VILLAGES AROUND DANAU BATUR

The small villages around Danau Batur have Crisp. Establishment on the lake and views on the rounded summits. There are many fish here and the air is thinking? smell onions many farms. You see Galement, peppers, cabbage and garlic growing. Yum!

A hairpin-bend road winds its way down from Penelokan to the shore of Danau Batur. At the lakeside you can go left along the good
road that winds its way through lava fields to Toya Bungkah, the usual base for climbing Gunung Batur.

Songan

Two kilometres around the lake from Toya Bungkah, Songan is a large and interesting village with market gardens extending to the lake's edge. At the lakeside road end is the temple Pura Ulun Danu Batur, under the edge
of the crater rim.

DETOUR

A turn-off in Songan takes you on a rough but passable road around the crater floor. Much of the area is very fertile, with bright patches of market garden and quite strange landforms. On the north- western side of the volcano, Toya Mam- peh village (Yeh Mampeh) is surrounded by a vast field of chunky black lava - a legacy of the 1974 eruption. Further on, Pura Bukit Mentik was completely surrounded by molten lava from this eruption, but the temple itself, and its impressive banyan tree, were quite untouched -
it's called the 'Lucky Temple'.

Toya Bungkah

The main tourist centre is Toya Bungkah (also known as Tirta), with its hot springs (tirta and toya both mean water).

Toya Bungkah is a simple village, but travellers stay here so they can climb Gunung Batur early in the morning. And if you take a moment to smell the onions (and take in the view of the placid lake) you may just decide.

Kedisan & Buahan

The villages around the southern end of the lake have a few places available to stay in a fairly isolated setting. Buahan is a pleas-
ant 15-minute stroll from Kedisan, and has market gardens going right down to the lakeshore.

Beware of the motorcycle touts who will follow you down the hill from Penelokan, trying out the various guide and hotel scams.

Local hotels ask that you try to call ahead and reserve so that they can have your name on record and thus avoid paying a bounty
to the touts.

Penulisan

Gradually the road climbs along the crater Kintamani beyond rim, and is often shroud in clouds, mist or rain. Penulisan is where The road bends sharply and heads down to wards the north coast.

A viewpoint about 400m south from here offers an amazing panorama over three mountains: Gunung Batur,Gunung Abang and Gunung Agung. If you're coming from the north, this is where you'll first see what all the fuss is about tourism.



Near the road junction, several steep flights of steps lead to Bali's highest temple, Pura Puncak Penulisan (1745m). Inside the highest courtyard are rows of old statues and fragments of sculpture in the open bale. Some of the sculptures date back to the 11th century. The church views are superb: Facing north you can see over the rice terraces clear to the Singaraja coast (weather permitting).

Batur & Kintamani

The villages of Batur and Kintamani now virtually the entire run. Kintamani is famous for its large and colorful market is held every three
Day. It starts very early and 11's all over. If you do not want to go hiking, watch the sunrise Viewed from the road here is very good. The original village of Batur was in Crater, but was destroyed by an eruption of violence 1917. There, thousands of people killed before

the lava flow stopped at the entrance to the Village main temple.

Taking this as a good omen, the village has been rebuilt, but he returned to Gunung Batur 1926th This time, covered the lava flow of everything --
this sanctuary, with the exception of the highest temple.

Fortunately, there have been some evacuations and People have been killed. The village was moved to on the edge of the crater, and the shrine survivor
has also been established and there and in the new temple, Pura Batur

Spiritually, Gunung Batur is the second most important mountain in Bali (only Gu-nung Agung outranks it) so this temple is of considerable importance. It's a great stop as there are always a few colourful mountain characters hanging around. Within the com- plex is a Taoist shrine.

Trunyan & Kuban

The village is sandwiched between Trunyan Lake and the outer edge of the crater. t is inhabited by Bali Aga people.

Trunyan is known for the Pura Pancering Jagat with its 4 meter high statue of the village Guardian spirit, but tourists are not allowed go inside. There are also some traditional Bali Aga-style dwellings and a large banyan
Tree, he spoke to over 1100 years.



A little further Trunyan and accessible only by boat, the cemetery is on the Kuban. The People do not bury or burn Trunyan their dead - they lie, they Bamboo Decompose cages. AA collection of skulls and bones lies on a stone platform. This is a tourist trap for those with macabre tastes.
Boats leave from a jetty near the middle of Kedisan, where there is a ticket office and a car park with a few pushy vendors.

Tourists are not allowed to catch the public boat. The price for a four-hour return trip - Kedisan-Trunyan-Kuban-Toya Bung- kah-Kedisan - depends on the number of passengers, with a maximum of seven .

VILLAGES AROUND GUNUNG BATUR CRATER

VILLAGES AROUND GUNUNG BATUR CRATER

There are several small villages on the ridge. For crater of Gunung Batur. The Penelokan. Area is full of restaurants, bus tour, although some are good. In general, places the west side of the street to enjoy the view
South of Bali, while on the east side view double in the Caldera.

Penelokan
Location Penelokan means "look" - and youwill be surprised by the views of Gunung,Batur and descent to the bottom of the lake the crater. In addition to the view (see large lava flow on Gunung Batur), No. a lot here - a big tour bus of the hotel several ugly Restaurants monolithic peering over the crater and many souvenir sellers desperate.

The road around the edge of a large number overpriced buffet restaurants oriented Busloads of tour groups.

TREKKING FROM KINTAMANI

From the western edge of the outer crater, trails go from Batur and Kintamani down into the main crater, then up Gunung Batur from theE-west side. This route passes close to the rather exciting volcanically active area and may be closed for safety reasons.

