Kintamani

Bali has many interesting and unique tourism objects. Kintamani, the north east part of
the Island is an example. It is a fertile and cool area which belongs to Kintamani district, Bangli
regency. It is 66 kilometers far and about an hour journey from Ngurah Rai Airport. Kintamani is
famous for its beautiful nature, it has beautiful lake and Mountain View. Besides, it has many
interesting tourism objects, agriculture, temples and delicious culinary.
Kintamani has ninety nine popular tourism
destinations, but one of the most famous and really
familiar among travelers is the beauty of Batur
Mountain and Lake View. It is such an icon for
Kintamani district because it becomes the first
destination every time the visitors come there. The
best spot for taking picture and moment is in
Penelokan. It is an easy way to find. It is just on the
edge of the street before going down to the lake.
Around the lake, there are some hot springs which has eye catching view and restaurants.
Villagers in Kintamani is mostly tilapia fish farming. That’s why the popular culinary in Kintamani
is tilapia fish which is cooked and served by fried or sauce.
Kintamani which is mostly inhabited by
Hinduism villagers, it has some popular temple which
are found around villages. Those are Batur temple,
Ulun Danu Batur temple, Puncak Penulisan temple,
Jati Batur temple, Bukit Mentik temple, Ratu Sakti
Pancering Jagat Trunyan temple and Pancoran solas
temple. Many Hinduism people come to worship God
and Goddesses every year.

Besides, Kintamani is well known by its agriculture especially on coffee bean. There are
three kinds of coffee bean which are cultivated in Kintamani,
those are Arabica, Robusta and the most popular is luwak
coffee bean. Visitors cannot only taste those kinds of coffee,
rather they can enrich their knowledge about how to plant the
bean, how to harvest and how to make coffee powder. This
agriculture helps the villagers to make Kintamani becomes
tourism destination that must be visited.

Inside the tourism area, there are some villages, such as Penelokan, Abung, Songan,
Toya Bungkah, Batur, Kedisan and Kintamani which belongs to Bangli Regency. Most of the
visitors who traveled to the one of the villages is more familiar with Kintamani. There are three
favorite villages to see the view of Batur mount and lake. Those are, Penelokan, Batur, and
Kintamani. Besides, the visitors can enjoy the natural hot spring in Toya Bungkah village.
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