Bali Bound
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Trip Highlights
• Volunteering with Bali’s disabled people
• Artistic Ubud town
• Sanur Beach
• Whitewater rafting
• Mountain biking down Mt Batur
• Hiking near Bali’s National Park
• Luxurious spa and massage treatment
Your "Taste of Volunteering" Project
Building, Repairs & Renovations, Physiotherapy or IT/Administrative work, Medical. You will be helping at Yakkum, a foundation for the rehabilitation of physically disabled children or young adults, and you can help with constructing specialist bathroom facilities for them, or assisting with IT or admin work in the office. If you have surgery, physiotherapy or counselling skills these would be very helpful as well.
Trip Summary
Your trip starts at Bali airport where you are met by your tour guide and transferred to your luxury hotel.
The following day, the morning is free at leisure to orient yourself around the Sanur area, with swimming, relaxing or wandering options. In the mid-afternoon we set out for the southernmost tip of Bali: to Pura Luhur Temple at Uluwatu. You should see monkeys scampering around the cliff-side overlooking the Indian Ocean, and enjoy superb sunset views. We then watch the spectacular Kecak Dance, an hour long excerpt from the famous Ramayana epic. A barbecued seafood dinner follows on the sands of Jimbaran Bay, before returning to the hotel.
The next day, we depart for a sightseeing tour, giving you an introduction to a Balinese village, including a stop at the Banjar (meeting hall for the local village council). You see the Kulkul alarm drum, enter a Balinese house compound with traditional kitchen, sleeping pavilions and house temple, and visit the home of a silver smith in his home industry workshop and showroom. We walk through rice fields and observe the Subak irrigation system, traditional planting and harvesting (depending on the season). At Mas, we see a woodcarving workshop. We have lunch in the artistic community town of Ubud, and visit a painter’s studio, a museum and the local markets.
On Day 4, we have an exciting day river rafting (6 hours in total, with two hours rafting through some of the most spectacular scenery Bali has to offer). World-class river guides and modern safety equipment make this a fun day, a mix of wild excitement and sightseeing, switching between Grade II and III rapids and wide, leisurely stretches through tropical rain forest. The adventure ends with lunch at a riverside rafting restaurant. The remainder of the afternoon is at leisure.
The following day, we explore another side of Bali, this time on mountain bikes. We take downhill trails from Mt Batur, leading through sleepy villages along little-used roads and tracks. Frequent stops are made with opportunities to see temples, plantations and villages, offering further insights into the Bali that is not commonly seen.
All guides are from surrounding regions and trained to educate with a broad depth of knowledge in Balinese culture and lifestyle. Morning tea and refreshments are served overlooking Lake Batur and Bali’s highest volcanic craters, before starting cycling. Lunch is provided in Ubud.
The next day will take you on a different type of adventure again: trekking in normally inaccessible areas close to Bali’s National Park, where nature is left to itself, undisturbed by outside influences. Many species of plant and bird life abound, which are found only in this area of Bali, and the terrain offers unrivalled views across the twin lakes of Tamblingan and Buyan. Your jungle guides well versed in the ways of nature, provide an illuminating insight into the realm of the rain forest.
On Day 7, your Volunteer Project starts and will continue for four days in total! We transfer to one of Yakkum Bali’s centres in Abiansemal, to assist in various activities, in accordance with your own skills and preferences.
On Day 10, after finishing our volunteering activities, we transfer back to Sanur Beach, with some sightseeing en route.
The following day, the ultimate relaxation awaits! After a leisurely morning, we transfer you for an exhilarating treatment lasting 2.5 hours.
The exotic experience begins with gentle body exfoliation using a blend of granular herbal plant extracts. Your skin is then buffed to a smooth feel with Balinese “polish” known as ‘boreh’, and followed by a cooling yogurt body mask to nourish the skin.
You then have a soothing soak in a tropical floral essential oil bath. A health tea known for its internal detoxification properties is offered as you relax. Last but not least, enjoy an hour of aromatherapy massage, using foot reflexology and lymphatic drainage techniques designed to help strengthen the body’s own healing potential. What could be a better way to spend an afternoon after your exertions?
Your Balinese adventure ends the following day.
* Note on Comfort Level:
Your accommodation is in a high quality 5* hotel throughout.
For a full trip description in PDF format, click here (you will need Adobe acrobat Reader).
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