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Bali, Indonesia

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Bali, Indonesia

Temple mornings, long afternoons in the water.

4.9(120 reviews)9 daysApril to OctoberFrom $1,890 per person
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01Overview

Temple mornings, long afternoons in the water.

Bali rewards the people who slow down. We keep you away from the coach parks and closer to the villages, the surf breaks that locals actually paddle out to, and the quiet hours between four and six when the island turns gold.

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Key information

Best time
April to October
Trip length
7 to 12 days
Group size
Up to 8 travellers
Pace
Relaxed, one or two stops a day
Language
Indonesian, Balinese, English
Currency
Indonesian rupiah

02Things to experience

What a week in Bali actually looks like

  • Dawn at a working temple

    Not the one on the postcards. A village temple where the morning offerings are being laid out and nobody is selling anything.

  • Learn to read a reef break

    A half day with a Uluwatu surfer who has been reading this water since he was nine. Beginners welcome, egos optional.

  • Walk the Sebatu valley

    Three hours through terraces and forest with a guide who grew up farming them, ending at a waterfall you will have mostly to yourself.

  • Cook what you bought

    Market at seven, kitchen by ten. You pick the ingredients, a local family shows you what to do with them.

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03The route

A suggested itinerary

This is the shape most people travel. Every part of it can be lengthened, swapped or dropped, and private departures run on any date you like.

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  1. Day 1

    Arrive in Sanur

    An easy first night on the quiet east coast. Dinner on the beach, an early night, no plans.

  2. Day 2 to 3

    Uluwatu and the south

    Cliff walks at first light, two surf sessions, and an afternoon that belongs to you.

  3. Day 4 to 5

    Inland to Sidemen

    Rice terraces, a village ceremony if the calendar allows, and the best food of the trip.

  4. Day 6 to 7

    Sebatu and the north

    Waterfalls, forest walking and a long, slow soak in a hot spring under the trees.

  5. Day 8 to 9

    Back to the water

    Two final days on the coast, then a late flight out with sand still in your bag.

04Where you stay

Three places we book here

Family guesthouses, refuges and restored houses. We have slept in every one of them, and the prices below are what you would pay direct.

Karang HouseCliffside villa

Karang House

Six rooms above a break in Bingin. Open-air showers, a pool cut into the rock, and coffee from four in the morning for surfers.

from $185 per night

Sidemen Family HomestayVillage homestay

Sidemen Family Homestay

Three rooms on a working farm. You eat what the family eats, which is the entire point of staying here.

from $48 per night

Puri SebatuGarden retreat

Puri Sebatu

A restored compound in the forest above Tegallalang. No television, no lobby, a lot of birds at six in the morning.

from $120 per night

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05From the field

“The island does not need to be conquered. It needs to be listened to.”

Most people arrive in Bali with a list. We would rather you arrived with a week. The island works on its own rhythm: offerings at dawn, a long flat middle of the day when nobody sensible is outside, and then the light drops and everything begins again. Our guides are Balinese, they live in the villages we visit, and they will tell you when a ceremony matters more than a schedule. You will eat at warungs with four tables. You will surf a break that takes twenty minutes to reach on a motorbike. You will sit through an afternoon rainstorm with a coffee and decide it was the best part of the day.

Written by the Wayfare planner who runs this route.

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