Subak Museum - Historic Balinese Agricultural Site

Subak Museum is a museum that shows the highlight of the Balinese agricultural system that is known as Subak.The museum has various collection of Balinese traditional agriculture tools and old documentation. It is located in Sanggulan Village, Kediri sub district, Tabanan regency. Approximately 2 kilometers in the east of Tabanan town and about 4 kilometers west of the road intersection leading to kediri. It takes about 40minutes to reach this museum from Denpasar city. Subak Museum is opened for public and it is one of the tourist destination in the west part of Bali, Tabanan regency. 

Entering the museum, visitors will experience a cool atmosphere due to the large trees that shade the museum. Subak museum was officiated by the Governor of Bali on the 13th of October 1981. This museum consists of two main buildings, an opened building and a closed building. In the opened building visitors may see a miniature of Subak demonstration. The objects that are displayed in this building are farmer equipments that include equipments that are used to make irrigation system, farm processing, crop conservation, harvesting and some kitchen equipments. The closed building consists of a library, office and an exhibition stand where visitors are able to see demonstration of the object related to farmer work and a visual audio narrating Subak activities.

Subak museum is opened on weekdays from 8:00am until 17:00pm and 8:00am until 13:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays, the museum is closed on Sundays. The admission fee is only Rp 5.000 for adults and Rp 3.000 for kids. This museum is worth for a visit because visitors get to know all the equipments and the lifestyle of Bali in the past.

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Bali Elephant Camp Offers Adventurous Elephant Riding

Bali Elephant Camp is an Elephant Camp located in Carangsari Village, Ubud. This Elephant Camp is situated between rice fields, forest and the longest river in Bali, Ayung River. Visitors will be given an opportunity to ride on an elephant through a rural area and see the beautiful panorama of the forests. The Elephants in this camp comes from Sumatra, they are all conserved well in this camp. By riding the Elephants in this camp, visitors are indirectly helping other elephants in Sumatra by providing funds for the food and land to make their habitats remain protected. After Riding on the Elephant, visitors have a chance to feed the cute Elephants and take pictures with them. It is a great experience for visitors from all ages. There are two tracks provided in this Elephant Camp. The Adventurer Short Trek and The Explorer Full Trek.

The Adventurer Short Trek will bring visitors to experience the beautiful landscape of the Elephant Camp and trek along the edge of the valley. Visitors may see birds and monkeys in their natural habitat. The stunning valley scenery will make visitors feel relax and enjoy the Elephant ride. The Elephant will also give some water attraction when reaching the pool area. After the ride, visitors may enjoy some meals and drinks at the Trunk'n'Mahour cafe provided in the camp.

The Explorer Full Trek will bring visitors to see more green scenery through tropical plantations of mango, Jackfruit, Durian and coconuts, visitors may also meet birds and monkeys in their natural habitat. This is such a unique and adventurous trek where visitors may see the natural green scenery from the valleys of the trek. Reaching the pool area, the Elephant will do some interesting water attractions. After the ride, visitors can have a delicious drink and meal at the Trunk'n'Mahour cafe that is provided in the camp.

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Ayung River Great Nature of Bali

Ayung River is the longest river in Bali, it runs 75 kilometers from the northern mountain ranges and discharges into Badung Strait at Sanur near Denpasar. The river traverse 5 regency in Bali. The source of water from the mountains in Kintamani, as well as the confluence of the small rivers that flows to Ayung River makes the river flow quite heavy. The advantage of this river is used by the rafting companies as a great rafting recreation for both domestic and foreign tourists.

Besides the great river flow, Ayung River also offers great views of cliffs and beautiful green scenery. Along the upstream, visitors may find a bat cave between the green scenery and small waterfall, there are also Ramayana Epic carvings in some of the cliffs of Ayung River. Various types of uniqueness are presented in this river especially for nature lovers, visiting and challenging the Rafting in Ayung River is a great attraction. Unforgettable memories and experiences will be given to all visitors after tried the Ayung River Rafting. Tourist facilities are complete around the area, it is worth a visit for tourists who wish to see the nature of Bali.

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