Several roads in Bali were damaged after heavy rains, but the mountains can still be reached.
The main routes to Kintamani and Besakih Temple are open, and there is a narrow stretch on the road to Bedugul.
It is in Pacung, about 10 km from Lake Bratan, on the road to Bedugul and the north of the island. On Sunday evening, water washed away the edge of the road there. The shoulder subsided, a pole tilted, and a fallen power cable temporarily blocked traffic.
The road has become narrower: on Monday, vehicles were taking turns to pass, and there has been no announcement that this arrangement has ended.
The bypass road near Pulasari village, east of the town of Bangli, is completely closed. It was washed away the same night, and no one was hurt. Permanent repairs are unlikely to begin before next year. The detour through a neighbouring village is up to 4 km.
From the south, people usually reach Kintamani by other routes: via the town of Bangli, Tampaksiring, Tegallalang or Payangan. The nearest of these passes about 6 km from the collapse site, and there are no reports of any of them being closed. MyBaliTrips offers a Mount Batur tour with transfers.
In Bangli itself, a slope next to the car park of Kehen Temple (Pura Kehen) buried four souvenir kiosks. The temple itself was not affected, and no one was hurt. The road in front of it has been closed while the debris is cleared; this does not affect the road to Kintamani.
Besakih Temple can also be reached. On the road from Bangli, a fallen tree near Tembuku was cleared as early as Monday morning. On the alternative route via Timuhun, the edge of the road above a ravine has crumbled, and the section has been cordoned off with tape.
In Payangan, a local road through Gambih is closed; the main routes north from Ubud do not pass through it.
In just two days, 64 sites with landslides and fallen trees were recorded across the island, including a glamping site in the mountains where a search is under way for two guests.
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