Bali's Best Wildlife

Bali Butterfly ParkTaman Burung Bali
On a Bali holiday take a visit to the largest butterflyWhilst on your Bali holidays, you may want to take a
park in Asia for a guaranteed glimpse of the rarevisit to the Taman Burung Bali. These tropical gardens
bird-wing butterflies. The park is set in intricatelyare home to the largest bird park in Bali, which
landscaped gardens and offers a rare sighting ofhouses over 1000 birds. Of all these birds, the most
species which are endemic to Indonesia. The adjoiningenigmatic is the Bali Mynah, which is considered by
centre provides resources on the importance ofmany to be the rarest bird in the world. The source
butterfly conservation and what you can do to helpof its imminent extinction is the illegal pet trade, and
conserve the insect upon returning home from yourTaman Burung Bali not only aims to campaign against
Bali tour holiday. Whether you're passionate aboutthis, but also to help preserve the species in captivity.
butterfly conservation, or just love butterflies, makeUbud Monkey Forest
sure you end your visit with a trip to the gift shop,Located near to the Bali hotels of Ubud, the Monkey
which is stocked full of amazing souvenirs.Forest is a popular destination with tourists on their
Elephant SafariBali holidays. It is home to a plethora of wild
The Elephant Safari Park is located thirty minutesmonkeys, which can't be petted, but which you'll find
away from the town of Ubud, which features manyare perfectly tame enough to steal your packed
visitor resorts and Bali hotels for easy access.lunch or bananas. Whilst the Ubud Monkey Forest is
Featuring 27 endangered Sumatran elephants, thesignificantly smaller than the one at Sangeh, the
park is known to be the biggest of its kind and ismonkeys here are easily much more entertaining.
designed to not only give visitors a close encounterBullock Racing
of these mammoth beasts, but also to educate themBullock racing is a popular sport in Bali and if you're
on the role of the elephant. Visitors will enjoy takingattending your Bali holidays during the racing seasons
an elephant safari through the landscaped botanicalof July and October then be sure to attend a race.
gardens and natural forest and, when they aren'tThe bulls are decked out with silk banners, painted
ferrying visitors around on their Bali tour holidays, thehorn, and bells, and each given a wooden chariot to
elephants can also be found engaged in manypull. As they career along the road at 50km/hr you
different pursuits, from painting to posing for visitormay even catch the charioteers pulling the bulls tails in
photographs. As well as the famous Elephant Safari,order to make them run faster. These ancient races
the park also houses a comprehensive Elephantare unlike anything which you'll ever see again, and if
Museum, which is home to the only mammothyou get the opportunity, they simply must be
skeleton in the Southern hemisphere.experienced on your Bali holidays.