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14 Day itinerary in Indonesia, Asia

SLOW TRAVEL. Discover Bali's Arts & Local life off beaten...

An amazing journey to discover Bali secrets, off beaten tracks and meet the local people. 14 days around Bali island with your private guide who will be happy to share his knowledge about the magic island.

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Marco

By Marco

Overview

Physical Difficulty

Light
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, Spanish, French

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

Denpasar

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Wellness retreat

Visit markets

Meet local people

Hiking

Kayak & Canoe

Rural home stays

Cycling

Nature & Wildlife

Start/End

Night

Highlights

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Local encounters

2

Off beaten tracks

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Amazing waterfalls and beaches

4

Culinary experiences

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Welcome to Bali! Selamat Datang!

Welcome to Bali!! You'll meet your driver at the airport designated spot for a transfer to your hotel. Good to know: Your driver will meet you at the arrival hall, look for the sign with your name. This step may be a bit difficult if the airport is busy. Do not hesitate to connect to the airport Wifi and message your driver or local expert through our mobile application or Whatsapp

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Green Field Hotel
  • Deluxe: Griya Shanti Villas & Spa
Day 2

place Free day in Ubud

A day to rest after a long journey is always a good option. You can enjoy the pool of the hotel and discover the surroundings by foot with easy access to the city. Recommended activities: Monkey Forest Ubud Campuhan ridge walk Main market of Ubud Galleries and Museums Cooking classes Massages Butterfly Park Bali Safari & Marine Park

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Green Field Hotel
  • Deluxe: Griya Shanti Villas & Spa
Day 3

place Ubud and its surroundings

Today, you will be discovering the North of Ubud and its spiritual villages. Journey to the spiritual village of Tampaksiring home to Gunung Kawi and Tirta Empul water source. Tibumana Waterfall One of the most beautiful hidden waterfalls near Ubud. Luckily our driver knows its location Goa Gajah Cave A sacred site that was built in the 9th century and classified by UNESCO as a cultural heritage. Gunung Kawi One of Bali’s most unique archaeological sites with a collection of ancient shrine reliefs carved in the rock overlooking the valley of Pakrisan. Tirta Empul means Holy Spring in balinese. The temple compound consists of a bathing structure where Balinese Hindus go for ritual purification. Tegalalang rice fields Located in the small village of Ceking, Tegalalang rice fields are located in a valley and will amaze you with its magnificent views.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Green Field Hotel
  • Deluxe: Griya Shanti Villas & Spa
Day 4

place Culinary discovering in Ubud

Today you will learn how to cook traditional Balinese dishes. You will start by heading to the local market for shopping! This is a great place to discover local Balinese culture and lifestyle. Your guide will introduce you to the unique style of bargaining in Bali and introduce you to local meat, fish and other ingredients that you can find at the market. Then you will arrive at the Balinese house where you will be welcomed with local coffee or tea by our chef. You will be taught how to cook authentic Balinese dishes using traditional techniques — this includes making your own Bumbu Bali, a local spice’s mix that is essential for adding big flavours to any dish. This is a hands-on cooking class, where you'll chop your own produce and grind ingredients with a pestle and mortar ! After the cooking class in the morning, you will enjoy the dishes you cooked while sharing lunch with the chef and other students.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Green Field Hotel
  • Deluxe: Griya Shanti Villas & Spa
Day 5

place Tabanan Regency and local villages

You will leave Ubud to explore the west part of Bali and Tabanan Regency. First, you will stop at Taman Ayun temple which is literally translated as “beautiful garden” and is generally regarded as one of the most attractive temples of Bali situated in a beautiful park with trees and ponds near the village of Mengwi. Then, you will stop at Sangeh Monkey Forest, a sacred sanctuary where the macaques inhabit both the woods and the 17th century Pura Bukit Sari, a temple located deep within the greens. After your visits, you will head to Marga, a traditional village where you will spend the next few days with a local family. On arrival, you will share a local lunch with them. You will share 3 days and 2 nights and all the meals with your host family and leave with unforgettable memories!

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Rumah Desa Balinese House and Cooking Studio
  • Deluxe: Rumah Desa Balinese House and Cooking Studio
Day 6

place Discovering Balinese local life in the village of Marga

You will spend the day with your hostel family discovering their daily life: offerings, herbal medicine "Boreh", Balinese calendar, Balinese alphabet and handwriting Lontar, recipe for making a Balinese cake or making coconut oil, hiking in nearby rice fields to discover traditional irrigation methods, farming (rice planting, plowing with cows) or simply ride a bike around the village.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Rumah Desa Balinese House and Cooking Studio
  • Deluxe: Rumah Desa Balinese House and Cooking Studio
Day 7

place The West side of Bali: through rice fields and mountains

After a last morning spent with your family and a lunch shared with them, you will head to the north of Bedugul regency, one of the most exotic parts of Bali! You will visit Jatiluwih rice fields: a UNESCO Heritage Site where you will enjoy 1 hour on an electric bike, cycling around the several paths of the rice terraces. You will have a local lunch overlooking the rice fields. After your lunch, you will stop at the famous Ulun Danu temple that seems to be floating over lake Bratan and then head to Munduk located in the mountains.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Puri Lumbung Cottages, Restaurant & Spa - Munduk Village
  • Deluxe: Sanak Retreat
Day 8

