Gitgit Waterfall
Jungle waterfall dropping some thirty-five meters into a stone pool once used for ritual purification bathing.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Gitgit Waterfall near Singaraja follows two names for the same water: the one a Dutch official gave it in 1939, and the older Balinese practice of melukat, purifying bathing in its pool that predates him by generations. It traces how colonial rule renamed a place the local village never needed a name for, and points out the small shrine still tended just off the trail today. Look for the canang sari offerings left there before you head down into the gorge.
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