Bali Personal Drivers - Padang Padang Beach is located on Jl Labuan Sait, Pecatu village, not far from the famous temple Pura Luhur Uluwatu. Beach is located about 32 km from the city of Denpasar and takes about 25 minutes if you drive from Kuta. Bali's southern region known as the Bukit Peninsula is not as green as the north of the island. However, the Bukit Peninsula has an amazing beach where you can find the best place to surf or just to relax and admire the view.
What is interesting here ...?
Padang Padang Beach is one of Bali's favorite beaches. This beach has very beautiful scenery with beautiful crystal clear water looks bluish, silky soft white sand and breath-taking cliffs and rock formations. In short, Padang Padang Beach is the ideal place to relax and enjoy the beach.
Padang Padang beach has its own uniqueness for visitors who come, as it is surrounded by solid rock cliff. Some of the beaches in southern Bali is difficult to achieve but once you have arrived at your destination you will be glad you have put some effort into it.
There is a large parking area where you can park your vehicle safely. Just need a little cross then you have to pass through a narrow natural cave that is only fit one person and as if such would pinch anyone who entered it.
To reach the beach, visitors have to go through this natural cave and down the stairs, there is no other way. Atmosphere that is created when up and down the stairs on a narrow cliff is very interesting, you have to slightly tilt the body when passing each other because this path was so narrow, it makes an exciting experience for visitors.
Though Padang Padang Beach does not have a long coastline such of Kuta beach, but the beauty of the beach with rock cliffs and lush trees creeping its, you will be able to make linger here. The charm of its beauty was able to make visitors to explore this place. Many visitors try to climb the rocks to simply look at the horizon.
Situated right on the front of the Indian Ocean, the waves here are known to have a high degree of difficulty. Big waves just formed pipes with strong force of the current, making it just may be tried for experienced surfers. Waves at Padang-Padang beach could peak up to a maximum of 12 feet.
Padang-Padang beach is "one of the best surf spots in Bali". its perfect waves are very attractive to the world-class surfers. The seabed of Padang-Padang beach is a rock, so as to produce a perfect barrel wave. Padang Padang beach is also recognized as a "Surfer Mecca", no wonder if the annual events like the Rip Curl Cup Invitational always held at Padang-Padang beach every July and August.
The popularity of Padang-Padang beach began around 1996's, when the band Michael Learns To Rock took this beach as a shooting location in one of their video clips. Padang-padang beach is more famous by the film 'Eat, Pray, Love' starring Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts. In the process of filming 'Eat, Pray, Love', the Padang Padang beach was closed for the public.
Reference : wikimedia.org, forum.kompas.com
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