FREE CAMPING IN BALI - The Way Overland - Episode 23
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2018
- From Nusa Penida we head back to Bali and are told about a nice spot to camp by a lake in the central mountains of Bali. Although the weather had dried up on the coast, the mountains had still been getting their fair share of the wet season. We found this out late at night whilst trying to find the camp spot driving through a flooded forest! We decided it wasn’t the best idea to camp in the forest so drove back to a carpark on the edge of Lake Buyan.
Lake Buyan is 1 of 3 lakes in the area which sit inside a huge caldera and was actually connected with one of the other lakes until about 1800 when a landslide separated them. The lakes sit at about 1200m above sea level which means that there’s always a bit of a chill in the air… a nice change to the coastal heat and humidity!
We then make a quick dash down to Denpasar to pick up Mark’s brother Mitch. We’d planned to wait for him to arrive before doing much sightseeing in Bali so that we still had lots to do while he’s with us.
First on the list is diving in Tulamben on the northeast coast. Here there is a WW2 US cargo shipwreck (US Liberty) which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in January 1942. The captain beached the ship where it stayed until 1963 when Mount Agung erupted causing the ship to become displaced to where it now lies just 30 metres off the beach. The wreck starts at about 3m below the surface and goes down to about 30m. Tulamben is also a protected marine area which means that there’s plenty of fish swimming around and very healthy coral. The water visibility was also fantastic!
On our first dive in the area at the other end of the beach we spotted a school of Bumphead Parrotfish, the largest of the Parrotfish family. Jolie had actually dove down and was looking at some smaller fish and when she turned around they were swimming right past her and gave her a bit of a surprise as they’re about 1 metre long each!
Mark and Mitch decided to go for a night dive in the wreck and found lots of these Parrotfish hanging out in the wreck. After doing a bit of research on these huge fish we learnt that at dusk they the come up from the depths and find places to sleep such as in wrecks and around coral until dawn where they make their journey back down again.
At one of the local restaurants we met a guy who lived in a nearby village who invited to take us out spearfishing on his small boat. Unfortunately there was only room for 3 people on the boat including him, so it was just Mark and Mitch for this one. There’s a small bamboo platform which sits about 200 metres offshore with a line going down to approximately 100 metres in crystal clear water. Although not a huge catch it was still enough to have a beach bbq (Indo style over burning coconuts husks as coals) to feed 5 adults.
After a fun few days of exploring under the waters surface, we pack up the car and start our waterfall tour of Bali. The first waterfall we went to was a little underwhelming (though still beautiful). We stayed for about 10 minutes and then moved onto the next one, Nungnung Waterfall, which was certainly a bit more impressive! To get to the falls you have to walk right down into a valley via hundreds of stairs. Not to worry though as you’re rewarded with this huge waterfall at the bottom!
Getting pretty late in the day we decided just to set the car up in the carpark of the waterfall and then keep driving the following day. A lady who owns one of the small food shops here offered to cook up some Nasi Goreng for us and then invited us around to her family home where her family where preparing the food and decorations for her Grandson’s 3rd birthday celebration the following day. All of the men prepare the food the day before for the women to cook it on the day of the celebration.
We were invited back to the celebration the next day though unfortunately it started a bit late and we were keen to get back on the road, so we had to give it a miss.
Now, driving almost back to where we started by the lake is Banyumala Waterfall. The walk down to the falls was pretty easy and there’s actually a handful of other smaller falls here if you venture just a short distance downstream.
Thanks for watching! We’d love to hear suggestions of places to visit so feel free to leave us a comment below!
Next week we have a bit of an unexpected extension of our stay in Bali, say goodbye to Mitch and then head west to Java!
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Lovely day for a trip
I'm loving your episodes. :-)
You guys put a smile on my face. Thanks for sharing. Steve
I’m glad to hear that Steve! 😄
welcme to indonesia..You are famous in Indonesia, many photos of your vehicle in social media group fcebook indonesia. keep safety ride 😊
Your journey inspires me🙏
Thanks! 👍🏼 Indonesian’s have been so friendly to us! We’ve had such a great time here!
And I’m glad to hear 😄
Love your channel, my new fave. So good to find Aussie accents/quality footage/no filler editing. Keep em coming :)
Ah cheers! 👍🏼 glad you like our videos! We’ll have another one out very soon 😄
Awesome video again😁 Fish looked tasty. Have a safe trip and enjoy. All the best🤠
Thanks! 😄 it sure was! The coconuts worked a treat at cooking the fish!
Cheers
love these videos, very real
Great work as usual guys. Ive been to bali heaps in the early 90s surfing and to have your own car must be brilliant. Awesome camp sites as well. Thanks for sharing and be safe:D
Cheers 👍🏼
Yeah it’s been great so far, especially just pull up for the night.
We were actually pretty surprised with how many great spots we’ve found to camp in Bali!
Thanks 😁
That waterfall looked insane....So much power.. Must have been amazing..
Wow, I was just there. A friend owns a fair bit of land around Lake Buyan, much of the opposite shoreline land area on from the main pan at 1.50.
There are about 1 million roosters heard in the morning LOL. Yes its cold !
Amazing
Thanks! 😄
Great great video Guys!..quick question when show the screen of you route is that app or something?? Because im traveling and i would love to use something like?
Thanks! We use an app called maps.me which is an open source mapping platform. We use the same base mapping on our gps. Very detailed and free!
Hey, we saw ur car parking at the apartement. Where you guys heading to?
Hey!
Tomorrow we head to Semarang via Dieng to catch the ferry to Kalimantan 🙂
The Way Overland im a bornean btw. Wish we could talk about the trip to kalimantan. 😁