WHERE IS BALI
Bali is an Indonesian island located south of Sri Lanka. It's about 8 degrees south of the equator and lies between the much larger island of Java to the west and Lombok to the east. Bali is actually a series of six volcanoes that stretch from west to east and form the island and its varied terrain. The south and west of Bali are generally warmer and sunnier than the central and northeast, where the mountains and lush tropical vegetation are fed by frequent rainfall. The island is only a little more than 2,000 square miles, but the islands features many mountains and peaks, lush tropical mountainsides, craters, lakes, black sand beaches to the north, and white sand beaches and surfing to the south and west. Divers can find dive sites all around the island. Try mapsbali.com and baliguide.com to see maps of Bali and for more information.
HOW TO GET THERE
From Jakarta, it's a 1 1/2 hour flight, from Singapore or Perth, Australia it takes about two to three hours, from Hong Kong it's a 4 1/2 hour flight and from Sydney, Australia it's about 6 hours. From the United States, several airlines will be necessary as no flights are direct to Bali. Flight times for the trip can take 26 to 43 hours or more, so patience in planning your trip will help. Try some of the travel discount websites like kayak.com, expedia.com and vayama.com and enter your departure city and type in Denpasar or DPS as your arrival city and see what types of flights are available.
All commercial flights will land at the Ngurah Rai Airport in the capital city, Denpasar. Flights to Bali can be found in the following cities: Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok, Brunei, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Guam, Honolulu, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Munich, Nagoya, Osaka, Paris, Perth, Rome, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Vienna, and Zurich.
New schedules are always being added, and some discontinued, so it's necessary to check airline flight schedules for changes when making plans. Try checking out baliguide.com for a list of airlines flying to Bali.
By Air
To get there from the United States, you'll have to change planes, depending upon where you're starting from. Some of the airlines offering flights leaving from United States cities that connect in other cities and countries with flights to Bali:
- American Airlines
- Delta
- Japan Airlines
- ANA-All Nippon Airlines
- Garuda
- Qantas
- Cathay Pacific
- Singapore Airlines
- Eva Airlines
- Thai Airways
- Malaysia Airlines
