7 Best Places to Visit in Denpasar to Fill Your Vacation Time
What are places to visit in Denpasar? This question always appears when people come to Denpasar. Well, Denpasar is the capital city of Bali. This place was formerly a market and now has turned into such a big and vital city in Bali. Many of tourism attractions take place in here, so tourists are able to reach them easily once they land. Since there are tons of attractive places in Denpasar, you’ll definitely confuse on where you should go and visit. That’s why we have picked 10 best places to visit in Denpasar to fill your vacation time. Let’s check these out!
1. Bali Safari and Marine Park
Getting closer to the wildlife? That’s just for an extremely brave person. But wait a second people, watch real live wildlife attractions now are not impossible. When you come to Denpasar, this kind of thing will possibly happen. How could it be? Bali Safari and Marine Park is your best accommodation to feel the wildlife ambiance. This park has a large area and where wild animals live “freely”. Different from any other zoo, the animals here are not caged, moreover they can wander around as they like. The best thing if you visit here is you’ll be able to see endangered animals like Orangutan and Komodo dragon! How can we get closer to them? This place serves you with two kinds of tours; Safari Tram and Elephant Back Tour. Both of the tours will bring you closer to the wildlife!
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2. Bajra Sandhi Monument Bali
When you visit Denpasar, Braja Sandhi Monument is the must-visit place and you mustn’t miss it. The monument was built to honor the late soldiers that died in the war. The area is quite wide, 14.4 ha and for the monument sits on a 4,900 sqm area. Due to its large area, there are several football fields around the monument. Moreover, you can enter the monument and watch the dioramas here. The dioramas here mostly tell the story of independence war in Bali. Visiting this monument will make your trip be more meaningful.
3. Kuta Beach: Learning Surfing with Odyssey Surf School
Kuta Beach is popular with its waves. Lots of visitors (mostly surfers) come here to challenge the waves. They say that the waves are perfect for surfing. Most of them bring their own surfboard then go straight to the ocean to face the waves. If you want to try your first surfing experience, Odyssey Surf School will help you with it. Beginners will have some basic learning such as kinds of surfboards, waves movements and how to stand above surfboard. If you’re more than 6 years and less than 60 as well, you may enroll here and start your surfing lesson. When you’re about to touch down to the sea, professional trainers will come along too. They will help you with your movements as well as give you some advice to improve it.
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4. World of Magic Bali
Abracadabra, boom! A rabbit appears from the hat. This is a common attraction that a magician does, then the audience will wonder how could that thing happened. If you’re curious about it, you can watch and try to be a magician when you come to Denpasar. World of Magic Bali is where you can see a live magic performance even being the magician! When you visit here, you’ll explore 8 rooms for magic performance and 2 rooms for photo session. Each room (for magic performance) will show you two magical tricks and most of them are common tricks that always appear in the TV show. Yet, it’s still fascinating to see them up close right?
5. Waterbom Bali
Bali always related with water activities as well as Denpasar. One of places to visit in Denpasar is Waterbom Bali if you want a water-related place. This place is the best water park in Asia and second best in the world. With these titles, the rides here promise fun and safe attractions. All of them are world-class standard with several extremeness levels. For challengers, Extreme rides will be your first place to try. You’ll definitely scream out of your lung when you try these attractions! After pumping your adrenaline, try to lower your adrenaline level in Lazy River. You’ll be floating and soaring along the calm river while enjoying the green man-made tropical forest.
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6. Suluban Beach
A virgin beach in Bali has been discovered! The location is near Denpasar, specifically in Badung. If you want to visit here, you’ll need to struggle a bit. The beach is rather isolated because there are some huge cliffs surrounding the beach. However, when you arrive here, you’ll feel like in the movie scene. Do you know a scene in Pirates of the Caribbean, especially the fourth film (On Stanger Tides)? Where Captain Jack looks for a fountain of youth, the features of Suluban Beach is similar to this scene. The cave near the beach is the main attraction of this beach. Moreover, you can imitate the movie scene here!
Besides the great cave, the waves in Suluban Beach are perfect for surfing. You can bring your own surfboard here and try to conquer the waves here with your movements. One more fascinating thing in here is if you’re exploring the cave, you’ll end in Uluwatu Temple, one of famous sea temple! Great isn’t?
7. Garuda Wisnu Kencana Park
Denpasar is indeed a complete tourism place. You can find lots of unique and amazing attractions here. One of them is Garuda Wisnu Kencana Park (GWK Park). This place is a combination of cultural and artistic vibes. When you visit here, you’ll see a huge Lord Vishnu statue rides a mythological bird Garuda. There are some venues in this large park. Each venue shows its own attractiveness and you can’t miss them! For your information, the main venue, Lotus Pond, is the largest area and many world-class events had held in here! So, if you’re lucky you can spot an international show here. So, you mustn’t miss this place as your places to visit in Denpasar!
Do the lists fascinating enough? After reading them, have you interested to come over in Denpasar? Actually Denpasar has more than these 7 places to go. To move around, you’d better rent a car. And, the lists above are to help you to start your Denpasar trip. So, have a great vacation people!
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