Alas Kedaton Temple, Tabanan
Regency, Bali
One of the most famous monkey forest in Bali.
It's one of the place in Bali where monkeys exist, free and peacefully.
These hundreds of monkeys are a real appeal for the tourists.
The monkeys living here are considered sacred,
an association from the Ramayana epic, wherein Prince Rama allied
himself with the monkey hero Hanuman to attack Alengka, the kingdom
of the giants.
Alas Kedaton is a small forest measuring about
12,00 ha. There is an old temple and to the south East of the
temple is small field called the Monkey Cemetery but so far, the
truth of the story has never been confirmed. There are hundreds
of monkeys in this forest and high up on the big trees many bats
(called Kalong, with their wings spread emasuring up to 1 metre
length) are hanging and singing with their loud voices.
Tourists are allowed to feed the monkey with
the food available for sale (a pocket of nuts are about Rp. 1000
or around 12c US$. To compare to other monkey forest of Sangeh,
the primates here are better 'behave' nonetheless always put extra
caution in feeding the monkey or let your tour guide to do so. |
