Rice Terrace & Batukaru Temple

Rice Terrace and Batukaru Temple Tour :: Visit Bali Interesting Places

Jatiluwih Rice Terrace View

Batukaru Temple View

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This tour will bring you to visit the beautiful rice terrace at Pacung and Jatiluwih before to visit Pura Batukaru (Batukaru or Watukaru temple), one of the biggest Hindu Temples in Bali. The three elements temple area of Watukaru or Batukaru is equal to other temples in Bali generally which is consisted of outside area (Nista Mandala), Middle area (Madya mandala) and Center area (Utama Mandala). Beore to visit Batukaru temple, the driver will bring you to visit Taman Ayun temple.

YOUR TOUR ITINERARY IS AS BELOW:

Pickup to your hotel

Pickup time is at about 10.00 am or based on your request

VISIT TAMAN AYUN TEMPLE

The temple complex has three ground areas which rise in levels. In the most external one there is a general purpose hall which is used for religious ceremonies and for staging of dances. Close by is a decorative fountain. In the central grounds is a building called the Bale Pelik with beautiful carvings with interesting reliefs and statues of the nine gods, Dewa Nawa Sanga. The temple has an ideal recreational garden, the air is cool and the still waters provide a safe environment for all sorts of aquatic creatures which live in the ponds.

LUNCH AT PACUNG RICE TERRACE

VISIT JATILUWIH RICE TERRACE

Jatiluwih rice terrace is the favorite tourism destination in Bali. Jatiluwih will bring your the beautiful view of rice terrace unfolding from the foot of mountain until the coastal side. The Jatiluwih rice terrace surrounded by cool atmosphere because it is located in the height of 700 meters above sea level. Besides its nature potency, Jatiluwih is also saving the cultural potency, especially history of the Petali Temple existence that is related to the power of Ida Dalem Waturenggong King in Keraton Gelgel (1460 - 1552).

VISIT BATUKARU TEMPLE

Batukaru temple is a famous tourist's stop for sightseeing to the west Bali country side. The location is on the foot of second highest mountain in Bali that is Batukaru mountain, from which the temple got the name. When people go for a praying, first they stop at a temple called Pura Jero Taksu which is still away before Batukaru for the first prayer, but for those who has been many times no need to stop here.

TABANAN HOT WATER

Tabanan hot water oozes down the sides of the 2,276 metre Mt. Batukaru, an extinct volcano and the second highest peak in Bali. The hot water is said to have therapeutic properties due to its chemical composition.

Back to the hotel

You will be in the hotel at about 18.00