Indonesia Trip: Pandawa Beach, Bali

Last January, me and my family had a short trip to Bali. My sister plan all the itinerary, so I just enjoyed what she has planned. It's been a long time for us since the last time we visited Bali. Nowadays, Bali has more malls and shopping center. I am not sure if Bali goes more modern or just more crowded.

The first destination was Pandawa beach which is located in Pecatu, on the south of Bali island. The driver said that this beach is newly opened and become a new tourist attraction in Bali. From Kuta to Pandawa beach was not quite far, it took us about an 30 to 45 minutes. When we almost arrived there, we saw a limestone hill was excavated to create a road to the beach.

the view of the hill from the parking lot

The road was declining from the limestone hill to the beach. When we arrived at the parking lot, we can see from below how much part of the hill that was excavated. Then we walk to the beach. At first I though the beach will be quite and peaceful, but the reality was different. It was Saturday, so the beach was crowded and honestly I could not really enjoy it.

yes, it was packed with people

another view of the beach

Even though I didn't interested with the beach, but I was really attracted by huge statues that were craved in the limestone hill. There were six statues actually, but the main statues was only five. They are the statues from Five Pandawa story, which consists of Arjuna, Bima, Dewi Kunti, Nakula, and Sahadewa statues.

five pandawa statues

me and my sister in front of Bima statue

The view of the beach from the statue's location was great. There were also a parking lot in here for people who wanted enjoyed the beach from higher perspective.

we can see the beach from here

view of Pandawa beach from the higher parking lot

XOXO,
The Tourist