The “Flying Fox” tourist attraction, which is suspended over Diamond Beach on Nusa Penida Island in Klungkung Regency, has been shut down by the local security agency (Satpol PP) and Klungkung Regency Fire-Fighting Service, effective Friday, 12 July 2024.
Following a potentially dangerous incident at the Flying Fox attraction, Satpol PP officials determined that the ocean cliff-side attraction did not have all the required permits and licenses, including the mandatory environmental impact study. “We have closed the Flying Fox on 12 July 2024,” said the Chief of Satpol PP and Fire-Fighting Service, Dewa Putu Suwarbawa.
The Flying Fox attraction opened to the public on Tuesday, 2 July, and was closed by officials only ten days later.
Further investigation by the Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPR) revealed that the required building permits were also lacking. The attraction only holds a simple beach tourism permit (izin wisata pantai).
Interest and enforcement involving the Flying Fox operation were sparked when an 11-year-old girl was stranded while suspended on a cable 100 meters above the ground, which suddenly came to a complete halt.
The child, a foreign tourist, was eventually brought safely to the ground by a rescue team. Officials cited the child’s light body weight and offshore winds as the reasons for the “rollers” coming to a standstill.
The girl was left suspended above the ground for about three minutes, waving her arms and legs in an attempt to coax the apparatus forward.
The Flying Fox runs on a 180-meter suspension cable connecting the ocean cliff to the beach.