Bali has many 60 more great surfing spots. You can spend your day in these spots having fun trying to ride the wave. One of the best of those spots is Padang-Padang Beach. It has beautiful scenery, a nice wave for beginner to intermediate level surfer and good facilities. Here is more information about this beach.
The Location
Padang-Padang Beach is located in the Southern Bali. You can find this beach in Pecatu area. This beach is close to Uluwatu area. Therefore, you also can spend your time to visit the Uluwatu temple to get another different experience.
Padang-Padang Beach is located about 50 minutes from Ngurah Rai Airport by car. For transportation, you can use:
- Car (taxi or rental car)
- Motorcycle – you can rent it
For the first-timer, the best way to go to Padang-Padang Beach is using the rental car. They will provide driver as well that will take you, not only to Padang-Padang Beach, but also tourist spot along the route to this beach. So, you can get a lot of fun with this method.
What Can You Do in Padang-Padang Beach?
Actually, there are many. The main attraction of Padang-Padang Beach is surfing. This beach has a good and even can be categorized to be world level wave. Therefore, it can really satisfy your hunger for an adrenaline rush.
However, there are also other things you can do here, such as:
- Sunbathing – the beach area is very clean and comfortable. Therefore, you can get a nice tan while having a peaceful and relaxing time here.
- Exploring – to reach this beach, you will need to go through the rocky cliff route. It’s pretty physically challenging. But, that’s where you can get the fun.
- The scenery – the scenery is beautiful. You may already know that Padang-Padang Beach is the location of one of the Eat Pray Love movie scene and Michael Learn to Rock music video.
The Budget
Visiting Padang-Padang Beach won’t take too much from the budget that you prepare for your vacation in Bali. The entrance fee and other fees are cheap and quite affordable. The price maybe changes due to Rupiah value fluctuation. But, overall, you won’t have a problem with it.
The entrance fee to Padang-Padang Beach is 10k Rupiah ($0.6) per person. The other fee that you need to pay is the parking fee for your vehicle. If you rent a motorcycle, you need to pay 2,000 Rupiah and for the car, the parking fee is 5,000 Rupiah. However, if you rent the car with the driver, usually the renting price including the entrance and parking fee. So, we suggest you rent the car with the driver if this is your first time at Padang-Padang Beach.
The Hotels
Here is the name of hotels and villas where you can stay, when you visit Padang-Padang Beach:
- Guna Mandala Inn – 80 meters from the beach,
- Sriyana Home Stay – 200 meters from the beach,
- Anantara Bali Uluwatu Resort & Spa – 300 meters from the beach
Staying at those hotels will give you easy access to the Padang-Padang Beach. You also can save more money for transportation.
