Located 8 degrees south of the equator, in the midst of the 17 000 islands of the Indonesian Archipelago, Bali measures approximately 140 km by 80 km and has an area of 5 620 km2. Immediately east of Java, Bali is the first of the Sunda Islands. Its mountain range consists mostly of active volcanoes, with the highest, Mount Gunung Agung, reaching 3142 meters. Stretched to the south and north of these volcanoes, Bali's most fertile agricultural lands produce abundant crops of rice.

The west, thinly populated, is the only non-cultivated area and includes Bali's National Park, a deeply forested area, with rare varieties of plants and birds. The eastern and northeastern slopes of ( Gunung Agung are arid, as is the Bukit Peninsula to the south.The climate is hot and humid with an average temperature of 28 degrees Celcius. The rainy season lasts from October to March and the percentage of humidity fluctuates between 75% and 80% depending on the season. Winds blow from the west during the rainy season and from the east during the dr