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Bali Discovery Tours
Komplek Pertokoan
Sanur Raya No. 27
Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai
Sanur, Bali
Indonesia

++62 361 286 283 (T)
++62 361 286 284 (F)

After-Hours Number:
++62 81 238 19 724

 

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News
Bali by the Number: July Arrivals Up 10.3%. Putting Bali within Striking Distance of 2.5 Million Foreign Visitors by Year's End 2010. (8/30/2010)
Bali's New Police Chief Increasing Anti-Crime Patrols and Security at Sea and Airport During Peak Travel Season of Idul Fitri. (8/30/2010)
Laborer Who Killed Japanese Tourist Hiromi Shimada Sentenced to 20 Years Behind Bars. (8/30/2010)
Udayana University Report Says Accommodation and Tourist Transportation Supplies in Bali Far Outstrip Demand. (8/30/2010)
Businesses Claim the Lack of a Bali Seaport for Export Products is Making Bali Non-Competitive in the International Marketplace. (8/30/2010)
Bali Villa Association and Internet Promotion are Helping Bali Tax Officials Track Down Private Homes Operating Illegally as Commercial Villas. (8/30/2010)
GTZ and Bali Government Working to Increases Tsunami Preparedness. (8/30/2010)
Denpasar, Bali to Limit New Malls and Shopping Complexes to Main Roadways. (8/30/2010)
Bali Governor Says 'No Thank You' to the Offer a New Luxury Car. (8/27/2010)
30-Minute Ferry Trip from Java to Bali Turns into 12 Hours Ordeal as Ro-Ro Ferry Runs Aground. (8/27/2010)
Golf Tournaments, Lavish Prizes and Special Offers to New Members to Celebrate 3rd Anniversary of New Kuta Golf in Bali. (8/27/2010)
Protests in Bali as Anger Mounts at Arrest of Three Indonesian Officials by Malaysian Police. (8/27/2010)
Governor and Former Bali Police Chief Made Pastika Slated to Speak at Ubud Readers and Writers Festival October 6-10, 2010. (8/27/2010)
Governor Pastika: 110,000 Dogs Destroyed and 200,000 Vaccinated in Bali's Continuing War on Rabies. (8/27/2010)
Jakarta Globe Article Provides Starkly Accurate Litany of Threats on Many Fronts to Bali's Reputation as a Paradise Isle. (8/27/2010)
US$4.4 Million New Bali Bus Terminal in Badung Vacant and Unused 8 Months After Completion. (8/27/2010)
Bali and Beyond Tourism to Be Augmented by Direct Bali to Baubau in Southeast Sulawesi. (8/27/2010)
Bali Tourism Office: Only 33% of Bali Travel Agents Have Valid Operating Permits. (8/27/2010)
Absent since 1997, Sailing Yacht Race from Fremantle to Bali to Run in 2011. (8/27/2010)
Jakarta Offers to Build Underpasses for Bali. (8/23/2010)
Bali Governor Insists 1,000 Percent Increase in Well-Water Charges to Stand. (8/23/2010)
Sculptures in the Garden – A Solo Exhibition by Adi Bachman at ARMA, Ubud Bali through December 31, 2010. (8/23/2010)
Bali Seeks to Improve Security by Installing Additional 1,000 Surveillance Cameras. (8/23/2010)
34 Tourists Narrowly Avert Tragedy as Bali to Gili Trawangan Fast Ferry Sinks Near Padang Bai. (8/23/2010)
Bali's Handicraft Exports to Europe Linked to Air Access for Tourists. (8/23/2010)
Bali Suffering Strains as Population Increases 20% in Last Decade. (8/21/2010)
Bali Tourism Officials List Seven Threats to the Future of the Island's Tourism Industry. (8/21/2010)
General Hadiatmoko Replaces General Sutisna in Bali's Top Police Job. (8/21/2010)
Editorial: Why Governor Pastika's Desire to Put Hotel and Restaurant Taxes on Line is an Idea Long Overdue. (8/21/2010)
Indonesian Legislators Hope to Speed Infrastructure Development with New Law Allowing Forcible Seizure of Private Lands. (8/21/2010)
Bali Health Officials Say Sufficient Anti-Rabies Vaccine Now in Hand for Seven Months. (8/21/2010)
U.S. – Indonesia Establishing Biodiversity Research Center at Bali's Udayana University. (8/21/2010)
Two in Critical Condition After Samurai Swinging Man Goes on Rampage in Bali. (8/21/2010)
Despite Promises from Jakarta, Little Has been Done to Reduce Long Lines and the Resulting Complaints at Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport. (8/21/2010)
Governor Made Pastika Threatens to Compel On-line Hotel and Restaurant Tax Collection in Bali. (8/21/2010)
12 Handicapped Divers Unfurl the Indonesian Flag at the Bottom of the Ocean. (8/21/2010)
Rest of Radical Javanese Cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Prompts Security Alert at Bali Ferry Port of Gilimanuk. (8/21/2010)
Bali Update Readers Comment on Building Moratoriums, Mayhem in Kuta, Displacement of Local Traders, Ugly Developments, the Renovation of the Sukawati Market and Foreign Land Ownership in Bali. (8/16/2010)
