TAMAN KUPU-KUPU

Bali Butterfly Park is located in Br.Sandan Lebah, Wanasari, Tabanan, approximately 5 kilometers north of Tabanan, Bali, or about 27 kilometers from Denpasar. Bali Butterfly Park planned development since October 1993 after the implementation of Butterfly Conference Se-World (International Butterfly Confrence) held on 24 to 27 August 1993 in Ujung Pandang.

Where the Bali Butterfly Park which has an area of ​​1/3 acre, there are hundreds of butterflies of 15 species of butterflies that exist in Indonesia. Bali Butterfly Park is like heaven butterfly garden is one of the popular attractions in Tabanan Bali. Bali butterfly garden is open daily from 8:00 Hours S / d At 17:00 pm was founded in 1996 and is managed by the Sustainable PT.Kupu-Kupu Taman Lestari.

In the butterfly garden Tabanan Bali, every day there are hundreds of colorful butterflies tail fly among the most famous in the world are: Bird Wing butterfly Heaven (Omithoptera Paradisea), O. Priamus as well as various types of butterflies from all over the archipelago. Butterfly garden Tabanan Bali is the only butterfly park in Indonesia, as well breeding places for purposes of scientific knowledge and the study of educational butterfly garden where in Bali this but can see the various types of butterflies, we can also see the cocoon. If you want to enjoy butterflies are seeking and sucking flowers, should you arrive before 10 am.

Bali Butterfly Park also produces handicrafts made ​​from a variety of insects such as: Framing Butterfly (Frame content of the butterfly), Framing Beetle (Frame content beetles), key chain made from insects, insert bookmarks, paper weight (paperweight) made ​​of fiber nodes contain butterflies, painting of butterfly wings and various other crafts that you can buy in Eceren or wholesale.

To can enter to butterfly park, tourists domestic are charged at Rp. 15,000 per person. While foreign travelers subjected entrance fee of Rp. 50,000 per person.

ULUN DANU BERATAN

             Ulun Danu Beratan located in Candikuning village, Tabanan, Bali. Ulun Danu Beratan or Pura Bratan is a major water temple in Bali, Indonesia - more water into the main temple Ulun Danu Batur. This temple complex is located on the northwest edge of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul. water temple fills the entire region in the flow; at the downstream edge of the water there are many small temples that are specific to each irrigation association (subak).

The temple is actually used for ceremonial offerings to the goddess Dewi Danu, the goddess of water, lakes and rivers. Lake Bratan is one of the important lakes in terms of irrigation.  The complex was built in 1633 spread over several islands. Meru, with eleven roof dedicated to Shiva and his wife Parvati. Buddha also has a place in the temple of the Hindu god. Lake Bratan lake is known as the "holy mountain", is a very fertile region, situated at an altitude of 1,200 meters, and the climate is very cold.

 

The history of Ulun Danu Beratan traceable to one of the stories recorded in the Babad Mengwi Papyrus. In the chronicle spoken about a nobleman named I Gusti Agung Putu who lost the war of I Gusti Ngurah Batu Tumpeng. To rise from the defeat, I Gusti Agung Putu imprisoned at the summit of Mount Mangu to gain strength and enlightenment. Completion of the hermitage, he founded the palace Belayu (Bela Ayu), then return to fight against the I Gusti Ngurah Tumpeng Stone and gain the victory. After that, I Gusti Agung Putu, the founder of the Mengwi kingdom founded a temple on the banks of Lake Beratan which is now known as Pura Ulun Danu Beratan.

In the Babad Mengwi Papyrus was also told that the establishment of the temple is done sometime before the year 1556 Saka or 1634 AD, or about one year before the founding of Taman Ayun Temple, a temple Another established by I Gusti Agung Putu. Ulun Danu Beratan establishment is said to have made famous Mengwi kingdom and its king, so I Gusti Agung Putu dubbed "I Gusti Agung Way" by his people.

Inside the temple complex there are at least some buildings bermenara which has a terraced roof, the roof towers with 11 levels, 7 levels and 3 levels. The existence of the multi-storey tower depicts the worship of three gods, the god Vishnu (11 levels), Brahma (7 levels), and Shiva (3 levels). What is interesting, because it is located on the shores of the lake are rather low, making the land around the temple often flooded when the water flow of the lake was overflowing.

Travelers who want to surround the lake with boat hire charge Rp 25,000, 00 for one round, with a time of about 20 minutes. As for you who like fishing can rent fishing equipment worth Rp 5,000, 00, with unlimited usage time. Around the temple there is also face painting services quickly, in just 15 minutes, with a price of 10,000, 00 for each painting. Had travelers want to buy souvenirs, in the northern area of ​​the temple there is a traditional market. In this market sold various plantation crops, agriculture, handicrafts bali, Balinese and animals, the Kintamani dog.

ALAS KEDATON

Alas Kedaton is located in Kukuh village of the district highways and 4 miles from the town of Tabanan. Kukuh village is divided into 7 hamlets and 12 custom banjo. Most of the citizens to cultivate the farm where most of the time used to wrestle other sectors such as carpentry, servants or laborers.

 Entrance Gate to Alas Kedaton

Kedaton temple has four entrances to the temple is from the west which is the other main entrance of the North, East and South of that into all leading to the central courtyard. In contrast to other quasi in Bali. Uniqueness is the second page in the temple Alas kedaton is in place to purify are lower than the central courtyard and beyond. Alas kedaton temple sanctum is surrounded by a forest inhabited by monkeys sacred by the local people of Bali's attractions. Alas kedaton in life besides there are also a bunch of monkeys that live bats hanging.

The total size of this forest, temple and its supporter facility is about 12 ha. In this forest, there is a temple called Alas Kedaton Temple and owns the natural environments that is looked green with its fresh air and create the calm, quite and holy atmosphere. The monkeys in Alas Kedaton are very tame and free gallivanting in temple yard, so that the calm atmosphere is sometime solved by noise voice of the monkey, which are playing around and scrambling of food. The monkeys who dwell in this forest, there are jump up and down in temple wall, take a bath in moat or there is also hang out in few leaves representing impression view. The monkey like as custodian of temple, which are always ready to greet all visitor who are paying a visit to this place. Beside monkeys, in Kedaton forest also can be met the bats and some other animals. At least 24 types of grove plant have been identified in Alas Kedaton.

Alas Kedaton Temple

Alas Kedaton also available in a range of facilities such as :

ü  Parking

ü  Public Toilet

ü  Photographer

ü  Entrance Fee – Charge Area : Domestic and foreign tourists who want to enter the temple area charged entrance fee of Rp 7,500 to Rp 10,000 for domestic and foreign tourists.

ü  Souvenir Shops :  Is a favorite stop for tourists going on a tanah lot sunset watching tour coming from a bedugul tour and being a famous monkey forest, it has many souvenir shops and stalls and some local eateries that sells practically the same items you will see in other souvenir shops and stalls around bali, the only difference here is that some of the guides that accompany you own souvenir stalls so that at the end of the tour, they guide you to their souvenir shop to entice you to buy.

ü  Money Changer

ü  Drinks Stall

ü  Local Guide : The tour guides will explain to us the Kedaton Alas, but only for foreign tourist only. The tour guides that will guide us well as a handler could also if there is a monkey who wants to come to us.