{"id":8332,"date":"2026-08-19T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=8332"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:16:52","slug":"viral-video-exposes-tourist-overcharging-scheme-at-lomboks-bukit-seger-as-officials-admit-they-cant-yet-crack-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/viral-video-exposes-tourist-overcharging-scheme-at-lomboks-bukit-seger-as-officials-admit-they-cant-yet-crack-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Video Exposes Tourist Overcharging Scheme at Lombok’s Bukit Seger, as Officials Admit They Can’t Yet Crack Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HEYBALI<\/strong> – For travelers exploring Lombok’s dramatic southern coastline, Bukit Seger has become a familiar stop, a scenic hilltop near Kuta Beach with sweeping views that regularly show up on travel itineraries and Instagram feeds alike. This week, it became known for something else entirely: a viral video exposing what one visitor called an outright shakedown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Parking Fee That Didn’t Add Up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The controversy began when a visitor, posting under the Instagram handle @faricayo, documented her experience parking her motorbike near Bukit Seger and being charged 10,000 rupiah, roughly 60 US cents. On its own, that might have seemed unremarkable. But when she looked closely at the ticket she’d been handed, something didn’t match. It read “Bau Nyale Festival entry retribution”, a reference to an entirely different event, not a standard parking receipt for the site at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation escalated further once she crossed the footbridge and began climbing the hill itself. There, a second person approached her and demanded another 10,000 rupiah, this time simply to continue walking up the hill. When she pushed back, pointing out she had already paid a steep parking fee, the price dropped to 5,000 rupiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ticket That Told the Real Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most damning detail came when she asked for an official receipt. What she received was a printed ticket with a face value of just 2,500 rupiah, roughly 15 US cents, a fraction of what she had actually been asked to pay at each stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her video, the visitor was clear that the amount of money involved wasn’t really the point. What angered her, she said, was the dishonesty baked into the entire interaction, being charged wildly inflated, inconsistent amounts by people who weren’t operating with any transparent, official pricing structure. She didn’t hesitate to call it what she believed it was: extortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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