Watch how each gong is molded, painted, and hand-tuned using only the gong-smith’s ear — a fascinating process that connects deeply with Balinese spirituality. You’ll even have a chance to try playing the gamelan yourself.
Explore ancient stone carvings, sacred manuscripts, and even a rare stone coffin used by Balinese royalty in the past.
You’ll walk through lush fields of coffee trees, tropical fruits, herbs, and spices. Enjoy a tasting session of locally made teas and coffees, including the world-famous Luwak coffee, served with traditional Balinese snacks. Before you leave, you’ll have the chance to purchase freshly packed coffee, tea, or chocolate to bring home.
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.
On the way in, you’ll pass through a peaceful bamboo forest before arriving at the village gates. Here, you’ll have the chance to wear traditional Balinese custom and stroll through the beautifully preserved streets, observing daily life and strong cultural values.
Our guide Oka gave us such a full and interesting tour, really helping us understand Bali’s history and culture. The itinerary was thorough and varied with some flexibility to add a stop at a silver mgr. it was a full day, extremely well spent. We also appreciated the professionalism of the tour co, our guide and our driver. We highly recommend!
Full day tour of Bali. Our guide Sande was great he told us a lot about the history and culture of Bali. Sande was very informative about every site we visited , lunch at Mt Batur was spectacular. Great tour , highly recommended for first time visitors to Bali.
<p>Wadee was good guide. You get to see a lot of Bali. Good to do first few days. Coffee place was nice and seeing the workplaces near Ubud was cool. u have to pay for lunch, but the place Wadee took me (Panca Yoga Restaurant) was a buffet and they asked for 125k. I only had 100k and they accept. Food ok</p>
<p>This tour was AMAZING !! Rich of culture and the tour guide was friendly</p>
<p>Our guide Windra was kind enough to rearrange his itinerary, to leave out places we had already been and to add things we hadn't seen the previous day on our similar Highlights tour. Started out with the Barong Dance Show -- very enjoyable! Then lunch at a place called Rapuan Cili -- very good food, good prices, and a lovely view of green fields and a blue swimming pool below. Then we visited a traditional village called Penglipuran. We were allowed to go into a family's home and see their humble circumstances and backyard garden. From there we saw the community temple, then walked beyond the town, to see the bamboo forest. After that, we were supposed to go to a scenic lookout to view the terraced rice fields however, we were taken to a non-tourist overlook that was overgrown and smelly. Then we got dropped off at a huge jewelry store, when we were expecting to see jewelry-making craftspeople. The day was great for the most part, but the last 2 stops were very unnecessary -- we would rather have gone back to our hotel early..</p>
<p>Saw and learned a lot about the island's culture and sight. Tour guide was very professional and knowledgeable. Would recommend to get an in-depth learning experience.</p>
<p>We were hoping to get a real experience of seeing Bali and some of this tour fulfilled it. There were several stops at places where the locals did arts like textiles, painting and wooden sculptures, describing how they made the artifacts and we had to basically walk through these places in hopes of buying something. Some of these places were interesting in terms of seeing how they made their products but other places like the place with paintings and making of silver jewellery was a waste of time and was clearly just a stop to shop. The coffee plantation and village we stopped at was very informative and great because they were not typical touristy stops and the village really gives a true authentic glimpse of the Balinese village life. The stop at the volcano and the lunch was also a nice visit. Some of this tour was really educational but some of it seemed too much of a shopping trip and it could have been shorter were it not for a few of these stops. Overall, its worth going on.</p>
<p>lots of tourist in Bali but few are taking tours . I was the only one on this tour . This should have presented opportunities to customize. Instead rushed through and dropped off at the airport 2 hours early. As DPS does not permit checking in until 3 hours prior to flight time I had a long wait at the airport. There is no seating in the precheckin area. People just sit on metal rails or lie down on the tile floor.</p>
<p>I found this trip very disappointing. It seemed for 3 hours of the trip I was taken to many places with an expection of buying, silver, paintings, wood carvings, coffee and clothing/handbags. As a tourist I do understand there is a need for us to visit places for 5 different places in one day is too many and the time could have been used taking me to see the sights. I did enjoy the volcano view and also the coffee/tea tasting but I don't think this trip was value for money and then other trips we did were better. I wouldn't recommend this trip</p>
<p>The tour guide was great! He asked about my interests and managed to get around so many places over the day. I saw the batik, jewellery, wood carving all being made at different places. The mount Batur view was absolutely beautiful but my real highlight was the coffee tasting!! Thank you !!</p>
