Lovina | |
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 Lovina Beach at dawn | |
  Lovina Location in Bali | |
| Coordinates: 8°9′45.01″S115°1′32.38″E / 8.1625028°S 115.0256611°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Bali |
| Regency | Buleleng |
Lovina Beach (or often simply Lovina) is a beach on the northwestern side of the island of Bali, Indonesia.
The beach is in the territory of Kaliasem village, [1] [2] in Banjar district [3] in Buleleng Regency (capital Singaraja). It takes its name from a home owned by Pandji Tisna (1908-1978), a Regent of Buleleng and pioneer of tourism to Bali in the early 1950s. [4]
For touristic purposes, the coastal strip stretches from 5 km (3 miles) west of the town of Singaraja to 15 km (10 miles) west. This area includes the small villages (from east to west) of Pemaron, Tukad Mungga, Anturan (Buleleng district), [5] Banyualit (Banjar district), [3] Kalibukbuk (Buleleng district), [5] Kaliasem and Temukus (Banjar district). [3] Although it has become more popular with tourists, it remains far quieter than the tourist hotspots of the island's south side.
Popular activities for visitors include diving, snorkeling, and early-morning boat trips off the coast to see dolphins. These dolphin sighting trips usually last about two hours, and generally cost anywhere between 60,000–250,000 Indonesian rupiah, or about US$5–$20. [6]
Lovina is one of Bali's five sites benefiting from the largest coral restoration project in the world (as of 2021): the Indonesian Coral Reef Garden (ICRG) intends to install altogether just under one million structural units. The project is funded by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, to the tune of $7.5m. At Lovina, 1,000 ‘bio-rocks’ (large concrete and metal bells with holes to attach hard coral) have been built and installed by 250 locals, out of work since the pandemic. [7] The local team, who started its work as a small group of people in 2019, also takes care of the nursery that was implemented as one of the first moves; they take in international volunteers, run awareness programs, monitor and document the evolution of the site, experiment on different methods for planting coral, hunt coral predators, pick up trash underwater... [8]
This project also aims at reducing unemployement by planning for supervision and maintenance work of the sites, [9] an undertaking that corresponds to the largest and more costly part of reef regeneration. Long-term monitoring has so far been implemented only for very few such operations, and is required to build a workable database needed to increase general knowledge on the process and increase success for future coral projects. Tries Razak, from Java’s IPB University, explains in 2021 that “Growing coral is not growing trees, where you plant it and it will grow. The science is still very fuzzy. It might be successful in one spot but two metres away, the hydro-dynamic factors or supply of larvae will be slightly different and it won’t work there. And as most of the restoration projects in Indonesia are being done without preliminary studies, artificial reefs are not planted in places where they are needed most.” [7]
Singaraja is a port town in northern Bali, Indonesia, which serves as the seat of Buleleng Regency. The name is Indonesian for "Lion King". It is just east of Lovina and is also the centre of Buleleng District, which covers an area of 46.94 km² and had a population of 153,930 in 2022, the second largest on the island.
Nusa Dua is a resort area built in the 1970s in the southern part of Bali, Indonesia. Known as an enclave of large five-star resorts, it covers 350 hectares of land and encloses more than 20 resorts. It is located 22 kilometers from Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, and is administered as part of Benoa subdistrict (kelurahan) in South Kuta, Badung Regency. Nusa Dua means two islands, because there are two islands in the bay of Bali Tourism Development Corporation area. On the southern side lies Peninsula Island, and on the northern side lies Nusa Dharma Island, which is smaller but shadier, and which contains the Pura/Temple Nusa Dharma.
Anak Agung Pandji Tisna, also known as Anak Agung Nyoman Pandji Tisna, I Gusti Nyoman Pandji Tisna, or just Pandji Tisna, was the 11th descendant of the Pandji Sakti dynasty of Buleleng, Singaraja, which is in the northern part of Bali, Indonesia. He succeeded his father, Anak Agung Putu Djelantik, in 1944.
Buleleng is a regency of Bali Province, Indonesia. It stretches along the north side of the island of Bali from the Bali Strait in the west almost to the eastern end of the island. It has an area of 1,365.88 km2 and a population of 624,125 at the 2010 census and 791,910 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 825,141. Its regency seat is in the town of Singaraja.
West Bali National Park is a national park located in Buleleng Regency and Jembrana Regency, on the west point of Bali, Indonesia. The park covers around 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi), some 82% of which is on land and the remainder at sea. This is approximately 3% of Bali's total land area.
Sanur is a coastal stretch of beach east of Denpasar in southeast Bali, which has grown into a little town in its own right. A 5.1 km (3.2 mi) area of Sanur's coastline, from Matahari Terbit Beach to Mertasari Beach, was reclaimed in 2008.
Candi Dasa, or often Candidasa is a seaside town on the eastern cost of Bali that rests on the edge of a fresh water lagoon, named Candi Dasa Lagoon. The town is centred around Jalan Raya Candida, where a number of hotels, restaurants, and shops line the main road. It is popular tourist stop, attracting divers and those looking for a more sedate alternative to the busy, nightclub filled Kuta area or the large, manicured resorts at Nusa Dua.
Bedugul is a mountain lake resort area in Bali, Indonesia, located in the centre-north region of the island near Lake Bratan on the road between Denpasar and Singaraja. The area covers the villages of Bedugul itself, Candikuning, Pancasari, Pacung and Wanagiri amongst others.
The Bali Aga, Baliaga, or Bali Mula are the indigenous people of Bali. Linguistically they are an Austronesian people. Bali Aga people are predominantly located in the eastern part of the island, in Bangli, Buleleng and Karangasem, but they can also be found in north-western and central regions. Bali Aga people who are referred to as Bali Pergunungan are those that are located at Trunyan village. For the Trunyan Bali Aga people, the term Bali Aga is regarded as an insult with an additional meaning of "the mountain people that are fools"; therefore, they prefer the term Bali Mula instead.
Sumberkima Village is a small settlement, located in west Buleleng Regency, in the north-west corner of Bali island, a Province of the Indonesian archipelago.
Nusa Lembongan is an island located southeast of Bali, Indonesia. It is part of a group of three islands that make up the Nusa Penida district, of which it is the most famous of the three islands of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan - known together as the "Nusa Islands". This island group, in turn, is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Gerokgak is a village and a district (kecamatan) in the Buleleng Regency, on the north-west coast of Bali, Indonesia.
Banjar is a district (kecamatan) in the regency of Buleleng in northern Bali, Indonesia.
Tejakula is a village (desa) and a district (kecamatan) in Buleleng regency, northern Bali, Indonesia. It stands on the north-eastern coast of the island.
Jembrana Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the southwest of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 841.8 km2 and had a population of 261,638 at the 2010 Census and 317,064 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 327,850. Its regency seat is the town of Negara.
Amed is a village on the east coast in Abang District, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. In the wake of heavy tourism development, actors in the tourism industry use the village's name to designate a 14-km stretch of coast that includes several other villages, namely from west to east: Amed, Jemeluk, Bunutan, Lipah, Lehan, Selang, Banyuning, Aas and Kusambi. A more correct geographical name would be the north coast of the Seraya peninsula, or North Seraya.
Buleleng is a district in Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Its capital is Singaraja.
Brahmavihara-Arama, also known as Vihara Buddha Banjar due to its location in the Banjar District of Buleleng, is a Buddhist temple and monastery in the mountains near Lovina in North Bali, Indonesia.
Lovina travel guide from Wikivoyage
