Bali Travel Guide

Bali Travel Guide Best Travel Time

The dry season is from April to October every year, with relatively little rainfall. Especially from June to September, it rarely rains and the nights are cool, making it the best time to travel. The rainy season is from December to March, with heavy rains almost every day, but mostly showers. The weather is sunny most of the day, which has little impact on travel. But the air was humid and felt uncomfortable.

Every year in July, August and early September, a large number of Europeans come to Bali for vacation. During this period, the prices of local hotels are higher and they are often full. There are more tourists from Australia and other parts of Indonesia around Christmas, which is another peak season.

Suitable number of days: 4-6 days

Expenditure budget: 5,000-10,000 yuan per person.

Classic travel route

Day 1: Batu Bulan → Ubud → Monkey Forest Park → Ubud Palace

Day 2: Jingta Horse Ni→Busaki Temple→Holy Spring Temple

The third day: Ubud→Mas→Sulu→Kuta Beach→Jimbaran

The fourth day: Ulu Wattu → Tanah Lot Temple

The most beautiful places in Bali are

Mas Woodcarving Village, Jimbaran Beach, Elephant Cave, Sanur Beach, Kuta Beach, Shanzhong Lake, Nanwan Turtle Island

Some of the most beautiful places in Bali are

Tanah Lot Temple, Bubble Water Park, Jinge Temple, Presidential Palace, Busa Key Temple, Holy Monkey Forest Park, Holy Spring Temple, Indonesian National Park, Kinta Mani, Ubud Palace

Food

Kuta Beach is the most concentrated place for dining in Bali First, restaurants of various grades and flavors can be easily found here.

Made’s Warung is located in Jl Raya Pantai, south of Kuta. This local restaurant is a three-story building facing the street. The food is cheap and delicious. It is not only popular among tourists, but also popular among locals. Thai Curry Chicken (Nasi Campus), Indonesian Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng) and Thai Hot and Sour Seafood (Tom Yam) soup are the specialties here. There are also a variety of cakes, delicious homemade coconut ice cream, fresh juice, Arak Madu (Home-made rice wine, a drink mixed with honey). The restaurant is very crowded, so it is recommended to book in advance.

Bamboo Coner is a very cheap and delicious restaurant. It is often full and you have to wait for a table. Located in the middle of Poppies Lane, the freshly squeezed mango juice, Avocado juice and chocolate sauce here only cost 5,000 dong, but the quality is not bad at all. The seafood basket (Seafood Special) only costs 60,000 dong, and there are a few baby lobsters, and other items such as satay rice only cost about 10,000 dong.

Celsius Café is a seaside restaurant with a great sea view. It is located on the second floor of Center Shopping Mall. It is a perfect place to watch the sunset, so you don’t have to crowd with others on Jimbaran Beach to watch it. And the restaurant has two spaces, outdoor and indoor. You can choose a seat by the window, enjoy the sunset with the air conditioner blowing and drinking juice. The price of each meal is about 30,000-45,000 dong, and the juice is between 10,000-20,000 dong. Room, reasonably priced, with two options of Italian and Indonesian meals.

Ubud pays more attention to the integration with the natural environment while providing delicious food, so the environment of some restaurants is very unique.

The Dirty Duck restaurant is one of the most famous restaurants in Ubud, and diners praise the environment even more than the food itself. The restaurant is located in the middle of a rice field and can be reached by walking through a short field path. Sitting in the open restaurant, with the breeze blowing the fragrance of the fields, it is a pleasure to just sit in a daze. It is recommended to book an independent pavilion in advance to feel more peaceful. Crispy Duck (around 50,000 dong) is the specialty here. The restaurant is on Padang Tegal Road.

Ibu Oka Babi Guling is the roasted suckling pig rice opposite the famous Ubud Palace. This is a small civilian restaurant where locals and tourists sit on the ground around a long table. Business is booming, the market opens at 11 o'clock, and the roasted suckling pig is often sold out at noon.

25,000 dong includes a portion of rice with two pieces of crispy pork skin, a few pieces of tender pork, some vegetables, mixed with chili sauce, and a drink.

Cafe Lotus is right next to the Ubud Palace. With its simple and elegant architecture, lush flowers and trees, and seemingly random embellishments, the courtyard design of the Lotus Restaurant fully reflects the aesthetic taste of the Balinese people. Sitting on the ground in the promenade by the water, leaning on the railing and admiring the lotus flowers, no wonder some people would eat from lunch to dinner. The main course costs about 80,000 dong per dish, and the portion is very generous. A portion of Bebek Betutu can fill the stomachs of two people.

