BALI never bored to call on the tourists. If you are bored visiting Kuta, Sanur, and Ubud, try to switch to other tourism object. One of Kintamani. In this place, tourists will find something different.
Combined cloud of fog bersuhu to cool air can reach 15 degrees celsius so ready to enter the tourism object is located in the heart of the island gods, namely Kabupaten Bangli. Along the way, tourists will also disuguhi full panorama of Mount Batur with a kepundannya Lake Batur.
If still not satisfied, do not worry. Travelers will still be spoiled a number of tourist objects such as Pura Ulun Danu, Toyabungkah hot springs, to cross the lake to the Trunyan, an ancient village on the edge of Lake Batur. Special pegiat for literature, history and peminat simply seeking inspiration, can also pay a visit to a place of rest that is often used by prominent new poet, Sutan Alisjahbana destiny, in the Village Toyabungkah.
To object to this tour, should be patient enough. It took about two hours from Denpasar, the distance about 64 kilometers. Meanwhile, the capital city of Bangli need to travel through about 23 kilometers to the region Kintamani District.
If you want to climb Mount Batur, begadang or be prepared to sleep overnight in the first Toyabungkah. The ascent to the mountain that is in the height of 900 meters above sea level this must be done in the early days. The goal is to reach the summit at dawn so that can enjoy the panoramic sunrise (sunrise) from the top of the mountain.
Toyabungkah available in dozens of hotels with facilities that jasmine lumayan. Rent cheap rooms bearable, not more than Rp200.000 per night with a room that can take two people. For those who want the natural environment, can also rent a tent from a local hotel and then camping in the area hotels which provide a location for camping.
"Calculate count adapt to nature first, before rising to the mountain," said Matthiew, Australia tourist origin that have not been this long climb Batur with three colleagues from the country.
Based on the record number of hotels in Toyabungkah, where it started climbing, first almost all tourists who stay overnight to climb the mountain to do this. "Only a few (five percent) that tourists do not climb," said Made Wicaksana, staff at the Mutiara Hotel Toyabungkah.
Mount Batur has a number of privileges that are not owned by many other mountains. Perhaps the story Lontar in Bali, this is a mountain peak of Mount Mahameru Batara Pasupati who moved to the palace made for Betari Danuh (Dewi Lake Palace).
At a certain time, all the Hindu people from various areas in Bali came to menghaturkan Suwinih that Batur Gunung Batur region into a fertile region at the same time to drive pests in the fields of disaster. Since first, a selection of Mount Batur climb to enjoy the beautiful sunrise.
"If the heavens are bright, from the top or Kaldera Batur, tourists can see the Mount Rinjani in Lombok Island. Nah, the sun to the sky slowly, as if emerge from behind the mountain on the island of Lombok that," said Jro Wijaya, tourism practitioners of Mount Batur also for the special Kaldera climb Batur.
Later there are tourists who do tracking activity in this area. Tracking them to do with the rim of Lake Batur Batur or Kaldera. This is the location of the new climbing a far more challenging.
Meanwhile, social-cultural tourism that exists in this area is Trunyan, an ancient village on the edge of Lake Batur. Although the entire Hindu population Trunyan religious community such as Bali, Trunyan residents stated that the Hindu dipeluknya is a Hindu kingdom of Majapahit native heritage.
To be able to reach this ancient village, can be applied to the road from Kintamani. However, in the northern Trunyan there kuban, a place of burial can only be achieved with the cross over the lake about 15 minutes from the Village Trunyan. Or from Kintamani can also, of course with a long time about 30 minutes.
In the cemetery of this village, every citizen who is not buried or burned, but only placed under the tree and be enclosed or covered with bamboo. Uniquely, although left the course, corpses do not spread because the smell of the tree was named Taru Menyan a fragrant smell. How? Tertantang?