Pick-up is available from the most centrally located hotels in Kuta, Legian, Tuban, Sanur, Jimbaran, and Tanjung Benoa areas. For other areas with additional charges. Pick-up from other areas is not recommended. -Nusa Dua will be charged USD 4 or IDR 50,000/Person -Ubud, Canggu, Pecatu, Uluwatu, Tabanan, and Tanah Lot will be charged USD 10 or IDR. 150.000/Person -Candidasa, Singaraja will be charged USD 20 or IDR 300.000/Person
After hotel pickup in the morning, drive eastward by comfortable coach toward the Karangasem region of Bali to visit Karangasem Palace (Puri Agung Karangasem). Built in the 19th century by Anak Agung Gede Ketlantik—the area's first king—the palace is a showcase for unique architecture, which combines Balinese, Chinese and European designs.
Head east to visit the beautiful gardens of Sukasada Park. Your guide will point out the old Karangasem Empire heritage building, set in the middle of a large fishpond. Designed in a European style that reflects various cultural designs, the building was used by the Karangasem king for relaxation and to host important guests. Inside, you’ll find a collection of Karangasem artifacts including photos of family kings, royal furniture and other objects. Admire panoramic views of the lovely pond and Mt Agung on the north side before your guide transports you to the Sebetan village, well known for growing salak—commonly called snake fruit for its reddish-brown scaly skin. A stroll along the town road offers breathtaking vistas of mountains, palm trees and villages and in the distance, against a scenic backdrop of the blue ocean.
Before your last destination at Tirta Gangga, make a lunch stop at a nearby restaurant that serves Indonesian fare (own expense). Then explore the water palace of Tirta Gangga, built in 1948 by the Karangasem King of Anak. Here, tiered water fountains with stone sculptures of mythical creature’s spout water into bathing pools of the former royal palace. Spend some time enjoying great photo ops amid the park’s tranquil gardens before your guide transports you back to your hotel.
An amazing way to get to know some tradition, history or Bali. The tour guys, have very good knowledge, professional, friendly, can respond to any questions, flexibility with time if you like to take your own time and see things. Highly recommended
<p>Lovely tour ! The water palaces makes it really worth it !</p>
<p>Mr.Wayan the tour guide was very good,friendly and chatty. Never a boring moment during the tour. Highly recommended when you go to Bali.</p>
<p>Nice tour. The visit to the big giant figures of the Ramayan were the best parts for me</p>
<p>My favorite tour in Bali! Our guide was so friendly and happy to have us with him for the day. The Water Palace was more interesting and beautiful in person than the pictures. So happy we did this tour!</p>
<p>It was a great one day tour. We had a wonderful guide and experienced driver, received a lot of interesting information around the places, culture and traditions in general. Don't hesitate to ask questions.</p>
<p>THE TOUR WAS AMAZING ! The guide and driver were both sweet and friendly<br/> I'd definitely suggest this tour to anyone searching for a trusted, knowledgeable tour</p>
<p>It was quite a long drive from our Bali hotel but it was worth it. This tour is recommended for you to absorb the royal historical part of Bali. My husband and I were the only people on the trip that day so we had the tour guide all to ourselves. He was very friendly, knowledgable and helpful. Along the way to our first destination, we stopped at a nice place which sells souvenirs and have clean toilets. <br/> The Tirta Gangga Water Palace is a lovely place with natural spring water fountains and swimming pool. The Karangasem palace and its water palace is also quite a nice historical site to visit. We just passed by the Sebetan Village as the fruits are not much in season. The return journey was a long winding route. A day well spent in Bali.</p>
<p>This was rhe first time of doing this tour. The guide was extremely informative and would thoroughly recommend this tour .</p>
<p>The tour guide is very knowledge and friendly, which makes this trip enjoyable.</p>
<p>What we loved: visiting Sukasada Park and Tirta Gangga Water Palace. These two places made the trip for us as they are both utterly beautiful and well worth seeing - we also had the best nasi goring we ever had at a café outside the Water Palace!<br/> Unfortunately there wasn't much to see at Puri Agung Karangasem, it was like a smaller less impressive version of the other two, and our guide only gave us a very basic history. I also don't think we really saw much of any picturesque villages, though we did stop to take in a great view. <br/> Before all of this we were taken around a silverworks, wood carving, batik processing and art gallery. The silverworks was briefly interesting before we were taken to the shop largest in Bali, no cheaper than UK. The wood carving was actually just a large shop, no process to show. The batik was a 5min brief overview before we were taken to the shop, and even more brief with the gallery. Appreciate they need the business, but being rushed through or not getting the interesting part to be followed around the shop was not great.<br/> Unfortunately our guide didn't give much information about the history of Bali, and even wanted to rush us through Sukasada Park. We tried to get more detail from him, but his English wasn't great and he didn't seem too interested we got more from the leaflets and activity description!.<br/> We would recommend the trip, but actually if you can visit those two places separately you might be better off. Having said that, a decent guide would have made all the difference.</p>
<p>The places we went were nice but our tour guide couldn't speak English so we read about the history of the places we saw on the internet, in the evening because the tour guide gave almost no info. He was pushing us to do shopping, he was snoozing in the car, playing on his mobile phone...</p>
