School’s Out – Time for Some Holiday Fun!
Pack your swimming gear we’re off to the beach to swim, slide, surf, parasail, jet ski or scuba dive. Take your pick! For kids who live in Bali, many can swim well by several along with some are entering international swimming along with diving competitions — along with winning — by age ten or eleven. What else do kids want to do in one of the earth’s best holiday resorts? Spend some time from the water, of course. Here we take a quick journey around Bali at some of the water sports’ highlights from the north, east along with west of the island.
Bali has several water parks, three located in Kuta; the fabulous Bali Waterbom, the Circus Water Park along with the brand new Kuta Green Park, the latter two catering mainly for locals.
KUTA’S WATERPARKS
Waterbom
Waterbom can be located near Discovery Mall from the centre of Kuta’s Jl. Kartika Plaza. This specific carries a host of features along with activities, with 20 slides, swimming pools, kiddies’ pools along that has a lazy river where you float along inside your tube in a large meandering circular flow. The 3.5 hectare park can be well laid out, with many features, like the gazebos, hidden behind shrubbery, producing them more private. There can be a selection of not bad food stalls from the food court which serve a wide range of dishes along with snacks — fish, chicken, fruit — at realistic prices (unlike most adventure parks). This specific can be very busy at lunch time, nevertheless if you have a gazebo your meals will be delivered to you.
brand new to the park in 2010 were three additional water slide features, the aqualoop, better known as “Climax”, the Boomerang along with the Superbowl. The Boomerang sees riders shoot down the slide along with up an almost vertical wall before sliding back to the finish. Superbowl sees you in your inflatable slide down a drop, ride a circular wall, along with as you slide into the middle, you then shoot through a tunnel along with come out riding the water slide coming from side to side as you come down fast.
Waterbom can be a great day’s entertainment for all ages. This specific’s relatively cheap by western standards along with if you are in Bali long enough, buy a two day pass as the extra day can be cheaper still. A two day pass can be valid for seven days. Towels, lockers along with gazebos are available for hire along with there are plenty of pool chairs to give your feet a rest.
Instead of using cash, you get a cash-band of which has credit on This specific along with straps to your wrist, so no need to carry a bag. Any extra credit gets given back to you at the end of the day.
This specific’s best to arrive early (open 9am-6pm every day), so you can get settled in along with go on the common rides before the queues get big around lunchtime. Even when busy though, you don’t have to wait too long.
For those who like a little pampering, you can get a whole body massage — or your feet cleaned of dead skin delivered to you by fish of which nibble at your feet.
Jl. Kartika Plaza
Tel: +62 361 755 676
Fax: +62 361 753 517
E-mail:info@waterbom-bali.com
Prices (2013):
US$ 31 ($50 For two main days) adult
US$ 19 ($31 For two main days) child (2–11 years old)
Circus Water Park opened in 2010 along with features waterslides, pools, water bucket, Phinisi boat along with restaurant area.
Book early at info@circuswaterpark.com
Jl. Raya Kediri, Kuta
Tel: +62 361 764003.
Prices are for adults US$11 (concession $7.20) along with $6 ($4) for kids, with family package 2+2 at $33 ($27)
brand new Kuta Green Park
brand new Kuta Green Park, which opened in 2012, sits within a several hectare park along with features wave pool, waterslides, flow rides, flying fox along with bungi trampoline.
Jl. Raya Uluwatu, Pecatu, South Kuta
Tel: +62 361 8484777
All three venues have concession prices for families along with larger groups along with there can be plenty of free parking.
Prices: Foreigner Rp.112,000 along with Rp.72,000 for domestic – so bring along your KTP, Kitas or Indonesian drivers licence to show you live here.
EAST COAST’S WATERSPORTS
Nusa Dua/Tanjung Benoa has become the place in south Bali associated with parasailing along with jet ski. When the winds are light, the jet skis are out. When the winds are stronger, the energetic parasailers come out in force. Surprisingly few water skiers take to these waters, perhaps because of the cost. Try a banana boat or flying fish for a bit of watery fun.
A recent along with common feature can be the “Walk on the bottom of the sea;” no swimming ability necessary, you just need to be brave enough to put on a divers helmet with full face mask along with air hose to the surface along with spend half an hour at shallow depth (max several metres) enchanted by the wonders of the coral reef, protected coming from sharks along with barracuda by a protective net. This specific can be an experience of a lifetime for kids (age nine along with over) who have never seen the delights of the undersea world up close along with very personal. They come back to the surface with every diver’s question-along with-answer: “Did you see so-along with-so… definitely awesome!”
Bali Seawalker can be located at Puri Santrian Resort, Jl. Danau Tamblingan, Sanur, Denpasar. Prices start coming from US$ 46 for kids.
North Bali’s Diversity
Whether This specific’s diving at Menjangan Island from the West or taking a dip in Air Sanih’s cool spring pool from the East, north Bali’s Buleleng district offers a wide range of activities both on along with off the water.
Located 10km west of Singaraja, Bali’s old capital along with only large town from the north, can be Lovina, This specific district’s “Tourist Central.”
Lovina’s Watersports
Lovina has every kind of accommodation, coming from big hotels to budget losmen, a host of restaurants, bars, dive shops, supermarkets, banks along with transportation to suit your needs along with your pocket. This specific can be particularly favoured by younger tourists who want to get away coming from teeming south Bali.
Lovina itself has many attractions, coming from its black chromatic sand beach with its colourful fishermen’s outrigger canoes to the hundreds of dolphins which are seen almost daily a kilometre or so offshore. One of the favourite excursions in Lovina can be going dolphin watching. Fifty to eighty outrigger boats head out every morning around 6am in search of schools of dolphin. Hundreds of dolphin can be seen in an hour or two at This specific time of the morning — a real sight to behold. Lovina beach draws the crowds again around 6pm to watch the sunset.
Hot Water Springs along with Buddhist Monastery at Banjar
Brahma Vihara Arama, built in 1970 in adjoining Tegehe hamlet, can be common with Buddhist visitors coming from all over Asia who come here to worship along with meditate. This specific has several unique Balinese Hindu features including colourful dragons guarding the entrance along that has a wooden drum tower for calling the monks to prayer. Its location on the northern slope of the mountains affords a wonderful view of the north coast. Tel: 0362 92954.
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School’s Out – Time for Some Holiday Fun!
School’s Out – Time for Some Holiday Fun!