As Bali is experiencing one of the worst monsoon seasons in living memory, tourist destinations across the island have been hit with major flooding. The popular resorts of Kuta, Legian, and Seminyak have been affected by this weekend’s downpours, with tourists forced to evacuate from their hotels, guesthouses, and villas. The worst of the flooding …
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Bali’s adventure activities are seriously good fun. For travelers who love to get the adrenaline pumping, there is nothing quite like whizzing through the jungle on an ATV or bounding down Bali’s white water rivers on a raft. Fun as they may be, there are some serious considerations to make before booking these kinds of …
Tourists visiting Bali’s Echo Beach in Canggu this weekend may see some important reconstruction work underway. Over the last week, as heavy rains, high tides, and storms have hit the island, sinkholes have appeared, sidewalks have been destroyed, and flooding has triggered even more potholes to appear across the region. Down at Canggu’s Echo Beach …
Tourists preparing to visit Bali this Christmas and New Year will be pleased to learn that I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has officially opened the Integrated Post for Transportation Monitoring Christmas and New Year 2024. For those who remember the travel chaos of Christmas 2023, news that support is in place for the full …
Bali’s newest mall, ICON Mall Bali in the heart of Sanur, has just celebrated its grand opening festival week. With heaps to celebrate as the year comes to a close, Bali’s biggest shopping malls are keeping the festival feels running high with plenty of events and mega discounts for tourists this Christmas and New Year …
More and more devastation is being reported by the hour in Bali as a result of one of the most intense rainy seasons in recent history. Flash flooding has claimed the lives of local residents, falling trees have killed tourists, and flood waters have now caused a Bali Zoo elephant to drown. Leaders are calling …
As Bali’s traffic congestion becomes more intense and widespread, leaders are on the lookout for new and impactful solutions to this ongoing problem. In July 2024, the Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, who is now the new Deputy Governor of Bali, announced plans to create a new ‘sea toll road’ for tourists to …
Kuta, Canggu, and Uluwatu are perhaps Bali’s best-known surf breaks. These are the ones known to real surfers and tourists alike. But the hardcore wave catchers know that if you want to find the best, most challenging waves in Bali, you have to head to Keramas. Keramas Beach, located on the southeastern coast of Bali, …
The rainy season in Bali only arrived a few short weeks ago, but torrential rain and intense storms have already wreaked havoc across the island. Over the weekend, 19 flights were disrupted at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, and as more weather warnings are being issued on a daily basis around the province, …
Tourism businesses in Bali have been given a firm warning from the Bali Provincial Tourism Office to improve standards of cleanliness, health, safety, and environmental sustainability this holiday season. As over one million international arrivals are expected to travel to Bali this month, in addition to hundreds of thousands of domestic tourists, Bali is Indonesia’s …
Bali’s rainy season only arrived a few weeks ago, but people are already calling it; this monsoon season could be the heaviest and most devastating in recent history. Earlier this week, two tourists were killed by falling trees at Ubud’s Sacred Monkey Forest, and on Thursday afternoon, roads were turned into river torrents in East …
Bali Immigration has just launched a new cybercrime unit that will be tasked with monitoring the online and digital behavior of tourists in Bali in a bid to crack down on crime and violations of public order. The new Bali Immigration Cyber Unit was formally launched on November 4th, and the Head of the Ngurah …