THE GUIDE - The Rough Guide to Bali and Lombok - page 288

high-level route that works well as part of a day-trip loop - via Amlapura and Tirtagangga,
with a possible side trip to Pura Luhur Lempuyang, then back via Culik.
As you continue south and west around the coast from Aas, the scenery is breathtakingly
dramatic, with hills sweeping up for hundreds of metres from the coast. The narrow, steeply
undulating and sometimes broken road snakes through dry mountain land used in the wet
season for growing peanuts, soya beans and corn and overlooked by the hulking profiles of
Gunung Lempuyang and Gunung Seraya. It turns inland at Kusambi , about 4km from Aas
and marked by a massive beacon; this is the most easterly point of Bali - on clear days Lom-
bok is visible, 35km across the strait. At Seraya the road heads down to the coast, passing
Seraya Barat and the Ujung Water Palace before reaching Amlapura .
Kelompok Karya Sari Warna Alam
Bungin, Seraya Timur • Daily 9am-5pm • Free • 082 8368 8122, karyasariwarnaalam.baliklik.com
Kelompok Karya Sari Warna Alam , a local weavers' cooperative , lies 14km on from
Kusambi, on the fringes of the small market centre of Seraya , and is well worth a stop. They
grow their own cotton and dye it in the traditional way with indigo and bark harvested from
the workshop garden; you can watch the spinners and weavers at work and then buy their
beautiful scarves and sarongs, recognizable by their muted, natural tones.
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION: THE AMED COAST
Access to Amed is via Culik, 9km northeast of Tirtagangga, 10km southeast of Tulamben.
Tourist transport services are offered in almost every village, and through hotels, to all major
destinations on Bali including the airport.
By charter It's easier to arrange through transport with a company such as Perama ( peram-
atour.com ) , who charge Rp125,000/person (minimum two) to any Amed area hotel from Can-
didasa or Padang Bai, less from Tirtagangga.
Destinations Candidasa (2 daily; 1hr 30min).
By bemo All public transport between Amlapura and Singaraja passes through Culik. From
here, bemos sometimes run via Amed to Aas in the morning, but you'll probably end up char-
tering one.
Destinations Aas (1hr 30min); Air Sanih (1hr 30min); Amed (20min); Amlapura (45min);
Bunutan (45min); Jemeluk (30min); Lipah Beach (1hr); Selang (1hr 15min); Singaraja (Pen-
arukan terminal; 2hr 30min); Tirtagangga (30min); Tulamben (1hr).
By boat Fast boats run direct from Amed to the three Gili Islands and Lombok (1hr-1hr
30min; Rp300,000-600,000 depending on demand), departing at about 9am daily in high sea-
son. Contact Amed Sea Express ( 0878 6306 4799, gili-sea-express.com ) or Kuda Hitam
( 0817 471 4503, kudahitam.com ).