Birdwatching in Banyuwedang: Watch A Beautifull Bali starling

Banyuwedang.

General Information

The national Park office is at Cekik, 4 km from Gilimanuk and directly opposite the junction of the Gilimanuk-Denpasar and north coast roads. A permit to enter the park costs IDR 6,000, and is available from both here and at Labuhan lalang. An excellent guide is I Nyoman Lodiarta,, a keen birder who speaks some English.

Seeing the Bali Starling

The last few birds are concentrated around the Teluk kabar guard post on the north shore of the Parapat Agung Peninsula. The best way to see them is to overlook their roosting area and watch them fly in at dusk. Access to this area is restricted and officially a letter of permission is required from PHPA in Jakarta (very difficult to obtain), but ask at the National Park HQ or Labuhan Lalang about the possibility of seeing the birds.

Wildlife in Bali Barat National Park and How to Get There

Other wildlife

There is fabulous snorkeling and diving off the coast of the national park and from nearly pulau Menjangan. Hundreds of species of coral and a good variety of reef fish.

Getting there and around

The park is 3 hrs by road from Denpasar and 2,5 hrs from Levina. A charter from kuta, Ubud or Levina to the park will cost IDR 6,000. There are numerous buses from Levina and Ubung bus station, Denpasar, to Gilimanuk, the ferry head on Bali for east Java.

Bemo and horse-drawn carts ply the 1 km between Gilimanuk bus terminal and the harbour (IDR 2,000/4,000). There are plenty of public minibuses or ojek to ferry you along the road to the birding sites at Sumber Klampok, Labuhan lalang