Tegallalang Rice Terrace Ubud 14 Nov 2016

After the Mount Batur and Lake Batur lunch, we went for our next destination – Tegallalang Rice Terrace. It is on the way to our hotel in Ubud.

Tegallalalang Rice Terraces in Ubud is famous for its beautiful scenes of rice paddies involving the subak (traditional Balinese cooperative irrigation system).

Tegallalang forms the three most splendid terraced landscapes in Ubud's shared region, with the others being in the villages of Pejeng and Campuhan.

Tegallalang alone has an outlook that spreads down before you and away to the rice terraces on the slopes across the valley.

The high roadside location is cool and breezy and it is a well-known spot for tourists to stop and take photos.

Painters and nature lovers also enjoy visiting this spot, and there are numerous art kiosks and cafes near the ledge offering their ware.

Resen slowly drove up through the road, as the village did ask for some entrance fees.

All along the road, both sides are shops and cafes. Children were selling the post cards and would follow you for a quite a distance.

We were going down through the souvenirs shops and walking though the terrace. There are trails mainly are for the farmers or villagers as they are working in the paddy terrace everyday. It would be quite an easy job for them to walk through it.

The trails are narrow,steep, and muddy, so hiking boots are recommended. We were walking around in our Crocs and flip flops, really a tough job for us. I think one could easily spend a couple hours just taking in the beauty of these intricate terraces, and walking through.

We were too tired to hike and walk further down, as we were afraid we would not have the energy to climb up to the roadside after. We were quite lucky, as the paddy are not yet harvesting time nor planting time, thus we were able to see the whole greenery terrace.

I just felt a bit disappointed as the middle or the valley of the place, planted so many coconut trees. It is actually block the entire terrace view. Think another way, would be the coconut trees provides shades to the farmers whom work so hard under the sun and that is the place they rest and took their lunch or tea.

We climbed up though a different route and we have been through a  few café that just at the road side. The view are amazing, if you just sitting there and have your cold drinks after the hike, it do feel rewarding!

We spent only 30 minutes at the area, as we were too tired with the hot sun shinning above. We left about 4.00pm.