So, you can use their service to take you to Nusa Lembongan to do the activity of Bali Marine Walk.

After you arrived in Nusa Lembongan, actually, there are plenty of activities can do. In this topic, the Bali Marine Walk is the one most advised: enjoying the beautiful view of sea bottom by walk!

To do this ctivity (walking in the bottom of the sea), we must wear the helmet. This special helmet has been designed with defogging system, so your eyes will be easy and free to see the panorama, as the bubbles has been blocked. The walkers will be will accompanied by the professional instructor, to guarantee the safety and comfort.

Please take for some important stuff with you: swimsuit, sun screen, extra-dry cloth, sandal and camera. Have fun in the sea bottom of Bali!

ADDITIONAL TIPS WHILE DO SOME ACTIVITIES IN BALI

Rafting Tips

Rafting is an adventure by going along the edge of the river which has challenging swift flow. It is one of popular activity in Bali, beside diving and snorkeling. In order to do this activity, we need a boat rubber. And there is no other tools to drive the boat except for oar. Because of that, the cohesive between the passenger is very important.

Now it is time to pump up the adrenaline. Good news is, this activity can be done in a group. From 2, 4 or 6 persons can enjoy this activity at the same time, same boat. If all of them is someone you knew, like your family member, or friends, that would be more perfect.

In Bali, we can find many of rafting adventure. One of the popular one we can find it at the Telaga Waja Bali. The price to enjoy the adventure is ranging between USD 40 - USD 60. Remember, this activity is very recommended to be played by adults only. If there is a chance, no children allowed.

If you are interesting to try the rafting in Bali, this short guidance will may be to help you:

1) Before starting the rafting, you will be given a pant, helmet and safety jacket by the organizer. Tight them up with gentle to make sure your safety is set up. If you still does not understand how to use it, do not hesitate to ask your instructor how to set it up perfectly.

2) After the tools was set up, the instructor will give you some guidance about the basic rule of rafting, how to hold the oar, the technique of how to float in the water, and any special codes from the instructor (captain) while you are in action. Watch and listen carefully to the instructor when he gives all these kind of explanation.

3) In the middle of rafting, stay cool, relax. Listen to what every captain order. When a big wave come and hit the boat, do not panic. Instead, just laugh and smile for more. This is way can reduce your fear, actually.

4) Do not hesitate to shout louder while you are on the river! It is truly very interesting. Furthermore, no one will hear your scream, beside the member of your group on the same boat.

5) Feel free to do anything, including if you want to mash. It is on the river already, no body will know. See, now you find the importance that you are doing this activity with someone you knew.

After you understand with the rules, you are ready to go! To make sure you will get this experience, it is better to make a booking first. Especially on the high season and peak season in Bali, make a booking for rafting activity sometime need for extra time to be confirmed for the availability.

Bali Beach Safety

Don't be deceived by the crowds on the Kuta or Legian beach areas. Even though the beach here is quite dangerous, you still see people swimming exactly where they are not supposed to swim. It is common during the busy July and August period that as many as five people die or turn up missing over a six week period. During this same period, another four or five are pulled out of the dangerous undercurrents in front ot Surya Restaurant and the Padma Hotel in Legian.

If you extrapolate this over the course of a year, you get 40 fatalities a year due to drownings off Kuta and Legian.

There are certain facts that all tourists should be aware of when they arrive at Kuta. First, there are extremely strong undercurrents. Second, because Indonesia still does not have the resources that Australia, the USA, or Japan, if you get pulled out to sea, well, it's basically you and the ocean, and if you are not Mark Spitz, the ocean will win. Between Kuta and Legian, there are only four lifeguards (beach security is trying to increase that number). Kuta is also not blessed with access to speedboats or helicopters that will come fish you out it you are unlucky enough to get pulled out to sea when the lifeguard is not looking your way.

Moreover, once it gets dark, there is no way that anyone can find you out in the endless black ocean. Indonesian authorities simply do not have access to the strong strobe lights necessary to conduct a search after dark. Furthermore, because the undercurrent is so strong, you could find yourself hundreds of meters out to sea before anyone even notices that you are missing.

Aerial searches are not conducted and the few rubber boats on hand are no match for mother nature which certainly, as the search is going on, will be pulling you farther and farther out to sea. Kuta and Legian beach is not an episode out of Baywatch where being pulled out to sea is rewarded by mouth to mouth with Pamela Anderson.

While there are dangerous areas of the beach (especially between Surya Restaurant and the bungee jump), swimming on Kuta Beach does not have to be life threatening. The beach patrol, which puts up danger signs, knows what it's doing and swimmers who swim between the safe red and yellow flags have very little chance of encountering bad currents. People only die because they swim precisely where they are not supposed to swim.