Top 10 Fascinating Facts about Kuta Beach

Kuta Beach, Bali. Photo by CIA World Factbook – Wikimedia Commons

 Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Kuta Beach

Kuta Beach is a 2.5-km stretch of cream-colored sand, bordering Legian to the north and Tuban (home of the Ngurah Rai International Airport) to the south. This beach on Bali’s southwestern coast is one of the most popular resort areas in Bali.

 It’s even more recognized among international visitors than the island itself – thanks to its combined features of sun, sand, and surf.

Accommodation ranges from cheap guesthouses to 5-star hotels and resorts, plus thriving bars, nightclubs, and multi-storey shopping malls. Despite the modern and urbanized feel of Jalan Pantai Kuta, the main beach road that runs parallel to the coastline, the beach of Kuta continues to appeal – it’s still a place for Bali’s magical sunsets.

Holidays to Bali are very synonymous with white sand beach resorts. One of them is the Kuta beach in Bali.

1. This beach was a fisherman’s village

Flying kites at Kuta Beach. Photo by Photowiki1 – Wikimedia Commons

For the past two decades, Kuta Beach has transformed from a fisherman’s village to the leading tourist site in Bali in terms of beach resorts with a long white sand beach view. The transformation of Kuta beach Bali starts in the 1970s.

Many investors see Kuta beach as a great place to invest their money. Most investors build accommodation from bungalows, inns, and five-star hotels. It is housing, but investors create shopping centers, restaurants, bars, and cafes.

2. It was a habitat of a green turtle

Tides and sunset view in Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia. Photo by HutheMeow – Wikimedia Commons

This beach was once the habitat of green turtles, and many people do not know this. Green turtles are almost extinct and have become one of the animals preserved by the Indonesian administration.

The green turtle breeding in Bali is now relocated to the coast of Tanjung Benoa Bali. If you want to see the green turtles in Bali, you can visit the turtle island in Tanjung Benoa using glass-bottom boats.

Tanjung Benoa turtle island is green turtle conservation, feeding the fish on the way to the Tanjung Benoa turtle island.

3. The visits to Kuta Beach Bali bring about a lot of traffic jam

Kuta Beach during afternoon .The beach is located on Bali Island in Indonesia. Photo by Filewalker16 – Wikimedia Commons

Due to the popularity of Kuta Beach Bali, every year, not only international tourists who come to visit, but immigrants from Java and Lombok also find some fortune in Kuta Bali.

Nowadays, if you visit Kuta Beach, traffic jams are the most common thing you see. Seem this daily traffic jam never makes visitors stop visiting Kuta Beach Bali. Freezing traffic jams you will experience during the high season in Bali, which is from July to August and December to January.

Not only is the road crowded, but most of the hotels in Kuta are also fully booked with room charges at high seasons rate. Most road traffic-congested with scooters, meter taxis, and private cars.

4. Walls On Beach Shoreline are considered as blockages to the view of Kuta beach

Shoreline of Kuta Beach – Evening. Photo by Deepak Pallikonda – Wikimedia Commons 

White color walls designed with Balinese architecture were built in 2011. This wall has 2 meters high and constructs along the seashore line to block the sand, which was blown away by the wind and hit the restaurant or cafe on the opposite side of Kuta Beach Bali.

Some people consider these walls are blocking the view of Kuta beach. Still, some people find it useful because the sand is not going to the road or restaurant.

To maintain Kuta Beach cleanest, a small vendor cannot sell food on the beach, but souvenirs and drinks are still allowed. Travelers who visit Kuta beach are backpackers and families worldwide. Most come from Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and India. 

5. It is the main attraction spot in Bali

Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. Photo by Tahmina.tithi – Wikimedia Commons

As one of the beach resorts on the island of Bali, Kuta beach is the heart of Bali’s tourism, and maybe I can say, Kuta is the most famous tourist spot in Bali.

6. It has a long stretch Coastline

Kuta Beach at sunset. Photo by Photowiki1 – Wikimedia Commons

The coastline of Kuta beach Bali has 5 kilometers in length, and I can say it is the best coast in Bali. The wide of the shoreline is vast; also, the beach is extensive with fine white sand texture, although the stretch of coastline is so long, always filled with tourists.

The north side of Kuta beach is bordered by Legian Beach.  Meanwhile, on the south side of Kuta beach, it is bordered by Tuban beach and Kelan beach. 

7. The beach’s cleanliness is maintained

Kuta Beach. Photo by Simon_sees from Australia – Wikimedia Commons

The beach’s cleanliness is also maintained; however, during the annual monsoon season, Kuta Beach fills with rubbish when powerful winds push marine debris to the beach, and rivers bring waste from the riverbanks to the coastline of Kuta beach.

Aside from being a tourist spot, Kuta Bali beach is often used as a video shooting location for television series in Indonesia. Local children sometimes get involved in the video shooting, and they are assigned supporting roles.

Unfortunately, video shooting is often disturbed because visitors are always crowded with the beach. In addition to Kuta Bali beach, the most visited beach during holidays is the Bali Pandawa beach. 

8. There are shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, cafes & bars around the Kuta beach

Kuta Beach viewed from Seminyak. Photo by Cameron Kennedy – Wikimedia Commons

Visitors will easily find hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, and bars along the Kuta coastline.

9. Kuta Beach safety is top notch

Kuta Beach – A desolate beach in the morning. Photo by Rudolph.A.furtado – Wikimedia Commons

Kuta Beach is very safe for a leisure spot, whether for a family holiday with children or a honeymoon. Besides, Kuta Beach’s cleanliness is quite well preserved because the Kuta village community organizes the Kuta beach area.

Therefore, although the Kuta coastline is prolonged, it is always packed with visitors.

10. There are several things one can do while visiting the Kuta Beach Bali

Kuta beach is one of the most popular for a tourism in Bali, Indonesia. A domestic boat and beautiful grey sand is a common view around Kuta beach. Photo by Tiya20 – Wikimedia Commons

Most tourists who visit Kuta beach in Bali will do sunbathing, swimming, surf, and shopping. Some visitor also likes to hang out at the cafe and enjoy a light meal with a cold beer. The famous local beer in Bali is Bintang beer.

In restaurants, cafes, and hotels, some offer free WiFi to use but don’t expect you to get good internet speed on using free WiFi but still usable for browsing and email.

Kuta beach has a five-kilometer-long shoreline, immaculate and appropriate for sunbathing and swimming. If the weather is bright with the sunshine, you see many girls in bikinis lying down on a white sand beach.