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GUEST ACTIVITIES
Ubud is widely known as the epicenter of Balinese culture offering glimpse into the heart of Balinese friendly village life. It is such a remarkable lovely town rich in culture, fine arts, dance and lively music which has now turn itself subtly into a famous place for art enthusiasts, nature & spa addicts and savoir-faire travelers. The real heart of Bali is hidden in Ubud’s vibrant culture, art & craft communities, strong intimate bonding of village life, temple ceremonies, ancient palaces and scenic rice fields.
Please contact your personal butler for arrangement your preference activities during your stay with us. Weekly calendar for Balinese dances in Ubud are available in front desk.
COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES
YOGA LESSON
We offer you a complimentary Morning Yoga Retreat to commence your day with full energy and spirit. Join us at Spa Garden every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. If you wish to arrange a private yoga lesson, please contact our front office for further information.
BALINESE DANCE LESSON
We would like to share one of the Balinese culture heritages. Join us every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 p.m. untuk 5 p.m. for Balinese dance lesson at Ma Joly bar.
BIKE RENTING
Explore the beauty of nature surround Ubud while exercising, we offer an easy way through complimentary in Bike renting with us. Please contact our front office for further booking and arrangement.
NATURE
AYUNG RIVER WATER RAFTING
US$ 66 net/person/adults
US$45 net/person/children
Enjoy the white water rafting down Ayung river through its misty waterfalls and streams, watch the villages from a different point of view.
Includes transfer, equipments & lunch for adult
Children (5–13 yrs old)
ELEPHANT SAFARI
US$ 68 net/person/adults
US$ 47 net/person/children
A unique way of exploring Bali from atop an elephant’s back. Located in Taro, one of the most ancient village in Ubud.
Includes transfer
Children (5-13 yrs old)
NATURE TREKKING
US$ 25 net/ person
A refreshing nature’s walk visiting 5 different points varies from “Aung Gangsar” – a sacred temple worshipped by Kedewatan villagers in a magnificent landscape. Believed to bring peaceful life & spiritual healing, then across a “Bamboo Bridge” to the “Pura Dalem” (temple with cemetery) through to the valley of Ayung River called “Tegik” and finally to the Water Resource Shrineor “Pesiraman/Beji”.
Total trip is 4 hour trekking, includes trek guide, soft drinks & mineral waters, cold towels.
ART & CULTURE
COOKING CLASS
US$55 net/person/ 2 hour
Learn how to cook a perfect classic Balinese 3 course meal such as Soto Udan, Pepes Ikan, Dadar Gulung…Class will be held at kitchen space at pool bar. Following the class, enjoy the meal you cooked in the pool bar.
Rates includes lesson fee, recipe and lunch
CHAUFFERED TOUR
Rp150,000 net/car/hour
You may enjoy by full air-conditioned chauffeuring car and making your own tour. Rates includes car chauffeured fee, driver, petrol. One car can accommodate maximum 4 people.
Here are model plans. Create your own tour by adding places, restaurants, cafes where you want to visit.
Notes: Hours indicated below are standard time. Its may be varied depend on road conditions, actual time and places you visit. Hours are indicated excluding meal time.
Notes: Entrance fee, meal or drinks are at own your expenses.
A. UBUD SENIC TOUR
Standard hours approximately 3-4hours
A tour of heart of Ubud to start your exploring. Visit Neca gallery and learn Balinese traditional pictures. You can see lots of monkeys in Monkey Forest which places in the south end of monkey forest street. In traditional Ubud market, you can find a various traditional souvenirs in Bali. Tegalalan is the best scenic place to enjoy a view of rice paddles.
B. UBUD ARTS & CRAFTS TOUR
Stand hours approximately 4-5hours
The growth of Ubud has engulfed a number of nearby villages, thought these have still managed to retain their distinct identities. It’s interesting to walk to the surrounding villages, where you frequently see artists at work in open rooms and verandahs on the quieter streets.
MAS VILLAGE
Mas means ‘gold’ but it’s woodcarving, particularly mask carving, which is the craft here. The road through Mas is almost solidly lined with craft shops which do most business by the tour-bus load, but plenty of smaller carving operations in the small lanes off busy main road, one you can see craftsmen at work on a small work shop gallery, where the shop owner give to his craft wood cover according to their skill, the price is then based on the final product.
CELUK VILLAGE
Celuk is a silver and goldsmithing centre of Bali, with numerous jewelry specialists and a wide variety of pieces on sale or you can order your own design.
BATUBULAN VILLAGE
Batubulan is a famous for stone carvings. Stones which are used for carvings here are so soft and it is said that fine carvings are available. There are also many places to show traditional Barong Dances and almost them play in the morning.
C.SINGARAJA NORTH OF BALI TOUR
standard hours approximately about 7-8hour
This is definitely a full day tour. Singaraja was a centre of Dutch powerin Bali and remained the administrative centre for the island of Nusa Tenggara (Bali through to Timor) until 1953. The top end will give you the many different landscapes of Bali with a drive through the centre of Bali to the north coast region of Singaraja and Lovina Beach
D.BELATAN LAKE TOUR
standard hours approximately about 7-8hour
The road from Ubud to north area are said to be one of the best drive route in Bali. On the way to Singaraja, north there is Belatan Lake 1500m above sea level. This place is one of a famous place for local people to have their pleasant holiday.
