I spent a night in Lovina. It’s a big change from Seminyak or Ubud — less traffic, fewer crowds, and way more peace. The early morning dolphin tour was the highlight: we saw several pods swimming around the boat as the sun rose. Magical, even if there were a few too many boats at times. The beach itself isn’t the white sand you might expect, it’s black volcanic sand, which is cool in its own right. I also visited Banjar Hot Springs and the Brahmavihara monastery nearby, both worth a stop if you’re into nature and spirituality. Not much of a party scene here, which was perfect for me. Some nice cafes and warungs, and the locals were very welcoming. Overall, a good place to unwind and enjoy a quieter side of Bali.

Early start .had to be there 6am for sunrise .630am on boat out at sea watching dolphins 🐬 👌 best book your own boat saves sharing with idiots. Our skipper was brilliant .

Overall: Arrived at 515am. The air there in the morning was FRESH, I felt my smokey lungs getting a cleanse which breathing in the air. Hire a private boat it costs about 700k. Sharing is painful, watching how others had 8 people squeezing on 1. Boat runs slower with that much weight also. View: Spectacular, to view the sunrise. Water was so chill with no waves at all. However, I really hope the village people start taking care of this beautiful sea that they are blessed with. The water is clear but filled with rubbish. If this were to continue they would slowly destroy marine lives and dolphins may just start migrating. Dolphins: Left for the sea at 6am sharp. All of them have a group to communicate to each other if they sight dolphins which honestly is smart for the first batch but not after. Imagine 40-50 boats flying at high speed to a group of 5 dolphins. They just gonna end up hiding. Even after they hide and reappear, everyone just starts chasing it also… 700k for 2hours, only saw the dolphin 3 times. Would suggest going around 8am to 10am when the Dolphins are most active and that they’ve gathered together to come out to play.

The sunset are spectacular. There are restaurants and shops. I didn't like the many tour guides trying to get you on dolphin tours and vendors trying to sell us things. I guess that's normal in most of Asian countries. It becomes a little annoying when you want to have some peace.

PRO: the Lovina beach is reasonably quiet, always a spot in natural shadow to put your towel, not very touristy. The water is shallow hence good for children to play in. CON: it's literally littered with... litter. It's sad to see how much garbage is dumped here. A boy was sweeping sand off a little bridge on the beach and looked dismayed when I stepped over it... when the whole beach is covered in plastic bags, cups, straws and what not. They have projects on saving sea turtles yet keep dumping all their garbage in/near the sea... 😞

I drove 2.5h from Batur to see this place. There isnt a point to be here. Black sand, a lot of boats close to the beach and „dolohin” offers just for old turists, definitely not for travellers. This is even worse than beach in Kuta…

Finally visiting Bali’s northern black fine sand beach. We came to public part for sunset but it was too cloudy. Strange that someone collecting money only from foreigners for parking with some explanation to support villagers . Beach was not supper clean as many rubbish was there. Boys playing volleyball, some walking or running on the beach. We spent most of time on wooden pier relaxing and enjoying the views

Very recomended and comportable 🙏

Place to stay for a night

(Translated by Google) Hotel location. On the main road. Large room. Good AC, some bathrooms are leaking. Breakfast with a budget like that should be able to be upgraded in quality (more choices of breakfast menus. I'm sure other customers will find it worth it with the price of the room they get, (the fried rice is quite good. Only the rice is to soft) maybe the concept is like that. So far it's ok 👌.. those who want to stay in the area near Lovina are suitable for families (Original) Lokasi hotel. Pinggir jalan utama. Kamar besar . AC good, kamar mandi ada yg leaking . Breakfast dgn budget sekian seharusnya bisa di up grade kualitas nya( lebih banyak pilihan menu breakfast nya . Saya yakin customer lain akan worth it dgn harga room yg di dapat, ( fried rice nya lumayan. Hanya nasi nya to soft) mungkin konsep nya seperti itu. So far ok lah 👌.. yg mau stay di area dekat Lovina cocok ne utk keluarga