The restaurants attached to the Nusa Dua Resort Hotel are mostly high-end restaurants, with per capita consumption of 50-60 US dollars, with exquisite dishes and elegant environment. The free breakfast provided by the hotel can be enjoyed on the beach or in the garden, which feels very luxurious. You can also request to dine in the room, but most of them require a service charge.

Bumbu Bali is an authentic Indonesian restaurant in Nusa Dua, and it is not expensive (about 80,000 rupiah/person). When you enter the restaurant, the waiter will put a little flower in your ear, which is very interesting. Local music accompanies the dinner, and the dishes are set menus. Each dish is full of surprises. There is a clean water channel around the restaurant, and there are many 30-centimeter sea turtles in it. If it is during the peak season, it is recommended to make a reservation in advance. The hotel also provides pick-up and drop-off. The Rijsttafe set meal is particularly recommended. Basically all the special dishes are included. There is a Chinese menu in the hotel, which you can ask for. The address is Jalan Pratama Gang Nusa No 5B.

Blue Point is a good place to have afternoon tea. The cheese cake there is very delicious and the mango juice is very thick. Drinks and snacks only cost 60,000 dong. The restaurant environment is very good.

In addition to the above-mentioned formal restaurants, Bali also has many roadside stalls. Although the hygienic conditions are not satisfactory, they are very affordable. You can eat and drink enough for a few thousand dong, and you can taste real local food. human taste.

Tip: When eating in a restaurant, you need to pay an additional 11% tax on top of the dish price, which will be automatically included in the bill. Most restaurants will also include a 10% service charge. If not, you should tip the waiter as appropriate.

Transportation

Arrival and departure (airport)

The main mode of external transportation in Bali is air. Only a few cities in China, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, have direct flights to Bali. Most tourists choose to transfer in Jakarta or Singapore. There are flights to Bali from all major cities in Indonesia. There are several flights from Jakarta to Bali every day, and the whole journey takes 1.5 hours. You can also take a domestic flight from here to Yogyakarta to visit Borobudur Pagoda, one of the seven wonders of the world.

Bali's Denpasar International Airport (Ngurah Rai Denpasar International Airport) is 12 kilometers south of Denpasar City. The airport is equipped with a Provincial Tourism Bureau Tourist Service Center, duty-free shops, and taxi service desks. and currency exchange facilities. The airport tax for international flights is 150,000 dong. When returning, it is best to reconfirm your flight seat 72 hours before departure.

Most high-end hotels provide airport pick-up and drop-off services. However, hotels in Ubud may only provide one-way pick-up. It takes 50 to 60 minutes to get to Ubud by car.

Airport taxi prices to various important locations:

Kuta 25,000 dong, Sanur 55,000 dong, Nusa Dua 55,000 dong, Ubud 110,000 dong.

Special Tips:

1. The name of Bali’s airport is “Denpasar” (DPS). Don’t take it for granted and look for Bali in the flight schedule.

2. Bali belongs to the East Eighth District and there is no time difference with China; however, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and other places in Indonesia belong to the East Seventh District and are one hour behind Bali. You should pay attention to calculations when taking domestic flights. jet lag.

Arrival and Departure (Long-Distance Passenger Transport)

Although Bali does not have a cross-sea highway leading to the outside of the island, there are shuttle buses to major cities in Indonesia every day through car and boat connections. Most shuttles depart in the evening and arrive at your destination the next day after a night's sleep. The departure point for Bali is Ubung Station in Denpasar, its transportation and administrative center.

The train numbers and prices are as follows:

Bali-Jakarta, the journey takes 26 hours and the fare is 240,000 dong.

Bali-Yogkarta, the journey takes 16 hours and the fare is 125,000 dong.

Bali-Surabaya, 12 hours’ drive, fare 90,000 dong.

This national holiday in Indonesia is the day when Indonesia declared independence from the Dutch colonial rule.

Visa

Chinese tourists can apply for a visa on arrival in Bali. After arriving at Denpasar Airport in Bali, you can apply at the visa on arrival window with a valid passport and round-trip air ticket. You are allowed to stay for 30 days and the price is US$25.

Special Tips:

1. The length of stay on the Bali visa is one day each on the day of entry and day of departure. You must calculate the date, otherwise you will not only have to pay the visa fee when leaving the country, There will also be a fine.

