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Wayang Kulits
The Wayang Kulit, or Indonesian shadow puppet play, uses beautifully painted and intricately made, gilded leather puppets even though only the puppets' shadows are seen by the audience. The stories told by shadows are full of symbolism and mysticism and are often from the spirit world. A single, highly skilled puppeteer controls hundreds of puppets; plays out the roles of different characters with a different voice for each character; and leads the traditional musicians.

Ramayana Dance
  Can find occasional performances in Banjur Buni and Kuta. The play is highly entertaining dance form playing out the epic legend of the Ramayana.

Fire Dance
  Performances held at Bona Kangin and Gianyar on Fridays. The dance features an exorcist dance form where barefooted girls in trance dance among glowing coals.

Kecak Dance
  Created in the early 1930's, the Kecak is a ritual dance combining the trance dance with dance story from the epic "Ramayana". The circular chorus makes the play extremely impressive.

Legong Dance
  Choreographed to the finest details, Legong is a very difficult dance performed by young girls including no extemporization.

Barong Dance
  Performances held at Suwung, Kesiman and the suburbs of Denpasar. The dance depicts a contest between the opposing forces of Rangda, chaos and destruction, and Barong, order.

Bangli
   Pura Kehen - Bali's second largest temple consists of three courtyards connected by steps and are finely decorated with statues and carvings.

Denpasar
   Pura Jagatnatha - the temple is dedicated to Bali's Supreme God. Signifying the foundation of the world are the two mystical dragons and a turtle in the temple. The temple's architecture is just awesome resembling to the Balinese palace. The temple houses a museum featuring a fine collection of prehistoric and modern art.

Kintamani
   The villages of Kintamani and Penelokan provide great views of the still active Mount Batur and its fantastic lake. Seven miles in diameter and sixty feet deep, the caldera of Batur is simply astounding. From Penelokan, take the road Kedisan on the shores of the lake where boats can be rented to cross over to Trunyan.

Tampak Siring
   Pura Tirta Empul - built around a sacred spring, features fine carvings and Garudas on the courtyard buildings. Regular purification ceremonies are held as well at this temple.  

Goa Gajah
   Goa Gajah - a cave temple featuring two statues with demon heads flank the temple's entrance, guarding the statue of Ganesha, the Hindu Lord with the Elephant head sits within the cave.