Om Swastiastu! Welcome to Ubud, the arts and cultural centre of Bali. Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 5pm. Please look for a note in the hotel lobby or ask reception where it will take place. If you're going to be late, please inform the hotel reception. If you can't arrange a flight that will arrive in time for the welcome meeting, you may wish to arrive a day early so you're able to attend. We'll be happy to book additional accommodation for you (subject to availability). Afterwards, perhaps head out for an optional dinner with the other families. If you’ve arrived early, Ubud is a wonderful place to experience the magic that has made Bali such a popular travel destination. Perhaps explore the Blanco Renaissance Museum, the Puri Lukisan Museum, the numerous Hindu temples or the Puri Saren Agung in depth.
This morning’s adventure takes you out of town and up amongst the lush landscape of Bali to Pinge Village in Tabanan. You will pass by two villages, rice fields and temples. You will make a stop at a local community house and flower farm where you and your family can try to pick the flowers when in the harvest with your bike ride ending at the Ancient Bayan Tree. The terrain will be mostly flat with some parts downhill. The estimated riding time is 2 hours. Lunch will be at a local Balinese Compound/House who serve up an authentic Indonesian meal. All ingredients are locally and organically grown. In the afternoon we head back to Ubud where you will have some free time to wander the streets, swim in the pool and simply relax.
Although Indonesia’s perfect island getaway is often pondered as a land of beaches and sunbaking, it may come as a surprise that there’s another side of Bali as exhilarating as the other side is relaxing. Take the family into the ricefields and over the rapids near Ubud, pedal on an exhilarating bike ride past rural villages, kick back on the beaches at Amed then head to Sanur for a taste of the upmarket holiday life on an island holiday with all the trimmings.