Budapest-born Woman Finds a Spiritual and Artistic Home in Bali. Eva Schumy Exhibition September 5 – 26, 2010 at Adi's Gallery in Ubud. (8/16/2010)
New Beachwalk Life Style Development to Stimulate Gentrification of Bali's Popular Kuta Beach. (8/16/2010)
Meteorologists Blame Indonesia's Unusual Weather Patterns on La Nina. (8/14/2010)
Persian Kittens Confiscated and Destroyed by Officials at Bali Port of Gilimanuk. (8/14/2010)
Restaurant Blaze at Puri Bali Restaurant Sends Holiday Diners Running for Safety. (8/14/2010)
Conservation Officials in Bali Deployed to Island's West Following Reports of Tiger Sightings. (8/14/2010)
Mental Gerilya – A Guerrillas Mentality – An Exhibition by Stefan Buana at Tonyraka Art Gallery in Ubud, Bali August 17-September 17, 2010. (8/14/2010)
Bali Legislators Consider Giving a Moratorium on New Hotel Projects the Force of Law. (8/14/2010)
Stephen Max Reinhold's Exhibition of Liquid Art Photography at Hanna's Artspace in Ubud, Bali August 23 –September 9, 2010. (8/14/2010)
Scientist Baffled by Increase in Whale Groundings on Bali's Southern Coast at Nusa Dua. (8/14/2010)
Garuda Indonesia Adding Seats and Flights to Serve Traditional Lebaran Holiday Travel Surge. (8/14/2010)
Bali Preparing to Introduce No-Smoking Zones with Violators Subject to Fines and Jail. (8/14/2010)
Hollywood Depiction of Bali-based Love Story – Eat Pray Love – to Open BALINALE Film Fest October 12-17, 2010. (8/14/2010)
Bali University Officials Confirm Rabies Virus Now Present in Island's Cattle and Swine Populations. (8/14/2010)
Public Objections to Moving Major Monument in Bali to Make Way for Road Construction Results in Temporary Agreement to Work Around the Problem. (8/14/2010)
Purse Snatcher in Bali Gets Run to Ground by Angry Italian Lady Tourist. (8/14/2010)
US$4 Million in Visa Fees Collected in Bali in May 2010. (8/9/2010)
In Face of Growing Problem of Rabies in Bali, Officials Commit to Island-Wide Vaccination Program for Q4 2010. (8/9/2010)
Bali Tourism Board Wants a Moratorium on New Hotel Projects. (8/9/2010)
Botched Raids by Bali Police on High Crime Areas Blamed on Crooked Cops. (8/9/2010)
Chief of Bali Police General Sutisna Suddenly Replaced by General Hadiatmoko. (8/9/2010)
An Invitation to Tea in Sydney on September 11, 2010 to Support Ubud, Bali's Bumi Sehat Clinic. (8/9/2010)
'Tour d' Indonesie' from Jakarta to Bali Set for October 24 – November 4, 2010. (8/9/2010)
Mystery of Bali's Underwater Temple at Pemuteran Bay Revealed. (8/7/2010)
28 Hotels in Bali and Lombok to Undergo Environmental Assessments. (8/7/2010)
West Bali Villagers on Alert for Tiger Attacks on an Island Where Tigers Thought to be Long Extinct. (8/7/2010)
First U.S. Man Sentenced to Death for Narcotics Crimes Underlines Risk of Dealing Drugs in Indonesia. (8/7/2010)
Bali Tourism Educator Wants Government to Close Down All Illegal Transport Operators. (8/7/2010)
Experts Warn Bali's Water Deficit Running at Critical Level with Urgent Steps Needed to Curb Illegal Water Exploitation. (8/7/2010)
Exhibition by Ida Bagus Urip Candrabayu and I Wayan Setem at Bali's Ganesha Gallery September 3 – October 4, 2010. (8/7/2010)
Rising Seas and More Rain Predicted to Change the Contour of the Island of Bali. (8/7/2010)
Fire Levels 13 Buildings and Sends Spa Customers Fleeing in Late Afternoon Blaze at Galuh Spa, Kuta, Bali. (8/7/2010)
Citing Strains on the Island's Infrastructure, Provincial Official Says Bali's Carrying Capacity for Foreign Tourist is 2.5 million. (8/7/2010)
Joining a Worldwide Movement, InterContinental Hotel Workers in Bali Join Thousands of Colleagues in Celebrating Service by Serving Those who Love to Serve. (8/7/2010)
Indonesian and U.S. Navy Marines Practice Anti-Terrorist Scenarios on the Bali Straits. (8/7/2010)
Iwan Tirta, Indonesia's Leading Expert on Batik Dead at 75. (8/2/2010)
A Jakarta and Bali Exhibition of 1930 Bali Images from the Pages of Life Magazine by Horace Bristol. (7/17/2010)
Italian Artist Angelo Bellobono's 'Eastside: The Journey' – a Solo Exhibition at Biasa ArtSpace, Kuta, Bali July 30 – September 15, 2010. (7/17/2010)
Walk, Don't Drive, If You're Planning to Celebrate New Year's on Bali's Kuta-Legian Beach Strip. (12/26/2009)
Official List of Indonesian and Bali Public Holidays for 2010 (12/6/2009)
556 Police Officers Deployed to Safeguard Bali Democracy Forum December 10-11, 2009. (12/6/2009)