Bali Eco Adventure Resort Bayad - Discovering the World of Tropical Fruits and Spices, Villas & Resort, Restaurant, Spa, Seminary, Cave, Labhyrinth and much more

Eco Tourism General Information
Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals. Generally speaking, ecotourism focuses on volunteering, personal growth, and learning new ways to live on the planet; typically involving travel to destinations where flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the primary attractions.

Responsible ecotourism includes programs that minimize the negative aspects of conventional tourism on the environment, and enhance the cultural integrity of local people. Therefore, in addition to evaluating environmental and cultural factors, an integral part of ecotourism is in the promotion of recycling, energy efficiency, water conservation, and creation of economic opportunities for the local communities.

Criteria

Ideally, ecotourism should satisfy several criteria:

Conservation of biological diversity and cultural diversity, through ecosystem protection.
promotion of sustainable use of biodiversity, by providing jobs to local populations.
sharing of socio-economic benefits with local communities and indigenous people by having their informed consent and participation in the management of ecotourism enterprises.
tourism to unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
minimization of tourism's own environmental impact.
affordability and lack of waste in the form of luxury.
local culture, flora and fauna being main attractions.

For many countries, ecotourism is not simply a marginal activity to finance protection of the environment but as a major industry of the national economy. In Indonesia / Bali ecotourism is intended to become a significant portion of the gross domestic product and economic activity.

The BALI ECO ADVENTURE Team is fully committed to these criteria’s!

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Most important is the philosophy that this venture is carried out by Balinese for Balinese! The project is and will continue to be managed by Balinese locals, with professional international advisers offering free advice. The benefactors will be both the Balinese Investors and local people. The company operates under the name of P.T. NATURAL DAMAI CINTA ALAM, shares of which are exclusively in possession of Balinese citizens one way of achieving this goal.

By optimizing the use of community resources such as available land, employed capital and labor skill set; the project is derived keeping in mind the economic, community and environmental aspects that drive community development. This adds value to the rural economy by creating sustainable business activity and community opportunities.

The area of interest is a large rainforest area with 2 rivers and an ancient religious cave. In the area of 25 km there are more than 150 different fruits, spices and herbs while additional species are actually added to the rich tropical flora and fauna.

In this ECO ADVENTURE venture, 34 farmers of the community have a substantial equity stake in the project. The return on equity is then used to fund various community-oriented developments endeavors such as health care, housing, education and social empowerment.

Agenda and requirements in the community of Bayad are carefully tailor-made to the needs of its population. A balanced approach is the key to success keeping in mind the environmental, cultural, educational, economic and social issues that will in the end derive a sustainable business project. On the implementation aspect of the project, the main determined factor is the long-term tourist-, leisure and fitness market driven sustainability plan that has to be considered in the viability of the ECO ADVENTURE project. The aim to reach sustainability in the community of Bayad should be achieved by giving assistance in developing sustainable jobs, human resource skill and business enterprise. The ECO ADVENTURE project is one way of achieving this goal.

The community of Bayad
Bayad is a village located between Tegallalang and Tampaksiring, with 1896 inhabitations (380 families). It is one of the 7 Banjars (villages) in the region of Kedisan with totally 7000 families. Main income structure is: farming and wood-carving with many sales points that cater to tourists. The name Bayad origin’s from the word “bahaya” (dangerous), according to the legend from the 10 century that locally applied “black magic” leads to dangerous or even deadly sickness. The village is surrounded by a breathtaking natural tropical environment in the famous Petanu River.