Capital - GianyarImportant phone numbers:Direct Enquiries -108Gianyar Tourist Office Tlp: 93401(Address - Jl. Ngurah Rai 21, Gianyar.)History :Gianyar Town - District capital of Gianyar Regency - Located in the south eastern part of the regency, Gianyar is well known for it's roasted babi guling (suckling pig). It is a large town that holds little of interest for the tourist. The temple of Pura Da . . . >> read more
Capital - SingarajaLocation: North & North Western BaliImportant Phone numbers:Direct Enquiries - 0363 22108Buleleng Tourist Office - Jl. Vetran 23 Tlp: 0363 61141Villages, sites & temples of Buleleng Regency are: Singaraja - capital of regency; (sites are listed from west to east). Deer Island (Menjangen Island), Teluk Terima, Pulaki Temple, Gondol, Banjar Hotsprings, Banjar Tega's Buddhi . . . >> read more
Capital - AmlapuraHighest Peak - Mt. Agung - 3'142 m.Location: Eastern BaliLand Area: 839'54 sq. km.No. Of Districts - 8 (Abang, Babandem, Karangasem, Kubu, Manggis, Rendang, Selat & Sidemen)Important Phone numbers:Direct Enquiries - 0363 21108Karangasem Tourist Office - Tlp: 0363 - 21196(Address - Jl. Diponegoro, Amlapura.)Amlapura - Town of Karangasem - Located on the southeastern part of th . . . >> read more
Capital - NegaraHighest Peak - Mt. Patas - 1'500 m.Location: Western BaliLand Area: 841'80 sq. km.No. Of Districts - 4 (Melaya, Negara, Mendoyo, Pekutatan)Important Phone numbers:Direct Enquiries - 0365 41108Jembrana Tourist Office - Tlp: 0365 - 41210Address - Jl. Setia Budi, Negara.Museum Gilimanuk - 0365 61328BUPATI - 0365 41210 N.B. Negara's famous Bull Races are in AugustNegara - District Capi . . . >> read more
Unlike most of Muslim-majority Indonesia, about 83.5% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, formed as a combination of existing local beliefs and Hindu influences from mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. Minority religions include Islam (13.3%), Christianity (1.7%), and Buddhism (0.5%).These figures do not include immigrants from other parts of Indonesia.When Islam surpassed Hindu . . . >> read more
The island of Bali is one of the smallest, but perhaps the most extraordinary island on Indonesia Archipelago offers fascinating scenery and rich of cultures. The island of Bali has long been the primary focus of Indonesia's flourishing tourist industry.The island is small, volcanic, and graced with swaths of extremely fertile land, much of it sculpted into terraced rice paddies. Sandy beaches pun . . . >> read more
Bali was inhabited around 2000 BC by Austronesian people who migrated originally from Southeast Asia and Oceania through Maritime Southeast Asia.Culturally and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely related to the people of the Indonesian archipelago, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Oceania.Stone tools dating from this time have been found near the village of Cekik in the island's west. In a . . . >> read more
Hindus in Bali apply strict rules regarding temples and ceremonies. These rules mainly concern dress requirements and conditions of 'sebel' (taboo) such as menstruation or open wounds, bringing food into the temple, being physically or mentally ill, being in a state of mourning (for the Balinese this lasts 42 days or one month + 7 days of Balinese calender), and having given birth within the past . . . >> read more
Barong Dancehe Barong is the magical protector of Balinese villages. As "lord of the forest" with fantastic fanged mask and long mane, he is the opponent of Rangda the witch, who rules over the spirits of darkness, in the never ending fight between good and evil.Kecak DanceKecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus. Kecak is a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 19 . . . >> read more
The Ngurah Rai International Airport is located near Jimbaran, on the isthmus at the southernmost part of the island. Lt.Col. Wisnu Airfield is found in north-west Bali.A coastal road circles the island, and three major two-lane arteries cross the central mountains at passes reaching to 1,750m in height (at Penelokan). The Ngurah Rai Bypass is a four-lane expressway that partly encircles Denpasar . . . >> read more