Ubud - Monkey Forest 
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10 minutes' walk south of the town center is the Monkey Forest, which is considerably smaller than the one at Sangeh but has a more beautiful setting.
After running the gauntlet of the inevitable peanut and souvenir sellers, visitors come to a gigantic waringin tree, under which is a stone figure of a monkey.
A temple on the west side of the Monkey Forest, the Pura Dalem Agung Padang Tegal, is the haunt of hundreds of little monkeys, which as a rule are happy to take food from visitors but can on occasion become unpleasantly aggressive. The temple itself is a good example of southern Balinese religious architecture: note particularly the covered gate (candi korung) and the bell-tower (kulkul), set on a stepped base and richly decorated with reliefs, with a striker in the form of a phallus.
After running the gauntlet of the inevitable peanut and souvenir sellers, visitors come to a gigantic waringin tree, under which is a stone figure of a monkey.
A temple on the west side of the Monkey Forest, the Pura Dalem Agung Padang Tegal, is the haunt of hundreds of little monkeys, which as a rule are happy to take food from visitors but can on occasion become unpleasantly aggressive. The temple itself is a good example of southern Balinese religious architecture: note particularly the covered gate (candi korung) and the bell-tower (kulkul), set on a stepped base and richly decorated with reliefs, with a striker in the form of a phallus.
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