Tanjung Benoa Beach in Bali and how to visit it

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Tanjung Benoa Beach and is it worth going here

Tanjung Benoa Beach

Tanjung Benoa Beach (Tanjung Benoa) or simply the Benoa Peninsula is located in the south of Bali (Tanjung Benoa beach on the map). Although this coast is considered a beach and is so marked on maps and in guidebooks, including ours, in fact it is not suitable as a place for a normal beach holiday. People come here to have fun on the water, because here is perhaps the coolest complex of water and beach entertainment Tanjung Benoa Watersports. Bananas, so-called "pills", parachutes, flying bananas, flyboard and what not. Here you can see and try such entertainments that appear in other resorts only in a few years, and here everything is already today. And that's why large excursion groups from all over Bali come here to have fun with whole buses.

For understanding, the Tanjung Benoa Watersports complex is not a specific place or point of entertainment. In fact, there are many places where you can come and get entertainment, or you can just walk along the shore, and everyone will offer them to you at every turn.

As for swimming and the beach, the coast here is unsuitable for this. It is shallow, especially at low tide, dirty, busy with boats and catamarans, and the whole water area is teeming with boats with tourists scurrying back and forth. Well, well, in the south (this is at the bottom of the map or on the right along the shore) there is a small area with sun loungers and umbrellas near hotels on the first line, and there are even tourists who, apparently, unknowingly brought here on vacation. But we stand by our own: it is not suitable for swimming and beach holidays.

There is a tourist area here, and in general, the entire Benoa peninsula is densely built up. There are hotels, shops, you can find motorcycle rental and currency exchange, many cafes and restaurants. In general, everything is the same as in any other more or less developed area in Bali. But we honestly will not recommend Benoa as a place for a hotel and rest, because there is nothing to do here except for water activities. Well, or if you are really not picky about the quality of the beaches and the hotel pool is enough for you, and at the same time you really liked the rest here for the price, then maybe...

Panorama of Tanjung Benoa

People come here to have fun in droves

There is no beach here

In the Benoa area

Panorama of Tanjung Benoa beach in Bali

How to get to Tanjung Benoa Beach

Tanjung Benoa is located in the south of Bali on the Benoa Peninsula (Tanjung Benoa beach on the map). It is 15-20 kilometers from Bali airport and Kuta center. By taxi through the application, you can get from 120,000 rupees and from 50,000 by motorcycle taxi. It also offers excursions with a transfer in street travel agencies to the Tanjung Benoa Watersports water amusement park.

You can use your own (rented) transport to get here by a toll or free road. The paid version is faster, but the problem is that you need to buy a special electronic card for payment. If this is a one-time trip along the "headscarf" for you, then there is no point in buying it, you can drive along the free route, although it's a bit of a detour and through traffic jams. When you arrive at the place, there are many driveways to the beach and places with entertainment, and there is also a lot of parking space. From our experience, we parked here for free, but maybe they charge a fee somewhere.

Hotels and accommodation in Tanjung Benoa, where to stay

Although in our opinion, Tanjung Benoa, due to the lack of a normal beach here, is not very suitable for recreation, nevertheless, there is an area with infrastructure and hotels here. If you decide to stay here, we recommend choosing hotels with a swimming pool.

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