Full-Day Ubud and Beyond Tour Including Lunch

Your day will begin with a morning pickup from your hotel, where you guide and driver will welcome you for a day of exploration.

The tour starts in Ubud, the ideal, green and artistic centre of the creative side of Bali: combining stunning landscapes with the famous rice paddy fields that surround quaint resorts and villages will certainly put an enchanting spell on you. We start with the Puri Saren Agung, located opposite the thriving Ubud market in the heart of the town. It is here where Ubud’s long tradition started as the home of the royal family. Influences dating back form the late 1800’s still are visible here and the attractiveness of the surroundings that initially started the movement of bohemian artists coming over to Bali. We follow our guide to a well-balanced tour in seeing a few galleries and a small museum, dedicated to the various types of domestic and international art that is created here.

Back in the car and heading into the rural part where rice fields and lots of coconut trees form the décor along Tegallalang en route to the Tirta Empul, surrounded by a large shrine dedicated to the God Indra. The various springs here believe to have healing powers and devote Balinese still bathe here regularly and making offerings to the Gods. Official permission to enter these holy, curative waters is required from the priest as well donning into a sarong or sash before entering. Behind this temple, one can find the former presidential guest house, erected under the leadership of the former Indonesian president Soekarno.

For lunch, the Chedi Club Hotel has been chosen as it has some of the most delicious food in a rustic setting in the area. A set lunch is prepared by the experienced chef of this hotel. After leaving the restaurant, we move towards Goa Gajah, better known as the Elephant Cave at Bedulu, an interesting site which is a former hermitage for local Buddhist monks. The history of this religious compound dates back to the 11th century and remains a popular place for worship. We end the day with driving back from the Goa Gajah to your hotel where you will arrive at around 5:30pm.