Traditional Salt-Making

Just 5 minutes from the resort, a small Madurese community of the village has long practiced traditional salt-making for years of generations. Sea water is pumped into hectares of blocked lands, heated under the sun for 10 days and then dried to produce pure traditional salt of Bali. Production season is certainly during dry season from June to September when the sun is heating almost every day.

Pearl-Farming

large scale of pearl-farming has been long practiced in many parts of North Bali coast including those of several villages nearby the resort. Pearl of high quality is intensively produced from this farming to fill market demand in Japan, Europe and America. Several of these farms offer and organize site-tour for visitors to upgrade knowledge and understanding about pearl production. Tour covers all stages of the production from hatchery to harvesting. And it also offers a unique opportunity to purchase pearls directly, resulting in the best value for money and quality.

Grape Cultivation

Grape cultivation is well and largely practiced in yards close to the resort. From this cultivation, black grape is produced and sold to major Indonesian cities of Bali and Java. Although the cultivation is all year round but the best season is during the dry season from June to September. Several Bali-based wine producers have also used this grape as ingredients of their wine.

Turtle Project

A volunteer project located in the village of Pemuteran approximately 10 minutes drive from the resort to save the future of the green sea turtle. It all started in 1994 and the main energy is put on educating the locals to care about the turtle by giving them an alternative, eco-friendly means of earning money. Turtle egg is bought from the locals and then breed it in the hatchery. For a small donation of Rp. 50,000, visitors can release a juvenile turtle between 3 to 6 months old to the ocean. This individual donation or other private donations will proceed to keep the continuation of this project.

Nearby Temples

Several major important temples of Bali are located just few minutes drive from the resort. These temples include the three closely-related temples of Pulaki, Melanting and Pabean as well as temple of Kelenting Sari at hilltop of Menjangan Island. These temples were built as part of the holy trip of the great Hindu missionary, Danghyang Nirartha who came across from the great kingdom of Majapahit in Java in the 16 th century to teach Hinduism to the people of Bali.

Gilimanuk Harbor