For the Balinese Community, Mount Agung was the holy mountain that was the sign of the Lord's grandeur. One quite sensational incident happened when Mount Agung exploded during 1963 and killed approximately 1,000 people as well as damaged the inhabitants's more than 100,000 houses. However, strangely this natural disaster did not make significant damage against the Besakih Temple that his location approximately only 1 km from the Mount Agung crater.

The other incident, approximately 40 days before the Mount Agung eruption disaster happened, the Indonesian government proclaimed Ekadasa Rudra event (celebration every time one hundred Besakih Temple years) on March 8 1963 as event the international tour visit. Although since the end of February 1963 Mount Agung had begun to show the quite dangerous activity, as spraying out the smoke, dust, as well as dismissed the thunderous voice, but the Indonesian government reluctantly withdrew the date of this ritual implementation. However, at the end, event that was postponed also till 1979 for reasons of the safety of the tourists. That really surprising, the horrifying Mount Agung eruption just really happened on March 17 1963 (the other version mentioned on March 18) after the tourists left the location of this Ekadasa Rudra celebration plan.

Mount Agung including the foremost climb tourist attraction in Indonesia. As the volcano that still was active, Mount Agung presented the billow panorama of the smoke and the spurting of sand and gravel from the crater hole that opened with the diameter 500 metre. If the weather was clear, from the peak of this mountain tourists could enjoy scenery of cities around it. Beauty of this nature that attracted tourists to climb the Mount Agung peak.

To the activity of the proceeding climb safe, there were several prohibitions that must be avoided by these mountain climbers. The first prohibition was climbing during the occurence of celebration of piety in the Besakih Temple and the Pasar Agung Temple. The other prohibition, for female tourists better did not climb when being menstruating. Because, according to the community's local belief, if two prohibitions were violated will invite the disaster.

For the activity of the climb, tourists could follow two routes, that is the route from the Besakih Temple and the route from the Pasar Agung Temple. The route from the Besakih Temple considered to be quite popular, because of going through this route the climber will arrive in the highest Mount Agung peak. From the Besakih Temple, tourists could follow the trip as far as the place of the camp with time followed approximately 4 hours walked. Further, the last climb passed the mountain back that was flat enough until reaching the peak/the crater ravine with time followed +- 2 hours. In the meantime, the climb from the Pasar Agung Temple headed the peak took up time between 3—4 the hour. Only the climb route went through the Pasar Agung Temple route far more steeper compared with the Besakih Temple route.

The activity of the climb was recommended carried out in the dry season, between the month July - September, because in the season of rain of the climb route will be more dangerous, the road was slipperier, and the temperature could in the peak of the mountain descend drastically. Therefore, the climbers also better equip equipment like thick clothes to maintain the temperature of the body, torch light for information, as well as food and the adequate drink because the total time travel by-descended the mountain could reach 15 - 20 the hour.

To facilitate the climb, tourists could lease the guide's service at a cost of around Rp 150.000 - Rp 300,000 for one guide. Moreover, if tourists needed climbing equipment, the visitor could hire him around the location of the climb. If wanting to lease accommodation to rest or just waited for time to begin the climb, tourists could spend the night in the Besakih Temple and the Pasar Agung Temple or leased the hotel around the temple. To satisfy the requirement for tourists's stomach don't worry, around the Pasar Agung Temple and the Temple of Besakih was gotten the stall ate that sold typical Balinese food.

To head Mount Agung via the Besakih Temple, tourists could begin the trip from the Denpasar City with the distance around 25 km to the north. The other alternative, tourists could follow the trip from the Semarapura City (the Klungkung Regency) to the Besakih Temple used the public's transport.