Bali General information

Bali Travel Guide
Bali General information : Location, Land, Climate, People, Tradition and Culture, Visa and Formalities.

Welcome to The Island of Paradise!

Bali -where religion is the source of traditional customs in everyday life. A vibrant culture, unique arts and ceremonies, a gentle and friendly people and spectacular scenery make Bali one of the premier travel destinations in the world. Come to Bali to learn for yourself how beautiful it is. It needs more pages to describe the wonders and magic of Bali in words. Here is a glance info about Bali:

The Island, Where, Width and Population
Bali is one of the 17,000 Islands of Indonesia, located between 8 and 9 degree south of the Equator. It takes 3 hours flight from Singapore or 5 hours from Sydney or 4 hours from Hong Kong and 8 hours from Tokyo, those closest cities in the pacific. There are direct and some connects flights from Europe, North and South America as well as Africa. A very narrow strait, called the strait of Bali, joins the Indian (Indonesia) ocean and the Java sea, separating Bali from Java. Bali's total area is slightly more than 2000 square miles. According to the latest census Bali's population is three million five hundred thousand people.

Topography, rice fields, mountains and beaches
Rice terraces, Bali The mountain range is from Batukaru in the west and Gunung Agung in the East while in the center there are lakes which divides Bali into two plains, the Northern and the Southern plains. The Northern plain is much narrower, hilly and dry so that there is no much wet rice culture possible and yet the people here like in the rest of Bali live from agriculture. The mountain in some places comes right to the sea, the coast is swampy in the West, alternately sandy and full of pebbles in the center and rocky in the East. There are few beaches here good for swimming as well as snorkeling and diving.
The Gunung Batur is very active volcano. In this century it erupted in 1905, 1926 and 1963 when it kept erupting till 1974. One of its many craters once in a while emits smoke. The highest Volcano - Mt. Agung was quite for more that 150 years, but it was certainly not dead yet. It erupted suddenly in 18 February 1965 when Bali was about to have a big purification ceremony, called Eka Desa Rudra, which is to be held every 100 years. The previous eruption must be 1811, because this was mentioned in the book, the history of Java, written by Raffles, when he was Governor General of Indonesia.

The center part of Bali are most fertile and in these regions the tourists can see the most beautiful rice field terraces. This part of Bali is, no wonder, called the rice belt of the Island. The South part lies white sandy beaches where mostly hotels are located such as : Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta, Legian and Sanur area.
To the South-East of central Bali lies the arid island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan which used for snorkeling, beaching by most of Cruises company.

Flora and Fauna
Bali is though to be the last island of Wallace line that separates the flora and fauna of Mainland Asia and Australia, but in Bali there are no kakatoe birds, but one finds plenty of them in the islands East of Bali, e.g. in Sumba and Flores. A very few are found in Nusa Penida. There are more snakes and beautiful myna colored birds. The Australian flora and fauna are supposed to begin in Lombok, the island just East of Bali. In Nusa Penida one occasionally sees the white kakatoe and the Horned bill; a bird with very large beak, too big in proportion with the head, and the body. .

Religion
Most population of Bali (90%) are Hindu and the others are Catholic, Protestant, Moslem and Buddhist. The Hinduism in Bali mixed with local tradition and culture, thus almost everyday you can find ceremony or festival.
The Balinese will be accompanied by rituals from birth to death. The birth is celebrated through the "penyambutan" ceremony, The three Month ceremony when the child is allowed to touch the ground an given the name. Every six month celebrate otonan (birth day), after the adulation they have 'tooth filling' ceremony then wedding ceremony.
As we are Hindu we have also Cremation ceremony, if some one died we will cremate the death body. Common people said that through cremation the soul can go the Heaven.
Temples, houses and other building are celebrated every 210 days (6 month) as the anniversary ceremony. You can easily find ceremony almost everyday. This is one of the main reason why travelers come to bali.

Bali is the land of 10,000 temples, is one of thousands of island constituting the Indonesia Archipelago that has long been renowned as an eminent tourist destination in the world.About BaliMany names have been given to Bali island, like "the last paradise an earth", "morning of the world", and still so many others.

Each year, Bali welcomes over a million tourists to her shores, and total hotel capacity is over 25,000 rooms. Bali boasts the finest beaches in Asia. Bali is a shopper's paradise, and visitors are dazzled by its cultural performances, traditional dances and wide range of culinary delights to choose from Bali is justly famous for its unique Hindu culture, the splendor of its ritual arts, and the beautiful of nature. So many interesting places spread in this small island.........please visit to Bali, Bali, Bali And Bali....... WELCOME TO BALI


HOTELS IN BALI
Zen Energy Resort
Ubud Sari Health Resort
Komaneka Suite Tanggayudha
Alam Puri Villa
Bali Puri Ratu Villa
Villa Sepir
Aston Bali Resort
Inna Putri Bali Nusa Dua
Taman Suci Hotel
Villa Pelangi
Villa Bambu
Ubud Hotels Association
Prima Cottage
d'Sriwing Villa Gallery
Villa Sonia Bali
Kala Spa Resort
Bali Wisata Bungalow
Mushroom Lembongan Bungalow
Mandara Lembongan
Karang Setra Hotel Bandung
Hotel Jayakarta Lombok
Puri Komodo Resort
Pertiwi Resort & Spa
Komaneka Resort
Alam Puri Villa
Santi Mandala Resort
The Patra Bali Resort
Bamboo Bad & Breakfast
Hotel Karthi
Puri Duyung Hotel
Kuta Lagoon Resort
Adhi Dharma Hotel
Adhi Jaya Hotel
Hotel Puri Raja
Ramayana Hotel
Inna Kuta Beach Hotel
Bali Rani Hotel
Hotel Wina
Putu Bali Villa
Villa De Daun, Bali
Hotel Sanur Indah
Sari Sanur Resort
Inna Sindhu Beach
Puri Kosala
Pat-Mase
Matahari Terbit Bungalows, Nusa Dua Hotel
Puri Benoa Bungalows
Sepir Villa, Jimbaran Hotel
Resort Prima Candidasa
Balina Beach
Puri Rama Cottages
Rosani Hotel
Bali Summer
Villa Kendil
Bolare Bungalows
Dhyana Pura
Sinar Bali
Simpang Inn
Rama Garden Cottages
Taman Rosani Resort
Puri Naga
Watering Hote
Rama Candidasa
Mas Lovina
Ananda Cottages
Grya Anom Sari
Natour Bali
Kesumasari Hotel
Peneeda View
Lataverna Hotel
Puri Bambu
Villa Bintang, Nusa Dua Hotel
Bali Desa Suites, Nusa Dua Hotel