07th Dec 2009
Lovina Beach Towns
If you say the word Lovina to the average tourist having a beer and watching Australian Rules football in a pub down in Kuta, you may very well get a blank stare in return. Well there’s nothing wrong with Aussie rules and there’s certainly nothing wrong with Bir Bintang, but it seems like a bit of a shame to come all this way and do exactly the same thing that you’d be doing on a weekend back home. So what’s so great about the Lovina beach area in the north coast of Bali, and why would a tourist who’s here for relaxation break away from his lounge chair at the side of the pool?
Come on up to the north coast, find yourself a nice hotel in the Lovina area for a fraction of the price that you’d pay down in Sanur or Kuta, and hire a local guide to take you and the kids out early one morning to look for dolphins. Even if you don’t see dolphins it’s a wonderful way to wake up in the morning, to the gorgeous calm waters of the Bali Sea. One of the first things you’ll notice about the ocean up here is the lack of wave activity, which might make for a less stressful time at the beach if you have small children. You’ll also notice that Lovina beaches don’t have the expanses of white sand that you will find in the South but instead tend toward volcanic black sands.
The Lovina area is actually a bunch of small towns to the west of Singaraja: Kalisasem/Temukus, Kalibukbuk, Anturan, Tukad Mungga and Pemaron. If you want a little bit of nightlife Kalibukbuk is probably your best bet. Kalisasem and Temukus has cheap accommodation near the beach and you can also find equipment rental if you’d like to go snorkeling. Really there are plenty of decent hotels and guesthouses in Lovina though, and a lot of them are right on the ocean, which is nice (and next to impossible to find down in Kuta at any price, by the way).
You can book a hotel online but if you’re not overly particular you can be pretty well assured of finding some acceptable accommodations. For my friends who visit Bali for a week or 10 days I always recommend at least a couple days in Lovina because in addition to being a great place to unwind, just the drive up through the rice terraces around Ubud and mountains around Bedugul and Kintamani obviously gives one a different perspective on Bali. That spot poolside on a lounge chair will be there for you when you return from your little side trip. Why not get a driver to take you up to Lovina Beach on Bali’s north coast? It might turn out to be the most memorable portion of your holiday.
If you say the word Lovina to the average tourist having a beer and watching Australian Rules football in a pub down in Kuta, you may very well get a blank stare in return. Well there’s nothing wrong with Aussie rules and there’s certainly nothing wrong with Bir Bintang, but it seems like a bit of a shame to come all this way and do exactly the same thing that you’d be doing on a weekend back home. So what’s so great about the Lovina beach area in the north coast of Bali, and why would a tourist who’s here for relaxation break away from his lounge chair at the side of the pool?
Come on up to the north coast, find yourself a nice hotel in the Lovina area for a fraction of the price that you’d pay down in Sanur or Kuta, and hire a local guide to take you and the kids out early one morning to look for dolphins. Even if you don’t see dolphins it’s a wonderful way to wake up in the morning, to the gorgeous calm waters of the Bali Sea. One of the first things you’ll notice about the ocean up here is the lack of wave activity, which might make for a less stressful time at the beach if you have small children. You’ll also notice that Lovina beaches don’t have the expanses of white sand that you will find in the South but instead tend toward volcanic black sands.
The Lovina area is actually a bunch of small towns to the west of Singaraja: Kalisasem/Temukus, Kalibukbuk, Anturan, Tukad Mungga and Pemaron. If you want a little bit of nightlife Kalibukbuk is probably your best bet. Kalisasem and Temukus has cheap accommodation near the beach and you can also find equipment rental if you’d like to go snorkeling. Really there are plenty of decent hotels and guesthouses in Lovina though, and a lot of them are right on the ocean, which is nice (and next to impossible to find down in Kuta at any price, by the way).
You can book a hotel online but if you’re not overly particular you can be pretty well assured of finding some acceptable accommodations. For my friends who visit Bali for a week or 10 days I always recommend at least a couple days in Lovina because in addition to being a great place to unwind, just the drive up through the rice terraces around Ubud and mountains around Bedugul and Kintamani obviously gives one a different perspective on Bali. That spot poolside on a lounge chair will be there for you when you return from your little side trip. Why not get a driver to take you up to Lovina Beach on Bali’s north coast? It might turn out to be the most memorable portion of your holiday.
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