Banjar/Indonesia
Air Panas Banjar
Carved naga spouts pouring warm sulphur water in the hills of north Bali.
Eric Bajart
- Bathing
- Outdoor
Air Panas Banjar lies in a jungle ravine behind Lovina in north Bali. Warm sulphur water pours from eight carved naga heads into a first stone pool, then falls three metres from higher spouts into a second, where bathers stand under the stream to take the water on their shoulders. Frangipani and vine cover the walls above.
Balnevia view
Why visit
It is the most beautiful public thermal bath in Bali — stone dragons, jungle, warm mineral water — and a working village bath rather than a resort.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Banjar spring
- Mineralisation
- Sulphurous mineral water
- Character
- Warm sulphur water delivered through carved naga spouts into two stone pools, the upper one falling about three metres.
History
The pools were built during the Dutch colonial period around a spring long used by the surrounding villages, and the carved naga spouts and terraces were extended in the twentieth century. The baths remain in local hands, with a warung and gardens above them.
Practical information
Modest entry fee, open daily; sarongs and changing rooms are available. Sulphur will discolour light swimwear and silver.
Getting there
About 20 minutes inland from Lovina in Buleleng, northern Bali, near Brahma Vihara Arama monastery.
Location
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