Bali Volcanoes Helicopter Tour

Bali island in Indonesia is renowned for its naturalcontains a lake that is a few miles long and over
beauty and as a fabulous tourist attraction.a mile wide. Mount Batur is actually a very active
However, the island is also known for its terroristvolcano and can erupt moment as it erupted with
attacks in recent years. Since then, the people ofgreat frequency but the eruptions are less violent
Bali have recovered and the island is now athese days except in a giant eruption in 1917
hotspot for tourists from all over the world oncewhich claimed thousands of lives and destroyed
again, especially for its beach resorts and volcanohundreds of temples and villages.
helicopter tours.Hiking up Mount Batur in the wee small hours of
The island's ecology and geography are greatlythe the morning has become something of a
influenced by the towering mountain range of"must do" thing for many tourists in Bali. You will
volcanoes that dominate the island. Theseneed to bring along a sweater as it can get a little
majestic volcanoes created Bali's stunningchilly at the volcano summit.
mountainous landscape and they occasionallyThere is also a little coffee shop at the rim selling
regenerate its soils and help produce heavy rainsdrinks for thirsty hikers and many children and
that provide this resort island with precious freshwomen in flip flops balancing buckets of soft
water.drinks on their heads scampering around trying to
The Balinese considered the island's manyearn your tourist dollar. As the sun rises, you will
volcanoes, lakes and spring as sacred and treatget a picturesque view of Lombok and other
them with respect and awe. If you are a touristsurrounding islands.
traveling to Bali for your holiday vacation, you willOne very interesting hike on Mt Batur is the climb
be awestruck with the sheer majesty of thedown the inside of the crater from Penelokan to
volcanoes. These natural landscapes are majorKedisan. There are boats at Toya Bungkah Lake
tourist attractions and many tourist go sightseeingto take you across the lake to a village called
the volcanoes on helicopter tours so that theyTrunyan. This village is notorious for its mortuary
can view the volcanoes in all its splendor and taketraditions because instead of cremating or burying
awesome pictures. The island is still continuallytheir deceased, the Trunyan villagers leave dead
being formed by volcanic activities.human bodies to decompose naturally in a
Bali is located over a major fault zone where thedesignated cemetery.
Indo-Australian plate collides with the Sunda plate.Although Bali is known for rice cultivation, its
In 1963, a violent eruption on Mount Agung killedvolcanic soil is actually not well suited for such
thousands of people and utterly destroyed manyactivities. The soil is finely textured and well
rice fields and irrigation network.drained, so water soaks through the soil rapidly
The dramatic lava flows on the north easternand thus precious water is wasted. The solution
faces of Mt Agung is the newest landforms,therefore lies in repeated and vigorous ploughing
showing what the island may look like in ancientwhich make the soil less permeable.
pre-historic time. It is a fascinating sightseeingSo if you are visiting Bali for your holiday
experience, almost like a scene out of Jurassicvacations, do not miss out a sightseeing trip to
Park.view Bali's majestic volcanoes, better yet, take a
Perhaps, the most popular volcano for tourists tohelicopter tour of this spectacular tourist
visit and go sightseeing is Mount Batur. This grandattraction.
old dame of a volcano sits in a giant caldera that