Sunday, August 5, 2018

Sekumpul Waterfall in Bali


One of the interesting tourist spot in Bali is the Sekumpul waterfall. Travelers will put in Sekumpul waterfall into their destination list. Sekumpul waterfall is in Sekumpul village, district Sawan, Buleleng, Bali. From Denpasar is around 76 kilometers. Visitors need 3 hours to reach the location of Sekumpul waterfall.
Travelers know northern Bali with its extraordinary natural attractions.One of the amazing tourist spot is sekumpul waterfall. Sekumpul waterfall is a very exotic waterfall with a height of 100 meters. Amazing, this is the highest tourist spot in Bali.
There are seven point waterfalls around the location. However, from these seven points, two of them are quite close to the main road and are easily accessible. 5 of them need extra effort to reach the location, and need a guide to visit it.

1. The attraction of Sekumpul Waterfall

Beautiful and exotic natural locations become the main attraction of Sekumpul waterfalls. Besides that, the effort of challenging adventures to reach the five locations of other waterfall points is the adventure lover desire. Adventure lovers will enjoy this. But if visitors choose a location which is easy to access, 2 main locations can be an option.
Native of Sekumpul village call this waterfall Pemuatan waterfall. For foreign tourists call it sevent point waterfall. Of the two main waterfalls, each has a different water source. For the waterfall on the left of where visitors come is from the original spring. This left-hand waterfall has very clear water. and the one on the right where visitors comes is from the river flow. The waterfall to the right is a little brownish and when the rainy season becomes cloudy.

2. Location and access to Sekumpul waterfalls

This waterfall is in Sekumpul village, district Sawan, Buleleng regency, Bali. To get to the location, if visitors are in Denpasar, visitors can choose two different routes. First, visitors can go through Singaraja. Sekumpul waterfall is located 20 kilometers from Singaraja. From Singaraja, the border can go to the district Sawan then go to the Sekumpul village. The second option visitors can choose the route through the Bedugul tourist area. Through these both routes, Denpasar takes around 3 hours.
To be more comfortable towards the location of the Sekumpul waterfall, if tourists are not with the group, they can use a rental vehicle. The road access to the waterfall is steep and the road is winding. Visitors can while enjoying the beautiful scenery during the trip. Where the forest are still beautiful and cool.
If choosing a route through the Bedugul tourist area, Visitors must be careful because on the left and right sides of the road there are steep cliffs and very winding and narrow roads. If tourists use four-wheel vehicles it is better not to pass the route to the Sekumpul waterfall through Bedugul tourism area.

3. What time should you visit

If tourists are in Denpasa will go to visit the Sekumpul waterfall. It takes 3 hours. For this reason, it is recommended that at 6:00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m. already departed from Denpasar so that at 10:00 can reach the location. The reason why visitors should leave in the morning is the consideration commonly it is not raining in the morning. If it rains will make road very slippery. It will make along the way quite risky.
For information, the Sekumpul waterfall area is in the northern part of Bali. This requires a long time if tourists are visiting the tourist area from ​​southern Bali such as Kuta. Even if tourists are in Kuta will go to the Sekumpul waterfall should leave at 4:00 a.m.
If you want to enjoy more of Bali's northern tourist area, the alternative for visitors is to stay at Singaraja. So for this choice visitors who are still in Denpasar can leave in the afternoon then stay a night Singaraja.

4. Landscape to the location

After being around the location to the Sekumpul waterfall, visitors can enjoy the rural atmosphere. Where are the local residents' houses that are still traditional. There are rambutan and durian trees surrounding the residents' houses.
After entering the location, visitors can find views of green hills and terraced rice fields. There was a view of the waterfall from a distance. To continue the journey closer to the location of the waterfall, the conditions of visitors must be fit. Because this requires extra energy to walk along the path as far as 300 meters. Visitors also have to descend hundreds of stairs and cross the river.
And finally visitors can enjoy the location of twin Sekumpul waterfalls. The view is very amazing for this waterfall that has a height of 100 meters. Visitors can refresh the body with water splashes and swimming.

5. Entrance ticket price

Please note that the entrance ticket price for visitors is Rp. 15,000 if visitors enter through the Sekumpul village access and will be charged of ticket entrance  Rp. 20.000 if enter through  Lemukih village, next to Sekumpul. Ticket prices do not burden visitors because it is not too expensive. And visitors will get amazing views and experiences when visiting Sekumpul waterfalls.

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