Bali West National Park: Best Place for Trekking

Bali West National Park: Best Place for Trekking

Bali is not only about chill on the beach and beers, or parties. There are a lot of many things you can do in Bali. If you are getting bored or tired with all the parties and beer on the beach in the South of Bali, try to make a trip to the other side of Bali. The west side of Bali may not be as famous as the south, but it has something for you that you will never get in any other place. Taman Nasional Bali Barat (TNBB) or West Bali National Park is the thing you have to visit if you want to have some adventure in nature. West Bali National Park is included in two districts of two regencies in Bali, but most of the people know West Bali National Park is in Gerokgak District, Buleleng Regency. It takes three hours from Denpasar to reach West Bali National Park.

With the total area of 190 km2, West Bali National Park is a house of about 160 endangered species of animals and plantations. West Bali National Park consists of rainforest, mangrove area, 4 small islands, and savanna. You also can see Jalak Bali (Leucopsar rothschildi) an endangered endemic bird; that you can only find in Bali. The best thing you can do to enjoy West Bali National Park is to do West Bali National Park Trekking. You will start your West Bali National Park Trekking with enjoying the rain forest in West Bali National Park.

You can see all the birds that live in West Bali National Park and from the rainforest, you can also enjoy the view of the mangrove. When you do West Bali National Park Trekking in the rainforest, do not forget to put bugs spray to your body because there are a lot of mosquitos and bugs here. You West Bali National Park Trekking will not only about the rainforest, but you can also enjoy the mangrove with a small boat, and if you are lucky you can participate to plant some mangrove as a part of your West Bali National Park Trekking. You can end your West Bali National Park Trekking with snorkeling in Menjangan Island, one of the 4 islands that included as the part of West Bali National Park. Menjangan Island is famous as the heaven for snorkeling.

You need more than one day to do West Bali National Park Trekking fully and enjoy everything in West Bali National Park. So, it is better for you to rent a room near West Bali National Park if you want to do West Bali National Park Trekking. With all of the beauty it has, West Bali National Park has been listed as “Best Top 100 Destination" in Internationale Tourismus Borse (ITB) Berlin, Germany. Even though West Bali National Park is far from the center of Bali, with all the mesmerizing nature it has, you will not regret to leave all the city crowd to do your West Bali National Park Trekking.

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