Flying Fox and Sky Biking at Krisna Adventures

Fun Activities in Singaraja

There’re so many challenging activities I want to do in this life. Sadly, I’m too scared to do most of them.

One the things that I’d always wanted to try was Flying Fox. Actually, I’ve tried this once in the first year of college when I was registering to join the Nature Lovers club. But it wasn’t a real flying fox, it was short and not too high, especially installed by the members of the club to attract the new students.

Another reason why I never tried real flying fox before was because I couldn’t afford it hehe.

It’s not that expensive compared to other things I want to try, but as a student I didn’t have enough money for that.

So then when I finally got a job, I decided that I had to try it. A.S.A.P.

In April 2016, I went home first time I went home to Bali after having been working in Jakarta for 4 months. I visited Singaraja, the city where I went to college. Not only did I miss the city and friends but I also wanted to have fun at the newly opened tourist spot there, Krisna Adventures- Aling-Aling Waterfall. This place is an adventure park located in Sambangan village, about a 20 minute drive from the city.

I went there with some of my juniors in college and also two former batch mates who were still in Singaraja because they hadn’t graduated yet. We went there by motorcycles and it was kinda hard to park since the parking lot hadn’t been completed yet (pretty sure now it is).

The entrance fee at that time was just IDR 5,000 (less than USD 0.5), and with that money we were given a small bottle of mineral water.

To enjoy the activities offered at that place, we had to pay more:

          * ATV single ride : IDR 150,000 per person

          * ATV tandem ride : IDR 125,000 per person

          * Flying fox : IDR 40,000 per person

I felt relieved that the flying fox activity was affordable. Two friends (they were bf and gf who sadly have broken up now) were excited to try the flying fox and they would do it together. I needed a partner so I asked a friend to join me as well. He was so reluctant, saying “I’m not interested at all.” But I kept on begging (half forcing) him until he finally said yes.

The couple did it first and we took pictures of them. Then, it was my turn. I was so thrilled, unlike my friend who looked so forced. Well, he was :D

The staff helped me put on my harness and after everything was ready, I finally did it! I did flying fox and it was so much fun! It felt really great to move from one place to another hanging on a rope. When I reached the other place and my feet touched the ground, I really wanted to try again but IDR 40,000 was a big amount of money too, so I decided not to. I looked at my friend and noticed that his face was pale. I asked if he was okay and he said yeah.

After seeing the pictures taken my other friends I realized that my friend was actually scared of height but he was too embarrassed to admit it haha. At least he didn’t faint!

After trying the flying fox, we went to Aling-Aling waterfall located in the area. We needed to descend a set of steep steps. We had to be extra careful because the steps were so slippery. Done with the steps, we had to walk on a river bank. The water of the river was so clean and clear and I really regretted not bringing any swimsuits. About 20 meters away from the waterfall, we stopped and sat on rocks because apparently we couldn’t reach the waterfall without getting wet and none of us were bringing extra clothes. We had to be satisfied by just taking pictures of the waterfall from afar. We have to be better prepared next time :D


UPDATE:

So I just got another chance to visit this place a few days ago with a friend. I was well prepared: I brought swimming suit and a change of clothes because I really wanted to visit the waterfall, swim under it, and enjoy the waterfall sliding activity. Sadly, it was raining when we were there, so we couldn't do it. 

We tried a new activity instead: Tandem Sky Biking. We had to pay IDR 60,000 for the ride, but if you opt to ride the single sky bike, you only need to pay IDR 30,000.




I was kinda scared at first, but when we did it it didn't feel frightening at all. I really enjoyed the ride and will probably do it again, alone this time. 

And yeah, I tried the flying fox once again, and it was a better experience than the first one. I even took my phone with me and recorded everything. Thank God my phone didn't slip :D