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 Summary: Definitively a ‘dab free’ day; technically easy with only one climb to sort the men from the boys (or the women from the girls!). Length: 40 kms, Total descent: 740m (ends at sea level.)
We start today from our accommodation, on a trail that clings to the slopes of Mount Batu Karu, cycling around the tops of rice paddies and bamboo groves on a series of small broken tarmac roads, interspersed with jeep tracks. The first part is mainly down hill punctuated with sharp but short up hill sections. This is followed by 5 km of steady uphill on a small tarmac road which gets us to just over 700 meters, where we turn on to a small track that leads us around the top of a large valley and to the highest point of the ride.
It is all plain sailing for the next 20 km’s as we head to the coast through some of Bali’s most fertile regions on a series of small roads and tracks. After a relaxed lunch we keep heading coast-wards past Kerambitan Palace, which is famous for its traditional dancers and musicians and is still lived in by the 9th King of the Tabanan Regency. After encountering a short but cheeky concrete uphill single track section we arrive at our Hotel, adjacent to the beach with great views of the famous south coast surf.
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