Travel Reference
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you go to a temple ceremony with a group or on your own, formal dress (sashes and sarongs)
is required.
Bicycle tours
Downhill rides from Gunung Batur, via villages, temples and traditional
homes, costing Rp350,000-450,000. Bali Bike Baik Cycling Tours ( 0361 978052,
balibike.com
)
; Bali Eco Cycling ( 0361 975557,
baliecocycling.com
)
; Banyan Tree
Bike Tours ( 0813 3879 8516,
banyantreebiketours.com
)
; Happy Bike Cycling Tour (
0819 9926 0262,
happybiketour.com
); Jegeg Bali Cycling Tours ( 0812 3677 9429,
Bird walks
Bird-spotting walks in the Campuhan area, organized by expat author Victor
Mason. Bali Bird Walks ( 0812 391 3801,
balibirdwalk.com
; Tues, Fri, Sat & Sun 9am;
Rp450,000, including lunch).
Cultural and ecological walks
Guided walks with an emphasis on learning about traditions
and local life from Rp200,000. Bali Nature Walks ( 0817 973 5914,
balinature-
walks.com
)
; Bali Off Course ( 0361 369 9003,
balioffcourse.com
)
; Keep Walking Tours
( 0361 973361,
balispirit.com/tours/bali_tour_keep_walking.html
).
Elephant treks
At the
Elephant Safari Park
in Taro, 13km north of Ubud.
Sunrise mountain treks
Gunung Batur (from Rp550,000) and Gunung Agung (from
Rp1,000,000). Bali Sunrise Trekking and Tours ( 0818 552669,
Keep Walking Tours
and
Jegeg Bali
.
Traditional medicine walks
Traditional herbalists Ni Wayan Lilir and I Made Westi show
how to identify native medicinal plants in the Ubud countryside (Rp220,000). Herb Walk (
0812 381 6024,
baliherbalwalk.com
).
Whitewater rafting and kayaking
On the Ayung River just west of Ubud, Sobek's 2hr
courses cover about 8km and cross Class 2 and 3 rapids (see
Courses and classes
).
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
With so many
creative
types in residence, Ubud is a great place to learn something new: there
are tourist-oriented courses in everything from batik to yoga. In addition to the more form-
al venues listed here, it's always worth asking advice from the more traditional homestays,
whose managers are often dancers, musicians or painters. Unless otherwise stated, all of the
places mentioned here are in central Ubud.
ARTS, CRAFTS, MUSIC, DANCE AND TRADITIONAL CULTURE
ARMA Cultural Workshops
Jl Raya Pengosekan, Pengosekan 0361 976659,
armabali.com
.
Museum-endorsed classes (mostly 2hr; Rp300,000-600,000) in Balinese
painting, woodcarving, batik, gamelan, dance and theatre, silver, basket-weaving, traditional
architecture, Hinduism, astrology and making offerings.