<p>Highly recommended for those wanting to know more about history of Bali, it's kings, their reign etc. Putra, our guide was extremely informative with knowledge about everything that we saw on the tour and on the way.</p>
<p>This tour was quite nice. I would recommend it. The countryside is beautiful. The water palace itself was amazing.</p>
<p>Very good tour. Wonderful views from restaurant. Excellent food.</p>
<p>Very informative and friendly guide. The driver was very professional and the vehicle was well maintained and comfortable (good air conditioning!!) only downside was there was a lot of road works which meant there was a lot of time in the car. Overall a good little tour</p>
<p>Peaceful and tranquil as not on the tourist trail and therefore not thronging with tourists and hawkers. Transport could have been more comfortable but as we were the only ones on this tour we were able to spread out. However some of the roads desperately need maintenance and I felt each bump in my back<br/> The venue for lunch was stunning but the food was ordinary and overpriced</p>
<p>Our guide Radi was immensely knowledgeable about the island. And this tour highlights the magnificence of the Balinese culture and history.</p>
<p>This was amazing!!! I learnt so much. The meal was fantastic with amazing views. It was a long drive but worth it!! My tour guide was brilliant and took time to answer all my questions. Can't fault this trip at all.</p>
<p>The tour was amazing and the tour guide was very friendly and very funny</p>
<p>I went for this tour becouse I really want to see these places which are not on the top list of most tourists. I have a good guide and a good driver and a limousine for myself. The guide even shows me his family altars.</p>
<p>out of 10 I would give 2 only. Didn't like the organization of it and the lenth of the trip (14 hours) - too many unnesesary additions. Wouldn't recommend it for anybody.</p>
<p>The tour was amazing. All the places we went too were breath taking. Our tour guide spoke very good English and gave us so much information on everything. If you like to see what Bali is really like and some of the history this tour would be a great choice.</p>
<p>Must-see tour.well-structured itinerary taking us through the exciting scenic landscape of lush green rice fields and snake-fruit forests..so you dont feel the long journey time to the prescribed tour spot. mr.Vyas,the local guide,is knowledgeable and accommodative.He should have introduced the various craft- villages and picturesque sites on the way and interacted more with the tourists than the driver during the journey time.A comfortable small group of Six is yet another advantage of maintaining the schedule in time.The eye-catching Karangasem palace with its well designed grandeur and exquisite tropical garden-Tirta Ganga Water palace brought us a very relaxing,memorable day.Special thanks to Viator for providing such a well sculpted tour..</p>
<p>Excellent trip. Highly recommended. The guide spoke very good English and was very accommodating to my needs.</p>
<p>This day was our absolute favorite in Bali! Our tour guide Windra was extraordinary and the best guide of the 3 we had from all the Viator tours. He not only went into great detail about Indonesia's culture and various languages, but was more than obliging to take photos of us and let us wander a bit throughout the day. The water palaces are breathtaking, and I don't use that word often. You will definitely enjoy this day in beautiful east Bali - well worth the 90 minute "trek" from the resort areas of Denpasar to see landscape that is very reminiscent of Hawaii. The restaurant they take you to for lunch has an incredible view and the buffet had some western options in case you aren't feeling adventurous. Being driven around all day in an air conditioned van made us feel like royalty ourselves!</p>
<p>Fabulous...a great Tour to start my exploration of Bali.<br/> It gave an insight to the History as well as visiting various Palaces, which were well maintained and very beautiful.<br/> A great day out...4he trip took us into the mountains as well, past small villages...fab views on route.<br/> Guide very informative and lovely guy...driver very experienced as well. <br/> DEFINITELY recommend this Tour.</p>
<p>My day trip to the Karangasem tour was excellent most enjoyable day I would recommend this tour. my tour guide was fantastic wonderful man with a wealth of knowledge. Windra was Wonderful and would love to have him as my tour guide again. I would rate my day a 10 out of 10. thank you. Could you please pass on my best regards to Windra and thank him again for me. kind regards Gina Salisbury</p>
<p>Dieser Ausflug war in jeder Hinsicht, den Fahraufwand und der Preis wert. Ich hatte Glück, dass ich der einzige Gast war, so dass sich der Guide nur einer Person widmen musste. wir fuhren nach karangaesem und schauten uns dort das könfliche Wasserschloss an und noch einen weiteren Palastim Zentrum der Stadt. Das Wasserschloss war einfach phantastisch, eine wunderschöne parkanlage, in dem die Gebäude nicht ganz im balinesischen Stil, aber dennoch gekonnt eingebunden wurden.<br/> Im Palat in der Stadt habe ich neben den gebäuden auch die wohnräumlichkeiten ansehen können, teilweise mit dem original vorhandenem Mobiliar. Sehr schön. <br/> Auf meinen Wunsch haben wir den Wassergarten nicht mehr besucht und haben auf dem Rückweg bei dem berühmten Fledermaustempel Goa Lawah einen Stop gemacht. Diesen Tempel , der zu den Nationaöheiligtümer der Balinesen gehört ist einzigartig. Im tempel selbst. Eine riesige Höhele, die aber nicht betreten werden darf weil heilig unenedlich viele Fledermäuse, die natürlich auch heilig sind.</p> <p>Nach einem mittagessen in einem einheimischen Reaturant, wo kein einziger tourist war, habe ich sehr gut gegessen. es gab zwar nur ein Fisch-Gericht mit Beilagen, gemüse, Reis, aber es war aussergewöhnlich schmackhaft. Ich kann nur empfehlen diese Tour zu buchen. die Fahrt ist zwar nach wie vor lang, aber es lohnt sich und es lohnt sich auch mit dem Guide zu reden, um die Tour den eigenen Bedürfnissen etwas antupassen. Der guide übrigens wie bei der ersten Tour, sehr gut.</p>
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