Cultural Park Garuda Wisnu Kencana, abbreviated GWK, is a tourist park in the southern island of Bali. This tourist park is located at Tanjung Nusa Dua, Badung regency, about 40 kilometers south of Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali. Area Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park located at an altitude of 146 meters above the ground surface or 263 feet above sea level. Statue of the Hindu god Vishnu is the god Preserver (Sthiti) who was driving the bird Garuda. A work inspired by the story of Adi Garuda Parwa in the episode about the sense of dedication and sacrifice of the bird Garuda to save his mother from slavery. Garuda then devoted to Lord Vishnu with his vehicle into a tool that ultimately protected by the god Vishnu. The story of this legend clearly engraved on the sides of Kidal temple in Malang regency. Besides this story is also available on the Prambanan temple in Yogyakarta.
This statue will bind layout with visibility to 20 miles so this place can be seen from Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua up to Tanah Lot. The statue was made a mixture of copper and brass and steel in certain parts to be coated with a mosaic of gold weighing 4,000 tons. With a height of 75 meters and 60 meters wide then you will be stunned to see the size of an eagle's head is truly gigantic. It's hard to imagine this later form of an eagle as a whole, which would be very huge. Adult body size alone is still less than the size of the ears of this eagle. Currently most of the statue you can see at the site in the form of the god Vishnu statue half body and the head of an eagle.
Today, tourists can enjoy this GWK Cultural Park. The statue of Lord Vishnu who erect half-body (without hands), as well as the eagle's head has become a spectacle of thousands of tourists each month. GWK area itself is a rocky limestone hill with an area of about 250 hectares. Previously, the area named the Bukit Ungasan is a barren hill that is not much known for not having any travel charm. However, after a magnificent monument was built, this area started growing and increasingly taken into account. Through the trail toward the Statue of Lord Vishnu, you will be amazed once again with big plans to sculpt its designees limestone hills into relief the epic Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
Limestone hills have now been 'transformed' in such a way into huge blocks, and some of them have started to carve. Of course, this great work will also bounce back the image of Bali as an island resort in the eyes of the world. GWK Cultural Park has been equipped with various facilities, such as the Outdoor Lotus, Garden Festival, Amphitheater, Street Theater, Exhibition Hall, restaurants, and souvenir shops. This cultural park also has several spacious plazas or outdoor places. One of the many visited by tourists is displaying a statue of Vishnu Plaza body of the god Vishnu. At the Plaza is also often a pre-wedding photo locations. If interested for dinner in this area, it could not hurt to try having dinner with cuisine Indonesia and abroad under a canopy of stars.
