Essential Bali 2025

Day 1 – Welcome to Bali

Welcome to Bali! You will me met at the airport and transported to the hotel.
The island of Bali lies in the east of Java in the Java Sea. Although small, rich millennia of history has fostered an artistically diverse population, with virtually every Balinese skilled as artisan, dancer, or artist and living a spiritual life.

Day 2 – East Bali

After breakfast, we depart our hotel with our guide and coach for a full day exploration of Eastern Bali. Our first stop is at Puri Agung or Karangasem Palace, a 19th century royal building with a series of compounds that house the royal palace of the last king and other associated compounds and courtyard.

Day 3 – Eastern Bali Mystique Tour

We depart the hotel with our guide and coach for another full day tour devoted to the history, culture and the village life of the people in Eastern Bali. We begin our tour at Pura Kehen, a magnificent 12th-century Hindu Temple dedicated to Shiva and built with traditional Balinese architectures and outstanding stone carvings. Next we visit the 14th century Besakih Temple, the largest Hindu temple and most iconic Balinese temple with its profile appeared on everything from money to stamps.

Day 4 – Ubud

After a leisurely breakfast, we transfer to our hotel in Ubud with a visit to Bat Cave “Goa Lawah Temple”. After lunch at a local restaurant, we enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
Ubud is one of those places where days can become weeks and weeks become months. With a population of about 30,000 people, it is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. It’s also home to good restaurants, cafes and streets of shops, many selling goods from the region’s artisans.
Accommodations: Plataran Ubud (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 5 – Visit a Balinese Healer

No visit to Bali would be complete without a visit to an insightful healer. Today we visit one of the most noted healers in Bali, Pak Nyoman. Pak is Ketut Liyer’s (of Eat, Pray, Love Fame) son. We will meet with him in a private session for a consultation, where we have the opportunity to discuss anything we would like to know (the healer is subject to availability and cannot be pre-booked). Afterwards, we enjoy a suckling pig lunch at Ibu Oka in Ubud. Following lunch, we spend time strolling through the many shops and galleries before returning to our hotel.
Accommodations: Plataran Ubud (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 6 – Yoga Lesson & Cooking Class

This morning we have a one-hour Yoga lesson with a Yoga instructor at Ashram Ubud. We then travel back to our hotel for breakfast and enjoy some free time.
In the afternoon, we will be picked up from the hotel for a cooking class. Our chef will introduce us some local specialties and answer questions we may have about Balinese cuisine. After some informative and entertaining hours of practice, we enjoy the mouth-watering dishes, which we have prepared. We travel back to our hotel after dinner.
Accommodations: Plataran Ubud (Breakfast, Dinner)

Day 7 – Highlights of Bali

We depart the hotel for a full day of tour featuring some of the highlights of Bali. The tour begins at the village of Batubulan, where we attend a cultural performance of Barong and Keris Dance, which depicts the story of the eternal battle between the good and the evil. We then proceed to Tohpati Village, where the famous Batik fabrics of Bali are painstakingly created by hand.

Day 8 – Ubud Bicycle Ride

After breakfast, you will be picked up for a relaxed cycling trip around Ubud villages to see the local Balinese rural life and a village temple. Cycling along small roads, the tour will take about 2 hours and you will see many friendly locals along the way. Arrive back at your hotel around 3pm and the balance of your day is free

Dinner is served at the hotel’s restaurant

Day 9 – Seminyak – Batik Class

Breakfast at hotel before departing to Arma Museum for your Batik Class. This is a workshop where participants will learn about many features of Balinese batik, especially its form, motifs, techniques used, and its history. An interesting hint is to compare and find the difference between the motifs unique to Balinese batik and those motifs representative of the Javanese batik for instructive reference. In this workshop, each participant will receive a set of utensils and will make a piece of Balinese batik. Return to hotel and refresh.

Day 10 – Seminyak Free Day

Free day to enjoy our beautiful beach resort.
Accommodations: Hotel Indigo Seminyak (Breakfast)

Day 11 – Seminyak – Farewell Beach Dinner

We enjoy the morning at leisure. This afternoon, we depart the hotel with our guide for a pleasant short ride along the hills of Bali’s southern peninsula. This area, known as Bukit, offers a landscape and topography unequaled by any other region of the island. Unlike the majority, lush tropical countryside which owed their fertile soils to the volcanoes that dotted the central highlands, this arid terrain-formed by millennia of coral sedimentations is a world of its own. Their beautiful-yet-wild beaches are heaven for surfers. In the corner of this peninsula, perched on a sheer cliff, a highly venerated Uluwatu Temple is situated.

Day 12 – Depart Seminyak

It is time to say good-bye to this beautiful destination and fabulous new friends. Transfer to the airport in time for your onward flights home.