CANDI DASA
Area: Bali
Country: Indonesia


Location:
At E end of island, 28 miles NE of the capital, Denpasar; 35 miles NE of the airport.

Telephone code from UK:
62 363

Position:
On the E coast, overlooking Amuk Bay, backed by lush green rolling hills.

Description:
A verdant, undeveloped stretch of palm-fringed coast well off the beaten track in the quiet virtually unexplored E part of the island with little or no infrastructure beyond the hotel's gates.

Suitability:
Middle to upmarket couples seeking scenic beauty and peaceful seclusion away from the main resorts.

Accommodation:
A handful of small to medium-sized self-contained hotels with their own beaches and entertainments. Choice of budget cottage rooms.

Shopping:
Fairly limited. Hotel outlets and a handful of local souvenir and handicraft shops.

Beach:
Privately maintained sections of palm-fringed pale brown and man-made white sand with some offshore rocks. Choice of water sports organised by hotels include rafting, scuba diving and snorkelling.

Entertainments:
Daytime: beach, water sports and hotel amenities. Excursions. Nightlife: mainly restricted to hotel organised events: traditional dancing and local bands.

Eating:
Mainly confined to hotels.

Local-excursions:
Hotels organise drivers and guides for tours to numerous palaces, temples, mosques and villages.