If you want to climb Mount Agung, you must request permission from the temple authorities, as no one should stand higher than the temple when a ceremony is being held. You can ascend the mountain from behind the temple or through the village of Sebudi, near Selat. It is a tough 6-8 hour climb and you are recommended to leave in the early morning and hire a guide.

Padang Bai is the port for the ferry service to Lembar on the Island of Lombok. It is a quiet fishermen's village situated in a perfectly sheltered bay. The beach is pictures,que and quaint with a long sweep of sand where boats with colorful sails are drawn up on the beach.

From Padang Bai the road follows a beautiful stretch inland and turns off at the mountain village of Tenganan, a Bali Aga village - one of the few Balinese communities to resist the Majapahit invasion of 1343.

It is a walled village consisting of two rows of identical houses. This is the only place in Indonesia where double-weaving ikat, Geringsing, is produced. The village is also famous for its lontar sacred books, traditional Balinese palm-leaf books.