Kintamani and Besakih Tour

08:00 – Pick up at the hotel
09.30 – Visit Barong Dance Performance
11.00 – Visit Celuk Village for Gold and Silver Art
12.00 – Visit Batuan Village for Painting Art
13.00 – Visit Tegalalang Rice Terrace
14.00 – Visit Kintamani Volcano
14.15 – Lunch with volcano view
16.15 – Visit Besakih Temple
17.15 – Drive to Hotel

Kintamani and Besakih Tour is a one-day tour package to go to Bali volcano and Besakih mother temple of Bali. Kintamani and Besakih trip is one of the most popular full day tour packages together with Kintamani volcano tour with Ubud village. Kintamani and Besakih tour package will spend approximately 9 – 10 hours to explore the north-eastern part of Bali island, Indonesia. During these hours we will see and visit interesting places that will give you unforgettable experiences to know the culture of Bali, the historical places in Bali and also the beautiful view of Batur volcano and its lake. This Bali Kintamani and Besakih Tour is very comfortable with our professional Bali Tours Driver who is always outstanding offer our best service and It’s a private tour with full air-conditioning car transfer. Below is short description places of interest will be visit during Bali Kintamani and Besakih Tour.

First stop will see The Barong and Kris Dance at Batubulan village, the performance start at 9.30 am and finish at 10.30 am. The Barong dance is represent an enternal fight between good and evil spirit. A Barong ( mythological animal ) represent good spirit and Rangda ( mythological monster ) represent evil one. Balinese people also believed that the Barong is symbol of protector.

Afterwards will take you to visit silver smith, woodcarving and painting. The gold and silver smith is Celuk Village located the next of Batubulan Village. There are a lot of huge silver shop in this village. The woodcarving village name is Mas village, this village produce very good quality of woodcarving made from very hard wood such as teak wood, ebony, mahogany, and hibiscus wood, those of wood import from another island like Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi.

For over a thousand years Batuan has been a village of Balinese Artwork and Bali handicrafts. Batuan village has a thousand year old history in accordance with the recorded history. Batuan village wasn’t influenced by the western as they were in Ubud. The Batuan paintings were often dark, crowded representations of either legendary scenes or themes from daily life, freakish animal monsters, and witches accosted people. The Batuan Village paintings were gradations of black to white ink washes laid over most of the surface, so as to create an atmosphere of darkness and gloom. In the later years, the designs covered the entire space, which often contributed to the crowded nature of these Balinese paintings

Tegalalang Rice Terrace alone has an outlook that spreads down before you and away to the rice terraces on the slopes across the valley. The high roadside location is cool and breezy and it is a well known spot for tourists to stop and take photos. Painters and nature lovers also enjoy visiting this spot and there are numerous art shops and cafes near the ledge offering their ware.

The Kintamani volcano or Mount Batur, in particular, is a very popular trek. The captivating Mount Batur surrounds the 13-square kilometre Batur caldera lake. Those with a penchant for adventure can take a winding road down to the lake shore. This leads you to Toya Bungkah, Ulun Danu Batur temple, and a collection of hot springs. The Kintamani area consists of three main villages, namely Penelokan, Batur, and Kintamani. There are also some old Balinese villages around Batur Lake, often referred to as Bali Aga villages. Penelokan is a popular stopover. It serves as a vantage point at the southernmost part of the crater rim. From here, you can enjoy the sweeping views over the magnificent Bali volcano.

Besakih Temple known that since the 15th century, The first recorded mention of its existence is from an inscription that dates from 1007 A.D. Since the Gelgel dynasty of the fifteenth century it has been regarded as a central, holy temple for the entire island. It was regarded as the central temple of Hinduism in Bali. Besakih Temple also known as Pura Penataran Agung, is Bali’s main place of worship, a complex comprising twenty-two temples set on parallel ridges. This complex expresses the essential belief of the Balinese known as Tri Hita Kirana, meaning that life on earth must be lived and kept in balance and harmony between man and God, man and society and his fellow human beings, and man and his natural environment