Mayura Water Palace

Mayura Water Palace

Mayura Water Palace
2.5
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This beautiful water palace consists of a large artificial lake with a floating pavilion in the center connected to the shoreline by a raised footpath. This pavilion was used as meeting place and court of justice during the reign of Balinese kingdom in Lombok.
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2.5
2.5 of 5 bubbles44 reviews
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Mooo
10 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Friends
Entrance costs 20,000 per person, and as soon as you're inside you're informed that the guide costs extra. There's not much to see, most of it looks run down. You're constantly asked to donate something. When our donation was too small for him, he made us feel it. 2 stars because you've already learned a few things about history.
Google
Written September 21, 2023
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FootyboyMalaysia
Malaysia624 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Had an extra day in Lombok and decided to take in some nearby sights. Got to the Mayura Water Palace without difficulty. At the small entrance was a table with 2 guys. When asked how much was the entrance fee, we were told it was 3000Rp. We were told it would be around 1000Rp but settled to pay more because it may have gone up we thought. Then no change was given.

A third guy emerged and requested we follow him. We knew we were in for it but followed him since one of us had already walked along with him. After about half an hour walking around this place, he took out a card from his pouch which read "50,000Rp" and said that this was the fee each one of us should pay. We saw that he had other similar cards in his pouch, which meant that he will pull out one which will 'suit the ocassion'. After some bargaining, he decided to charge us for only 2 persons (there were 3 of us).

If you should want to visit the place, politely say that you would like to walk around by yourself. However, he made it seem that we had to foolow him.

There were no other foreigners there at the time. The place can be done in about half an hour. The lake was quite dirty with some foam floating around. Of significance perhaps but not much to see.

Going back to the main town centre at Mataram (where the shopping mall is) is about 15 minutes by horse cart. I think we paid about 10,000Rp.
Written June 14, 2008
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SmurfSingapore
Singapore, Singapore1,019 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
I have just came back from a trip to the Mayura Water Palace, a short distance to Mataram Mall. This is a public ground for all locals to visit but you would need to engage their tour guide if you need to visit the floating palace and the Indian temples inside as these places are locked. Ended up, the tour guide asked for a fee of 100,000rupiah for the guide and we had no choice but to give as we have no small change. It's actually up to you to pay whatever amount and we were also asked to pay a nominal fees as donation to upkeep the place. Very small place to visit and I must say it's definitely not worth the money.
Written February 24, 2010
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Игорь
Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia32,329 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Family
It was not possible to enter this building; some repair work was underway. In my opinion, now this small house is part of a Hindu temple, which is located in the park. Above the water surface of a muddy pond, the “palace” looks very good. Around the pond, even in extreme heat, local residents play sports.
Google
Written January 26, 2024
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fizzles
Sydney, Australia483 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2013
Went here at the end of an awesome day after seeing the sights in Lombok. When we first came in we had to put on sarongs and pay a 5000rp fee each, which I thought was reasonable. We then had a guide given to us, you could tell he didn't want to be there, he was really disinterested. The place itself is very rundown and not maintained well. The water has rubbish in it and people fishing from it. Didn't see other people in sarongs, only westerners. People in there, some were wearing shorts. The guide then tried to tell us he needed more money as a donation to the temple for the upkeep. We gave him 20000rp and he was not happy with this amount. He then said he needed money for his tour services (which were awful) but we gave him another 20000rp which he then said needed to be 40000rp!!!!!! Anyway, please do not go here, much better palaces and temples around, very dishonest people here who only want your money.
Written May 21, 2013
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Peppercorn2
Kuala Lumpur9 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2014 • Couples
Place is beautiful but the local guide was horrible.

After buying our tickets, a man presented himself as our guide. Many of the places are blocked off and only accessible by following the guide. We were advised to provide donations for entering the temples and the crazy bit was that he started hinting that many of the other tourists donated "20 dollar, 30 dollar, 50 dollar,..."
"If the priest is not around, you may give the donation to me"
I have a nagging feeling that the donation is never going to the upkeep of temple.
Written March 7, 2014
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Flyfarflungaway
Sydney, Australia38 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2013 • Solo
This place sounds great doesn't it, a water palace conjurs magical & spiritual journey through time. This place does have significant social history in Lombok, once the home and King and Queen. Sadly the palace was bought by Chinese that turned that part of the grounds into a mini mall. Everything looks run down and it looks like a hobbo's home. There was people fishing in the brown and dirty lake and our guide kept telling us the place needs money for upkeep and welcomes donations, in fact is a requirement as part of being shown around the place by our guide. I can understand that donations by tourists is welcome, but it doesn't appear that the money is getting anything done. It's sadly lacking any majesty, one has to imagine it was here once.
if this place is an Indonesian historical site of significance the government should do more to get this site up to International standards. Perhaps it suffers for being a Hindu site as opposed to a Muslim one. Why they sold part of the land to the Chinese is beyond me and then alllow a monstrosity to overlook the site.
Our guide wanted our money, we offered 20,000 for the guided tour but he wanted 40,000 more saying that's the price. We never saw the price and weren't told there was a minimum price for a guide. We had already paid 5,000 entry fee each and 20,000 donation for upkeep, which i could tell by his reaction was sneered at.
I wouldn't go back and i wouldn't advise anyone to visit this site. In fact i would recommend the government sell it to someone who is better managed to look after the site.
Written June 5, 2013
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Tony-Calzone-NY
Schenectady, NY89 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2014 • Couples
I think Lombok is great but this place is truly abysmal. Dirty, run down and the guide is a snarky gay guy who wants donations for his 'services' and more money towards maintaining the temple which obviously isn't being maintained. Give it a miss.
Written January 27, 2014
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Bagus Perbawa
Denpasar, Indonesia637 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
I am a hindu so I came here, sat around enjoy the pond and talk to the priest in the Jagat Natha Mayura temple nearby.

I guess if tourist came here without guide, they probably have no clue what this place is about.
Written February 26, 2020
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Kimberly
Bandung, Indonesia70 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2017 • Family
Not much to see here and this place is badly maintained. The enter fee was 20k for each person when I visited. There are not much tourist and more locals fishing. I think if only the garden is more well maintained, this would be a better attraction. This place has potential if taken care more.
Written January 4, 2017
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