Day 1. Arrival in Denpasar and transfer to Seminyak
Meeting service at the airport by guide and driver and transfer to Seminyak in around 30 minutes. The rest of the day is free to spend.
Seminyak is located near a very wide white sandy beach. It is near Kuta, but is much more quiet. There is a good choice of excellent restaurants here as well as good shops. A nice place to enjoy Bali’s beaches and to relax.
Day 2. Seminyak, free program
You can relax on the beach or at your hotel.
Day 3. Transfer from Seminyak to Munduk
A beautiful route will take you to the western part of Bali. You will stop at several less visited temples and enjoy the famous rice fields of Jatuluwih, go for short walking and see how pottery is being made. Via the photographic temple Pura Ulun Bratan, located on the edge of Lake Bratan you will reach your accommodation in Munduk.
Munduk is a small traditional Balinese village situated on a altitude of 800 meter. It is surrounded by rice terraces and clove trees. Guided walks take you to waterfalls, Bali Age villages, rice fields and the Tamblingan and Buyan lakes. Views are amazing.
Day 4. Munduk, trekking near Tamblingan
In the morning you drive in around 30 minutes to the starting point of your walk. First you descend to the edge of LakeTamblingan. This pristine lake is the least visited of lakes in Bali. It is partly fringed by fine primary forest with huge fig trees and mosses hanging from its branches. You will be following the edge through this thick tropical forest, allowing glimpse of the lake at several points. You will pass small holy temples and shrines. After 1,5 hour walking you will reach the edge of the lake and follow the lake until a small village. From here you start walking downwards via villages, peoples gardens, flower fields and rice fields. Great views all the way. You will reach your hotel after 5 hours of walking.
Day 5. Munduk – Lovina
It will take around one hour to reach the north coast and then onwards to Lovina. Driving downwards, you will almost constantly have great views on rice-fields and on the ocean. On the way stop at the colorful Buddhist temple and take a bath at the hot springs of Banjar.
Lovina is a long stretched black sandy beach consisting of several small villages filled with hotels. Although its many hotels facing the beach it is still a relatively quiet place to be. Not to many tourists find there way to Lovina. You can swim in the ocean, snorkel or diving or take a boat to find dolphins. The hinterland of Lovina allows for great walking.
Day 6. Lovina
Watch dolphins, snorkel, go to the island of Menjangan for more world class snorkeling and diving or perhaps enroll yourself in a Balinese cooking class.
Day 7. Lovina – Toyabungkah
Several great ways to reach Toyabungkah, a small village right on the edge of Lake Batur. Visit temple’s, go for a walk near the picturesque Balinese village of Sembiran, see how gongs are made, or walk to a less often visited waterfall. You will arrive in the afternoon in Toyabungkah. Near your hotel is a huge public swimming pool, with an olympic size pool and several small hot spring-pools. It is beautiful located on the shores of the lake.
Day 8. Trekking Batur crater and biking to Ubud
Early morning rise and after a short drive to the village of Songan you will start climbing the crater wall. The 30-45 minutes climb will take you to the edge of the crater, from where you wait for the sunrise. It is an amazing sight to see the sun rising from this point. You have views both to the south ( lake Batur and Mount Batur) as well as to the north (ocean and coconut palm covered mountain slopes). After sunrise you continue following the crater edge in southern direction enjoying amazing views. After one hour of walking you descend to a small village and cross the Batur lake by small boat. Back at your hotel you will drive for a short while in southern direction to the starting point of your next adventure: bicycling downwards to Ubud. Following small scenic secondary roads and stopping at several interesting sights like a herb garden, rice fields, bamboo craft village, temples and a traditional Balinese house compound. This wonderful and easy going tour will end in the outskirts of Ubud where you will be given a terrific lunch, a real Balinese feast. After lunch it will take you 15 minutes to reach your hotel.
Ubud is the cultural centre of Bali. There is lots to do: walking through nearby rice fields, following a cooking course, visited nearby handicraft villages were beautiful wooden, stone and silver objects are being made and in the evening you can enjoy one of the many dance performances held every evening. Several parks like an elephant park, reptile park and bird zoo are on short driving distances. A great adventure is rafting on the Ayung river. Ubud is an ideal place from were you can explore the surroundings.
Day 9 & 10. Ubud Free day
Day 11. Ubud – Sidemen
Today you will start your adventure to the heart of East-Bali, known for its beautiful rice terraces and dominated by Mount Agung, the highest and most sacred mountain on Bali. You can stop at several temples like the fine Kehen temple in Bangli or visit the spectacular paintings of the remains of the Klungkung-court. In Sidemen watch people weave in their home atelier. Your hotel is nicely set amidst rice terraces on the slopes of the Agung volcano. The surroundings are great for walking.
Day 12. Climbing mount Agung – Amed
Departure from your hotel at 2 am and drive to the temple Pura Pasar Agung in Selat, high on the southern slopes of the mountain. From this temple you start walking for around 3- 4 hours to the top of the Agung and wait for the sunrise. Views will be great in southern and eastern direction. A different approach would be from Pura Besakih, which is a more tougher and longer climb (around 6-7 hours). Advantage of the Pura Besakih approach is that you can reach the very highest point from which you also have a view of central Bali.
For those who do not feel like climbing the Agung, the surroundings of Sidemen also offer great and easy walks through nice landscapes and villages.
After lunch you will be transferred to the small village of Amed following the slopes of the Agung mountain. Amed is one of the several small fishing villages located on a long stretch of black sand beach on the eastside of Bali. In contrast of a lot of other Bali beaches Amed has remained it’s rural atmosphere and numbers of accommodation and visitors is limited. Snorkeling and diving is great here, you find some of the best diving spots here. Fishermen catch there fish everyday in colorful boats and in the dry season a part of the beach is used for processing sea salt.
Day 13 & 14. Amed, free program
Relax, swim, snorkel or dive.
Day 15. Amed – airport or next destination