Besakih Temple Tour

"Besakih" the greatest of all Balinese sanctuaries, the most sacred and powerful of the island's innumerable temples. It is perched nearly 1000 m on the southwestern slope of Mt. Agung, offering spectacular views over the whole of southern Bali. It is an extensive complex of 23 separate but related temples. The more important for this temple is the great purification ceremonies of Panca Wali Krama, theoretically held every 10 years, and Eka Dasa Rudra, every 100 years.Coming to Bali without visiting this mother temple of Bali is not complete. You will be lead to visit:

Besakih Temple

- Ubud Village, Ubud is a village heaven for the arts. Ubud has been a place for many foreign artists to live since 1920s like Walter Spies who established himself in the hamlet of Campuhan on the western border of Ubud in 1928, transforming the village into a flourishing center for the arts. Unfortunately, the tourist boom has transformed Ubud into a bustling business center on the island that makes Ubud is an excellent place shopping. Galleries display contemporary styles by old masters of thirty years experience and young boys who have developed a manner of their own, the young artist style. Besides as the home of the arts, Ubud is also very well known for its natural beauty with stunning emerald green rice paddies, deep river gorges and many old sacred sites around. The people of Ubud and adjacent villages really do still paint, carve, dance and make music, and religious practices here are so rigorously observed that hardly a day goes by without there being some kind of festival celebrated in the area. Shortly, Ubud is close to many of central Bali's major sights.Then Mas Village, according to mythology, Pedanda Sakti Bahu Rauh, the first Hindu priest who come to Bali, settled in this village. Many of the Brahmans concentrated in Mas claim descent from this famous priest. In the 13th century, the founders of the village built a large temple to please the ancestors. The Brahman class became so influential that the whole community came to share in the festivities of the temple, as they are still do today in Pura Taman Pule built up on the same site. In the olden days, the fine arts of woodcarving and painting were reserved exclusively for the royal and religious purposes. Nowadays, they are also produced for fun and commerce. Men of every caste are artisans and the particularly talented live in Mas. Don't be surprised when you visit an art shop to find a core of wood carvers busy making statues, a carver select his seasoned block of timber, then shapes the rough from with an axe. With mallet and dozens of small chisels, the carving is incised with ornaments, and finally smoothed. The sculptors begin young. The most expressive carving is often done by boys of twelve years. As a craftsman says: "young boys have no worries in life, they just carve". Afterwards ,we will visit Bedulu,(elephant Cave), was once the capital of a great kingdom with a semi-mythical pig-headed king, Dalem Beda-Hulu. The legend relates how Beda-Hulu possessed magical powers. He used to sit and meditate, removing his head to reach the beyond. On one such occasion, an unnatural disturbance occurred and the king was forced to get a new head quickly. A pig happened by and its head was taken to place on then neck of the king. Thereafter the king was forced to sit on a high throne and forbade his subjects to look up at him. Beda-Hulu means " he who changed head".
PURA SAMUAN TIGA: temple of the meeting of the three. The name is possibly a reference to the Hindu trinity, or it may refer to the meetings held here in the early 11th century.

Not far away from Bedulu there are the Yeh Pulu reliefs and Goa Gajah.

GOA GAJAH: the famous "Elephant Cave". It overlooks the Petanu River and consists of a Siwaitic rock-cut cave, a bathing place, a monks' chamber, a number of Buddhist rock-cut stuppas and statues, and several foundations. It is known as the 11th century Buddhist hermitage.

YEH PULU RELIEFS: chipped away from the sheer rock face, the 25-meter-long series of Yeh Pulu carvings are said to date back to the 14th century. The reliefs are in naturalistic style. Legend has it that the great giant architect-general, Kebo Iwa carved out the enchanting picture-shape of village life and animals, which are interspersed with Balinese Hindu gods, with his fingernails.You will also visit Celuk, with a center of gold and silver work. Original designs in delicate filigree make Balinese jewelry one of the most unusual styles in Asia. Although individual pieces are elaborate, they have simple origins in their making. Artisans use a tree stump with a protruding iron spike as a pounding base, a bamboo stem to catch the fillings, and a manually operated gas pump for heat. As the most of the Balinese crafts, gold and silver work is a hereditary trade. Apprentices begin young, by the time the boys are twelve, they are already producing fine ornaments from the precious metals. 

Departure Times
- Departs : 08:00 - 08:30 am
- Duration : approx. 8 hours

Our Rate Min 2 Person departure together
- Private tour only USD 35/Adult and USD 23/Child
- Minimum for 2 persons, Add USD.20 for single traveller

All Prices include
- Lunch
- Soft Drink