Aussie tourist reveals the painful reality of visiting one of Bali’s most beautiful beaches
An Australian tourist has captured the grueling reality of accessing one of Bali’s most beautiful beaches.
Aaron Boundy was one of dozens of travelers who recently ventured to Kelingking Beach, located on the Indonesian island of Nusa Penida.
But what many were not prepared for was the treacherous 30-minute descent down a rickety staircase into the crystal clear turquoise water.
Mr Boundy uploaded a video to TikTok this week showing several visitors struggling to navigate the tricky terrain, clinging to the wooden railings as they desperately tried to walk down the sandstone steps.
The climb back to the top of the towering walkway is just as difficult, causing some beachgoers to fall over.
“You work so hard to get here, it’s beautiful,” Mr Boundy said.
“On the way down there were people breaking down and almost crying, and people on the way up doing the same thing.”
Mr Boundy admitted he had underestimated the grueling journey.
“I was like, ‘It’s not that damn hard,’ but I think I’m going to burst out crying because this doesn’t look easy,” he said.
A shirtless Mr. Boundy filmed himself climbing back to the top of the hill, at one point having to hold on to the railing for support.
“That was f****d,” he said at the end of the climb.
Many viewers said the picturesque beach wasn’t worth the climb.
“I would have turned around and gone back from where I came,” one person wrote.
‘I would be building [a] then a small hut because I’m not going up there anymore,” someone else wrote.
‘What the heck! There’s no way I’m climbing that after a day at the beach,” a third added.
Others praised Mr Boundy for showing the reality of Kelingking Beach.
Mr Boundy uploaded a video to TikTok on Tuesday showing several visitors having difficulty navigating the 30-minute descent along the walking path (pictured)
“I’m so glad you did this for us. Now I don’t have to do that anymore,” one person wrote.
“We will live through you, thank you,” someone else wrote.
“Something you enjoy from a distance,” chimed in a third.
It comes as Kelingking Beach is set to be transformed with the construction of a 182-metre-long glass elevator and viewing platform built along the sheer cliff face.
The project, which is led by the local government with the help of a Chinese company, will make access to the beach much easier.
However, the project has not gone down well with some local residents, who have rejected the proposed lift development, saying the beach would be better off without the infrastructure.