ALAS KEDATON-"THE PLACE OF MONKEY"

Alas Kedaton temple and forest is located in Kukuh countryside, Marga Sub district, Tabanan Regency . It is a small forest measuring about 6-7ha located in the middle of the rice field in Tabanan regency,

west part of Bali. In this place you'll see hundreds of monkeys in their natural habitat. It's one of the Bali attractions where monkeys exist, free and peaceful. High up on the big trees many bats area hanging and singing with their loud voices. It's very easy for the visitor to make videos, pictures - and meals might be taken in to offer to monkeys although sometimes this will make you a target for a monkey mugging which might be an interesting experience (be safe - ask your guide to help you).

In this forest, there is a temple called Alas Kedaton Temple and owns the natural environments that is looked green with its fresh air and create the quite and holy atmosphere. The monkeys in Alas Kedaton are very tame and free gallivanting in temple yard, so that the calm atmosphere is sometime solved by noise voice of the monkey, which are playing around and scrambling of food.
The temple ceremony in Alas Kedaton Temple is held once every 210 days like most of the temples in Bali but unlike any other temple in Bali the Alas Kedaton Temple ceremony (at Anggarakasih Medangsia - Balinese Hindu Calendar) does not use fire and penjor decoration, elements that are essential in the temple ceremony in other places in Bali and the ceremony of this monkey forest Alas Kedaton Temple is finished before the sunset or before the night is come while in other temples in Bali the ceremony is usually held until late at night. Visit the Bali Monkey Forest and Alas Kedaton Temple which is part of one of our Bali Tour Packages.

Alas Kedaton Temple have three yard that are external yard, middle and center yard. The outside yard is representing a open yard - the middle and center yard are encircled by wall. The interesting point of this temple is the inside yard representing holy yard, its situation lower than the middle yard.
In front of Alas Kedaton temple there are a lot of small shops selling the handicraft as souvenir, for example pants, clothes and other handicrafts. Others, there are some shops booth selling food and beverage.
This holy and subdued area is a beautiful place to spend a little time and there are places to stay in the area if you wish to enjoy the tropical beauty for a little longer. With the combination of culture and nature in Tabanan which offers picturesque and beautiful rice paddy fields, views of the distant mountains.
from: http://www.tourguidesbali.com