Alas Kedaton is a small forest with the width about 6-7ha located in the midst of the rice field in Tabanan regency, west part of Bali. The total size of this forest, temple and its supporter facility is about 12 ha. In this forest, there is a temple called Alas Kedaton Temple and owns the natural environments that is looked green with its fresh air and generate the calm, and holy atmosphere. The monkeys in Alas Kedaton are tame and free gallivanting in temple yard, so that the calm atmosphere is sometime solved by noise voice of the monkey, which are fooling around and scrambling of food. The monkeys who dwell in this forest, there's jump up and down in temple wall, take a bath in moat or there is also hang around in few leaves representing impression view. The monkey like as custodian of temple, which are always prepared to greet all visitor who are paying a visit to this place. Beside monkeys, in Kedaton forest may also be met the bats and some other animals. At least 24 types of grove plant have been identified in Alas Kedaton.
Alas Kedaton is located in Kukuh countryside, Marga Sub district, Tabanan Regency . The journey go to this place can be completed basically by using motor vehicle follow the major roadway from Denpasar to Tabanan. On the way go to this tourist place, they will see the stunning nature view where in front of us will meet the carpet of rice field and irrigation voice at the side of road to bear the impression/peaceful atmosphere. Alas Kedaton Temple have yard that are outside yard, middle and middle yard. In the middle and middle yard are encircled by wall and the outside yard is representing a open yard. The fascinating point of this temple is the inside yard representing holy yard, its situation lower than the middle yard. This thing is different compare with the general temples in Bali that are more goes to inside the temple, the more higher the place will be. Beside of that another fascinating point of this temple owns entrances.
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