(Translated by Google) The rooms are spacious, clean and complete, the service is friendly, the swimming pool is clean and plentiful, be careful, there are lots of millipede caterpillars😭, I found 2 (Original) Kamarnya luas, bersih dan lengkap, pelayanannya jg ramah , kolam renang bersih dan banyak , hati2 bnyk ulat kaki seribu😭 ,sy nemu 2

(Translated by Google) Grand Melka Hotel has provided a very good experience,,,, the friendliness of the staff from start to c/o Breakfast with delicious taste, The atmosphere is peaceful,,,, I hope next year's holidays can come again🥰🥰🥰🥰 (Original) Grand melka hotel sudah memberi pengalaman yang sangat baik,,,, keramahan staf dari awal sampai c/o Breakfast dengan cita rasa yang enak, Suasana tentram,,,, berharap liburan tahun dpan bisa datang kembali🥰🥰🥰🥰

(Translated by Google) Grand Melka Hotel is one of the hotels in Singaraja City. A fairly good or comfortable place. This place is located in Singaraja City, Buleleng Regency, Bali Province. This place is quite close to several tourist attractions such as Lovina Beach, Krisna Oleh oleh and other places in Buleleng Regency. Also close to various places to eat that can be easily reached. Highly recommended for those of you who often or like to travel. (Original) Grand Melka Hotel merupakan salah satu hotel di Kota Singaraja. Tempat yang lumayan bagus atau nyaman. Tempat ini terletak di Kota Singaraja, Kabupaten Buleleng, Provinsi Bali. Tempat ini lumayan berdekatan dengan beberapa tempat wisata seperti Pantai Lovina, Krisna Oleh oleh dan tempat tempat lainnya yang ada di Kabupaten Buleleng. Dekat juga dengan berbagai tempat makan yang dapat dijangkau dengan mudah. Sangat Direkomendasikan bagi kalian yang sering atau suka berpergian.

(Translated by Google) First entered, greeted by a very spacious lobby and a large parking area. The staff is responsive even though it seems that there are still not many personnel. The environment is neatly arranged and the atmosphere is calm. The room is ..... spacious with clean sheets, pillow cases and blankets. There is a mini refrigerator. Large Smart TV, kettle complete with 2 cups plus coffee, tea and sugar. Complete bathroom equipment, minus toothbrush and toothpaste. Hot water is smooth, cold AC. Chairs and tables are provided on the terrace of the room. The hotel area is spacious leading to the swimming pool at the back. There is a door access to the beach. The swimming pool is clean and large. The dining room is quite spacious, both outdoor and indoor. Breakfast is available with Indonesian and western menus. Overall, this hotel is probably the best at a very adequate price standard. Will definitely stay here again if you go to Lovina. (Original) Pertama masuk sudah disambut Lobby yg sangat luas dan parkir area yg luas. Petugas cepat tanggap walaupun kelihatannya personilnya masih kurang banyak. Lingkungan tertata rapih dan suasana tenang. Kamar nya .....luas dengan sprei sarung bantal dan selimut yg bersih .ada kulkas mini. Smart Tv besar, teko pemanas lengkap dengan 2 cangkir plus kopi teh dan gula. Perlengkalan kamar mandi lengkap, minus sikat gigi dan pasta gigi. Air panas lancar, Ac dingin. Disediakan kursi dan meja diteras kamar. Area hotel luas menuju kolam renang dibagian belakang.ada akses pintu ke pantai.kolam renang bersih dan besar. Ruang makan cukup luas outdoor dan indoor . Breakfast tersedia menu Indonesia dan western .Secara keseluruhan hotel ini mungkin yg terbaik distandar harga yg sangat memadai. Pasti akan menginap disini lagi kalau ke Lovina.

