THE Taman Nasional Bali Barat, occupying the islands western end, with its complex of habitats including high forests and magnificent coral-fringed islands, is the wild and unvisited side of Bali. The parks atavistic beauty is the perfect compliment to Balis sun and sea, rice terrace and temple tourism.

Since Bali is such a densely populated, intensively cultivated island, very little of its forests remain. To preserve a portion of the island as a