Take your pool equipment we head to the beach to swim, slide, surfing, parasailing, jet skiing or diving. Make your choice! For children living in Bali, many can swim well by five and some are participating in international swimming competitions and diving - and win - ten or eleven. What other kids want to do in one of the best resorts in the world? Spend time in the water, of course. Here we take a quick trip around Bali with some of the highlights of the water sports in the north, east and west of the island.
Bali has several water parks, three located in Kuta; the fabulous Bali Waterbom, the aquatic circus Park and New Kuta Green Park, the last two catering mainly for locals.
KUTA'S Waterparks
Waterbom
Waterbom is close to Discovery Shopping Mall in the center of Jl Kuta. Kartika Plaza. It has a multitude of functions and activities, with 20 water slides, swimming pools, kiddie pools and a lazy river where you float along inside your tube into a large circular meandering stream. The 3.5 hectare park is well laid out with many features, such as gazebos, hidden behind bushes, making them more private. There is a good selection of food stalls in the food court serving a wide range of dishes and snacks - fish, chicken, fruits - at realistic prices (unlike most adventure parks). It is very busy at lunch time, but if you have a gazebo meals will be delivered to you.
New to the park in 2010 were three additional slide characteristics, AQUALOOP, better known as "Climax", the Boomerang and Superbowl. Boomerang sees riders shoot down the slide and up to a nearly vertical wall before sliding to the finish. Superbowl sees you in your inflatable slide down a chute, up a circular wall, and you drag in the middle, then pull you through a tunnel and get out riding the left slide to the right as you go down fast.
Waterbom entertainment is a great day for all ages. It is relatively cheap by Western standards and if you are in Bali long enough, buy a pass for two days that the extra day is cheaper still. A pass two days is valid for seven days. Towels, lockers and gazebos are available for rent and there are plenty of chairs to give your feet a rest.
Instead of using the money, you get a cash credit that has a group on it and straps to your wrist, so no need to carry a bag. Any additional credit is given back to you at the end of the day.
It is best to arrive early (open daily 9:00 to 6:00 p.m.), so that you can install and go on popular rides before the queues become big around midday. Although busy, however, you should not wait too long.
For those who enjoy a little relaxation, you can get a body massage - or your feet cleaned of dead skin delivered to you by fish nibbling at your feet
. Jl Kartika Plaza
Tel. 62 361 755 676
Fax: 62 361 753 517
E-mail: info@waterbom-bali.com
Price (2013):
US $ 31 ($ 50 for two days) adult
US $ 19 ($ 31 for both days) child (2-11 years)
water Park circus opened in 2010 and features water slides, swimming pools, a bucket of water, boat Phinisi and restaurant.
Book early to info@circuswaterpark.com
Jl Raya Kediri, Kuta
Tel. 62 361 764003.
Prices are for US adults $ 11 (concession 7.20 $) and $ 6 ($ 4) for children, with family package 2 2 $ 33 ($ 27)
New Kuta Green Park
New Kuta Green park, which opened in 2012, is in a five-hectare park with a wave pool, slides, flow rides, flying fox and trampoline bungi.
Jl Raya Uluwatu, Pecatu, South Kuta
Tel. 62 361 8484777.
The three sites have price concession for families and large groups and there is plenty of parking Free
Price: Rp.112,000 Foreigner and Rp.72,000 for interior - so bring your KTP, Kitas Indonesian or drivers license to prove that you live here
WATERSPORTS'S EAST COAST
Nusa Dua / Tanjung Benoa has become the place to Bali southern associated with parasailing and jet skiing. When the winds are light, jet skis are out. When the winds are stronger, energy parasailers come into force. Surprisingly few water skiers take to these waters, perhaps because of the cost. Try a banana boat or flying fish for some aquatic fun.
A recent and popular feature is the "Walk on the bottom of the sea;" no swimming ability necessary, you just need to be brave enough to put a divers helmet with full mask and air hose to the surface and place a shallow half hour (max five meters) enchanted by the wonders of the reef, protected sharks and barracuda with a safety net. It is an experience of a lifetime for . children (nine years and over) who have never seen the delights of the underwater world to the close and very personal They return to the surface with Q each diver: "You saw so-and-so ... really great!"
Seawalker Bali is located in Bali Hyatt Resort, Jl. Danau Tamblingan, Sanur, Denpasar. Prices start from US $ 46 for children.
The diversity of North Bali
Whether diving at Menjangan island in the West or take a bath in the spring pool fees air Sanih in the east, the district north of Bali Buleleng offers a wide range of activities both on and off the water.
Located 10 km west of Singaraja, the former capital of Bali and only major city in the north, is Lovina, this neighborhood "Central Tourist".
Watersports Lovina
Lovina has any type of housing, large hotels to budget losmen, a multitude of restaurants, bars, dive shops, supermarkets, banks and transport according to your needs and your pocket. It is particularly favored by young tourists who want to get out of the teeming southern Bali.
Lovina itself has many attractions, its chromatic black sand beach with outrigger canoes colorful fishermen hundreds of dolphins are seen almost daily one kilometer offshore. One of the favorite trips to Lovina will observe dolphins. Fifty to eighty outrigger boats head every morning around 6am looking for dolphins schools. Hundreds of dolphins can be seen in an hour or two at that time of the morning - a real sight to see. Lovina beach draws crowds again around 18 hours to watch the sunset.
Hot Springs water Buddhist monastery in Banjar
Brahma Vihara Arama, built in 1970 in the nearby hamlet Tegehe, is popular with Buddhist visitors from across Asia who come here to pray and meditate. It has several unique Balinese Hindu features including colorful dragons guarding the entrance and a tower of wooden drum to call the monks to prayer. Its location on the north side of the mountain offers a beautiful view of the north coast. Tel: 0362 92954.