Dynamic Duo
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Trip Highlights
• Volunteering with the disabled people of Bali
• Sanur Beach
• The artistic town of Ubud
• Luxury boutique villa on Senggigi Beach, Lombok
• The mountain resort of Tetebatu
• Gili Terawangan island - relax, sunbathe, swim, snorkel, horse ride or explore
• Luxurious hotel in Bali
• Spa and massage treatment
Your "Taste of Volunteering" Project
House building/Other Construction, Repairs & Renovations, 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 tour starts at Bali airport, where you are met by your tour guide, and transferred to your luxury hotel, with the rest of the day at leisure.
The following day, the morning is free to orientate yourself around the Sanur area; you can swim, sunbathe, relax or walk around.
In the mid-afternoon, we set out for the southernmost tip of Bali, to the Pura Luhur Temple at Uluwatu. We should see monkeys scampering around the cliff-side overlooking the Indian Ocean, and enjoy the views of the ocean and a superb sunset (weather permitting). The spectacular Kecak Dance, an hour long excerpt from the famous Ramayana epic, will be performed. A seafood barbecue dinner follows on the sands of Jimbaran Bay.
The next day, we depart for a tour to a Balinese village, with a stop at a ‘Banjar’ (meeting hall for the local village council), and see the Kulkul alarm drum. We also enter a Balinese house compound with traditional kitchen, sleeping pavilions and house temple, and visit the home of a silver-smith in his cottage industry workshop and showroom. We then walk through rice fields and observe the Subak irrigation system, traditional planting or harvesting (depending on the season). At Mas village, we see a woodcarving workshop. We have lunch in Ubud, where we visit an artist’s studio, a museum and the local markets.
On Day 4, you have the morning free to swim and relax, before transferring to the airport for the 25 minute flight to Lombok, Bali’s sister island and nearest neighbour. You are met and greeted on arrival in Mataram, Lombok, by your new tour guide, and transferred to your luxury hotel on Senggigi Beach. The remainder of the day is at leisure for orientation around Senggigi Beach.
The following day, we depart for a full day sightseeing. Your tour sets off to the mountain resort of Tetebatu, with visits to villages renowned for their handicraft expertise. We walk through villages, rice fields and plantations to see the local way of life, and observe the differences in life between Bali and Lombok. We drive to Banyumulek, a village of traditional Lombok pottery makers; Sukarara, a village known for its unique Lombok style weavings, and on to Tetebatu, where lunch is served. We visit Narmada, the attractive former summer palace of the Balinese Raja who ruled western Lombok up till the turn of the century.
The next day, we drive to the harbour for the boat ride to the small island of Gili Terawangan with stops en route at Sidemen to see cottage industry palm sugar production, the Pusuk Monkey forest, then to Segenter, a traditional village, and then a coffee break at Montong Pal. At the harbour, we take a simple traditional boat across to Gili Trawangan island, and check in to our boutique luxury accommodation.
You have Day 7 at leisure for total relaxing, sunbathing, swimming, snorkelling, exploring Gili Terawangan.
The following day, the morning is at your leisure for more swimming, sunbathing, and relaxing. We then transfer from Gili Terawangan by public boat to mainland Lombok, and on to the airport for your return flight to Bali.
The next day, you get down to work!! We transfer to one of Yakkum Bali’s centres in Karangasem, to assist in various activities, in accordance with your own skills and interest. 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.
On Day 10 and Day 11, your volunteering work continues.
The following day, your volunteering work continues in the morning, and in the early afternoon we set off back to Sanur. En route we visit Tenganan village (home of the indigenous pre-Hindu Balinese) and the Kerta Gosa (an ancient Court of Justice where Kings of bygone days meted out various punishments for crime. Unique ceiling paintings in these buildings depict among other things the various punishments to be handed out in hell, for various sins committed).
The next day, the morning is at leisure, to relax after your days of volunteering, and enjoy the luxury hotel’s facilities. In the early afternoon picked up for the ultimate relaxation treatment, an experience that will awaken your senses, health, and encourage peace of mind, for an heavenly treatment lasting 2.5 hours. What could be a better way to spend an afternoon after your volunteering?
On Day 14, you have the full day left for leisure, for last minute shopping, swimming, or enjoying the hotel facilities. We have a farewell dinner in the evening.
On your final day, you are transferred to Bali airport where your adventure ends.
* Note on Comfort Level
Your accommodation is in luxurious hotels (10 nights), and excellent 3* tourist hotels (4 nights).
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