Formerly a sleepy villages, few adventurous travellers have found its
way toward the eastern part of Bali since at least the last decade.
Enjoying perfect location as the gate to the East, Candidasa has been
the faster growing tourism spot in the East. However, lack of
infrastructure has prevented many visitors from reaching the area.
The recent completion of the four-lane highway known as by-pass Kusamba
has open the isolation. Candidasa is now reachable within less than a
hour drive through scenic coastline highway. Holiday developments
including private villas quickly springs extending the original Sanur
by another 20 miles or so. To name some are Padang Galak, Saba, Pabean,
Ketewel, and Kusamba beaches.
You can rent a private villa in Seminyak, beachfront villa in Canggu
with private beach facade, countryside villa in Ubud overlooking rice
field or river valley. Where else in Bali you can dip into a underwater
paradise with colorful reef just in front of your villa More than a
private villa, even more than private beach facade, your stay in a
Candidasa villas allows you to have your own underwater paradise, just
at your doorstep.
Numerous attraction of East Bali starts from Candidasa. Scuba diving
paradise of Tulamben, traditional salt farming of Amed, ricefield
terrace and ancient water temple of Tirtagangga, mother temple of
Besakih, holly Mount Agung, the cultural heritage of Taman Ujung, and
the port to Bali's sister island of Lombok are only to name some.
All the reefs are extremely healthy with great diversity of
invertebrate and fish life. Tepekong's Canyon has dramatic underwater
structure and is usually full of fish, Mimpang is the best place in
Bali to see shark and Biaha has rich wall and slope dives.
