Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
THE CAMPUHAN RIDGE WALK
Campuhan means “the place where two rivers meet” and the confluence of the Wos Barat
and the Wos Timor is marked by
Pura Gunung Lebah
(also known as Pura Campuhan).
The track that extends north along the grassy spine behind Pura Gunung Lebah forms part
of a pleasant two-hour circular
walk
around the outskirts of Campuhan and Sanggingan.
Alternatively, if you continue the complete length of the ridge, you'll eventually reach
Keliki
(7km) and
Taro
(13km) before joining the Sayan road to
Kintamani
(32km). All
routes are feasible on a
mountain bike
, but be prepared for some significant undulations
and a few steps.
If you're starting
from central Ubud
, walk (or take a bemo) west from Ubud market al-
most as far as the Campuhan bridge, turning north off the main road about 100m before
the bridge, into the entrance of the
Ibah
hotel, where an immediate left fork takes you
down some steps to the Pura Gunung Lebah. The track heads right around the temple walls
and climbs up onto the ridge, where it undulates for a stretch before levelling out along
the flattened
ridgetop
between the two river valleys. The perspective from this section is
breathtaking: to the left lie the steep banks of the Wos Barat valley; to the right, the east-
ern panorama across the Wos Timor valley is of savannah, coconut groves, the rocky river
gorge and Gunung Agung in the distance. You'll walk through a seemingly endless carpet
of
alang-alang grass
swaying in the breeze - a valuable resource used for thatching houses
and shrines.
About twenty minutes from Pura Gunung Lebah, the track passes through the first rid-
getop settlement, site of the
Klub Kokos
hotel and, beyond, about 1500m of sculpted rice-
fields before reaching the traditional hamlet of
Bangkiang Sidem
. Just beyond the village
temple, you arrive at a larger sealed road; turn left on the road for the round trip back to
Campuhan road, or continue straight on for Keliki.
Once you've turned left, the road cuts through a swathe of ricefields, drops down steeply
towards the Wos Barat and then climbs up through the hamlets of
Payogan
and
Lung-
siakan
before reaching
Jalan Raya Sanggingan
. From here you can either flag down
any bemo heading east for the ten-minute ride into Ubud, or continue walking for twenty
minutes east down to the Neka Art Museum, or twenty minutes west to Kedewatan and the
main Kintamani road.
Neka Art Museum
Jl Raya Sanggingan, about 2.5km northwest of central Ubud • Daily 9am-5pm • Rp40,000 • 0361 975074,
museumneka.com
• If you don't fancy walking or cycling along the busy main road, you can take any west-
bound bemo from the market in Ubud
