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What a chance for your friend! I totally felt in love with the Island of Golds for architecture, cutoms, welcoming Balinese. I was impressed by the power of religion and I was charmed by their customs such as sacred offerings drop off on the floor I had to avoid. Here are my favourit discovering in the Island:


1. Batur VolcanoÂ’s climb by night

Indonesia is well-known for volcanoes which offer unique landscapes. As a lot of islands, it is possible to climb on the top of various volcanoes in Batur. The most of famous is Batur, with 1717 meters totally accessible for any hikers. Generally, this climbing takes place during the night in order to watch the sunset on the top. Personally, I was lucky because the sky was clear. I had a wonderful overview on Bali and surrounding volcanoes.

The hiking is quite expensive but it is worthwile. I needed a moutain guide because it lasts two hours and the most difficulty is the darkness. On the top, I approached the huge crater, it was amazing and my efforts were rewarded!


2.Diving in Amed

The BaliÂ’s submarine landscapes are also beautiful! While the south of the Island is for surfers, the North and East are the driversÂ’ paradize. I saw a lot of fish species with nice range of colours. Luckily, waters were really clear so there was a perfect visibility. The diver guide brought me in front of an old temple stand out there for prayers. It was a magical instant!

Then, the Amed village is at the East of Bali directly overlooking the sea with black sandÂ’s beatches which is so charming where there are diving schools offering licences for beginners or professionals. For tourists who donÂ’t like diving, they have the possibility to board a divers boat to benefit from this pleasure with another way. Finally, Amed offers a wonderful view on the volcano which is an added value.



3. Balinese food

IÂ’ve travelled a lot in my life, and this food is one of the most delicious IÂ’ve never eat! Also, I wanted to bring a local memory thatÂ’s why I took a cook lesson in order to be able to make the same food at home! Obviously, it has not the same taste than in the islandÂ… There are Mie Goreng, Nasi Goreng, Satay, Cap Chay, and many others dishes with flavours! So letÂ’s go and donÂ’t be afraid!


4. Hiking to Munduk

Mundunk is a small village in the middle of Bali was undoubtedly my favourit one and I was totally felt in love with this charming place. It offers a lot of possibilties of hiking. I choose one and I decided to share you my experience. You have to take the main road in the East where you will find a panel written “Waterfalls”. By walking in the forest, you will meet the first waterfall and the second is from one hour to the first.

Then, the rest of the hiking brings you to the center of Munduk. It is a totally breath of fresh air and it is so great! Also you will see rustic houses and have a huge view on mountains! It looks like a dream, but itÂ’s real!


5. Dance and music at Ubud

Ubud is the cultural capital of the Island of golds. There are a lot of types of artists and I found local shops with traditional craft. I applied for Balinese dancings and typical musics. On the stage, men were playing music with a kind of hylophones and women were singing traditional songs with a touch of drama. That was so pleasant especially because they wore costumes and their gesture! If you visit Ubud, you have to see these performances!


6. Monkey Forest

While this place is a touristic attraction, you need to discover the Money forest. Especially, if you love monkeys, you will be so satisfied by the diversity of species and you will meet dozens or even hundreds! You can buy some bananas to feed them. Be careful, they love this fruits so they can make anything to eat it!


7. The BukitÂ’s peninsula and beaches

This touristic place also offers wonderful landscapes and mainly known for its huge beaches!  If you pass by Bukit, you could eat fresh fishes by directly eating on the sand on the evening. Obviously, public transports are not really convenient we paid for a driver during one day and prices were affordable for 12 hours and brought us to visit all areas we wanted to visit. This is the most common way of transport on the island but you can also rent a scooter to ride around the peninsula during the day. I walked along beaches by passing through Nusa Dua, Dreamland, Padang Padang beach, Ulu Watu beach with it temple which is close to cliffs where I watched the beautiful sunset. These beaches attract a lot of surfers and is part of the most of famous in the World to practice this sport. If you want to try it, you could ask lessons given by Balinese!


Hopefully these advice will help your friend! Let me know, and if you want I have another advice such as ,package, food, Tour From Bali etc... ! Enjoy her trip!!!