BOTANICAL GARDEN
The gardens were established in 1959 as a branch of the national botanical gardens at Bogor, near Jakarta. They cover more than 120 hectares on the lower slopes of Gunung Pohon, and have an collection of 650 trees and some 500 species of orchid. It’s a lovely place, cool, shady and scenic.
ULUN DANU BERATAN TEMPLE
This is the temple of lake Goddess who is much revered as source of fertility, Pura Ulun Danu actually projecting into the lake, is the Hindu/Buddhist temple. The temple, founded in the 17th century, is dedicated to Dewi Danau, the goddes of the waters. This temple and the Lake are very important by the Subak around Tabanan Regency to waters their rice field.
WATERFALL GITGIT
Heading north from the Lake Bratan area, a very scenic road goes to Singaraja, about 30 km away. On the way there’s beautiful Gitgit waterfall, west od the road just past Gitgit village, and follow the concrete path between the rows of souvenir stall for about 500 metres and surrounded by lush of vegetation. A fine, cooling mist hang in the air, providing refreshing welcome after the walk down.
E.KINTAMANI VOLCANO TOUR
standard hours approximately about 4~5hour
The most interesting mountain area is Gunung Batur, with its spectacular caldera containing a lake and numerous small craters. To get to the hot springs at Toya Bunkah close to cross with traditional boat to Trunyan, the village of Trunyan is squeezed tightly between Lake Batur and the outer crater rim. This is a Bali Aga village, inhabited by remnants of the original Balinese, the people who predate the Majapahit arrival. A little beyond Trunyan, an accessible only by the lake is the village cemetery at Kuban where is the people of Trunyan do not cremate or bury their dead-they lie them in bamboo cages to decompose.Standard hours shouws a time when you visit Kintamani Volcano and one of the famous heritage in Bali,which name is Gunung Kawi.
F.TANAH LOT SUNSET TOUR & PURATAMAN AYUN/ ROYAL TEMPLE
standard hours approximately 4~5hours
TANAL LOT
The spectacularly placed Tanah Lot is possibly the best known and most photographed temple in Bali, especially at sunset. The temple perchedon a little rocky islet, looks superb whether delicately lit by the dawn light or starkly outlined at sunset. Tanah Lot is closely associated with the 16th-century Majapahit priest Niratha. It’s said that Niratha passed by here and impressed with the tiny island’s superb setting, suggested to local villagers that this would be a good place to construct a temple.
PURA TAMAN AYUN
The huge state temple of Pura Taman Ayun, surrounded by a wide moat, was the main temple of the kingdom which ruled from Mengwi until 1891. The temple was originally built in 1634 and extensively renovated I n 1937. It’s a huge, spacious temple and the elegant moat gives it a very fine appearance.
G.ULUWATU TEMPLE AND JIMBARAN BAY
standard hours approximately about 5-6hours
The temple of Uluwatu perches at the south-western tip of peninsula, where sheer cliffs drop precipitously into the clear blue sea – the temple hangs right over the edge! Uluwatu famous Pura Luhur temple dates back to the 10th century, Ulu /watu is one of several important temples to the spirits of the sea to be found along the southern coast of Bali. This is wonderful spot to view sunset and on the way back stop at one of many small simple seafood market and restaurants that Jimbaran Bay famous for.
H.CANDI DASA EAST COAST TOUR
standard hours approximately 9-10hour
This coach tour takes in the highlights of the East Coast, not long ago it was a quiet little fishing village. It’s particularly popular with scuba divers.
GIANYAR
Gianyar is the administrative centre of the Gianyar district which also includes Ubud, the Gianyar royal family saved their palace by capitulating to the Dutch. The original palace dates from 1771, but was destroyed in a conflict with the neighboring kingdom of Klungkung in the mid-1880s, it was rebuilt then damaged again in the 1917 earthquake.
KERTHA GOSA
The Kertha Gosa (Hall of Justice) Stands in the north east corner of the Taman Gili, a marked contrast to the busy intersection and modern town. The pavilion is a superb of Klungkung architecture, with ceiling completely covered with paintings, done on asbestos sheeting, were installed in the 1940s. Further painting and restoration took place in the 1960s, but the style of paintings appears to have been fairly consistent.
GOA LAWAH / BAT CAVE TEMPLE
Beyond Kusamba the road continues close to the coast and after a few km you come to the Goa Lawah (Bat Cave). The cave in the cliff face here is packed, crammed, jammed full of bats. The cave, part of the temple, is said to lead all the way to Besakih. A distinctly batty stench exudes from the cave, and the roofs of the temple shrines in front of the cave are liberally coated with bat droppings.
TENGANAN VILLAGE
At turn-off to Tenganan, just west of Candidasa. Tenganan is a Bali Aga village, a centre of the original Balinese who predate the Majapahit arrival. Tenganan is a walled village with two neat rows of identical houses stretching up the gentle slope of the hill. The house face each other across a grassy central area where the village’s public buildings are located. A written source a holy book has been know as the Usana Bali (a chronicle of Bali). This village well known with its double Ikat called ‘Gringsing cloth and basket weaving’.
