An Australian tourist has captured the exhausting reality of accessing one of the most beautiful beaches in Bali.
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 perilous 30-minute descent down rickety stairs into the crystal-clear turquoise waters.
Boundy uploaded a video to TikTok this week showing several visitors struggling to navigate the tricky terrain, clinging to wooden railings as they desperately tried to descend the sandstone steps.
The climb back to the top of the imposing walking trail is equally difficult, and some beachgoers are seen falling.
“You have to work really hard to get here, it’s beautiful,” Boundy said.
“On the way down there were people breaking down and almost crying, and then people on the way up doing the exact same thing.”
Boundy admitted that he underestimated the grueling journey.
“I thought, ‘It’s not that fucking hard,’ but I think I’m going to burst into tears because this doesn’t look easy,” she said.
A shirtless Mr Boundy filmed himself climbing to the top of the hill and at one point had to grab onto the railing for support.
“That was bullshit,” he said at the end of the climb.
Many spectators said that it was not worth going up to the picturesque beach.
“I would have turned around and gone back the way I came,” one person wrote.
“I’d be building a little cabin after that because I’m not going back up there,” another person wrote.
‘What the hell! “No way I’m climbing that after a day at the beach,” added a third.
Others praised Boundy for showing the reality of Kelingking Beach.
Boundy uploaded a video to TikTok on Tuesday showing several visitors struggling to navigate the 30-minute descent down the walking track (pictured).
‘I’m so glad you did this for us. “Now it’s not necessary,” one person wrote.
“We will live through you, thank you,” another person 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 glass lift and viewing platform built into the sheer cliff face.
The project, 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 been well received among some locals, who criticized the proposed lift development and said the beach is better off without the infrastructure.