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Sangeh Monkey Forest
Sangeh is a small tropical rain forest surrounded by the rice field with high and shady tropical trees where this place as a habitat for group of monkeys. The atmosphere of beautiful forest is an ideal place for monkeys to take refuge and become one of attractions for tourist to visit this place. This area has been opened as a tourist destination in Bali located in north of Denpasar City and about 30 minutes away from this capital city of Bali Province.
Mythology
In the 17 century when the golden era of Mengwi Kingdom led by I Gusti Agung Ketut Karangasem, the son of I Gusti Agung Made Agung, founded a temple in the middle of nutmeg forest, hereinafter called by Bukit Sari Temple (the forest that mean here is the rest of the mixture of vegetation covering 10,8 ha and will be expanded into 3,169 ha). The myth of Sangeh forest formation is associated with the removal of timber forest in Agung mount at Karangasem, east part of Bali to Mengwi, Badung regency. However on the way to Mengwi, someone was realized it and the timber forest growth become a forest and now this forest called by Sangeh. But scientifically there is uncertain story about the existing of this forest.
Conditions
According to the staff of information center department at KSDA (Natural Resources Conservation), in year 2003, the Sangeh forest is covered by 6.825 tropical trees consisted of 28 species of tree including 22 species of shrubs/bushes. In the expansion are (3,169 ha) located in west part of this forest, it has been planted by several species of plants including sapodilla, mahogany and guava. Some of them will be expected to be a source of foods for 500 monkeys.
Sangeh Monkey Forest
Sangeh is a small tropical rain forest surrounded by the rice field with high and shady tropical trees where this place as a habitat for group of monkeys. The atmosphere of beautiful forest is an ideal place for monkeys to take refuge and become one of attractions for tourist to visit this place. This area has been opened as a tourist destination in Bali located in north of Denpasar City and about 30 minutes away from this capital city of Bali Province.
Mythology
In the 17 century when the golden era of Mengwi Kingdom led by I Gusti Agung Ketut Karangasem, the son of I Gusti Agung Made Agung, founded a temple in the middle of nutmeg forest, hereinafter called by Bukit Sari Temple (the forest that mean here is the rest of the mixture of vegetation covering 10,8 ha and will be expanded into 3,169 ha). The myth of Sangeh forest formation is associated with the removal of timber forest in Agung mount at Karangasem, east part of Bali to Mengwi, Badung regency. However on the way to Mengwi, someone was realized it and the timber forest growth become a forest and now this forest called by Sangeh. But scientifically there is uncertain story about the existing of this forest.
Conditions
According to the staff of information center department at KSDA (Natural Resources Conservation), in year 2003, the Sangeh forest is covered by 6.825 tropical trees consisted of 28 species of tree including 22 species of shrubs/bushes. In the expansion are (3,169 ha) located in west part of this forest, it has been planted by several species of plants including sapodilla, mahogany and guava. Some of them will be expected to be a source of foods for 500 monkeys.