Kuta

Introduction

Kuta Beach, Bali

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Kuta is the main tourist destination on the Indonesian island of Bali and is a big party town with great food and accommodation as well. If white sand beaches, nice accommodation, great nightlife, surfing and relaxing is what you want this is the town your looking for. Kuta has all of this for anyone on any budget.

The Legian area, in the north, is the main tourist area in Kuta and has many restaurants and bars aimed towards foreign tourists. There are also many hotels located on the beach front area of Tuban. If looking for something more quiet then stay in the Seminyak area. Recently the local government has limited the growth of the tourist industry in order to preserve the local culture in Kuta.

Neighbourhoods

• Legian
• Tuban
• Seminyak

Sights and Activities

• White Sand Beaches are great here to hang out on and relax in the surf.
• Diving with some fish and underwater wildlife is wonderful in the nearby reefs.
• Surfing is wonderful here.
• Nightlife here is world class and wonderful. Some people's dream vacation is to party every night and spend the next day on the beach with a hangover.

Events and Festivals

Weather

Kuta has a tropical climate with hot, humid conditions. Temperatures are mostly between 30 and 32 °C during the day and nights are still well above 20 °C. The April-October period is the dry season and November-March is the rainy season, though showers are still possible during the dry season and periods of dry weather occur during the monsoon season.

Getting There

By Plane

Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) is located in the southern part of the island, just 13 kilometres south of Denpasar. It is the third busiest airport in the country and now meets international aviation security standards. The airport has extensive international service and good domestic service, including flights to Jakarta, Surabaya, West Papua, Borneo, Sulawesi and Sumatra. Pretty much every country in the Asian and pacific region can be reached directly by flights from this airport.
Garuda Indonesia flies to/from Hong Kong, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo and lowcost airlines Air Asia serves Kuala Lumpur.
Several other airlines have some more destinations, including Taipei, Amsterdam, Dili, Darwin, Brisbane, Doha, Bandar Seri Begawan, Guangzhou, Broome, Bangkok, Moscow and Adelaide.

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Kuta:

Kuta Beach:

Mid-Range

Upscale

Work

Learn

Keep Connected

Internet

Legian, Tuban and Seminyak all have internetcafés.

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Pos Indonesia provides the postal service in Indonesia. Pos Indonesia is government-owned and offers services ranging from sending letters and packages to money transfers (usually to remote areas which have no bank branch/ATM nearby) and selling postcards and stamps.

It is recommended to send letters from a Pos Indonesia branch, not by putting it inside orange mailbox (called Bis Surat) in the roadside, because some of the mailboxes are in very bad condition and aren't checked regularly by Pos Indonesia. Opening times of post offices usually tend to follow general business hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm (sometimes shorter hours on Fridays), Saturdays from 8:00am to 1:00pm, closed on Sundays. Bigger cities, tourist areas and central post offices tend to keep longer hours, into the evenings.
Sending a postcards, letter or parcel is relatively expensive, but fairly reliable. It takes several days at least to send it within Indonesia, at least a week internationally.

Private postal services based in Indonesia include CV Titipan Kilat (CV TIKI), Jalur Nugraha Ekaputra (JNE), Caraka, and RPX. There are also foreign postal services that have branches in Indonesia, including DHL, TNT, UPS, and FedEx.