Mount Batur has 1.717mdpl height, this mountain has a caldera, a peak erupted leaving the plains or lake with a small peak in the middle. Gn.Batur has the largest caldera complex and beautiful in the dunia.Gunung Batur is still active and always remove smoke. The name of this mountain with the name of the lake and the area of the village name.

Eruption occurred in 1917 and 1926, eruption that occurred in 1917 have been frowned soul and destroy the village of 1,000 residents on the south side of Mount Batur. Residents still survive in this village until in 1926 the mountain erupted again and destroyed the entire village remains a sacred building in the temple.
Batur newly built village on the edge of the caldera to the south of Kintamani. Ulun Danu rebuilt, it is still renowned as the most beautiful temple in Bali. This temple is dedicated to her honor "Dewi Danu" the Goddess of water authorities, as well as the temple located at the lake Bratan also dedicated to worship the "Goddess Danu".

Lake Batur is the largest lake in Bali with a length of 7 km and 2.5 km wide with a depth between 60-70 meters. There is water flow in soil that drains water lake Batur, which came into spring in several places in Bali and is considered the "Holy Tirta".

The main road to get to the lake is through Penelokan village in the southwest of the lake, from here we can see beautiful views of the caldera. There are many inns and restaurants, can also rent a boat or by car to circle the lake. There are several villages around the lake, here too, there are hot springs that contain sulfur.

There is a very unique village called Bali Aga village, inhabited by the natives of Bali Trunyan before the influence of Hinduism in Bali. To achieve this there must be a boat from Kedisan. In the north there Trunyan Kuban village cemetery that is a place, where residents do not bury or burn the bodies, but after conducting an elaborate funeral ceremonies they put it in the open. In pemakamanan place is filled by the bones and rubbish, and we may find a corpse that is still new.

To climb Mount Batur can be started from Toya Bungkah. Travel to the summit of Mount Batur is only about 2 hours, best time is to melaukan climb early in the morning before the sun appeared, so we can watch the sunrise from the summit Gn.Batur. If we stay in Kudistan trip can be started from Pura Jati, south of Toya Bungkah.

The easiest route is via the East Sea which only takes 45 minutes to reach the summit. At the top of the mountain climbers can see beautiful views of sunrise, where we can see the peak of Mount Agung and the peak of Mount Rinjani, other than that climbers can cook without fire using the hot springs.

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