Tegalalang
Rice Terrace
Tegalalang Rice
Terrace or Ceking Rice Terrace is one of the more popular rice
terrace to visit in Bali. The rice terrace is designed very beautiful with
exquisite hollowing rice field and precisely located on the hill bank. In this
place, you will see the Balinese farmer do their rice field in oblique area
complete with its system irrigation. You will enjoy the beautiful panorama of
valley with rice terrace and coconut trees ornament it. Tegalalang Rice Terrace
or Ceking Rice Terrace is one of the tourist icon in Ubud Bali and many visited
by tourists every day. Entrance ticket is IDR 5000/person…
Jatiluwih
Rice Terrace
Set in the heart of the Tabanan Regency
in Bali, the Jatiluwih rice fields have been named a UNESCO
Cultural Landscape, part of Bali’s Subak System. The vast expanses of
terraced, green rice paddies are stepped along an entire mountain, from its
peak to where its foot meets the sea. The fields that make up this area have
adopted the traditional Subak irrigation system – a method that has been
preserved for centuries and passed down from generation to generation. Aside
from its agricultural development, this panoramic landscape has also
established itself as a tourist destination and is among the top 10 visited
places on the island.
Unfortunately, this lush and
beautiful scene does not always carry good news for the local community.
With both government and private companies wanting to utilize the land for
other purposes, residents are faced with the question of who will maintain this
cultural site and preserve the heritage of the Subak irrigation, not to mention
the natural beauty of the landscape.
On October 31, 2013, Dusun Gunung
Sari, Speaker of the House of Representatives, affirmed in a speech to the
Tabanan community that Marzuki Usman would defend Jatiluwih as an important
cultural reserve. He further stated that the natural resources produced by
Jatiluwih as well as Jatiluwih’s part played in the tourism sector were crucial
to Bali.