I knew this beach named Nyang Nyang from cousin's friend. Based on what I'd read in her blog, Nyang Nyang beach is one of hidden gem in Bali. One of the "private" beach that make people have to put some effort to get there. You gotta put your step going through a cliff's edge, forest full of monkey, tracking down about 20 minutes, find a secret garden full of blooming flower in the middle, and then there you go a white sands beach. Well, at least that's what I can resume from her blog.
A Secret garden in a hidden beach. Sound contagious. That was my first thought about Nyang Nyang beach from the photos I saw. Before we came to the beach.
So, when we've got to spent our new year's eve in Bali again, I feel so curious to visit this beach. Well, I curious about the secret garden firsts. We drove about 1 hour from Seminyak to Uluwatu. Waze is really helpful. The track to the location from there, though. Follow the route straight to Uluwatu Luhur temple, before reaching the temple, we'll find Jl. Batu Nunggalan. Turn left and follow the road until you find a villa's parking lot. Tricky it is. I got to asked the villa workers to show me which way to go down there.
There's a signboard leading to the trek saying "To the beach". Offers a fascinating view of the Indian Ocean from the edge of the cliff. Walking down from the cliff's edge to the beach would take about 20 minutes, but the precipitous trek between the trees might slow you down a bit. Not to forget the monkey. Then you find the beach.
But sadly, we couldn't find the secret garden they've been telling about. I asked the Balinese girl at the beach, they said they couldn't find it either. So we think that maybe because its super late summer, so the flower's didn't bloom. So sad. We just spent about an hour at the beach. The sun's shining super bright that day. We couldn't find a best spot to sit and relax because most of the trees has been cutting down. We decided to going back and thinking about going to Greenbowl beach instead. Looking up to the cliff and we both said "this is not gonna be as easy as going down".
We got lost.
Going up is really a different story. We got lost in the middle of forest, finding our way back to the edge and there's no one around. Sweats everywhere, we don't have any water's left, and the power going low. There's a moment when I felt like I cant make it through this. I finally said the - Ay aku capek banget asli - to him. He didn't reply, We stop and take a break a lot. I knew he's tired too, I think he didn't wanna said it because it would make me more hopeless. He just said " Tunggu sini, aku cari jalan". Then I just followed him.
One hour later. We made it to the top.
Blister's everywhere in our foots. We got super thirsty but no water's around.
"Balik yuk".
There's no Greenbowl anymore in our agenda, and we're so gonna forget about this Nyang Nyang beach. I think the beach is overated. I find it similar as Klapa Beach. I'm not coming back,
