10 sporting activities guaranteeing an adrenaline rush like never before!
Bali, a majestic tropical hub,laden with enigmatic beaches, forests, mountain tops and cultural temples is a perfect destination for explorers and a perfect destination to get away from the chaos of the city. But this tropical paradise has a lot more to offer.
It’s an adventurer’s paradise. If you have a knack for adventures, skim through this guide of 10 sporting activities guaranteeing an adrenaline rush like never before!
1. Mahana Point Cliff Jump
Have you always wondered what jumping into crystal clear azure waters of the Indian Ocean from a cliff feels like?
Mahana Point, a little bar located on a clifftop in Nusa Ceningan, gives adventurers a chance to do exactly that.
The free-fall feeling and landing into ocean waters is an indescribable feeling unless and until experienced. If you want to just chill out you can enjoy some amazing cocktails by the cliff and revel and roar for jumpers!
2. Rock Climbing at Padang Padang Beach
Padang Beach popularly also known as Taplau is a beach located in the city of Padang, West Sumatra, Bali. It’s inviting seashores are a hit among the surfers. You can also sunbathe and relax out here. Apart from vibing beach life, it offers rock climbing.
It is a perfect spot for rock climbers with a little experience for the same. Some have even ascended the rocks with a man-made rock ladder, just to see the famous and stunning beach. Tourists can climb the limestone rock – measuring 10 meters high and 50 meters wide. It’s free of cost and you possess good eye-hand coordination you must definitely try this out.
3. Paragliding in Nusa Dua
Have you always wondered what it feels like to fly?
Here’s the best activity to try out that will help your imagination come true.
paragliding in Nusa Dua. It’s the perfect activity to explore the majestic landscape from the sky.
You'll be guided by a friendly instructor to fully experience the freedom and feeling of flying.You will be soaring above the island & greeted with stunning views of the sea, cliff, temples, and beaches before landing on Geger Beach, where you can explore seaweed farming. Tandem flights are also available for starters.
4. Paddle Surfing in Sanur
Stand Up Paddle Surfing is one of the most thrilling activities in Bali. You can now surf standing up with a paddle. The surfboards are wider and demands a strong core strength to paddle the surf waves. There are many surfing schools in Bali offering training for the same.
Laird Hamilton, known as the World’s Best Surfer, enjoyed paddle surfing in Sanur.
If you are feeling adventurous to ride the crystal clear waters of Sanur this is the spot to be.
5. Flyboarding at Nusa Dua
Does watching Iron Man zoom across the ocean in his high function tech-enabled suit leave you amazed?
Did you know you can have a similar experience in the serene oceans of Bali?
Flyboarding at Nusa Dua is the place to be you.Invented by a former jet-ski champion, Franky Zapata, it combines a surfing board and a Jet Ski motor.
You will be wearing a boot attached to a surfing board with a hose connected to a motor pumping water.When the pressure is increased and tuned to a high level you will be propelled into the air making flying look like a piece of cake. You can propel up to 15 meters into air.
6. Cave Diving at Shark Cave
Gili Biaha is a rock island with a rounded cap of grass. It offers a unique underwater experience. Diving into an underwater cave is a unique experience in itself.
This sport requires highly specialized breathing equipment, intensive training, and may even pose high risk and dangers.
At these dive sites we can encounter numerous white tip reef sharks, lobsters, crabs, and a wide variety of fish.
7. Canyoning in Northern Bali
Undoubtedly one of the most adventurous water sports in Bali.
Canyoning (or canyoneering) is an exploration sport where participants climb into a wetsuit and get themselves down a river, gorge or – you guessed it – canyon. It involves using a variety of techniques ranging from walking, jumping and scrambling to abseiling and rock climbing.
Hidden canyon tour in bali through waterfalls with crystal water, natural pool makes Northern Bali a perfect spot to try out the sport. Descending a canyon is the best part of the activity but you need to be physically active.Highly recommended to try out this activity after heavy rainfalls or in the rainy season.
8. Freediving at Tulamben Shipwreck
Freediving is a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Though this activity makes the cut to the extreme sports list you need to be really calm and relaxed underwaters. To add on to the enriching existing underwater life in Bali is untouched, abandoned locations such as old ships at the bottom of the ocean. Discover marine creatures, soft corals, and deep coral reefs from this old ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese during the Second World War.
9. Kitesurfing in Sannur
Kitesurfing, also know as Kiteboarding, is one of the most popular extreme sports of Bali.
The speed of windsurfing, tricks of wakeboarding, the smooth carving on waves of surfers, and the incredible jumps that make you literally fly.This sport demands mental toughness and great physical strength. Sanur has a lot to offer for beginners and expert kite surfers alike. There are a number of surfer schools teaching the skill of kitesurfing in Sanur.
10. Water Tubing in Payanan Region
Water Tubing Adventures is the only adventure that brings you so close to the unspoiled nature of Bali. Drift down the exciting Siap Stream in the Payangan area in your own inflatable tube and discover so many different species of plants and animals.This sport is very different from rafting. You have your personal inflatable doughnut-shaped water tube to ride alone. An adrenaline rush overcomes you when you flow with the river of Siap and down again with the rushing water.