<p>The tour was very interesting but a really long day from 8:30am til 7pm due to traffic back into Bali is terrible.</p>
<p>Fantastic tour and well recommended. Local guide with great experience and knowledge.</p>
<p>The main highlight of this trip was to Kintamani. Overall a very good trip.</p>
<p>Payment was made. The result was one person could not be served. Disappointed.</p>
<p>It was incredible. The guide was very informative, polite and very resourceful.<br/> I'll be touring with viator when I go on holidays again. :</p>
<p>There were a few stop overs already covered in the bali monkey forest tour. This was a full day tour which ended in a half day. The tour guide hardly spoke and slept in the car throughout. He only spoke when he was asked questions. We did not enjoy this tour.</p>
<p>As I was the only one on this tour the guide allowed me to go where I wanted. You do feel a bit used on these tours in Bali as you are dropped off at successive places silver factory, coffee farm and then a wood carving place and then followed around until you buy something. Tour companies must be on commission. However, i can see that they appreciate purchses as it goes straight to the local people. apart from that, wonderful!</p>
<p>Had a great time with our tour guide. Took us to some beautiful sites in Bali including a nice buffet lunch overlooking a volcano. </p> <p>Would recommend for your trip to Bali.</p>
<p>Tour was excellent. You actually get to see traditional Bali not just the tourasty places. Guide was very good. Spoke good English and was very knowledgeable. Pick up was timely from hotel.</p>
<p>As the day went on it became more amazing! We started out going to a few businesses as stops to see the process of jewelry making, wood carving and musical instrument construction. The day went on to exploration of a village, bamboo forest and, my favorite, the coffee plantation! The young man was very knowledgeable about ginger, lemon grass and, of course, COFFEE! Even as a non coffee drinker, I was impressed. There was a variety of tea and coffee flavors. Luwak and Bali coffee are delicious!</p> <p>We had lunch overlooking Mt. Batur with a great view. The only thing was we had only one restaurant to eat at and it was pretty pricey.</p> <p>We finished the day having tea with a view of the rice fields around sunset.</p> <p>Both the driver and guide were very nice and knowledgeable.</p> <p>Great job!</p>
<p>The tour guide was very likeable, spoke very good English and answered lots of questions with deep knowledge of the subject. As it always is with tours, guides are trying to make a buck off you by referring you to various shops, but you can just say no to the upsales and go straight to the interesting stuff.</p> <p>7.5 hours of enjoyable fun!</p>
<p>Our guide, Radi was very knowledgeable about the island quite an educational tour</p>
<p>Great tour, with excellent stops. The guide was very knowledgeable. They were also very accommodating to changes when my wife got ill with a fever.</p>
<p>Coffe farm was interesting especially hearing about the mongoose that eat coffee beans then poop them. The pooped coffee beans are collected and turned into coffee - at least that's what I thought the tour guide said</p>
<p>This was excellent. The guide was very knowledgeable and made all the difference. Along with historic sites, temples and museum, we enjoyed visiting local artisans, vendors wood carvers, batik making, Luwak coffee and shopping. The lunch on top of the mountain overlooking the volcano, was excellent.</p>
<p>I enjoyed this trip however the tour guides English wasn't that great and he didn't seem to have much knowledge. The place that we were taken to lunch wasn't that great. I loved going to the village and seeing how some of the locals live. Worth doing.</p>
<p>This tour was perfect for first timers like me. I got to see what I needed to see in Bali in one day. The guide was so efficient. I had a great time!</p>
<p>Really happy with the tour with Putru... Very knowledgable and friendly and flexible with our tour ( just myself and hubby).....happy to recommend to others x</p>
<p>This tour was very informative and the guide and driver were great. I was expecting to see a famous temple.</p>
<p>Wonderful tour, loved the guide and driver. Very knowledgable, friendly, accommodating. Gave me a great flavor of the diversity of the island regions as well as a good primer in the history, religious practices, culture, agriculture, villages, temples, arts, etc. I was in Bali for a CEO retreat and had one day of free time, so this was the perfect overview. Thanks for a great experience!</p>
<p>A great tour and an excellent introduction to Bali beyond the tourist strips. The guide was excellent and very informative. This is a great trip for first-timers in Bali.</p>
<p>There is more to Bali than meets the eye. We saw the entire island with great commentary.</p>
<p>The day trip was lovely. The driver and guide were knowledgable and kind. The scenery was breathtaking. Rice fields, coffee plantations, musical instruments, show and volcanos to name a few. The only negative were the numerous number of shops we visited in Kuta- annoying and time wasting. Worth a look!</p>
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