Why you SHOULD NOT hike MOUNT BATUR, Bali

In this video I am gonna tell you why you should not hike Mount Batur in Bali. People do not share the reality of this place and I am here to do so.

This is the most known hike in the island and many people share this as being a magical and life changing experience but they forget to share the problems of this hike. Mount Batur is considered sacred to the locals and they use this as an excuse to treat this place as the most commercial hike I have ever seen.

They tell you It is mandatory to hike with a guide and pay the entrance fee. If you ask them anything about it or try to hike without a guide they become agressive, sometimes even physically like with my boyfriend (he was just asking how it worked). They will tell you wrong directions of the trail and much more.

They say they do it because of the sacredness of the mountain but what they are doing is basically turning Mount Batur into a commercial site where you don't see or feel the real sacredness at all.

The hike is packed. You are with more than a thousand people in an endless line going up to the volcano. The quietness, contact with nature and calm that you usually get from a hike are interrupted by all the groups with loud music, locals trying to sell their stuff and being pushy. Renting blankets, bracelets, food. It is basically a mall on a mountain.

I am happy to pay for entrance fees, guide if necessary or anything like that if it is being done in a fair and proper way where they actually protect the sacredness that they talk so much about. Where they actually protect nature, clean the mountain which also does not happen.

More about this problem and other complaints:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...
https://outpostmagazine.com/against-t...
https://www.change.org/p/i-made-mangk...
https://oldlongroad.com/climbing-moun...

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