{"id":3346,"date":"2024-11-04T05:28:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2024-11-04T05:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:28:51","slug":"tegallalang-rice-terraces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/tegallalang-rice-terraces\/","title":{"rendered":"Tegallalang Rice Terraces"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had the option of visiting the rice terraces in either Jatiluwih or Tegallalang. Ultimately, we chose the latter, primarily because it was nearly an hour closer and came recommended by our host. Tegallalang is the most popular rice terrace in Bali, though this popularity has led to significant commercialisation. We purchased our tickets next to the car park, and \u201cguides\u201d escorted us to the entrance through one of the restaurants. In truth, you could simply enter via the restaurant without paying, but the entry fee is minimal, about \u00a32 per person.<\/p>\n

Before reaching the entrance, we stopped at a small stall where a man was handcrafting notebooks from rice paper and leaves, carefully gluing each piece together. You could even request a notebook with your name on it. Marianna ended up making quite a few purchases here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Man handcrafting notebooks from banana palm and rice paper<\/p>\n

After spending a good 20 minutes choosing notebooks, we finally made our way to the Tegallalang terraces.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Panoramic view Tegallalang Rice Terraces<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Tegallalang Rice Terraces<\/p>\n

We followed one of the paths and quickly encountered another checkpoint requesting payment. This time, Marianna\u2019s mum firmly insisted that we already had tickets, and we confidently walked on. The young man didn\u2019t object. After around 20 minutes, we were all feeling quite thirsty, and the cold coconuts being sold along the way were too tempting to pass up. Drinking a fresh coconut gave us a lot of energy to continue our walk. We bought our coconuts from a kind man who was happy to pose for a picture with us. Although his English wasn\u2019t great, we learned that he was 70 years old. Earlier along the path, we came across some tourists who had turned back, uncertain if the route led to the main road. The coconut seller reassured us that we could continue and would eventually reach a small hanging bridge, which would lead us back to the main road \u2013 and he was right.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Me with the coconut seller<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Enjoying coconuts at Tegallalang rice terraces<\/p>\n

Most of the terraces had just been harvested, so we didn\u2019t get to see the lush green fields we had hoped for, but the views were still breathtaking. If you\u2019re keen to see vibrant green rice paddies, there are other places worth visiting. During our time in Bali, we saw rice fields at various stages of growth, from those submerged in water to lush green shoots and finally to golden stalks ready for harvest.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Tegallalang Rice Terraces<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Tegallalang Rice Terraces<\/p>\n

After another 30 minutes of peaceful walking, we reached the hanging bridge the coconut seller had mentioned. On the other side were steps leading to a restaurant and the main road. After drinking so many coconuts, all we could think about was finding a toilet \u2013 something you have to manage on your own at the rice terraces. There are simply no toilets there.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Slopes with houses and restaurants at the Tegallalang terraces<\/p>\n

In hindsight, we might have opted for a less commercialised location, like Jatiluwih, to experience a more authentic setting. The swings, offered as part of a package deal at the entrance, were not to our taste. The loud shouts, not from the tourists on the swings but from the Balinese staff operating them, were quite overwhelming and disturbed the tranquillity that many visitors seek in such a place.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had the option of visiting the rice terraces in either Jatiluwih or Tegallalang. Ultimately, we chose the latter, primarily because it was nearly an hour closer and came recommended by our host. Tegallalang is the most popular rice terrace in Bali, though this popularity has led to significant commercialisation. We purchased our tickets next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indonesia-bali","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3355,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346\/revisions\/3355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-remember.life\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}