2. If you are not flying directly to Bali, but connecting in other cities, it is best to apply for a visa in advance, otherwise you may not be able to leave China Customs.

For transfers in other Indonesian cities such as Jakarta: apply for an Indonesian visa in China in advance.

Transiting in Malaysia: The most economical way is to apply for an Indonesian visa at home and apply for a transit visa for free in Malaysia, which allows you to stay in Malaysia for 120 hours.

Transiting in Singapore: If you do not want to enter the country, you only need to apply for an Indonesian visa. For connecting flights, you can also leave the country with a blank passport and apply for a visa on arrival in Bali; if you want to enter Singapore and spend a few days in Singapore, then You must apply for a Singapore visa in advance, and you can apply for a visa on arrival in Bali. Singapore has also launched a 2-hour city tour service by bus. You do not need to apply for a visa, but you need to hand in your passport and cannot leave the bus, which is equivalent to not entering the country.

Applying for a visa in China takes 5 working days. The visa is valid for 90 days and can stay up to 30 days.

Materials required for visa: passport valid for more than 6 months, two photos, visa application form, copy of ID card, proof of employment.

Cost: 285 yuan.

Embassy of Indonesia in China

Address: Building B, Diplomatic Office Building, Sanlitun, Beijing, 100600

Telephone: 010-65325488

Indonesian Consulate in Guangzhou

Address: Room 1201-1223, 2nd Floor, West Building, Dongfang Hotel, No. 120 Liuhua Road, Guangzhou, 510016

Tel: 020-86018772, 86018790, 86018850

Address of the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia: L. MEGA KUNINGAN NO.2 JAKARTA SELATAN 12950 INDONESIA

Tel: (6221) 5761037 (Office), 5761027 (Consular Department), 5761047 (Commercial Department)

Fax: (6221) 5761038 (Office), 5761024 (Consular Department), 5761051 (Commercial Office)

Entering Indonesia with a passport issued by other countries and regions:

Passports issued by the following countries and regions can enter Indonesia without a visa. The stay period shall not exceed 30 days and cannot be extended: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Macau Special Administrative Region of China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Chile , Morocco, Peru, Vietnam

Passports issued by the following countries and regions can apply for visa on arrival in Indonesia. The stay period does not exceed 30 days and cannot be extended: Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil , Canada, China, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Kuwait, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar , Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United States

Currency

The local currency is the Indonesian rupiah (Rupiah, abbreviated as RP). Currently, 1 yuan is equivalent to about 1,000 rupiah. The U.S. dollar is also widely used. Generally, accommodation, chartered cars, and travel agency excursions are mostly quoted in US dollars, while shopping, eating, and tipping are mostly quoted in Indonesian rupiah.

Exchange: RMB is not easy to convert directly, and the exchange rate is very poor.

It is best to exchange US dollars at home and then exchange them for Indonesian rupiah locally. Exchange is available at airports, hotels, and banks, and there are also many exchange points on the streets of cities and towns.

Exchange tips:

1. The exchange rate of Indonesian rupiah fluctuates greatly. After arriving at the airport, check the exchange rate of the day. If it is at a higher level, you may wish to exchange more.

2. The exchange rate at the airport is generally lower than that in urban areas. You can exchange a little less first, which is enough for one or two days.

3. If there is "No commission" on the exchange rate notice board at the street exchange point, there is no commission fee.

4. The exchange rate of large denominations of US dollars is higher than that of small denominations.

5. Count the items in person when redeeming, and do not change hands through others.

6. It is best not to carry US$100 banknotes issued in 1996, as they may be rejected.

Habits and Taboos

1. When walking, pay attention to the sacrificial supplies on the road and never step on them. Local people often place sacrifices at their doorsteps. Some things that we think are ordinary things on the street, such as trees, are also used as sacrifices to gods, so sacrificial supplies are often placed on the streets.

2. Don’t touch other people’s heads casually, even children. This would offend Hindus.

3. Do not enter the temple wearing shorts or skirts. There are salons and belts available for free borrowing at the entrance of the temple, but appropriate donations should be made.

4. Do not enter Hindu temples. Non-Hindus are not allowed to enter, do not be driven by curiosity and should refuse even if prompted.

5. When locals kneel down to pray, do not stand in front of them. It would be extremely rude to say the least, anywhere.

6. When visiting a local’s home, you must take off your shoes when entering the room.