Kintamani having a tough time economically

i hear ya on the abuse and hassle! my boyfriend and i took a day trip to kintamani via tiger, and one local had the nerve to follow/tailgate us in his motorbike for a mile or so… trying to get us to stay at some villa. we finally lost him after doing a quick turn. we almost cut our trip short because of this…

kintamani is a beautiful place, and they do need a marketing agency!

one should not be swayed into going to these all-you-can-eat buffet places too! local warungs serve better food.. and at lower prices!

First of all,I would like to say Kintamni is a very peaceful and beautiful place. The view is so nice and all you could say is Wow!!!

Regarding the development on the area, it really needs a standard and profesional agency helps to boost it up!The people over there besides depends on the income from selling stuff to tourist, they also rely on the reutrn of the agriculture.

The reason im saying they need a standrad and profesional agency due to the charges that I paid. Firstly, the day before to Kintamani, I dealed with my tour guide with a sum of money 200,000rupiah which included the transportation and fees for the Kintamani’s local tour guide who specially bring us up to the Volcano Gunung Batur.

We left hotel at 4am and get there by 6 plus in the morning.Along the way, Advice to those who wanna give a try on hiking to Mount Batur,pls get your breakfast at Mcdonald’s and prepare extra bottles of water and some bread. You will need it! Trust me!

When we get there, we look for a person incharge, somehow my sense told me the person we first met is not the guide and later i found out he actually is a farmer. so the payment that I dealed with 200,000 rupiah gone up to 400,000 rupiah for two person.however after bargaining, we closed deal at 350,000rupiah. I’m bit not happy with it however what can we do since we were there, either pay or leave! so without going back empty handed,we paid!

Then he just lead us the starting point and hand us to the local Gunung Batur hiking association. From there, local’s tour guide take over.

It’s cold in the morning and temperature adequate.so pls don’t bring extra jacket during hiking because you will get hot and wet once you started to hike. nevertheless,the sun is rising during your hiking.If you bring, it will become a resistance element for you.

Advice to everyone, choose the shortest way up and then go down with the longest way.You will see a lot of beautiful view and scene. Its marvellous. We started from 7:10am and finished it nearly 12pm.so it took us bout 5 hours. For those who want to catch the sun rise moment.you have to join it early. the earliest hiki is 4am. For me, I still able to catch the sun rise when i started to hike at 7 plus in the morning,but in the bottom of the volcano.

Remember, during hiking, they will be a person following you behind. it might be a small kid or a guy. they are the beverage seller.Normally they just carry 4 to 5 bottles of drinks. Its pity (if is kid following) if we didn’t buy some drinks from him.The fact is, when we reached to the first “warung”( very very simple coffee house) at the top.we were out of water and have to buy it from the kid.a bottle of mineral water cost 20,000rupiah! hahaha!! that’s why i said, if can bring extra water with you.

There is a small shop at the bottom of the mountain if you choosed the longest route to get donw. Remember to ask before you drink or eat anything because I’m sharing my own experienced with you.after I finished a local manufactured beer “BINTANG”. It bills me more than 20,000rupiah.(its small amount but not that expensive when It just sell at price of 7,500 each in mini mart) So to prevent this thing happend. either you bring your own food or buy from them unless you not hungry or thirsty.