Bali, the famous enchanted flower island, is located just south of the equator. See the beauty of the island, its unique Hindu processions, impressive temples and paradise beaches.
Since the 15th century, when the Javanese Majapahit kingdom was destroyed, intellectuals, artists and craftsmen moved to Bali, where they preserved the Indian influenced Hindu culture in a unique unchanged way. Until the fifties the of this century, Bali has in fact hardly changed.
Nowadays it is the most known island of the Indonesia archipelago, with its fascinating own culture. Famous crafts centre are: the painters villages Ubud and Pengosekan, Peliatan because of its dance and gamelan music, Klungkung of its traditional carvings
and painting of bone, Mas for bone carving, Gianyar for textile, Celuk and Bratan for gold and silvercraft, etc.
The central mountain range runs east west over the whole length of the island with several peaks over two thousand metres and many active volcanoes. Standing on the slopes of the northern volcano mountain Kintamani, you can sometimes see even Denpasar in the south. Bali's volcanic nature has contributed to its exceptional fertility and the high mountains provide the rainfall which irrigates the island's complex and beautiful rice terraces.