had dinner here with my business partners, and it was a great choice! the place is super cozy, the service is excellent, and the food was delicious. one thing is that the water on girls toilet somehow doesn’t work 🤦🏻‍♀️

We visited on a Tuesday evening, arrived around 6PM. 2 kids (7 and 8). It's not really a theme park, rather a fairground. There are 2 tickets: a basic ticket (85k; entry only) and a full ticket (250k; entry plus every ride ONE time). 3 of the main rides (including the ferris wheel) were closed but you don't get a compensation for it, can't do an extra ride on something else. If you want to do extra rides, you pay extra - and those, too, have inflated prices for foreigners. The park was deserted and in dire need of repairs. Most attractions were really old, damaged or out of order. There was only 1 5D film on show and since there isn't really a lot else to do AND I specifically asked if it was appropriate for children, we went in to see it. It was some kind of dated horror/monster film, my 7 year old was completely freaked out. There are only 10-12 working attractions, all of which are old and very basic (I would not recommend going with children over 8 or 9 years old if you are used to European/American/Australian theme parks). There are no queues so it took us just an hour to do all of them. Staff are friendly but there are more of them than there are visitors. The kids had a good time but they don't pay the bills of course and frankly I don't think it's worth the money. Indonesians pay 105k which is a fair price seeing how basic and decrepit the attractions are. For 14€ per person (250k) there are way better playgrounds in Europe (Belgium/Netherlands) with more modern equipment and better safety instructions where the kids can play all day. Now I paid 42€ for 1 hour which is just not worth it. There is a restaurant with some very simple fast food options on the menu, but that too was mostly deserted.

The price was a little bit overprice and not worth compared with the rides there. This place actually has really potencial to be one of the best amusement park in Bali, but need maintenance in some aspects

Great place to go with young kids - opens from 4pm and closes 10pm. Recommend to go when the sun goes down so you can see the light installations in which there was a boat that took us through a venetian style canal which gives a great view of the lights. Our kids liked the train and the merry go round. 😀

This is really good place for family and kids !! Really good staff and so much care with all kids about safety!! Keep up your great work team

It's ok. A few attractions. Not big at all. It's Fun not Funtastic. Within 3 minutes you have seen the whole park. There are 2 options for tickets. 1. Only pay the entrance ticket and then pay for every attraction. Or 2. Pay ticket including all attractions 1 time.

A good recreational park in the city. The price is very affordable. Me and my sister's family had so much fun. But I think it could be improved with adding more attractions and spacious area to make it more attractive.

Dry, unfortunately. As others have said, can access via singsing resort through staircase opposite bar (near lookout). <5min walk, early but overgrown. Buy a meal to support the staff while you're there, the view over the North coast is amazing.

We visited during the rainy season and had a nice time, lots of water. We walked up to the Sing Sing resort and asked them about the falls. They were very kind and showed us a staircase down to the second falls in the back of the resort. The stairs were very overgrown with weeds and there were mosquitos so have bug spray. Some climbing required to get to the water. Much prettier than the first falls based on the pictures I saw. We had the place to ourselves. We had a nice lunch at the resort after with an amazing view. This was a good way to avoid the local 'guides' who want money.

Scary experience especially by yourself. Parked across the street and they wanted me to pay for what I thought it was worth. The parking was basically in someone’s front yard. We then had two guys take us through what you could hardly call a path. We also did not ask for guides but definitely couldn’t have even found the way without them. Needed to walk through the water and soaked our shoes. Honestly felt as though we were being taken to be kidnapped. We only made it to the first waterfall as the water was so heavy we would have had to trek through the water to continue on the path and we just wanted to get out of there. So I suggest not going alone if you feel as though you must do this but there are plenty of other waterfalls in bali to visit that feel much safer and are much better paths. Once we returned they asked us to lay them when we never even asked for guides in the first place. Our worst and scariest experience in Bali.

