Temple in Bali

Summit temple on Gunung Catur, reached only on foot by a steep forest climb of two to three hours. Cloud forest most of the way up.

The summit temple of the Lempuyang complex, reached by around 1,700 forest steps. A serious climb rather than a photo stop.

Sea temple on a sheer 70m cliff at Bali's southwestern tip, famous for its sunset kecak fire dance.

Hillside temple in the Lempuyang complex whose split gate frames Mount Agung — the "Gates of Heaven". Come at dawn or queue.

Iconic sea temple on a rock formation, one of Bali's most photographed sunset spots.

Holy spring-water temple where locals and visitors alike take a ritual purification bath.

Bali's largest Buddhist monastery, terraced up the hill above Banjar with a stupa and a small replica of Borobudur.

Cave temple entered through a gap in the rock barely wide enough for one person, which opens into a chamber holding hundreds.

The high temple of the Batur caldera, rebuilt on the rim after the 1926 eruption buried the original down by the lake.

Temple on the site of the old Balingkang court, where Balinese and Chinese elements stand side by side.

One of Mount Agung's key temples, partway up the volcano's southern slope with sweeping views.

Bali's highest temple, on the caldera rim above Kintamani, holding a collection of weathered stone statuary.

Small lakeside temple on Tamblingan reached through forest — the quietest of the three crater lakes.

Water temple appearing to float on Lake Beratan, framed by misty highland mountains — one of Bali's most-photographed temples.

The smaller sea temple just north of Tanah Lot, sitting on a rock arch still joined to the cliff.

Sea temple on a rock outcrop a short way down the coast from Tanah Lot, with much the same view at sunset and a fraction of the visitors.

Temple at the river mouth at Perancak, marking where the priest Danghyang Nirartha is said to have come ashore.

Inland temple in the rice fields behind Tanah Lot and part of the same sacred group, usually empty even when the coast is packed.

Coastal temple built hard against the cliff on the north-west road, home to a large troop of macaques.

Buddhist temple on the ridge above Nusa Dua, with a wide view over the bay.

Clifftop temple above Geger beach, looking back along the Nusa Dua coast.

Small sea temple perched on a rock outcrop at the south end of Batu Bolong beach.

One of Bali's nine directional temples, a working sea temple north of central Seminyak.

Chinese Buddhist temple in the middle of Kuta, well over two centuries old and still the centre of the town's Chinese-Balinese community. Open daily until evening.

Small temple housing Bali's oldest inscribed stone pillar, dated to the 10th century.