Bedugul Lake in Bali, Indonesia

Bratan Bedugul, Bali - Indonesia, the second largest lake in Bali, where the temple of Lake Beratan (Pura Ulun Danu Bratan).

Lake Bratan (also called Beratan or Lake Danau Bratan) is located in the Bedugul area, village Candikuning, Baturiti District, Tabanan Regency Bali, about 55 km from Denpasar, and is located at an altitude of ± 1240 m above sea level, temperature of Beratan lake (Bedugul) at night ± 18 ° C and day ± 24 ° C

Bratan Lake covers an area of ​​about 375.6 hectares with an average depth of 22 to 48 meters and an area of ​​about 12 kilometers. The Beratan is the second largest lake in Bali after Batur Bratan Lake is very important as the main source of irrigation in the center of Bali.

Bratan Lake is one of the 20 most beautiful lakes in the world (Source: www.huffingtonpost.com). It is known as the destination used by many international and domestic travelers. The coolness of the mountains with stunning views of the lake, the temple and the mountains and away from the noise of the city, make this place a popular destination and recommendable place to visit in Bali.

It also offers high quality accommodation such as hotels, villas, restaurants and water sports such as parasailing, canoeing, water skiing. On the eastern shore of Lake Berataner, Catur is the mountain (Balinese, formerly Pucak Mangu), a beautiful place for walking. In the vicinity of Lake Bratan you will also find interesting sites such as Kugun Raya Eka Karya, the market for fruit and vegetables Bedugul, Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan.

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan (Ulun Danu Beratan Temple) at Bratan Lake, Bedugul, Bali - Indonesia

The Ulun Danu temple, also called Pura Ulu Danu, is located on the shore of Lake Bratan. The Ulun Danu temple, built at the beginning of the 17th century, serves to worship the majesty of God for the sake of the graces of fertility, prosperity, human well-being and well-being for the durability of the universe.

The Ulun Danu temple is very beautiful when the weather is nice in the morning, when the sun rises and the mist covers some of the mountains. The reflection of the Ulun Danu temple is beautiful from the Beratan lake. This moment is therefore very popular with tourists and photographers to capture their precious moments.

Asmat Tribe

Asmat is the name of a tribe of the largest and most famous among the many tribes in Papua, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. One of the things that made the Asmat tribe well known is the result of traditional wood carving is very typical. Some ornaments / motifs that are often used, and the main theme in the process of sculpting a statue made by the Asmat tribe is the theme of the ancestors of their tribe, commonly called mbis. But do not stop there, often also found ornaments / other motif that resembles a boat or wuramon, which they believe to be a symbol of the boat that brought the spirit of their ancestors in the underworld. For the Asmat tribe of natives, wood carving rather a manifestation of the way they perform rituals to commemorate the souls of the ancestors.

Asmat tribe spread out and inhabit the sea around the coast and the mountains Arafuru Jayawijaya, with a fairly heavy considering the terrain occupied area is wilderness, in the life of the Asmat, a stone that we usually see on the streets was very valuable to them. In fact, the stones can be used as a dowry. All of that is because the places that set up a live Asmat swamps making it very difficult to find stones street which is very useful for them to make axes, hammers, and so on.
Asmat population in general have distinctive physical characteristics, black and curly-haired. Her body is quite high. The average height of the Asmat women around 162cm and height 172cm men reach.
One thing that enviable lifestyle of indigenous tribes asmat, they feel he is a part of nature, that is why they are very respectful and keep the natural surroundings, in fact, around the tree of life where they are considered to be a picture of himself. The trunk describe arms, head pieces depict and describe the roots of their feet

Asmat people daily work surrounding environment, especially for foraging, hunting and gardening in a way, which is still using the traditional method and simple enough. Asmat cuisine unlike our cuisine. Special dishes for them is sago worm. But everyday they just grilling fish or meat of animals hunted.

Lorentz National Park

Lorentz National Park is representative of the complete ecosystem for biodiversity in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Lorentz National Park is the best travel destinations for you. This area is also one of the three regions of the world that have glaciers in the tropics. It stretches from snow-capped mountain peaks (5,030 m asl), to stretch out to the coastal waters with mangrove forests and borders the Arafura Sea waters. In this stretch, there is a spectrum of ecological stunning alpine vegetation of the region, sub-alpine, montane, sub-montane, lowland, and wetlands.

In addition to having a very high biodiversity, there are also some specific and unique presence in the Puncak Jaya glaciers and rivers that disappeared several kilometers into the ground in the Valley Balliem.

A total of 34 vegetation types including swamp forest, river, sago forest, peat forests, coral sand beaches, rainforest land flat / slope, rain forest on the hill, Heath forests, mountain forests, grasslands, and lichens.

Plant species in this park include palm (Nypa fruticans), mangroves (Rhizophora apiculata), Pandanus julianettii, Colocasia esculenta, Avicennia marina, Podocarpus pilgeri, and Nauclea coadunata.

The types of animals that have been identified in the Lorentz National Park as many as 630 species of birds (± 70% of the bird in Papua) and 123 species of mammals. Bird species characteristic of this national park there are two types of cassowary, four megapodes, 31 species of doves / pigeons, 30 types of parrots, 13 species of birds of shrimp, 29 species of birds honey, and 20 endemic species such as long-tailed bird of paradise (Paradigalla caruneulata) and quail snow (Anurophasis monorthonyx).

Animals such as mammals recorded long snout pig spines (Zaglossus bruijnii), pig snout short spines (Tachyglossus aculeatus), 4 types of possum, wallaby, bobcat, and tree kangaroos.
Lorentz National Park designated as a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and Natural Heritage of ASEAN by the ASEAN countries.

This national park has a high biodiversity and cultural diversity supported awesome. It is estimated that culture 30,000 years old and is the residence of tribal Nduga, Western Dani, Amungme, Sempan and Asmat. Chances are there are more people living in the remote wilderness that has not entered into a relationship with modern humans.

Asmat sculpture famous sculpture skills. According to belief, the tribe is identical to the forest or the trees. The trunk symbolizes the human body, its branches as arms, and the fruit as a human head. The tree is considered as the lives of their ancestors. Asmat community system that respects the tree, it applies also to the rivers, mountains and others.

Lorentz designated as a national park in 1997, so the facility / facilities for the convenience of visitors is still very limited, and not all objects and natural tourist attraction in this park have been identified and developed.

Season to visit: August s / d in December each year.