I’d give 4 stars for the experience but the falls themselves aren’t spectacular so 3 stars. We chose Sing-Sing because its the only waterfall in reasonable walking distance from our villa. We opted to do what Alex Hummel suggested- walk to the Sing Sing Resort. From our villa it took about 1 hr and 30 mins along a lovely back track through the villages. Note there’s a very steep climb to the resort at the end, but we are in our early 40’s with low-moderate fitness and we managed, so you can too. We ate lunch there, the food was very nice (North Bali is still recovering from the pandemic- do visit now as it’s quiet), enjoyed the spectacular view to the ocean, and then went down to the waterfall via the stairs at the back of the resort. As described they were very overgrown (maybe the resort will clip the bush back when they get customers again) and definitely take insect repellent. But it’s short and only slightly perilous. It was raining and it was ok. I had a refreshing swim and we had the place completely to ourselves!!! We did not see any of these pushy touts others described, and the waterfall was free. A beautiful day of exploring the region for us. Note we went in wet season- March 2023.

Great waterfall, but we couldn't swim since the water was too strong after the rain. You can either ask someone to guide you there following the stream upwards or go directly to Sing Sing Resort Lovina and walk down a long and overgrown stairway which ends at the waterfall.

No entrece fee but a small parking fee. You can park in front of the strance. You have to do a small hike to get to the waterfall but it not much, also keep going to get to the viewer point

💦 Wow! 💦 Such an amazing and cool waterfall especially in raining season. Easy to find but drive not to far up hill. It's a easy 300 meter walk 👣 to the waterfall. I read on the internet about a second waterfall. We couldn't cross to the other side because there was too much water coming down. Definitely worth visiting!

Found few of my favorite international writers, the ambience is so homey. Feels like a local domestic library. Love!!

Library is permanently closed. We tried to visit on 11/23/23 and the neighbor said it was no more.

Nice little library here in Lovina. Surprising ammount of English books, with dutch and German and of course indonesian books as well. Friendly staff also :)

I love this place. It has many collections and varied in themes. The place is comfortable. Coming here cwould be a perfect option to spend one of a long school holiday with your children.

(Translated by Google) The place is comfortable and cool, even though the location is quite deep into the road leading to Segara Wangi beach. Maybe if the location was in the middle of the city with a park, it would be more interesting (Original) Tempatnya nyaman dan sejuk, walaupun lokasinya cukup masuk ke dalam jalan ke arah pantai Segara Wangi. Mungkin kalau lokasinya di tengah kota yang ada tamannya, akan lebih menarik

(Translated by Google) Very good, the place is comfortable and quiet too (Original) Bagus banget, tempatnya nyaman dan tenang juga

(Translated by Google) It's really good, I want to come here every day to read books :3 (Original) Baguss bangeettt pengen setiap hari kesini baca buku :3

Bit run down and no information about the landmark. Kind of thought it was worth the trip but you just walk in, check over the temple fence, take a photo and leave. Really nice structure and respectfully it is a beautiful area, however I don't think it's for tourists anymore (as maybe Google maps would have you believe).

A very small place to stop. Not a lot to see and not a lot of information about it. No tickets or entry fee. There’s only one main structure and a small gate. Not worth making a trip for, but if you’re driving by, why not

If you’re passing by, this place is a nice stop for a few minutes. It’s a pleasant and charming spot for a short break.

Lovely calm space. Nice chat with the gardener / caretaker. Be at peace

Great quick stop to have a look at this amazing little archaeological site! If you are in Lovina, this place is an awesome, I always feel an amazing energy/presence at old places of worship and this place gives off that exact vibe! It’s incredible to think that at some point in time this was probably the villages central point of life, yet when I visited we were the only people there. It is apparently from the 9th century and it has been rebuilt but nonetheless it was cool! I’ve actually been to Lovina around 40 times and didn’t even know it existed only 5 mins from my house, go check it out!

