Mount Agung

Local legend claims that Mount Agung, Bali’s highest peak, was created from a fragment of Mount Meru, the spiritual axis of the Hindu universe. Trekkers should make their way to the top before sunrise, then meander down towards the many spires of the 14^th-century Pura Besakih (or Mother Temple), one of Bali’s most important Hindu shrines, on Agung’s southern slopes. At the bottom of Mount Agung, souvenirs are on offer from the indigenous Bali Aga village of Tenganan, famous for smoked grass baskets, lontar sacred leaf books and double ikat weaving.