Sangeh: The Monkey Forest

Staying in Bali for couple of days, we recommend you to visit one of the magnificent nature areas where you can find so many unique monkeys here. Sangeh is the name of this place where it is a small monkey forest which is full of group of monkeys. It is located in Badung Regency, north part of Denpasar. It is one of tourist destinations in Bali which is strategically located out of the crowd of the modern city. The good road has been provided to reach this place and many tourists have come to this place to see the cute monkeys. If you want to stay around here to visit this place, you can find so many luxury hotels and low budget villas through some hotel finder applications on your mobile phone.

In the 17^th century Monarchy golden era of Mengwi Palace, I Gusti Agung Ketut Karangasem, the son of I Gusti Agung Made Agung, had built a temple in the middle of nutmeg forest and it was called as Bukit Sari Temple (A small forest full of vegetations). The myth of this Sangeh Forest has relationship with the eruption of Mount Agung. Soon, it was known by somebody during the evacuation after the eruption who called this place as Sangeh. After years, This Forest has become a very attractive object and also becomes a nature tourism garden, which is also as a holy area where you can find a temple to worship God.

You can find so many beautiful plants here because it has been cultivated by some plant types such as Chico Kecik, Mahoney and guava. This part is then expected to be the food source for out of 500 monkeys in this forest. The species of monkey which lives in Sangeh belongs to Macaca fascicularis. This monkeys live in three different group which are located in east, middle, and west side of Sangeh. Beside discovering monkeys, you can discover other animals here such as 22 types (species) of birds, 5 mammal types, 3 reptile types, 2 type of amphibians and also 5 type of arthropods.

Sangeh as a Tourism Object is open every day, from 7:30 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening. This tourism object is completed by parking area, toilet, art shops, souvenir shops, restaurant, footpath, and others.

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