Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Bali | Frommer's

Contents:

• GAY BALI
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI
• GAY BALI · ISLAND GUI
• BALI GAY MAP

GAY BALI

Gay rights Bali have terrated recent years, but Bali remas somethg of an oasis. It has a gay scene but ’s discrete.

Gay travelers need to rema alert.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BALI

Bali is fely the most welg part of Indonia for gay travelers. Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Bali.

In Bali you will fd a relatively rich gay scene although not one that is openly flnted. While homosexualy is accepted, any public display of romance, whether straight or gay, is owned upon.

The Indonian legal age of nsent for straight and gay sex is 16. Bali is now a gay-iendly place, and is unlikely that gays will enunter any problems while on holiday, pecially the touristy areas of the south.

GAY BALI · ISLAND GUI

The bt place to base yourself is Semyak, wh s open gay scene and plenty of gay-owned and gay-iendly acmodatns, bars, and nightclubs. There is also a fabulo gay cisg area north of Petenget beach. For up-to-date rmatn on the bt plac to stay and Bali's gay scene check out the followg webs:;;;; and Lombok, a Mlim island, owns upon homosexualy and you will fd difficult to fd suable acmodatns and acceptg people.

The island attracts over 2 ln tourists a year - particularly om Atralia and growth tourism over the past few s has ntributed to the velopment of a thrivg, although relatively small, gay scene  the southwt astal area of Semyak. The nightlife is foced around a number of popular Gay Bars on Jalan Camplung Tand (also known as Dhyana Pura). The venu are open all year around and generally get by every eveng om around overwhelmg majory of gay visors stay at mastream rorts or private villas but there are a number of exclively Gay Rorts, many of which are 'clothg optnal' paddy fields BaliGettg to BaliMost visors will arrive at Ngurah Rai Internatnal Airport (DPS) - also known as Denpasar Internatnal Airport.

The wt monsoon brgs high humidy om December to March, but there is still plenty of sun durg the day, wh ras startg the late afternoon or eveng and passg June to September, humidy is low and n be que ol the to Stay BaliIf you want to stay wh a gay environment, there is an excellent choice of exclively Gay Rorts & Villas  Bali. More excellent choic of Mid-Range + Budget Hotels and Luxury Hotels n be found Semyak, Kuta and Legian remend Hotels Ubud offer betiful views and a nice change of scenery, away om the htle and btle of the also have a separate page for Hotels Lombok and Gili to See & DoSemyak - a popular area on the wt ast of Bali jt north of Kuta and Legian, filled wh luxury spas, hotels, high-end shops and gay nightlifeKuta - a district southern Bali and one of Indonia's major tourist - a suburban beach area on the wt ast of Bali, jt north of Kuta and south of SemyakPura Ulun Danu Bratan (Lake Bratan Temple) - Built 1633, this inic temple ss on the wtern shore of Lake Bratan and n give the illn of actually floatg on the Uluwatu (Uluwatu Temple) - one of Bali's ne key directnal - the central highland district of Bali, filled wh lh, green terraced rice paddi and forts. Jimbaran - a fishg village and tourist rort beach south Volno - early morng trek up to top of the Batur VolnoNa Dua - an enclave of large 5-star rorts southeastern Menari - one of the bt massage spas Bali, loted SemyakBali Bird Walks- popular activy The Rabow - Bali's gay dive specialist that offers a range of divg urs tght by a profsnal PADI dive stctors, loted Semyak.

BALI GAY MAP

Bali Gay MapOur teractive Bali gay map.

LGBTQIA+ travelers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals. Although homosexualy is legal most parts of the untry, there is still polil tensn and revisns to the untry's crimal are currently beg nsired which uld potentially crimalize gay sex and same-sex relatnships. Gay datg apps and media portrayg queer behavr as “normal” have also been banned.