Forests Sangeh - Popular Tourist Destination in Bali Island

Sangeh Nature Park, maybe it is not widely known by the people of Indonesia, but Sangeh located in a well-known island in Indonesia known as the island of Bali. Sangeh is a tourist place on the island of Bali which is located in the village Sangeh, District Abiansemal, Badung regency, Bali. Sangeh famous because the atmosphere is still very natural and most importantly, no animal monkey. Location of Sangeh forest tourist destination is located only about 20 km from Denpasar. One of the charms of Sangeh Nature Park Bali is a forest tour, including protection forest protected area of approximately 14 hectares.

Very likely, Sangeh Nature Park is not as well known as Kuta, Tanah Lot, Lake and Mount Batur in Bali. In fact, this park has a very strong appeal ranging from protection forests are very beautiful, the thousands of monkeys that are played with the flock even we can play with them. Sangeh Nature Bali has a history that makes this place into a sacred place by the local residents. There is not even local people who want to cut down one single tree in the forest area of this Sangeh. This place is one of the places worth visiting destination in Bali.

As well as the monkey, Sakenan also famous for vast forests and neat. The dominant trees that grow in this forest is the nutmeg plant, even supposedly said this nutmeg plants can not be grown somewhere other than in this Sangeh forest. Nutmeg trees in Sangeh stands firmly with the stem straight tall nan. The age of the trees arguably is not young anymore. There is already a century old and some even up to the age of three hundred years.

That's because the trees in the forest Sangeh highly guarded by local residents. No one dared to cut down the tree even though the tree had withered and died. They will let the tree fall and brittle by itself. There is one tree named the "Lanang Wadon". Lanang Wadon has its own meaning which means Lanang Men and Women Wadon means. This tree is shaped like male genitalia and female.

Monkeys who grew up in Sangeh a relatively wild monkeys. Often monkeys misbehave there by taking the luggage of tourists or tourists such as cameras, hats, udeng, glasses and others. Are advised not to bring items that easily drawn by a monkey, stuff hanging from the neck, for example, which use overhead. You'd better hold tight luggage you carry. Because if not, monkey Sakenan will continue to monitor you. Yet quiet, there is a way, if your luggage already taken by a monkey in Sakenan. You simply buy a banana or nuts, then approach the monkeys and if you are lucky he will take the banana and dropping the items he took from you. However if you are unlucky monkey bananas at the same time it will take your luggage.

Formerly Sangeh is a silent witness of the magnificent triumph of the kingdom mengwi in Bali which makes a magnificent resting place at Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi. In the woods Sangeh that there is a temple purportedly made by Anak Agung Made Karangasem Sakti Anglurah adoptive son of King Mengwi then Cokorda Way Blambangan in the 17th century and was named Pura Bukit Sari. It is said that we are told that, when Anak Agung Karangasem Anglurah Made This Way perform austerities he received Revelation (subtle whisper) to build a temple in the forest area Sangeh today. Then Meliau do it and finally stood Pura Bukit Sari was then on guard and be a place of worship for the surrounding community.

Then why the forest was named Forest Sangeh? Local community still believe that purportedly nutmeg trees in the forest Sangeh it comes from Mount Agung. Not in cooperation using a vehicle, but the nutmeg tree walk and move by itself. Due seen by people in a place then the trees fell silent in that place, and then the place was named Sangeh. Sangeh consists of two Duku said that the meaning people, and ngeh mean look. So it means Sangeh it is a place where people Seeing the nutmeg tree walk and silent in that place.