One of the real pleasures of an excursion is visiting a great destination. There may be some greater destinations out there, but Bali offers the ones with distinction. Remote villages both at coastal and mountain ranges respectively retain tempting panorama and varied activities. Today, this agro-tourism becomes another choice of tour to escape from the ordinary.
Visiting a working farm or any agricultural activities in different areas can enrich enjoyment, education and experience. Bali with geographical conditions consisting of lowlands and highlands has a great potential for these activities. Beautiful terraced rice fields, for instance, epitomizes an attractive destination where visitors can also see various activities of local farmers. Interestingly, they have a traditional irrigation cooperative called subak. This organization prevail both in irrigated and non-irrigated fields. They regularly hold mutual assistance in handling water maintenance and technical works of the crops and organize thanksgiving ritual, too.
Some favorite terraced rice fields with enchanting background draw many visitors to Bali. On the way home from a Northern Bali excursion, visitors usually drop in at Pupuan and on visiting the hot spring at Penebel they drop in at Jatiluwih. In the meantime, under the same package as Ubud Tour , they may drop by at Tegalalang, while Bukit Jambul with clove plantation backdrop is passed through on the way to Besakih temple.
In addition, dry field agricultural activities are no less intriguing. Highlands with cool temperature in central Bali ranging from the West to the East are fertile lands that are good to various fruits and vegetables cultivation. At the same time, they denote a worthy visiting agrotourism destination. One of the current most-visited points of interest is Bedugul . It is located on the highland of Tabanan Regency . Here local farmers cultivate strawberry, corn, carrot, potato, passion fruit and vegetables. Some locations are discernible from the road. Their crops are sold at roadside stand and local traditional market nearby such as at Candikuning and Pancasari.
Other areas having agro tourism destination are such as Northern Badung area, right at Plaga sub district and Bangli area at highland around Kintamani. Both destinations offer attraction of fruit, flower and vegetable cultivation. Superior fruit on offer by Badung is strawberry, while that of Kintamani is fresh tangerine and tamarillo. Even, on its season visitors can purchase and pick fresh fruit from its tree. Certainly, this can become a new experience to visitors.
Alternatively, if you do not have enough time to visit in person the location and get interested to taste those fruits, they are available at main traditional markets in the experience of visiting farming activities at villages. They are biking, cross-country walk, bird watching, feeding animal and so forth. These would give a real fun for the family because visitors can interact with the surrounding people and animal on site. In short, it is filled with fun for everyone!
