Bali & Penida Island Hoping

Om Swastiastu! Welcome to Bali! 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. 

Your local guide will pick you up at your hotel. Begin your half-day sightseeing tour at Puputan Square, an attractive open square located in the city center. This classic urban park draws many locals and is a great place to learn about Bali's colonial history. You'll find a monument depicting a heroic Balinese family in the square, which commemorates the suicidal battle of the rajas of Badung against the invading Dutch militia in 1906.

Next, head to the Bali Museum, located near the former royal palace of Denpasar. Spend 30-40 minutes exploring its collection that ranges from prehistoric finds to early 20th-century art. Four main buildings inside the museum showcase Indonesia's rich history and cultural heritage. View displays of theatrical masks, musical instruments, sculptures, paintings, and textiles. You'll see scale models depicting ritualistic Balinese tooth filling, marriage, and cremation ceremonies, which your guide will explain.

A visit to Denpasar isn't complete without experiencing the colorful Pasar (Indonesian for 'market'), where locals sell their products and haggle over prices. Pasar Badung is Bali's largest food market and features fruits, spices and other edible goods sourced from the entire island. After an opportunity to browse and bargain, spend approximately 1.5 hours at one of the new supermarkets—the equivalent of a department store—where food is available for purchase (own expense).

Your last stop is the Bali Art Center, a traditional Balinese building with a permanent exhibition of modern paintings and woodcarvings. Also known as Taman Budaya (Bali Culture Park), the vast complex also demonstrates traditional Balinese architecture. Your half-day tour ends with drop-off at your hotel.

After hotel pickup by our guide approximately at 16.00 pm, 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 the 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.

Today you will visit the beauty of the island of Nusa Penida, where this tour starts in the morning, we will pick you up at the hotel and go straight to the port of Sanur to take a fast boat to Nusa Penida Island.

On the island of nusa penida you will be warmly welcomed by our guide who is on standby at the port, after that the journey begins by visiting angel billabong which is a very beautiful natural rock lagoon, it can also be called the natural infinity pool, and proceed to broken beach where here you will see a large hole that occurred due to a landslide and make this place famous and beautiful, take picture with background broken beach, and proceed to the kelingking beach to see the beauty of a rock shaped like a dinosaur or little finger, our tour guide will help you if you want take picture with background kelingking beach. 

After that go to a restaurant to enjoy lunch, then go to the last site Crystal Beach, iit is a beach with clear and sparkling water laps like crystal, you can enjoy sunbathe on the beach or swim here, and when it's finished, we will go to the hotel in nusa penida for a night's stay.

Today you will visit the beauty of the eastern region of the island of Nusa Penida, you will enjoy breakfast first at the Nusa Penida hotel and it is time for you to check out from the hotel and be picked up by our guide.

The journey starts by visiting Atuh beach which is famous for its clear water and nice views, enjoy taking pictures here with stunning natural scenery, after that proceed to diamond beach to see the uniqueness of the beach where there are rocks shaped like diamonds, if you want to do swing you at diamond beach, there will have extra charge here on your own expense. 

After that proceed to the tree house molenteng which is a tree house built on a cliff with views of the Thousand Islands View Point, the scenery is very amazingly beautiful. Our tour guide will always be there to help you if you need  assistance on taking photos, after that we will visit a restaurant to enjoy lunch, after lunch the journey continues to teletubbies hill, where the hills here are bumpy and look like hills in the teletubbies movie.

At the end of the tour, we will head to the nusa penida harbor to take a fast boat to the sanur harbour, arriving in sanur you will be picked up by our driver and go straight to the hotel for check in.

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

Meet your professional guide upon pickup at your hotel for your full-day sightseeing tour of Bali. Hop aboard your comfortable coach, which stops at each site for approximately 30-45 minutes.

Your first stop is the village of Blahbatuh, home to Bali's only surviving gong-smith, who is an expert at casting bronze to make Balinese musical instruments. At a factory, watch the fascinating process of creating an entire gamelan orchestra — from large gongs to tiny bells. Your guide will describe the ancient method of casting metal components of the xylophone-like instruments for each gamelan.

Next, your guide will take you on a tour of the Archaeological Museum, also known as the Gedung Arca Museum. Located in Bedulu Village, approximately 4 miles (7 km) from Ubud and 18 miles (30 km) from Denpasar, the museum displays historical and pre-historical collections dating back to the Stone Age. You’ll see bronze bells used as religious tools in the 15th century and view huge stone sarcophagi — ancient royal coffins dating back to 500 BC. 

Continue to the plantation village of Sri Batu and explore the garden on foot. Your guide points out various plants being harvested and explains their culinary or medicinal uses. Here, you'll have the opportunity to purchase a range of eastern spices, cloves, coffee, and tropical fruit.

In the cool mountains of Kintamani, take in the views of Mt Batur. Black lava runs from the peak of this active volcano to the valley floor, where the shimmering Lake Batur — Bali's widest lake — lies at its base. Stop here for a delicious lunch (own expense), served in a local restaurant offering an Indonesian buffet and magnificent vistas. Marvel at the crescent-shaped lake, surrounded by the steep walls of the crater rim where the original Mt Batur erupted tens of thousands of years ago.

After lunch, make your way to the traditional village of Penglipuran. Wander with your guide through a bamboo plantation, and learn about the ancient beliefs and unique customs the locals maintain. Finally, head to Bukit Jati, located in Gianyar, where you’ll partake in afternoon tea and coffee, served as you enjoy views of the rice fields and the blue sea beyond.

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 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.

Our morning trekking in Ubud will start at the charming village of Tegalalang. It is the location of one of the most popular images of Bali, the terraced rice fields.

Enjoy an essentially short trek about 1.5 – 2 hours that provides compelling insights into Ubud culture and nature. Taking a long deep breath of fresh air and seeing the morning local activities, farmers do their rice fields with many little birds chirping along.

Continue to drive back to the center of Ubud to visit the Royal Palace of Ubud, the beautiful architecture of Bali. The last stop is at Spa, a haven for personal wellness. Refresh yourself with a one-hour Balinese Massage.

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

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