Holiday in Bali | Gunung Kawi Sebatu Temple Part 4

Holiday in Bali is not perfect if you don't visit the wonderful temples in Bali. Bali has many temples. But this time, I am visiting one of Temple in Gunung Kawi Sebatu Temple. The location is not so far from Ubud. Because my network is not working well when I visit this location. So I got lost many times, so I don't know how many times to get there from Ubud.

Some people Baliness are nice, but one man who is not friendly. He made us got lost. The location is near there house but he made us lost. So bad man, but that is o.k. When see the temple, the sadness feeling gone so fast.


Before to entrance this place, you should pay the ticket. The price is not expensive, don't worry. The price just 1.5 USD or 15.000 IDR per person. After paying the ticket, the staff ask you to wear sarong. This temple little different from Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah) if you wear long pants you don't need wear sarong. This place you also keep to wear it.

When you go inside the first eyes you catch is the pool and also nice trees. So nice, That first location I take the pictures. SO nice, after that look around the temple O.K is not perfect if I don't shared a little information about this temple.

Why you should go to Gunung Kawi Sebatu Temple?




The location this temple is the highland village of Sebatu in Tegallalang, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. 12 KM norheast from the main Ubud. How to get there? Gunung Kawi Sebatu - Tranquil water temple

Approaching the temple from the main Jalan Raya Tegallalang road, a small and winding descent approaches the temple, where you can easily have a bird’s eye view of the whole complex and its water gardens. The temple is a refreshing stopover, profuse with water features, and one of the main highlights is the tranquil setting of one of its singular shrines known as the Taman Suci, which is next to a large rectangular pond with a dense green hillside as a backdrop – perfect for photographers to grab that picture-postcard shot.

But before reaching the northwest corner where Taman Suci and the main Gunung Kawi Sebatu temple grounds are located, you will have to don the customary sash around your waist which you can borrow at the ticket booth. A few steps along the cobble path you will instantly enjoy a full water garden, a large pool where golden carp are kept. A figure of the goddess Sarasvati is its centrepiece, together with a ‘floating’ Wantilan hall from which you can feed the fish. Fish food is sold at a mere 5.000 IDR or 0.50 USD If you also want to shower in that place, you just need pay around 2.000 IDR.

Beside the pool there are two walled bathing sections that the locals and pilgrims to Gunung Kawi Sebatu actually use for bathing. A sign clearly reads in English and Indonesian that photography in these quarters is forbidden – obviously!

Towards the north and after a green lawn are the ‘candi bentar’ temple gates that lead to the elevated main temple grounds. You will be able to see a few animals kept within the complex, such as roaming free packs of tame fowl, juvenile deer and rare chicken breeds, which all add life to the otherwise inanimate statues and towering temple structures.