Visited May 2014 Munduk, background on ridge, has some pretty overnice surrounding countryside..
Munduk is a busy mount village in central-north Bali, located on the primary route leading upwards to the Lakes Bratan/Buyan/Tamblingan caldera (known collectively equally the Bedugul caldera) only to the east.
The town is a ribbon evolution stringing only over 1km along the primary route which runs along the hand of the ridge. There are overnice views both into the valleys together with across to side past times side ridges each side. The surrounding countryside is pretty expert to explore. This oblique Google globe icon is pointing to a greater extent than or less straight E bottom to top. The waterfall hand left has a ? because I never flora it - encounter later.
The surrounding countryside. The primary route has awesome views inwards the expanse only inwards a higher identify the "?" together with only about the ridge of Lake Tamblingan. From at that spot it continues along the ridge inwards a higher identify bigger Lake Butan together with and then drops to the Lake Bratan/Bedugul expanse with a turn-off to the due north coast. The white draw at bottom is the route of our cross-country trek - encounter later. Aditya Homestay was our digs inwards Munduk.
The balcony of our room at Aditya Homestay had pretty expert views of the side past times side valley together with parallel ridge. You are looking south-east here. The mount far left is Guning Batukaru, a dormant volcano together with Bali's 2d highest peak at 2276m (approx 7500ft). These pix click-expand for detail.
Zooming inwards on some of the rice fields areas.
Something I didn't await - Munduk's meridian also gave it views of the coast W of Lovina - all the means to the north-west tip of Bali (and of the volcanoes of north-east Java when the cloud cleared - encounter shot on the primary Bali page).
Munduk's bustling primary street had a pretty total arrive at of businesses. I can't study on restaurants because Aditya Homestay nutrient was hence expert together with inexpensive. There seemed to survive enough of other homestay restaurants inwards the nigh vicinity. Cloud inwards background is over the high rim of the three lakes caldera which the primary route must climb - a dandy journeying with outstanding views when the cloud clears.
THE RIDGE-RICE FIELDS TREK I fancied checking the surrounding countryside together with mapped out a expert walk from Lake Tamblingan to Aditya Homestay past times dorsum roads downwards the parallel ridges. Google Maps showed the distance at only nether 6km together with fourth dimension at 100 minutes. We didn't retrieve to include the rice fields this trek, but a incorrect plow included that expanse together with nosotros ended upwards dorsum on the primary route some distance west of Munduk. Duh! With stops for pix together with refreshments inwards a kafe overlooking the rice fields the walk took virtually 4 hours together with I figure nosotros covered only about 11km.
Step 1 was getting upwards to the lake. We got Aditya's driver to receive got us upwards the primary route together with and then downwards to Lake Tamblingan to brand a form of circuit with the next walk. The primary route is real steep together with windy inwards parts with expert viewpoints if the cloud is clear.
The side route downwards from the highway had elevated views of the lake but non from the heights of the primary route closer to Bedugul.
The expanse at the due south destination of the lake has a pocket-size 15000idr entrance fee. It's kinda underwhelming - Lake Tambingan is much smaller at virtually 2km long than lakes Buyan together with Bratan together with the expanse inwards a higher identify does non receive got much going on - has a temple towards the correct of icon which may survive clearer if you lot click-expand - but the whole scene looked pretty run down. I retrieve you lot tin shipping away produce jungle trekking together with watersports somewhere only about here. Our driver to Bedugul next twenty-four hours told us he used to alive past times the lake but flooding forced his household unit of measurement together with many others to motility away.
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Our route from the lake correct dorsum to Aditya. I figure our incorrect plow was only after the "ridge/rice fields..." identify marker. Note the in conclusion 1km trudge dorsum upwards the primary route to Aditya was a pretty steep uphill slog. Not hence welcome after to a greater extent than than three hours.
Once on the road, nosotros shortly came to this overview. That's Munduk means downwards at that spot close-center. Google Maps tells me I took this shot at 1200m whereas Munduk is virtually 840n.
With hence much meridian to lose the route is largely downhill. But non everywhere equally the bottom shot shows - hither the route is truly swapping ridges. This sort of countryside typifies 80% of our walk - mixed bush together with scattered farming. Closer to Munduk were a few pocket-size villages lining the road. About one-half means thru the walk nosotros came across this outfit parked beside a restaurant. Outfit caters for tourists who desire to depository fiscal establishment check the scene past times bicycle.
Betsy checks out the crazy tourists.
When nosotros finally striking the bottom of our ridge route together with flora ourselves overlooking the rice fields nosotros realized nosotros had taken a incorrect plow somewhere. No affair - nosotros saw an expanse I originally intended to immature adult woman (it's scenic but can't check the areas only about Sideman or along the rice fields route farther west), although the extra fourth dimension taken meant checking the waterfall the other side of town would survive a flake rushed.
THE WATERFALL TREKThere are two waterfalls inwards the deep valley across the other (northern)side of the Munduk ridge. The outset is closed to town, the 2d reached from a auto green amongst the primary route virtually 3-4km east. I tried to respect the former.
I wasted a flake of fourth dimension looking for the start of the non sign-posted rail which is where those people are real nigh the pedestrian crossing to the hamlet school. This is only W of the shops expanse inwards town.
The path starts off equally a overnice stroll downwards the forested mountainside with scattered dwellings. But Aditya's district map showed I needed to receive got a left mitt plow along hither - the problem was at that spot were at to the lowest degree a dozen left mitt turns - no signs. After trying three of them which all eventually ended upwards inwards someone's forepart yard, I gave up. Time lost on the ridge/rice fields walk meant it was getting slow inwards the twenty-four hours - I didn't desire to destination upwards deep inwards the valley on a tricky rail inwards fading light. So I gave up. Given to a greater extent than fourth dimension I'm certain I could receive got flora it.
All was non lost - the higher parts of the path nigh town afforded this overnice persuasion of Bali's north-west coast.
ADITYA HOMESTAY
Aditya is a shape act. It gets first-class reviews on the user together with booking sites, is cheap (we paid virtually $US30 including breakfast on Agoda inwards shoulder flavour May 2014) together with is situated exclusively 30m from Munduk's primary street with panoramic views over the valley together with ridges to the south. Our room was spacious, spotless, the bed was comfy (I idea the pillows a flake difficult but that's together with private call) together with had a spacious bath with expert hot water. It was tranquillity together with cool (fan exclusively needed this high, together with non at night0. Our balcony had those killer views. The household unit of measurement running this identify gave first-class service.
Food was real expert together with at Bali budget eating theatre prices. The eating theatre also had those panoramic views. Free wifi was rigid hither - extended to our room closed upstairs but I'm non certain virtually other rooms.
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