March 2023 - As construction continues on our park expansion next door, the first renovation involved upgrading our park temple. We increased its size and our internal team have re-designed it to show our gratitude and reinforce our strong ties to the island.

Here at Waterbom, we have great respect for our island home of Bali. Our company’s cultural values align deeply with the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana (harmony with nature, people and spirituality) and is something we follow within our team and our daily operations.

Temples are an integral part of Bali as they are designed to bring humans and gods together through worship, offerings and prayer. The Balinese respectfully maintain their temples, with the structures being decorated with carvings, intricately-designed gates and shrines all in accordance with the style and rules of Balinese architecture.

To redesign our park temple, our in-house design team and Hindu staff consulted with a local Hindu priest and we adapted elements from temple designs from different regions within Bali. Three is a significant number in Balinese Hinduism tradition, and we have represented this through our design with 3 shapes being dominant (circles, squares and triangles), adding 3 temple structures, 3 bodies of water, and using only 3 colours (white, red and black) to align to Tridatu and acknowledge the colours of the Holy Trinity.

Local craftsmen have hand-carved all of our sculptures and decorative details, and carefully carved the limestone temple story (temple relief), and we have worked with local, natural and quality materials including bricks from Tulikup Village in Gianyar, traditional Ijuk roof, Koral Sikat flooring from Bali.

Our Hindu Waterbomers perform traditional Balinese rituals daily at our temples to ensure spiritual harmony and to honor the blessings we have received for the last 30 years at Waterbom.

Click here to watch the construction video