Golf

Bali is home to four international golf courses of which one of the most spectacular ones, Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club, is located at only 45 minutes from Villa Bossi in the highlands of Bedugul.

Masterfully designed by famous international golfer and course architect Peter Thomson and voted by Golf Magazine as “One of the 50 Greatest Holes in the World”, Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club is the only golf course in Asia with its location set in an extinct volcano.

Nestled 1,142 meters above sea level, the oldest golf course of Bali and Indonesia offers a par seventy-two, 6,432-yard eighteen hole championship course surrounded by rolling mountain, crater lakes and ancient rainforest. The Handara is a deceptively difficult course whose design is meant to blend the fairways and create a dramatic backdrop for tee shots and approaches. Clouds are common in the afternoon, so the morning is the perfect time to start your game here. During the rainy season the course is somewhat cooler but with an average temperature of 17 Celsius degrees and little or no wind, The Handara is probably the most comfortable golf location in Bali. For more information, please visit www.balihandarakosaido.com.

The perfect day for golfers staying at Villa Bossi: get up early, enjoy the journey from the villa to the Handara Kosaido Country Club via the spectacular rice paddies of Munduk, play the 18-hole course and, upon your return to the villa, relax at the swimming pool with a cool beer or benefit from a traditional Balinese massage.

Golfers that want to play the other renowned golf course in Bali, Le Meridien Nirwana Golf Resort (Greg Norman design), can combine their golf trip with a visit to the famous coastal temple of Tanah Lot or just enjoy one of the most spectacular views in golf at the 7th hole! For more information, please visit www.nirwanabaligolf.com.

More golfing tips, information and feedback from guests are available on Guest Only, the exclusive, on-line travel companion for Villa Bossi Guests.