Bali Cultural Family Adventure

Upon arrival at Denpasar Airport, Your English Speaking Tour Guide will be waiting for you at the main gate, holding the signboard with your name. After a warm welcome, the guide will take you directly to your hotel for check-in. During the transfer, your guide will give you some brief information about your hotel, its surroundings, and about Bali – he will explain your program for the following days and set up it's the timing at your convenience. Check-in at your hotel and rest of the time is at leisure to explore this beautiful Island on your own. 

Enjoy your free time in the morning.

After hotel pickup by our guide approximately at 16.00pm, you’re driven along the winding shoreline to Uluwatu Temple, located among the southern cliffs of the Bukit Peninsula, whose dramatic precipices rise almost 330 feet (100 meters) from the Indian Ocean. Majestically perched on the edge of a steep promontory, the small temple dates back to the 10th century and is counted among six temples most revered by the Balinese people.

With a beautiful ocean sunset as your backdrop, enjoy a Kecak dance with traditional Balinese movements and chants performed in a circle around a blazing torch.

Afterward, continue on to an expansive beach in Jimbaran Bay for a delicious barbecue dinner. Dine under the stars as you’re served a seafood platter including prawns, grilled fish, squid and clams, accompanied by rice, spinach and sambal (spicy Indonesian sauce).Your 4-hour experience ends with drop-off at your hotel.

Your tour will starts early this morning with a 07:30 join-in transfer to Benoa Harbor. When you arrive, climb aboard the awaiting motor catamaran and head out on the ocean for a day trip to the beautiful island of Nusa Lembongan (roughly a 1.5-hour cruises each way).

Enjoy the two-hour sailing trip stunning Lembongan Island, crossing beautiful turquoise seas as you help yourself to hot coffee and tea. Dock at the white-sand beach of Nusa Lembongan, where clear blue waters lap the shores. Spend the day at your leisure, basking in the sun, paddling in the ocean and snorkeling colorful reefs, just moments from the shore. Opt to explore a nearby village and learn about seaweed farming and local handicrafts.

Head to the Beach Club for lunch overlooking the bay. Savor a delicious buffet BBQ of fresh fish, crisp salads, and delicious satay. At 4 pm, board your deluxe catamaran and head back at Benoa, enjoying snacks and drinks as you cruise back in style. Meet your driver for the transfer back to your hotel and enjoy the rest of your day at leisure.

Day at leisure. Relax at your hotel or explore the surrounding area.

Ubud is well known as the artist village of the painters, where you are also having the opportunity to explore the beautiful countryside. The first place to stop where we introduce you to the Balinese traditional houses which have different structures and architecture to the modern house. Then drive up to the central Ubud to visit the Puri Lukisan Museum where Bali famous artists of the painters and sculpture work exhibited. Not far from the museum is Puri Saren Ubud is a palace of the latest King of Ubud. The palace has a very great Balinese art design it is very interesting to visit. Just across the road from the palace is Ubud Art Market they sell various Balinese artwork.

Leave the central Ubud to explore the countryside and rice field to visit Petulu village is the home of white herons normally they come to their home in the afternoon around 4 PM and leave in the morning around 9 AM. 

Today, you will be transferred to Ubud. It takes approximately 1.5 hours, where you will board an air-conditioned car destined for a rafting point beside the Ayung River. You will then discover the uncharted landscapes of the Ayung River. During the journey, you will stop at the villages of Celuk and Mas Village, famous for its gold and silver workshops. Explore the many cottage industry artisan workshops and galleries, where skilled artisans design and create stunningly intricate jewelry.

Your local guide will meet you in reception at your hotel, where you will depart for Celuk Village, famous for its gold and silver workshops. Explore the many cottage industry artisan workshops and galleries, where skilled artisans design and create stunningly intricate jewelry. Learn about the processes, the designs from your informative guide.

Balinese woodcarving is considered to be one of the finest in the world. For centuries woodcarvers created sculptures influenced by traditional beliefs and Hindu myths. Exploring the Mas Village, famous for its distinctive style of wood sculptures, you will find natural designs, as well as characters from Hindu mythology. Engage with expert carvers who still chisel by hand, intricate designs, and pieces, such as traditional Balinese masks used in Balinese ritual ceremonies.

Your final stop is to Ubud, the artistic heart of Bali, where many local and European artisans have set up workshops and galleries. Explore these galleries with your guide, to obtain a greater understanding of Bali's art and crafts scene and history. View traditional Balinese paintings as well as a variety of works by contemporary artists, before returning to your vehicle for your hotel.

Enjoy a day exploring the highlights of central Bali. Our journey begins in the heart of Ubud at Pura Taman Saraswati, a beautiful water temple featuring classic Balinese architecture and an impressive foyer featuring ponds filled with blooming pink lotuses. Dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning, literature, and art, the temple is well-hidden in Ubud center and the perfect starting point for our day. 

We continue on to Gunung Kawi, one of Bali’s most unique archaeological sites. Gunung Kawi Temple is two rows of ancient royal tombs on the banks of the Pakerisan River overlooked by terraced rice fields. The holy Pakerisan River flows through the center of Gunung Kawi cutting the site into two separate sections with a bridge to connect one side to the other. It is believed the holy waters of the Pakerisan sanctify Gunung Kawi and the beauty of the place evokes a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere. 

After enjoying lunch at a local restaurant, we travel to Kintamani to enjoy spectacular views of Mount Batur. With ribbons of black lava running down from its peak to the valley below, Batur’s crater is holy and a sanctuary at the top is dedicated to a fertility goddess. 

The route back to your hotel takes you to our last stop, one of Bali’s holy springs called Toya Devasya. An infinity hot spring pool sitting on the edge of Lake Batur, you’ll put on your bathers and enjoy the spiritual waters that offer an unmatched, majestic panorama of Mount Batur. This is the ultimate relaxing way to end the day.

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Note: please bring extra clothes

Your guide will escort you to the airport for your onward flight.