Things To Do

One vacation won’t suffice to check everything in your Ubud to-do list. Natural attractions include almost neon rice terraces, high and mighty active volcanoes, rivers bursting with energy, deep ravines, sacred caves, and lush tropical forests full of exotic wildlife.

Rafting and kayaking

Because it is a meeting place of several rivers, river adventures are aplenty especially from December to April when the waters are raging. Call Sobek, Sayan, west of Ubud (0361)287059. For $80 a head you enjoy a 2-hour session with professional guides, all equipment, lunch and hotel transport. Also, Bali Adventure Tours (0361)721480 at Taro, north of Ubud. Both handle Class 2 to 4 white water.

Victor Mason’s Bali Bird Walks

For ornithologists and others, every Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun at 9am, $33 including lunch, a walk through the Campuhan countryside, binocular-hunting many indigenous bird species; call Mr. Mason from 8am-4pm at (0361)975009 or email him at : su_birdwalk@yahoo.com.

Walking Tours

Cultural & ecological walks, call Keep Walking Tours (0361)970992, at Jl. Hanoman 44. At least two per trip, these are village visits that aim for more cultural understanding from local interaction. Around Rp 85,000.

Bali Sunrise

Bali Sunrise 2001 (0818 552669) located on Jl.Raya Sanginggan are special treks up Gunung Batur or Gunung Agung to welcome the sunrise. From $45-$100 a per head.

Elephant Rides

Elephant rides are a respite from fast-paced modern life, a sure way to drink up the fantastic village scenery enroute to Elephant Safari Park. Call Bali Adventures Tours (0361)721480 at Taro, north of Ubud..

Cycling

Cycling tours are guided mountain bike cruising through the quiet village routes, traversing through the Monkey Forest at Sangeh, Gunung Batur and Gunung Batukaru. Call Ary’s Business & Travel Service (0361)973130 or Bali Budaya Tours (0361)975557, Bali Adventure Tours & Sobek. For around $40, you’ll have lunch too!

Motorbike Tours

Try exploring Ubud by motorbike, one of the true pleasures of a Bali sojourn. The offers are aplenty.
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Hikes and Treks

Or, a meditative trek at dawn through the rice paddies, or learning batik painting from a local artist. Even just a hike around the magic little town, alive with visual feasts, through soft wind breathing under tree-covered pathways leading to other like villages can be exhilarating.

Ubud is teeming with Art museums.

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• Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA)
• The Blanco Renaissance Museum
• Museum Puri Lukisan

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Balinese 1-Day Cooking Classes

Classes by Heinz von Holzen, the author of the book "The Food Of Bali" and former food guru of the Grand Hyatt and Ritz Carlton hotels in Bali, at the BUMBU Restaurant (tel. 974-217), CASA LUNA (tel. 96-283), and Sua Bali Culture and Information Centre (tel. 941-050).

The Botanical Garden

Five hectares of ferns, palms, bamboos and tropical trees, an Orchid Garden, Bali’s first maze, and a natural ravine. For bookings and information call 703-060.

Monkey Forest

Monkey Forest Road, Padangtegal Ubud, a most intriguing experience, this will take you through a fascinating thick banyan forest cover of many other exotic flora and fauna that you will not notice at all because of the million aggressive monkeys all savvy to and forever hungry for that loot you’re carrying (and you better have some). Be warned, they may react violently if denied, so be close to the many guards that police these rowdy beings.

Bali Zoo

"Nature's Education Center" is home of more than 350 animals and located in Singapadu near Ubud. Daily programs include animal feeding (lions, crocodiles, tigers etc.) as well as animal petting e.g. you can touch and hold various birds and baby monkeys. Entrance fee is US$18 per adult. For bookings and information call 703-060.

Other Attractions

• Ubud Bodyworks Healing Centre
• Museum Neka
• Taman Rahasia (Secret Garden)
• Puri Saren Palace
• Gunung Kawi
• Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah)
• Temple of the Meeting of the Three (Pura Samuan Tiga)
• Pura Besakih
• Istana Tampak Siring
• Tegallantang Rice Terrace
• Ubud Music

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