Pura Goa Lawah
A temple built around the mouth of a cave full of bats, which is what 'goa lawah' means. It is often counted among the Sad Kahyangan Jagad, the six holiest places of worship on Bali, and stands across the road from a black sand beach.
- Where
- Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -8.5516, 115.4689
Get the Pura Goa Lawah stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pura Goa Lawah. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bali volume with your photos and a note.
Near Pura Goa Lawah
Klungkung Palace 7.5 km
The historic palace complex of the old Klungkung kingdom in Semarapura, officially Puri Agung Semarapura. Its best known part is the Kertha Gosa, an open hall of justice whose ceiling is painted in the Kamasan style with scenes of heaven and hell.
Bali Safari and Marine Park 14 km
A safari park in Gianyar run by the Taman Safari group, a conservation organisation that also runs two parks on Java. Visitors ride through large enclosures of animals from Indonesia, India and Africa.
Nusa Lembongan 14 km
The best known of the three Nusa Islands off Bali's south-east coast, alongside Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan. It is a small, low island of white sand coves, seaweed farms and surf breaks, joined to Ceningan by a yellow suspension bridge.
Tenganan 14 km
A walled village of the Bali Aga, the island's older inhabitants, in the east of Bali. It is known for geringsing, a double ikat cloth woven in only three places in the world, and for selonding music played on iron metallophones.
Pura Kehen 17 km
The old royal temple of the Bangli kingdom, set at the foot of a wooded hill north of the town and dating back at least to the 13th century. Its terraced courtyards climb the slope to an eleven-tiered meru shrine, with a great banyan tree in the outer court.
Penglipuran Village 19 km
A traditional village in Bangli whose people keep their customs in daily life, with matching family compounds lining a single stepped street. Its layout follows Tri Hita Karana, the Balinese idea of balance between God, people and nature.
Besakih Temple 20 km
The mother temple of Bali and the holiest site in Balinese Hinduism, sitting nearly 1,000 metres up the slopes of Mount Agung. It is not one building but a complex of 23 related temples on six terraced levels, the largest being Pura Penataran Agung.
Tirta Gangga 20 km
A former royal water palace of the Karangasem kings in eastern Bali, laid out with bathing pools, fountains and stepping stones. It is named after the Ganges, the sacred river of India, and has its own Patirthan temple.
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Questions
Where is Pura Goa Lawah?
Pura Goa Lawah is in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Klungkung Palace (7.5 km), Bali Safari and Marine Park (14 km), Nusa Lembongan (14 km).
How do I get the Pura Goa Lawah stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pura Goa Lawah and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bali volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Pura Goa Lawah before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bali volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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