Duration 7 days / 6 nights
Highlights Ubud and Seminyak
Arrive in Denpasar Airport. After the immigration process and pickup luggage, your tour guide will meet you at the exit gate and take you to the hotel check-in. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Meet the guide at the Ubud hotel lobby at 08:00 for 30 minute drive to East of Ubud to visit Bedulu Village where it is known as the center of Pejeng Kingdom in 10-13 Centuries. Visit The Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah) Goa Gajah is a significant Hindu archaeological site. Goa Gajah is locally known as the Elephant Cave because of its close proximity to the Elephant River. A mysterious cave, relics, and ancient bathing pools set amid green rice paddies. The site is mentioned in the Javanese poem Desawarnana written in 1365. An extensive bathing place on the site was not excavated until the 1950s. These appear to have been built to ward off evil spirits. Take a walk down through staircase at the back of the temple leading to the Yeh Pulu Relief. The name Yeh Pulu means rice paddies and Natural Holy Spring. The relieve is about 25 meter long and 2 meters wide. Afterward we will take you to visit Gunung Kawi Temple located on mystical Pakerisan River valley in Tampak Siring Village, an archaeological complex carved out of the living rock and dating back to the 11th century. Walk down 300+ steps to reach the temple passing by lush jungle and rice terraces. It is one of UNESCO Archeology sites in Bali. We take you a nearby Tirta Empul Temple to experience a small Balinese Hindu ritual of Blessing and purification. This temple is famous for its holy spring water where Balinese worshipers have been drawn to for more than a thousand years. Change your clothes with Sarong, get a small offering from your guide and meet with the Hindu Priest who will lead the blessing ritual.
Meet your driver at the hotel lobby transfer to Ubad Ubud Bali.The host will take you to visit Gianyar Traditional Market to see the Balinese traditional way of shopping for their daily needs and visit rice paddy field to learn about the system of rice terrace in Bali. After visiting the rice field, back to the compound and start your cooking lesson with the explanation of the herbs and spices used on the recipes by the host. In class, the chefs will guide you to cook 1 basic sauce and 7 delicious recipes. The family members will help you during your cooking and explain all the traditional herbs in the recipes that can be used as a medicine for our body. That’s why they called this place “Ubad Ubud” where Ubad means medicine in our language. As the dishes are ready, you will be invited to have lunch and enjoy home-made Balinese food from your own creation.
This morning take breakfast at hotel then at your convenience time check our from your hotel then meet your guide at the hotel’s lobby. On the way, we stop to visit Jatiluwih Rice Terrace and Batukaru Temple. We take a pleasant walk to discover the beautiful terraced rice fields of Jatiluwih, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterward, visit the important holy Batukaru temple, which protects Bali from evil spirts. It is located on the southern slope of Batukaru Mountain, Bali’s second highest volcano.
Today experience afternoon tour to Uluwatu Temple, located on the extreme southwestern tip of the island. The 11th century Uluwatu Temple is renowned for its spectacular location on the edge of a steep cliff above the roaring waves of the Indian Ocean. The temple is inhabited by a large number of monkeys, renowned for snatching visitors’ belongings. You may want to stay for the amazing sunset and Kecak monkey dance that is performed every evening near the temple. The traditional Kecak dance is the fascinating Hindu dance and music drama of the Ramayana love story. It is unique in that it has no other musical background or accompaniment besides the chanting of male dancers, intoning a “keh-chack” polyrhythmic choir during most of the performance. The men performers are seated in tight, concentric circles with a central space reserved for the protagonist.
Dinner is served at Bumbu Bali Restaurant, an unforgettable culinary and cultural experience, which integrates the mysticism of Bali and its people with the finest produce of the island.
Enjoy your free day at leisure.
Meet your guide at the lobby and transfer to Denpasar airport for departure.
