VW BALI TOUR

This is a VW jeep East Bali tour into a part of Bali which is rich in culture and beautiful landscapes. We drive small country roads through dramatic mountainous landscapes and time forgotten villages.

PURA KEHEN: Bangli. Probably  the most beautiful  temple  in Bali. Built in the 11^th century, the temple hosts the biggest banyan tree of the island, a holy tree for the Balinese. The temple enshrines holy scripts and is decorated  with the most remarkable stone carvings.

SELAT : astonishing  rice  terraces,  with a spectacular  view. You will witness  the planting  and  harvesting  of rice in a way  the generations of Balinese  have  done  it for thousands  of  years. Your  guide will  explain  to you the world’s most astonishing  and biggest  irrigation  system.

BESAKIH : You stop at the island‘s most mystical  and sacred  temple,  an ancient building to worship  the  ancestors. This is the most important temple of the island, located at the slope of over 9000 ft  reaching peak of Mount Agung volcano.

A long , scenic drive following the slopes of Mount Agung with rice terraces, snake fruit plantations and old villages leads us to the east cost of Bali. Lunch break will be in a beach front restaurant in Candi Dasa.

After a comfortable lunch it is just a view minutes drive up a valley to the old and mysterious village of Tenganan. A Bali Aga (Tribal) Village with  some astounishing traditions, dances , music, and strange rituals. This village has been an ethnological sensation, barely untouched by the surrounding Hindu culture.

On our way back we follow the coast line and stop at one of the black sand beaches. Later we visit Klungkung, a historical significant city, which was the residence of Bali’s highest raja, the Dewa Agung. In the centre of the city you can make some great pictures at  the Kerta Gosa,  once the highest court of Bali.

Daily Derparture

• Kuta, Legian, Seminyak : 7.15 am
• Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Tanjung Benoa : 7.00 am
• Sanur : 7.30 am
• Ubud : 8.00 am

Our driver picks you up from your accommodation and you can enjoy the cooler morning on your drive to Central Bali with the roof down in our classic  VW convertible jeep. Our first visit is the 1,000 year old village temple of Batuan with its beautiful stone carvings. The temple is an extraordinary example of classic architecture and is a Pura Desa (village temple) and Pura Puseh (ancestors temple) at the same time.

Afterwards we take you on an easy 40 minute morning hike through incredible scenic rice fields in the Ubud area. This is the place where your guide explains everything about rice growing in Bali and the world famous irrigation system making it possible.

A short drive away is the Goa Garba, mostly unknown by tourists. An 11^th century hermitage cave , with an ancient spectacular Gate carved in the cliff of a  river valley. You can still feel the mystic of the ancient Hindu kingdoms.

The VW jeep tour continues uphill and eventually you reach the Batur caldera. Here you can enjoy stunning  vistas of the volcano and Batur lake,  Balis largest sweet water crater lake.

A highlight of the Central Bali tour is the adventurous drive into the old caldera and through the lava fields. Here you can take a little walk and your guide explains everything about volcanos in Bali.

Back at the rim of the caldera enjoy a buffet lunch again with gorgeous views. In the afternoon we take you to a holy spring where the Balinese perform cleansing rituals, Pura  Gunung Kawi Sebatu. A great place for taking pictures of the beautiful pools and the exotic old statues.

A short drive takes you to the incredible and famous riceterraces of Pakudui and Tegallalangwhere you have time to take plenty of photos.

Daily Derparture

• Kuta, Legian, Seminyak : 7.15 am
• Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Tanjung Benoa : 7.00 am
• Sanur : 7.30 am
• Ubud : 8.00 am

Trying to show you the real beautiful and unspoilt Bali we changed our itinerary from visiting the usual tourist sites like Tanah Lot and Bedugul to a more nature and landscape tour.

You will be picked up from your place in an original VW 181 Safari Jeep, and of you go towards West Bali. Our first visit is unique 300 years old baroque style garden temple. It is maybe the most beautiful temple of the island. Iconic huge temple gates and lines of high build  ancestor shrines are set in a spacious garden. You can make incredible photos in the soft morning light.

Later you drive to the rainforest of Mount Batukaru. The temple at the end of the mountain road is very mysterious and very holy to the Balinese. There are no souvenir stores nor are there any tourists. You are shown around the temple, everything being explained by your guide followed by a short walk at the edge of the rainforest. Afterwards a ten minute drive brings you to spectacular rice terraces where we will take you on a 45 minute trek.

The tour continues along the rice terraces in the Jatiluwih World Heritage area. On the way you stop to see cocoa trees, coffee plants and vanilla. This is a highlight of the tour and you can stop wherever you want to take photos, the road being very quiet and the scenery spectacular.

After a buffet lunch in the rice field area we drive into the mountainous and relatively unknown region of Petang to visit a hidden Gem, the beautiful Nungnung Waterfall. You may even take bath in the nature pool formed from the fall! If you don’want to walk down the stairs down to the waterfall, we can drive back down South and visit a Balinese family compound and the guide explains how people live, their ceremonies and everyday life. On the way home we have a photostop at another very old temple, Pura Sada in Kapal.

Daily Derparture

• Kuta, Legian, Seminyak : 7.15 am
• Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Tanjung Benoa : 7.00 am
• Sanur : 7.30 am
• Ubud : 8.00 am