UNESCO Rice Terrace Jatiluwih with Tanah Lot Sunset Tour

Taman Ayun Temple in Mengwi, huge state temple of Mengwi Kingdom surrounded by a wide moat, the temple built in 1634. Outside yard with open grassy expanse and meeting hall for held the meeting, dance performance and sometime cockfighting. Middle yard built high wood bell (Kulkul), oustide yard to middle yard separate by open gate and from middle yard to inner courtyard separate by close gate. Inner courtyard has a lot of multitiered shrines (Meru), from first till the highest one. The visitor allowing to see the inner courtyard from outside only.

The most interesting places and very pretty of rice terraces in Bali. Along the way drive between Jatiluwih and Batukaru Temple you will see also coffee plantation, durian trees, cacao, bamboo, avocado and etc. Jatiluwih Village has beautiful and wide of rice terraces and the best rice terraces in Bali island. After harvest season you may see the farmer floughing the field with cow or buffalo, they still use traditional equipment to manage theirs land.

Drive to north passed the Penebel Village we will arrive in Batukaru Temple, the temple located in Wongaya Gede Village. This temple one of important temple in Bali for western direction of Bali. The temple dedicated to the god of Mahadewa. Surrounding of the temple is forest with feacefull and very quiet as the temple lied in slope of Batukaru Mount. The temple has some Meru, the Meru is symbol of the mountain, eastern side built holy spring temple (Beji) and small moat with some small fish.

After drive about 30 minutes from Batukaru Temple you will arrive at Wanasari Village to see the colony of butterfly. The Butterfly Park collected many kinds of butterfly import from Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo and Irian Jaya. They do sell some souvenir from butterfly.

Tanah Lot Temple, the end of the trip we will see Tanah Lot Temple. The temple perched on a little rocky islet. This temple was built in 16th century by the Javanese priest Danghyang Nirartha who built many temple near the sea around the island such as Rambut Siwi Temple in west of Bali, Pulaki Temple and Ponjok Batu Temple in North of Bali. In western side there are small temple built one of teh temple in the top rock with hole it’s Batu Bolong Temple, Batu it’s mean Rock and Bolong it’s mean hole.