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Located in a peaceful traditional village in south of Bali, called Kedonganan,
near Jimbaran. Its white sandy beach, sunset view and the famous sea food
cafe all the beach long is attracting tourist from all over the world. It
is only five minutes drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Yet, it
will be easy for you to reach other tourist destinations of Bali, as Kuta
Beach within minutes, Nusa Dua is within 10 minutes and the capital city
of Bali, Denpasar is within 30 minutes.
Near Bali Cliff Resort
Touring the Bukit can be a unique and exciting experience. Start right above
the magnificent beach, to the wide open space and sky, temples, wild flowers,
oceans, parachutes or surfers etc. So let's start the tour. From Uluwatu
road ( when you are on your journey from Denpasar to Nusa Dua through the
By Pass highway turn right just after Ngurah Rai Airport ) after Intercontinental
Hotel we turn right at the first junction, soon we'll arrive at the southern
part of Jimbaran Beach, a wide white sandy beach with green-blue clear water.
If we arrive in this place in the afternoon it's worth waiting to watch
one of the most spectacular sunset Bali offer, and later on we can enjoy
dinner in one of some of the beach front cafes, very popular among international
and domestic tourists as well as the Balinese. Right after Jimbaran Beach,
the road begin to ascend, then we pass Four Season Hotel and a couple of
kilometers later after twisting through bougainvillea boulevard we arrive
at the entrance of Ritz Carlton Hotel. The luxury Hotel itself surrounded
by Kapok trees.
Pecatu Indah Resort
From here we must back to the Uluwatu Road junction, but
instead of take turn to the left toward the Airport and Denpasar, we turn
right and soon the road twist and ascend steeply past a temple.
Exotic, exquisite Bali.
Its very name creates images of languid, tropical days and nights of magic
and music.
Now, nature, culture, beauty and an inspired vision combine to create
Bali’s exceptional Pecatu Indah Resort.
With the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, which emphasizes the
harmony between man and nature as the guiding principle, Pecatu Indah
Resort is a unique combination of the best that Bali, and the world, can
offer.
Set on 400 hectares on Bali’s famed southern coast, Pecatu Indah
Resort is Indonesia’s largest fully integrated resort development.
Here you will find superb beaches where surfers and sun lovers from all
over the world gather to discover perfect waves in a beautiful, tropical
landscape stretching as far as the eye can see. You can enjoy the pleasures
of our Ronald Fream designed 18 hole championship golf course with Club
House and facilities that leave nothing to be desired.
If you are seeking a relaxing getaway Pecatu Indah Resort with its many
ocean view villas, hotels and condotels is the perfect place. You also
have the opportunity to own your own personal part of this tropical paradise
by purchasing one of the houses or townhouses we offer for sale.
Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK)
variety of Balinese artworks will be available at the
Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Cultural Park when its International
Trade Promotion Center is finished. The 15-hectare GWK cultural park is
expected to be completed by the end of 2002, and is located at Ungasan
hill, Jimbaran, Bali. The facility is specially designed to provide opportunities
for local small-scale business people to promote their products. A permanent
space will provided to accommodate around 20 craftsmen from Gianyar, Badung
and Denpasar.The GWK will also organize sport activities under the name
"Pan Indo Hass Bali 2001 Program", which will include running
and hiking. The event will be held on September 14, 2001, and up to 2,500
participants will join in. Conceptually, the GWK Cultural Park is being
built based on its architectural plan focusing on two mutually supportive
components that are fused harmoniously to provide an alternative attraction
facility for travellers. The GWK statue, with the 22 meter-high God Wisnu
statue as the anchor, has been built on the top of Ungasan cliff. The
statue, considered the most spectacular in Bali (and even Indonesia),
is expected to draw much attention from visitors to Bali.
Near Uluwatu Temple
Just after the top of the ascend, the road become rather flat and we continue
our journey toward south. Here we pass junction to the relatively new
Udayana University at the left, then another junction to new giant statue
of Garuda Wisnu Kencana ( intended to become the tallest statue in the
world ) also at the left side, and then we are ascending another hill.
In the middle of this ascending road, we can pull over and look back.
From here we can see a spectacular view of the Jimbaran Bay, Kedonganan
Beach, Airport, Kuta Beach and Bali mainland. At the top of the ascend
we meet the intersection of Bongol village. Road to the right go toward
Balangan, to the left toward Ungasan and Nusa Dua, however we choose going
straight toward southwest.
This road will lead us to village of Pecatu, and after a couple of kilometers
driving with fresh scenery including glimpses of the sea in the distant
it will end at the famous Uluwatu Temple which is located in a dramatic
site.
Westward view from south of Uluwatu Temple
The Temple is perching at the tip of the cliff that drop 80 meters vertically
to the Indian Ocean below. Uluwatu Temple is one of six most important
Sad Kahyangan Temples of Bali. From this site we can also witness probably
one of the greatest sunset in the world.
We go back using the same road we came from. Just a few hundred meters
away from the parking lot of Uluwatu Temple there is a road to the left,
we follow this road and here we find our self on the parking lot of one
of the most famous surfing site in the world, Suluban. This is the surfing
site so magnificently featured in a wide screen film "In God's Hand".
From the parking lot we can go using a ladder to the beach below and enjoy
the beach as well as watch the surfers more closely or visit one of the
warungs there and enjoy the surfers and vast blue indian ocean drop dramatically
below.
Back to the Bongol intersection, we are now heading 2 km southeast to
village of Ungasan in which we find a junction. The branch of the road
toward south will end at the Bali Cliff Hotel, near which sometimes we
can see parachutes float over the ocean off the southern cliff of the
Bukit.
Campus, Jimbaran Bay, Airport and Kuta Beach
Few hundreds meters east of Ungasan village there is a branch of the road
to the north, if we follow this road, it will lead us to Udayana University,
but before it the road will pass the site of the huge Garuda Wisnu Kencana
statue in the left hand side of the road, then from this biggest campus
in Bali we can continue our journey either to Jimbaran or to By Pass Ngurah
Rai. However we decided to continue our trip descending toward east from
the village of Ungasan to the village of Kutuh, Kampial, Bualu and finally
we'll arrive at mega resort center Nusa Dua. Strictly speaking since Nusa
Dua situated at the sea level elevation of a valley, it means that it's
not part of the Bukit ( Bukit means hill in Balinese ) area, same case
also for Bay Pass highway stretch from Nusa Dua to Kuta, Sanur and Denpasar.
From Nusa Dua we can go back to our starting point at By Pass highway
near Ngurah Rai International Airport, Tuban. |