10-Day Tour
AUD $1990 + GST. $2233 + GST for High Season: May‐Jul & Dec to early Jan
What’s Included
Day 1
Pick up from airport and check in to hotel.
Guests will be met at the airport and accompanied throughout this itinerary by a representative.
As flight arrivals from Australia arrive late at night, a snack box will be provided for each guest at the hotel.
Day 2
- Exercise on the beach or Aqua Aerobics in swimming pool
- Breakfast in hotel
- Spa
- Melasti beach
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Uluwatu Temple with Kecak dance, a mesmerising dance
- Seafood Buffet Dinner
- Return to hotel
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Aqua Aerobics for 30 minutes before breakfast.
Breakfast in the hotel.
Spa. You will be pampered with traditional massage therapy for one hour.
Melasti Beach. The views are beautiful and the sand is fine and clean white, the waves are rolling, and the water is, of course, crystal clear. You will be enchanted by this beach.
Lunch. You will be taken to a local restaurant for a real Indonesian fare.
Uluwatu Temple. This must-see temple sits on the edge of a 70-metre cliff with an amazing view, and we can also observe the behaviour of the Macaque monkeys which live there. Expert studies have determined that these monkeys have learned the art of ransoming (or bargaining) for the goods they have stolen from tourists!. Apart from that, we enjoy the sunset and be treated to a Kecak dance performance.
The one-hour show starting at sunset (6pm local time) has been recently reviewed as “…unlike anything I had ever seen..”, “one should never miss it when in Bali.”,.
The generous dinner buffet spread is laid out on our table for our group to share. This is typical Bali style buffet dining. At the beach restaurant, the seafood will be the day’s catch.
Uluwatu Temple
Day 3
- Breakfast and check out of hotel
- Batik Class
- Monkey Forest
- Lunch
- Bali Blessing
- Dinner
- Check in to Ubud hotel.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Batik Class. Here you will be taught how to make batik for two hours. Your work can be taken home.
Monkey Forest. You will see the life of smart and friendly monkeys of this forest.
Lunch. Enjoy the exciting local food that will really satisfy your tastebuds.
Tirta Empul (Bali Blessing). This is a world-rekowned temple famous for its 26 holy springs which are used for self-purification. There you can wash directly under the water source.
Dinner at a local restaurant with a view of rice fields. This restaurant is famous for its special duck dish which is so much loved by all who have tasted it.
Residents of Monkey Forest
Tirta Empul (Bali Blessing)
Day 4
- Breakfast in the hotel
- Silver class
- Kintamani for lunch
- Option 1*: Toya Devasya warm sulphur water
- Option 2*: Tegallalang
- Coffee plantation
- Dinner in local Kintamani restaurant
- Return to hotel
* The whole group will have to choose which of the wo locations to visit as there is not enough time to visit both.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
For this silver class, each guest will receive 5 grams of silver which will be used as learning material for making accessories. All of your work will be yours. In this silver class, guests will also receive a certificate.
Lunch in Kintamani Restaurant. This restaurant is owned and staffed by the villagers wearing their traditional attire. Enjoy the buffet while soaking in the beautiful view of the lake and Mount Batur.
Toya Devasya hot sulphur water: We can bathe and enjoy the sulphur water. It is claimed that this warm sulphur water can relieve fatigue, rheumatic pain, aches and pains, sore bones, migraines and also skin aches. At least, the warm water will be very relaxing.
Tegallalang: A very beautiful village with stunning views of rice fields and its ingenious water irrigation system, which in Bali is called Subak. These rice fields have been carved by hand and the terraced fields have been the feature of rice cultivation in Bali for nearly 2,000 years.
Coffee plantation: We visit the plantation and you can see how coffee is produced and enjoy traditional Balinese coffee.
The silver shop where the silver-making class will he held.
Toya Devasya warm sulphur water
Tegallalang rice fields
Day 5
- Breakfast
- Traditional art and craft market.
- Lunch
- Ubud Palace. Tour palace, musical performance and guests join in dancing.
- Dinner in Palace
- Go to Kuta area and check in to hotel
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day at Ubud Palace
After breakfast, you have free time to enjoy the beautiful area around the hotel. This walk-around will lead us to the traditional art and craft market which is actually located on palace property.
Lunch is at a nearby local restaurant, after which we walk to the palace
Ubud Palace. Here you will be given the opportunity to wear traditional Balinese clothes and take fun photos. You will also be shown around the palace which includes the palace museum, be introduced to Balinese culture, learn traditional Balinese cooking, dancing, and also playing the Balinese musical instrument which we call MEGAMEL.
Enjoy traditional Balinese dance presented by the Ubud royal family. Guests can join in dancing to traditional Balinese music played on their traditional instruments.
