![]() The sea in this area is normally flat, and for most of the year, you will find water temperatures of around 84☏ (29☌). Here, you will find a very relaxed pace of life compared to the tourist hotspots in the south.ĭiving on the northeast coast of Bali centers around Tulamben and Amed. In the last few years, I have led annual photographic workshops for UK-based company Scuba Travel at Scuba Seraya Resort in Tulamben. I tend to gravitate to the northeast of the island, away from the very busy and heavily populated capital of Denpasar and the tourist hotspot of Kuta. I instantly fell in love with the place and since then have been back many times. I first came to Bali 12 years ago for only a few days before flying on to Wakatobi, and then once again a year later to join a Martin Edge photography trip to Komodo. ![]() Part of the Coral Triangle, the island is surrounded by healthy reefs, providing a huge diversity of marine species, an excellent reason to visit Bali and explore its underwater world.Ī manta ray swoops in front of a lucky diver at Nusa PenidaĪ marbled moray eel displaying a symbiotic relationship with a cleaner shrimp There is also beautiful countryside set against the backdrop of active volcanoes Mount Agung and Mount Batur, with the former unwittingly giving Bali one of the world’s easiest and most visited dive sites, the famous Liberty wreck. Religion is deeply entwined in the locals’ daily lives, which encourages plenty of land-based photographic opportunities, and it is the zen-like culture of the place that makes Bali stand out. ![]() As a result, there are over 20,000 temples, providing almost daily religious ceremonies. Part of the charm is that the island has the only Hindu majority in the whole of Indonesia, with 82.5% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism. Only 90 miles wide and 70 miles from north to south, Bali packs in a huge amount of diversity and attractions for tourists. In 2017, Bali won TripAdvisor’s best global holiday destination award-quite an achievement considering London and Paris come second and third, respectively. The island is located just west of Lombok and only two miles east of Java, and the region also includes a few smaller islands, Nusa Penida and Nusa Lebongan in the south, and Menjangan Island in the northwest. There has been huge growth in the number of tourists visiting the province since the 1980s, and in 2019, there were 6.3 million arrivals. Mantis shrimp with eggs at famed critter dive site Seraya Secretsīali is by far Indonesia’s biggest tourist destination.
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