Belong Keliki is a beautiful camping ground located exactly at the lakeside of Lake Batur. It’s literally on the edge of the lake.
This hill town has a special and magnificent beauty yet somehow fails to attract the guests it deserves mostly since of a reputation for having hawkers roaming about like flies. Deserved or not, forewarned is forearmed. Get extra details about Lakeview in Kintamani
Numerous people prefer to visit Kintamani via Ubud, but I choose to go through Badung Regency passing by means of Mambal. The purpose? En route, I stop by in Pelaga where Argo Bagus Pelaga stands nevertheless surrounded by greenery, and re-energize myself using a cup of hot coffee when treating my eyes to the colossal mystical feature of Puncak Mangu. I take a relaxing walk in their gardens enjoying the vegetable and fruit plantations which they develop naturally, just before continuing my journey.
This route to Kintamani was not recommended for a lot of years because the road was too narrow, steep, and rocky. Nowadays the road is smooth as well as a lengthy tall bridge has replaced the old bridge. Crossing that bridge was a further charming experience using the thick forest along with the valley getting with each other inside a brilliant colour mixture of green, yellow and brown uniting as a picturesque landscape under the bridge. At the end with the bridge, a village named Catur welcomes the traveler with an orange orchard. This village can also be the source of coffee Arabia. As I rolled down the window the wind blew within the sweet fragrance of oranges mixed with all the warm scent of coffee, really hard to not quit once again!.
Kintamani, located in Bangli Regency about 50km from Denpasar, is just a number of kilometers away from Catur village. You understand any time you have entered the town once you see a line of restaurants on both sides of your road. I can not propose any restaurant for its food but I can say that the majority of the restaurants have access to the lovely view of your greatest lake in Bali, Lake Batur, and thick pine hilly forests.
It was raining when I reached Kintamani. The fog was like a thick blanket covering the whole location. Some tourist buses had stopped at the restaurants, and aggressive sellers swarmed around the tourists like ants attacking sugar. This is surely a practice the local authorities will need to come down on hard.
Tears dropped from above, wetting and blackening the asphalt road. The wheels moved smoothly on the curvy steep road which took me down to Lake Batur, dropping down in the crater's rim into the caladera. Lake Batur functions as an irrigation supply for farmers about it. The car stopped in the harbor due to the fact I wanted to cross the lake to Tenganan village, but regrettably I had to cancel the trip as a result of bad weather. Not so many hawkers had been there but one was enough to irritate me. When I got down in the car the lady who sold accessories like bead necklace and bracelet stuck to me like a stamp. Re-emphasizing the necessity of going to this region having a dependable guide. In spite of the annoyance, having said that the exquisite landscape is worth the trip.
Right after so many clicks capturing the colours of nature, my journey continued toToya Bungkah. Mount Batur, the active volcano, stands proudly because the backdrop of my journey. The road is built within the middle of a vast lava field. Because the year 1800, the volcano has erupted for 24 times, so no wonder that it has created a lot of volcanic rocks which spectacularly decorate the road side from Lake Batur to Toya Bungkah. Toya Bungkah is popularly knows for its organic hot springs. In this area you could dip your body in to the hot pools.The bathing location which can be usually used by the locals is tucked correct around the bank of your lake, escape the cold weather inside the hot springs still enjoying the bright turquoise lake. All round it's an incredible experience but steel your self for the hawkers!