Dinner is at the palace and you will enjoy a menu traditionally served to Balinese Kings. The accompanying 2-minute video will show you how you will enjoy the 7-hour visit to the palace. It also shows how dinner is served. Till today, Balinese tradition is very strong and this is how they serve their meals at home. Rich or poor, their homes are devoid of dining tables and chairs.
Entrance to Ubud Palace.
Visitors’ children learning dance movements
Day 6
- Breakfast
- Check out at 10am.
- Krisna Oleh-oleh for shopping
- Lunch
- Airport for flight to Yogyakarta.
- Check in to hotel in Malioboro area which is a 1.5 to 2-hour drive from the airport.
- Dinner at the hotel.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Krisna Oleh-oleh is a large modern market where you can find really good bargains and authentic Bali products.
Lunch is at a nearby restaurant
After that, we head to the domestic airport to fly to Yogyakarta.
Dinner in hotel.
Krisna Oleh-oleh
Day 7
- Breakfast in hotel
- Ulen Sentanu Museum
- Lunch
- Borobudur Temple
- Dinner
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, we take the 90-minute drive to the splendid Ulen Sentanu Museum.
It is a 1 hour drive to Borobudur Temple so we stop for lunch before visiting the temple.
Borobudur Temple was built in the 8th century by the rulers of the Shyailendra Dynasty, this massive stupa is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. It was left to ruin as the dynasty fell apart and only recognised as a global treasure by Raffles in 1814 and served as a central sanctuary for Buddhist religion.
Drive back to the hotel (2 to 2.5 hours).
Dinner in local restaurant and experience Yogyarkarta’s flavours which is very different to Bali’s..
Day 8
- Breakfast in hotel
- Ganjuran Church with strong Javanese tradition.
- Traditional Medicine Class.
- Lunch
- Prambanan Temple including Ramayana Ballet
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Ganjuran Church is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Java and is unusual in that it is decorated completely in Javanese styles. It is a superb example of a national culture blending into the Roman Catholic Church. The shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (pictured here) is built like a Hindu temple and open-air services held here are attended by more than a thousand devotees.
Many miracles have been experienced at this shrine including one by our own Nita who unwittingly, had a miracle cure performed through her hands some 12 years ago when she was leading a group there. It was certainly the old lady’s faith that brought her the miracle. She was on crutches which she could immediately dispose of. Nita was as surprised as everyone else as she is not a particularly pious or prayerful person.
Yes, miracles do happen.
Main shrine of Ganjuran Church
We visit D’Omar where they cultivate, prepare and package herbal medicine (Jamu).
You will receive a crash course introducing the ingredients for making herbal medicine, as well as the practice of making herbal medicine.
Just recently, in December 2023, this Javanese wellness culture was officially recognised as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia (Wikipedia).
It is certainly a worthwhile trip to open our eyes and learn from ancestors the real benefits of natural cures.
Lunch in D’Omar
Making Jamu
We then visit Java’s most interesting Hindu shine, Prambanan Temple, which is regarded as one of the most beautiful Hindu temple in the world.
In the evening, enjoy the Ramayana Ballet at the temple.
Dinner at nearby restaurant.
Pramanan Temple
Ramayana Ballet
Day 9
- Breakfast in hotel
- Dokar ride (city tour)
- Palace and Taman Sari water castle
- Lunch
- Bringharjo Market
- Dinner
- Return to hotel
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Riding in a horse driven buggy, you will be taken around the city, through the CBD, then on to the palace of the King of Yogyakarta where you will be introduced to Javanese culture.
Then visit the beautiful Taman Sari water castle
After lunch, enjoy the spectacle and great atmosphere of the Bringharjo Market, Yogyakarta’s traditional market, where you will find an amazing array of clothes, great looking hats as well as leather shoes, sandals, belts etc., all at seriously low prices.
Dinner. As the street food scene is so wonderful in Malioboro Street – Yogyakarta’s icon – it is a shame to not allow yourself to be adventurous and make your own selections and taste as many stalls’ offerings as you can handle! Therefore, dinner is free-time and at your own expense.
This street is only walking distance from the hotel and you should have no problem finding your own way back
Dokar
Malioboro Street
Day 10
- Breakfast in hotel
- 2-hour drive to airport for flight to Bali.
- Lunch on the way to airport.
- Dinner in Bali airport not included.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Free time this morning till Hotel check out time of 12 noon.
Lunch. Along the 2-hour drive to Yogyakarta airport, we stop for lunch.
After arrival at Bali Domestic Terminal, we take the 15-minute buggy ride to the International Terminal where we will have to say:
Good Bye and thanking you for taking the tour with us.
Please note:
- Tips are not included.
- Hotel rates included are for per pax twin share.
- All fares to tour start and end location of Denpasar airport not included.
- Although we take individual bookings, we need a minimum of 6 bookings for tour to proceed.