Garuda Wisnu Kencana - Bali Island

Welcome to Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park. The ticket for domestic tourism adult: IDR 30,000, children/student: IDR 25,000. Child and adult (foreigner): IDR 60,000.

Here we are at Lotus Pond. Lotus Pond is the biggest outdoor area in Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park and, mostrly, in Bali. Thus, Lotus Pond is the perfect and only place to held a big scale outdoor event. For years, GWK has been trusted to held big scale, national and international even, events in Pond such as music concert, international gathering, big pasrty. Lotus pond is unique place with limestone pillars on the side and the magnificent statue of garuda on the background. www.gwk-cultural.com

Right behind the Plaza Wisnu is the plaza Garuda where the 18 meters tall statue of Garuda placed temporarily. At the present time, Plaza Garuda becomes the focal point of a massive alley of carved limestone pillars with cover more than 4000 sqm open space area namely Lotus Pond. The colossal limestone pillars and monumental Garuda statue make Lotus Pond a very exotic space. With its room capacity that can accommodate up to 7000 people, Lotus Pond has gained good reputation as the perfect place to hold big an international events. www.gwk-cultural.com

The statue of Wisnu is an illutration of the Almighty God in maintaining and caring all life and its being. The god Wisnu is the owner of Amerta in the form of water as the source of fertility, giving health and live to the universe. www.gwk-culturalpark.com

In this Amphitheater, you will enjoy various traditional dance. But all depent on schedule that was set before.

This is Garuda Wisnu Story: Baghawan Kacyapa has two wives, Kadru and Winata. At one time, Kadru bets with Winata guess Uccaihswara's,the only horse in the jungle, color. In those bets, the loser will be a slave. Kadru betsthat color in the horseback is black whereas Winata guess white.

Kadru tells to her son, the dragons, on her bet and instructed to spray the horse with their poison to turn into black. As the story tells Kadru and Winata visited the horse and see thet Kadru win the bet. As agreed Winata becomes the slave of Kardu with her child the bird Garuda.

Garuda devoted sons can see that his mother is become a victim of slavery and torturedby the ruthless family of Kardu and he promise to release his mother from the pain. To do, so the 1000 dragonsof Kadru place a conditionsthat they will release for the water Tirta Amertha guarded the God Wisnu at Swargaloka.