BOTANICAL GARDN
Kebun Raya Bedugul or Bedugul Botanical garden located on the foot of mount Pohan west of Beratan lake. This botanical garden is very popular for week end relax for local people and outing spot for company's staff outing program. During national holiday visitors from other cities of Indonesia also visit this place including the temple on the beach of the lake that is Ulun Danu temple. The garden has ample space with fine grass under the high trees shading and beatiful trees, flowers, shrubs and various ferns which are regularly well manicured. Also the facilities prepared by the foundation such as good and wide parking areas, halls, sitting, sports, botanical tour guides, trekking paths, and others.
Located on high altitude of Bali central mountain chaine of around 1250 m above sea level and width of 157 hectars Bedugul botanical garden is a magic place for relax and holiday visit both for local and foreign visitors of Bali. It's location on the slope of mountain Pohan at the west and Beratan lake at the east bordered by high peak of mount Mangu creates a beautiful panorama with low temperature that in the middle of the night can reach 17 centigrades Celcius is a nice weather in contrast with the plain area of Bali. Various water activities are also available on the lake such as riding padle, fast boat, or just bathing on the beach of the lake at certain area prepared and permited by local organization. Some fishing activities are also available on the guidance of local authority. Just before the junction of the road to botanical garden and to Singaraja one can visit unique greenery market of highland plantation, fruits, flowers, crops, and vegetables. There are many teasing greenery grown in pots offered in good price, but one must consider that plants living on high altitude more then 800 m above sea level do not grow well at lower altitude, only some are adjustable to the level of heightness.
The location of Bedugul botanical garden is only 49 kms from Denpasar city and only 1 km from small town of Kandang. Travelers can drive directly by own to the parking area of the garden, and with further permission can enter the garden and get park at certain place within the park, and this is with additional permission fee which is a decent price. One will amazed with the fact that since the gate of entering the park one has been welcome by beautiful panorama of colorful flowes on the road sides. To visit this botanical garden oen can join an execursion of Bedugul, either combined or not with Tanah Lot temple, Kedaton monkey forest and Taman Ayun royal temple.
Legal name of Bedugul Botanical Garden is Kebun Raya Eka Karya managed by Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia ( LIPI ) in English the Istitution of Indoesian Science now has changed into Institution of Indonesian Research and National Innovation (BRIN) 
it is under supervision of Bogor Botanical Garden on the plant conservation program. On its website it is mentioned that Bedugul botanical garden is the first botanical garden established by Indonesian in 1959 with the objective of conserving the variation of East Indonesian plants. Later development has been to grant Bedugul botanical garden freedom of policy on preserving various tropical plants. Today the garden has hundreds of species orginated at home and abroad with big number of orchids and perdues that do not grow in Indonesia.
Entrance ticket for public adult Rp 10.000 child under 12 years 7.500 and car Rp 14.000, bus 20.000
