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 Summary: Technically straight forward cycle ride with a definite down-hill element folowed by a white knuckle rafting trip. Length cycled 20km, Total descent: 500m.
This ride starts at around 1200m, above Bukit Cemara, a hill on the slopes of Mount Agung. The first 6 kms winds around the side of the hill on a wide red mud road with the occasional patches of broken tarmac. It’s a fast section (for those that like speed) with great views over the salak plantations and the plains that flank the western slopes of Mount Agung.
Having lost 550 ms we find ourselves winding our way through the salak plantations on a mixture of wide and narrow red-mud trails flanked by fences made out of woven salak tree branches, which mark the boundaries of each plantation. Watch out for the spikes! Eventually you will come out on a small tarmac road that contours back along the side of the hill to a convenient location for lunch.
After lunch you will board the rafts and float the final 10kms of the holiday to Tangkup, via deep canyons, fast flowing rapids and over a 3m weir.
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