TREKKING FROM THE NORTHEAST

The easiest way is north - is whether you can transfer it to the starting point for 4 am. Toya Bungkah take the road north-Songan and take the left fork for about 3.5 kilometers. Follow this small road for another 1.7 kilometers on a poorly marked road on the left side - that rises a mile or two parking spaces. From here on foot length is easy to follow, and should take less than an hour.

TREKKING FROM PURA JATI

A huge car park near the main entrance to Pura Jati makes dies for groups and hikers. The shorter walk is mainly on the lava fields, then go straight (to about two hours) theTop. If you want to see the latest cone to the west of the tip (assuming that the area is safe Visit), go to the first summit - not walk-ing around the active area before sunrise.

Trekking From Toya Bungkah

The basic trek is to start climbing from Toya Bungkah at about 3am, reach the summit for sunrise, and possibly walk right around the main cone, then return to Toya Bungkah.

The route is pretty straightforward - walk out of the village towards Kedisan and turn right just after the car park. After about 30 minutes you'll be on a ridge with a well-defined track; keep going up. It gets pretty steep towards the top and it can be hard walking over the loose volcanic sand.

Allow about two hours to reach the top, which is at the northern edge
of the inner crater.

Climbers have reported that they've easily made the journey without a HPPGB guide, though it shouldn't be tried while dark. The major obstacle is actually avoiding any hassle from the guides themselves.

You can follow the rim to the western side, with a view of the area of the most recent volcanic activity, continue to the southern
edge, and then return to Toya Bungkah by the route you climbed up.

Longer trips go around the recent volcanic cones southwest of the summit. This has the most exciting volcanic activity, with smoking craters, bright-yellow sulphur deposits, and steep slopes of fine black sand. If the activity is too exciting, the area may be closed for trekking, although the summit can still be OK.

Climbing up Gunung Batur, spending a reasonable time on the top and then strolling back down takes four or five hours; for the longer treks around the newer cones, allow around eight hours.

Treakking Equipment

If you are climbing before sunrise, take a flashlight be or absolutely certain that your Guidelines can you be offering. You need good
strong shoes, a hat, a jumper (sweater) and Drinking water.

Trekking Gunung Batur

Volcanologists describe how Gunung Batur"Caldera double" or a crater in another. The outer crater is an oval approximately 14km long, with its western boundary approximately 1500 meters Level. The crater of a volcano interior is classic shaped tip, which reaches 1717m. Activity In the last ten years have generated many Cones on its western flank, Unimage --
natively named Batur I, II, III and IV more BE 20 smaller eruptions have been recorded -- 1824 to 1994, and there was heavy The eruptions in 1917, 1926 and 1963.

Geological and earthquakes continue to occur,regularly. Beyond the statistics, you really see believe. A look at this other world spec --
tacle and you will understand why people want to Go through the hassle and expense of many to take a hike. But is it valid? You

breathtaking pictures and get closer Volcanic activity is not easily seen elsewhere. But the disadvantage is that it is expensive, you are
deal with different characters and May have to tell you the only estimated, "I all this in terms of parking spacePenelokan.

GUNUNG BATUR AREA

This region is like a big bowl with the ground half covered with water and a series of volcanic Growth cones in the middle. Sounds a bit spectacular? It is. The road around the south -- western edge of the crater of Gunung Batur is a Bali, the main north-south and is one of the most popular vistas of Bali.

Most people want to do something, trekking Stay in the beautiful villages around the shores of Danau Batur, and plan an early start The ascent of the volcano.

The villages around the Gunung Batur crater rim have grown together over the years in a continuous, untidy strip. The main village is Kintamani, although the whole area is often referred to by that name. Coming up from the south, the first village is Penelokan, where tour-group busloads stop to gasp at the view, eat a buffet lunch and are hassled by the ever- present souvenir sellers.

Penlokan is also where you can take a short road down into the crater. From here, a road loosely follows the shore of Danau Batur, linking the villages of Kedisan and Toya Bungkah.

Highlights at Central Mountains

Admire the magnificent views and lush
Waterfall and filled the surrounding countryside
around Munduk

Find your favorite rice terraces at
Jatiluwih

Feel the energy as one of the holiest of Bali
Temple, Pura Luhur Batukau

Walking around Danau Buyan and
Danau Tamblingan

Surviving the double-wide crater Caldera
Lake, lava flows, cones, smoke and Tug
Gunung Batur

Central Mountains

Volcanoes are the backbone of Bali, and for many they are the soul. By climbing one of
Many roads through the mountains of Bali will at some point you know that palm
were replaced by pine trees, and you will see that yes, you enter another world.
They share the vast plains of southern narrow band in the north. Based
a rocky outcrop in the east near Amlapura, volcanoes March westwards. The mother of the island
Mountain Gunung Agung (3142m) to the east and north-west is Gunung Batur (Mt Batur;
1717m) with its caldera lake lunarlike double and many smaller craters.

In Bratan Danau (Lake Bratan) zone comprises a complex of vegetation, long dormant
Caldera, interspersed with several lakes. After Gunung Batukau, the second highest
Mountain (2276m), a series of small peaks stretching into the sparsely populated
Western Region.

Opportunities abound for visitors. Amid the anger there too impressive geological
Performance around the Gunung Batur, especially at sunrise. Much more relaxed walks are available in abundance
in lakes and hills around Danau Bratan.

On Munduk in the west, a dense landscape of waterfalls, jungles and coffee plantations
attracts more visitors and more for hiking and stays in nice hotels and culturally aware.

In the south, Gunung Batukau temple houses a beautiful and important in some
Island, terraced rice fields to grow more beautiful old things around their Jatiluwih.

You can visit the mountains in the Tour one day or more trails. A glance
the trees will tell you, is like nowhere else in Bali.