Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary

This guide to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali walks through the jungle temple grounds of Padangtegal village, where Pura Prajapati stands beside a cemetery that holds the village's dead only temporarily. You'll learn about the five-year cremation cycle in Balinese Hinduism, the three centuries-old temples scattered through the forest, and the roughly twelve hundred long-tailed macaques who call these grounds home. It traces how sacred ritual, ancestry, and daily life share the same ground here.