Vacation is a moment that most people look forward to. Spending time with loved ones, creating the best holiday moments is certainly everyone’s dream, especially tourists who love traveling. Looking for tourist destinations is part of the tourist lifestyle, and the island of Bali is the best tourist destination chosen by many tourists.
There are many attractions that can be visited while on vacation in Bali. There tourists will be able to enjoy many fun and unforgettable things. Starting from nature tourism, cultural tourism, and various other interesting places, such as the Batur Geopark Museum.
Batur Geopark Museum Environment
Bali has a new tourist attraction, the Batur Kintamani Geopark Museum. The museum, which was inaugurated on April 1, 2016 by Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said, features collections that represent the three pillars of geoparks, namely biodiversity, geological diversity, and cultural diversity. At the Batur Geopark Museum, visitors can learn more about the history and geopark of Mount Batur.
The museum, built on one hectare of land, serves as an information center for geoparks, both Batur geopark and other national geoparks in Indonesia with a total of 33 locations. The Batur Kintamani Geopark Museum was built in collaboration between the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Directorate General of Geology and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Bappeda Bangli Regency.
Getting to Know the History of the Batur Geopark Museum
The construction of the Batur Geopark Museum was necessary after the Mount Batur geopark was confirmed by UNESCO as a Global Geopark Network (GGN) on September 20, 2012. There is a uniqueness in the Batur geopark that is not owned by other geoparks, namely Mount Batur has two calderas.
What is special is that in caldera I, caldera II is formed. This caldera on Mount Batur is estimated to have formed after two major eruptions 29,300 and 20,150 years ago. Inside the caldera II there is also a crescent-shaped lake with a length of 7.5 kilometers and a width of 2.5 kilometers and is known as Lake Batur.
Vacation Moments at the Batur Geopark Museum
The Batur Geopark Museum has 2 floors. The first floor has a main lobby with rooms that offer a wide variety of geology. In the main lobby, visitors can see a diorama of Mount Batur. The diorama is a miniature of Mount Batur and Lake Batur in a rectangular shape measuring 2.5 x 2 meters.
On the 2nd floor, there are rooms for biodiversity, cultural diversity, and an auditorium. In the auditorium, you can watch various educational films about volcanoes and geoparks.
In the Batur Geopark Museum building, you can also observe the volcanic activity of Mount Batur at the observation post. Observing volcanic activity can certainly be an experience and increase knowledge about volcanic activity.
Location
Jalan Raya Penelokan, Kintamani, Bangli Regency.
Entrance Fee to Batur Geopark Museum
To enter the Batur Kintamani Geopark Museum, visitors must pay a ticket of IDR 20,000 for adults and IDR 15,000 for children.
Opening Hours
The visiting schedule at the Batur Geopark Museum is Monday – Thursday at 08.00 – 16.00 WITA, Saturday and Sunday at 08.00 – 14.00 WITA, while on Friday and national holidays it is closed.
