Taman Ayun Temple, a temple built by Mengwi
kingdom in 1634 A.D, as the symbol of victorious kingdom,
and dedicated to the Hindu gods and holy souls of high dignitaries
of the kingdom. Kedaton
Monkey forest, a temple surrounded by woods forest
where wild monkeys, and fruit bats are hanging around. The
monkeys are tame and we can feed them by hand. The temple
showing archaic character. Tanah
Lot temple, a temple built on the rock, which is continuously
under abrasion. Now the site is already separated from the
main land of Bali. The best view is when sunset changes the
temple into silhouette.
Duration 5 hours Good time 14.30 – 19.30.
Kedaton Monkey Forest that is the name widely used to refer
spot of land with high trees densely growing in an area of
around 100 hectares located closed to Mengwi town known for
it's Taman Ayun Temple. The name Kedaton refers to a place
where king palace was constructed. It might be true that during
16th century when the area of Tabanan kingdom broke
into various small vassals, one small king might had lived
here. As the fact that the king of Mengwi was before had their
palace built very closed the area of Kedaton. Today Kedaton
is a nature reserve where live dozen of wild moneys and big
fruit bats known as flying foxen. After the gate of the reserve
is a medium temple showing a great influence of megalithic
tradition. There are various natural stone being seated on
an altars in the middle of the temple which is also named
as Pura Kedaton. This name also lead to an assumption that
this temple was belong to one of the small kingdom at the
moment, so the meaning is as if it is the temple belong to the palace
( temple belong to the Kedaton ). In 1981 the department of
Archaeology University of Udayana carried out an excavation
in this area to clear out the misleading believe of the local
people that the monkey burry their dead member in a spot of
land with many small dooms. If good weather, Tanah Lot offer good sunset with temple on the back ground.
| Rate Per Person |
Minimum Participant |
20 - Up persons |
| US$ 27.00 |
2 Persons |
US$ 20.00 | |