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Ubud-Tegalalang-Pujung road is lined with shops displaying their wares, which include
painted wooden mobiles, animals and figurines; wrought-iron lampstands, tables and arte-
facts; glass mosaic and wooden frames for pictures and mirrors; and much else besides. On
a clear morning the views become increasingly spectacular as you pass through Tegalalang,
with Bali's greatest mountains looming majestically ahead - Gunung Batur to the north and
Gunung Agung to the east - and rice terraces providing the classic foreground. Just north
of Tegalalang is the village of CEKING , which also has well-stocked souvenir shops along
with several restaurants that make the most of the vistas.
Sebatu
North of Ceking, 18km along the main road you'll reach the Gunung Batur crater rim. Al-
ternatively, a right turn at Dewi Café takes you along the scenic back road - to the village
of SEBATU , 6km beyond, site of the uncrowded Pura Gunung Kawi Sebatu water-temple
complex.
Pura Gunung Kawi Sebatu
Sebatu • Daily 8am-5pm • Rp15,000, including sarong rental
Not to be confused with the quite different and more-visited Gunung Kawi in nearby Tam-
paksiring, Pura Gunung Kawi Sebatu is built on the site of holy springs, whose water is
channelled into seven walled bathing pools - four for public bathing and three, at the spring
itself, for special cleansing rituals. Many of the temple's wooden shrines and bale are carved
with exquisite, brightly painted floral motifs.
Elephant Safari Park
Taro village, around 8km beyond Pujung Kelod • Daily 8am-6pm • Rp230,000, children Rp120,000, family
discounts available; most people visit on a tour (adults from Rp1,000,000, children Rp700,000); elephant
rides Rp590,000, children Rp420,000, purchasers get half-price admission •
0361 721480,
baliadventure-
tours.com
Turning left off the main Kintamani road a couple of kilometres beyond Pujung Kelod, a
signposted little road leads you 6km west to the village of Taro and its Elephant Safari
Park . While the imported pachyderms are a relatively recent claim to fame for Taro, it has
long been renowned among the Balinese for its small herd of sacred white Brahmin cows .
The park occupies a landscaped area of fields and forest to the southeast of the village and
is home to more than two dozen elephants brought over from Sumatra, where they had been
trained to work in the logging industry but were then abandoned when the industry declined.
The park admission fee allows you to feed the animals, admire their painting skills and watch
them having their baths. There's also an elephant museum, and you can even stay on site. The
chief attraction, however, is the half-hour leisurely, swaying elephant safari ride offering an
elephant's eye view of the countryside.
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