place Traditional activities in Munduk

Today you will discover traditional Balinese Arts at your hotel. Learn traditional Balinese dance with a professor during a one-hour private dance lesson. Traditional dance is an important part of Bali's rich artistic heritage. Guests will be taught basic Balinese dance movements (finger movement and graceful steps) and their meanings with an expert instructor. Then, you will have a private lesson where you will learn how to create a musical instrument made of bamboo. This class will teach you the art of handcrafted bamboo. At the end of your lesson, you will keep your own bamboo instrument to take back home as a souvenir of this unique experience.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Puri Lumbung Cottages, Restaurant & Spa - Munduk Village
  • Deluxe: Sanak Retreat
Day 9

place Munduk trekking and heading to the West coast

Spend the day in the wilderness around Munduk Forest: waterfalls, small villages, rice fields and crater lakes. You will meet with your local guide in the morning and head for a walk through the forest, that will allow you to discover extraordinary vegetation and medicinal plants. Visit one of the three waterfalls lost in this magnificent region and then descend to Lake Tamblingan where, depending on the weather, you can cross the lake by traditional canoe. After your trekking, you will head to the west coastal fishermen’s village of Pekutatan. On the way ,you will stop to visit the famous Bunut Bolong Tree, a beautiful banyan tree with a big hole at the bottom.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
  • Deluxe: Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
Day 10

place Ecotourism tour around Pekutatan

Today you will go on an interesting trip around Pekutatan village where you will discover rubber trees, coconut and banana plantations, clove and vanilla trees. The process to make rubber will be shown and explained to you. You will share a local lunch at a 300m altitude with a nice view over the rice fields and the ocean.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
  • Deluxe: Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
Day 11

place Discovering Perancak and Balinese massage art

This morning you will learn another Balinese art: the secret of Balinese massage! You will spend a 2-hours session with a first part dedicated to the presentation of the body anatomy, energy flows and points, immediately followed by a massage on a model under the supervision of a specialist. In the afternoon, you will go on a tour to the colourful traditional market of Negara. From there, after a 20 minutes’ drive, you will discover the Perancak estuary, with its unique fishermen Buggi boats dating from the Arabic conquest and the turtle’s conservation programme initiated by the WWF. On the way back to Dajuma, at sunset time, you will discover the holy temple of Rambut Siwi which is renowned in Bali for its outstanding location overlooking the sea and surrounded by rice-fields.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Superior: Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
  • Deluxe: Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
Day 12

place The south peninsula

You will leave the quiet area of Pekutatan to head to the south Peninsula of Bali called Bukit. On your way, you will stop at the famous Tanah Lot temple which was built on a rock in the ocean. (To avoid the crowds of tourists that fill the place at sunset, you will visit Tanah Lot during daytime). Then for your last night, you will head to Balangan, where your hotel is located, perched on a cliff and with direct access to a beach, perfect to watch the sunset over the ocean.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Superior: La Cabane Bali
  • Deluxe: La Joya Biu Biu Resort
Day 13

place Discovering Bukit Peninsula and Uluwatu temple

Spend the day around the Bukit Peninsula to discover Uluwatu temple, perched on the hill overlooking the ocean. You can then discover the most famous beaches of the Peninsula : broken beach, balangan beach, bingin beach, Uluwatu surf spot...

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Superior: La Cabane Bali
  • Deluxe: La Joya Biu Biu Resort
Day 14

place Departure day! See you soon!

The check-outs are around 11:00. Please notify us if you want to have a late check-out. You can leave your luggage at the reception and enjoy the surroundings of your hotel. Your driver will be on hold for your transfer to the International Airport. Have a great flight and see you soon! Please note that recommended activities are not included. Please do not hesitate to inform us which one you like and we can include them before or during your stay.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Green Field Hotel
  • Puri Lumbung Cottages, Restaurant & Spa - Munduk Village
  • Rumah Desa Balinese House and Cooking Studio
  • Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
  • La Cabane Bali
  • Griya Shanti Villas & Spa
  • Rumah Desa Balinese House and Cooking Studio
  • Sanak Retreat
  • Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa
  • La Joya Biu Biu Resort

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (13)
  • Lunch (7)
  • Dinner (3)

Transport expand_less

  • Private car and driver with Guide

Activities expand_less

  • Balinese encounters
  • Balinese Massage art
  • Tegalalang rice fields
  • Electric bike - Jatiluwih
  • Culinary experience
  • Tirta Empul and purification
  • Gunung Kawi
  • Setia Darma House of Masks
  • Cafe Lotus Legong & dinner
  • Paon Cooking Class morning
  • Taman Ayun
  • Monkey forest Sangeh
  • Local experience - Rumah Desa
  • Dancing classes
  • Bamboo instrument making
  • Trek and canoe Tamblingan lake
  • Ecotourism tour - Pekutatan
  • Massage class
  • Discover Pekutatan temples tour
  • Tanah lot
  • Uluwatu temple

Extras expand_less

  • Free access to our traveller mobile application
  • Daily assistance by your local agent from 8am to 6pm
  • Petrol and parking fees
  • Welcome gift including a reusable water bottle "NO PLASTIC"
  • Option to include suggested and recommended activities before and during your stay
  • Guide - on the days mentioned in the itinerary

Not Included expand_less

  • Personal expenses
  • Tips for local guides and drivers
  • Travel insurance
  • Visa fees
  • International flights
  • Meals and beverages not mentioned in the program

About Marco

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Expertise: 

Cycling

Hiking

Rafting

Snorkeling/Diving

Visit markets

Meet local people

Rural home stays

Indigenous culture

Yoga

Meditation

Wellness retreat

Nature & Wildlife

In love with Indonesia, its people, culture and the impressive nature that surrounds it, after 8 years investigating the corners of this wonderful country, I will love treating and personalizing each trip as it deserves. Selamat Datang! Welcome!

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