Beautiful place. It is small buddhist temple reconstructed according to excavations that were found 1.3 m underground.It it pleasant quiet place with a pleasant nice atmosphere.

Quite an unusual find in the middle of nowhere. Looked poorly maintained though at the time I visited

We bought a tour around the surroundings of Lovina. Perhaps we misunderstood the sellers, as their English was very poor. We thought that entrance tickets to the places we visited would be included in the price. In the end, we paid €55 just for transportation and €45 for all the entrance tickets. The photo doesn't even show all the tickets. We expected a fun trip with a group, but it ended up being just for the two of us. The driver was a very nice and kind man. However, we don't like the feeling of having someone constantly around us like "service staff." Along the way, there will be many expensive places where they take you specifically to spend your money. You also buy your own food, and we don't recommend going to the restaurant they want to take you to. We try to stay positive, but our impressions of that day were more negative than positive. If I hadn't accidentally taken more money with me, we wouldn't have been able to enter the locations we were taken to.

Good driver, nice car. Service top

Very satisfied with driver Hendra. A pleasant holiday experience. Great local knowledge.

driver is friendly, and knows all the good places in the Lovina area

If you want good driver, find this driver, don't be hesitate

Very recommended, The best driver in lovina

Best service from driver very friendly

I was almost put off by the last few reviews earlier this week, but luckily our experience was good. The area recently has had some very heavy rains, but overall the park was in generally clean condition, with only a few slimy bits - one of which my wife slipped on. Staff were helpful and polite, andost importantly the kids had a really good time. The wave pool runs for 15min every hour so make sure you plan around this. The two large slides are 12 years + for good reason. They have mastered the art of monetizing everything, but as a tourist we're only talking a few dollars here and there so it's a total non issue.

This park is old and in need of some maintenance. Once you have paid to get in, you have to pay for a tube to ride the main attraction. Food and drinks well priced. The kids loved it.

Don’t usually write bad reviews but this place really is worth avoiding. It’s so run down and clearly got no money coming in. It is FILTHY- edges of pools covered in green algae. Bottoms of pools sharp on your feet. We spent our short amount of time here trying to not get injured or get any pool water in our mouth. Such a shame we from other reviews it is was once great. All the foot outlets are closed. There is also only 2 water slides. Silly ticket pricing (family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children is 250,000 but they will not let you purchase this unless you have exactly 2 adults and 2 children, so for 2 adults and 1 child you will pay more than for 2 children, they won’t let you buy the family ticket and just not use one child space)

Very nice place to visit, really well kept and right behind where you can buy tourist and local gifts and clothing and art. Menu included in attached photos

The waterpark was nice for two kids 4/6. Two slides and a nice small wave pool which is every hour for 15 min. Entry for my family was 300k idr (2 adults/ 2 children) You can get a waterpark debit card with that you can pay the food and also the inflated ring for the slides. 50k for the card + what you think you want to spend. If you don’t use it you will get the money back -1k idr for administration. The announcements in the water park are all in indonese, and the friendly staff translated it to us. 16:30 everything closes there and this is the LAST POSSIBILITY to get your money back from the card :) A little bit complicated (why not paying with “normal” credit card or cash inside)

I was very skeptical about this place, I thought surely there isn’t a decent water park in north Bali, but my niece wanted to go and to my surprise this place was awesome and extremely cheap! Super clean as it is brand new, the staff are super helpful and the rides and facilities were of high standards! All food and drinks were at similar prices to Indomart, entry was only 70,000, or 35,000 if you are local, I had no problems paying 70,000 because we had the place practically to ourselves and I’d love to see a awesome place like this thrive and survive. Most of the attractions are for kids which is awesome if you are a family but there was a couple rides that were strictly adults. All in all a great day, highly recommended for anyone in the north.

Its a great activity to do with kids if you have a couple of days in Lovina. There are quite a few kids slides and keeps everyone cool against the heat of Singaraja. There were only 2 adult slides but that's OK. The food was fine.