The great temples of Bali
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Denpasar ?
The map of your stay "The great temples of Bali"
Detail of the stay : The great temples of Bali
How to get there - Denpasar
Arrival in Denpasar
Steps: Jimbaran
Arrival in Denpasar. Visit of the Pura Jagathnata of the capital and Museum. Sunset at Pura Uluwatu, directional temple perched on a cliff of the Bukit Peninsula. Dinner on Jimbaran beach.
Places of interest : PURA JAGATNATHA PLAGE
Visit of temples: Et Ayun and Pura Ulun Danau Bratan
Steps: Mengwi
Places of interest : PURA ULUN DANU BRATAN
Three temples, three discoveries
Steps: Sembiran
Excursion to the temples of Pura Beiji, Pura Maduwe Karang, Pura Ponjok Batu, which are distinguished by their imposing size or their bas-reliefs featuring Dutch settlers and their modern means of transportation. Overnight in the vicinity.
Places of interest : PURA PONJOK BATU
Admiration of the Pura Ulun Danau Batur temple
Sunrise on the largest temple of the island
Steps: Tirtagangga
Early in the morning, visit the largest temple on the island, the complex of Pura Besakih on the slopes of the volcano Agung. Overnight in Tirtagangga.
Temples and water palace
Steps: Tirtagangga
At dawn, discovery of Pura Lempuyang then climb on foot to the temple of Pura Luhur Lempuyang. Return to Tirtagangga, visit the water palace. Night in Candidasa.
Places of interest : PURA LEMPUYANG
Nusa Penida, the island where the evil spirit resides
Steps: Ped
Early in the morning departure for Padang Bai from where we take a boat to Nusa Penida, the island where resides the most powerful evil spirit of Bali, Jero Gede Macaling. Visit the Pura Dalem Penataran Ped. Return to Bali (the Balinese never dare to sleep on Nusa Penida). Night in Padang Bai.
Places of interest : PURA DALEM PENETARAN
The bat cave
Steps: Klungkung
Visit Pura Goa Lawah, the bat cave. Visit of the water gardens of the city of Klungkung. Road to Ubud.
Places of interest : PURA GOA GIRI PUTRI
Visit to the Hindu Goddess of Education
Steps: Ubud
Visit Pura Gunung Kawi and Pura Tirta Empul in the north ofUbud. In Ubud, Pura Saraswati, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of education, is embellished with a lotus pond. In the evening, traditional dance show at Pura Dalem of Ubud.
Places of interest : PURA SARASWATI PURA GUNUNG KAWI SEBATU
In the sacred valley
Steps: Ubud
Visit the temples of the sacred valley of Petanu south ofUbud. Sunset at Pura Tanah Lot.
Places of interest : PURA TANAH LOT
To the meeting of spirits and energies
Steps: Tanah Lot
The most courageous will drive to Pura Rambut Siwi, a large temple on the west coast of Bali attributed to the memory of Nirartha, like Tanah Lot and other coastal temples. Overnight at Balian Beach, a beautiful beach (with dangerous waters) that is said to have a strong spiritual energy.
Places of interest : RAMBUT SIWI TEMPLE BALIAN BEACH PLAGE
Journey in a natural setting in Wongayagede
Head for the village of Wongayagede at the foot of Mount Batukau. A few kilometers away, the great directional temple Pura Luhur Batukau nestled in a natural setting. Night in Wongayagede.
The sacred forest of the monkeys
Steps: Seminyak
Return south through the sacred forest of Sangeh monkeys. Visit the temple of Petitgentet above Seminyak, overnight in Seminyak.
Places of interest : FORÊT SACRÉE DES SINGES (SACRED MONKEY FOREST)
