Friday 21 September 2012

Afternoon Ubud Tour

First stop will see Ubud Arts Village, the gold and silver smith is Celuk Village, there are a lot of huge silver shop in this village. Batuan Village to see the painter make own creation and imagine. Textile factory at Tohpati Village. The woodcarving Village name is Mas and Kemenuh Village, both village produce very good quality of woodcarving made from very hard wood such as teak, mahogany, ebony and hibiscus wood, those of wood import from another island Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi.
Free entrance 
art silver


 Second stop at Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah), this cave built in 11 century by the king of Udayana. The name is came from the name of the small river nearby, it's name Lua Gajah (Female Elephant). In front of the cave built place for bathing with six figures (Sapta Gangga). Inside of temple there is places for meditation, west side is the statue of Sri Ganesh (the god of protector), east side is three Lingam, belived one with black cloth is for Wisnu Gods symbol of water, white cloth is for Siwa Gods symbol of the air and red cloth is Brahma Gods symbol of fire. Entrance ticket at 15,000 rupiahs/person
                                                       


Third stop to Monkey Forest Ubud, the monkeys within the Sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal are commonly called long-tailed macaques. Their scientific name is Macaca fascicuiaris. On Bali , there are Balinese long-tailed macaque troops (populations) that live in areas where they have little to no contact with humans and troops that come into contact with humans on a regular basis. In western part is Dalem Temple (temple dedicated to Siwa Gods), in eastern is the cemetery and Merajapati Temple dedicated to Goddes of Durga (wife of Siwa God).
Entrance ticket at 20,000 rupiahs/person
mongkey forest
 Fourth stop to see Kecak Dance at Batubulan Village, A Kecak performance is very simple. The men's chorus chants the words Cak ke-cak ke-cak ke-cak ke-cak ke-cak, in rhythm, over and over again, For this reason they are called the Kecak or Cak dance. The Kecak dances consist of about fifty men wearing only a loin-cloth, the upper part of their bodies left bare. They form rows of circles, in the middle of which is a coconut oil lamp. The Kecak dance is performed for dance-dramas and the story presented is take from the Ramayana epic.
Ticket fee at 100,000 rupiahs/person
Tour Cost
Price A : 1 - 4 person IDR 350,000 per car
Price B : 5 - 7 person IDR 400,000 per car