Description
Day 1 - Meet and greet at airport by your tour guide, and transfer to your hotel, with the rest of the day at leisure.
Day 2 - Morning is free at leisure to orientate around the Sanur area, swim, sunbathe, relax etc. Mid-afternoon set out for the southernmost tip of Bali, to the Pura Luhur Temple at Uluwatu. Watch monkeys scampering around the cliff-side overlooking the Indian Ocean, and enjoy the views of the ocean and superb sunset (weather permitting). The spectacular Kecak Dance, an hour long excerpt from the famous Ramayana epic, will be performed by a chorus of men seated in concentric circles around an oil-burning candelabra, while the dance and story takes place inside the circle. A barbecued seafood dinner follows on the sands of Jimbaran Bay before returning to hotel. (B,D)
Day 3 - 8.30am: Depart from sightseeing tour. Introduction to a Balinese village, with a stop at a Banjar (meeting hall for the local village council), and 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 cottage industry workshop and showroom. Walk through rice fields and observe the Subak irrigation system, traditional planting and harvesting (depending on season). At Mas see a woodcarving workshop. Lunch taken in Ubud, and we make a visit to an artist’s studio, a museum and the local markets, before returning to hotel approx 4.30pm.
Evening is at leisure.(B,L).
Day 4 - Breakfast at hotel. Morning free to swim etc. Have an early lunch (not included in price). Transfer to airport Ngurah Rai for 25 minute flight to Lombok, Bali’s sister island and nearest neighbour. Domestic departure tax is: Rp10.000, to be paid at airport in rupiahs. Meet and greet on arrival in Mataram, Lombok, by your new tour guide, and transferred to your luxury hotel on Senggigi Beach. Remainder of day is at leisure for orientation around Senggigi Beach.(B)
Day 5 - Breakfast at hotel - 8.30am depart for full day sightseeing. Tour sets off on journey to the mountain resort of Tetebatu, with visits to villages renowned for their handicraft expertise. Walk through villages, rice fields and plantations to see the local way of life, and observe the differences in life between Bali and Lombok. Drive to Banyumulek – a village of traditional Lombok pottery makers, Sukarara – a village known for it’s unique Lombok style weavings, and on to Tetebatu, where lunch will be served. On the return trip to the hotel, visit Narmada, the attractive former summer palace of the Balinese Raja who ruled western Lombok up till the turn of the century. (B,L)
Day 6 - Maybe an early morning swim before breakfast? Drive to harbour for crossing to small island of Gili Trawangan with stops en route at Sidemen- to see cottage industry palm sugar production, Pusuk – Monkey forest, then to Segenter – a traditional village and a stop for coffee break at Montong Pal. At harbour take simple traditional boat across to Gili Trawangan island, and check in for your boutique luxury accommodation. (B)
Day 7 - Day at leisure for total relaxing, sunbathing, swimming, snorkelling, exploring Gili Trawangan. (B)
Day 8 - Morning is at leisure for more swimming, sunbathing, relaxing etc. Early lunch (not included in price). 12.30pm: Transfer from Gili Trawangan by public boat to mainland Lombok, and on to airport for return flight to Bali..(airport departure tax from Lombok Rp10.000, payable in Rupiahs only, on the spot). Arrival in Bali, and transfer to your hotel. (B)
Day 9 - Early Breakfast at hotel. Today you get down to work!! 7.30am/8.30am: Depart for transfer to one of Yakkum Bali’s centres in either Abiansemal or in Karangasem, to assist in various activities, in accordance with your own skills. (B,L)
Days 10 and 11 - Community Development work continues. (B,L)
Day 12 - Community Development work continues in the morning. Early afternoon set off from Karangasem back to Sanur, Community Development completed. On route visit Tenganan village (home of the indigenous pre-Hindu Balinese) and the Kerta Gosa (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. (B)
Day 13 - Morning is at leisure, to relax after your days of working, and enjoy the Hotel’s facilities. Early afternoon picked up for the ultimate relaxation treatment, an experience that will awaken the body’s senses, health, and encourage peace of mind, for an exhilaration treatment lasting 2.5 hours. This exotic experience begins with 4 gentle body exfoliation using a blend of granular herbal plant extracts. 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. Then a soothing soak in a tropical floral essential oil bath. A health tea known for it’s 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 working days?
If you like we could taxi or bemo to Kuta in morning, for shops, beaches, and experiencing life in Bali’s fast lane, with it’s hard sell, etc. (cost not included for transport this day). We would then pick you up in Kuta for the pampering experience. (B)
Day 14 - Full day left for own arrangements, for last minute shopping, swimming, enjoying the hotel facilities, etc. (B).
Day 15 - Free until check out (checkout time is 12noon). Transfer to Mataram Airport as the end of service. International airport departure tax of Rp100.000 must be paid in Rupiahs, so money should be set aside for this. (B)
Day 1
Meet and greet, transfer to your hotel
Day 2
Morning is free. Mid-afternoon Southernmost tip of Bali. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 3
Depart from sightseeing tour. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 4
Morning free to swim etc. Transfer to airport Ngurah Rai for 25 minute flight to Lombok. (Breakfast)
Day 5
Depart for full day sightseeing. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 6
Drive to harbour for crossing to small island of Gili Trawangan. (Breakfast)
Day 7
Day at leisure for total relaxing, sunbathing, swimming, snorkelling, exploring Gili Trawangan. (Breakfast)
Day 8
Morning is at leisure for more swimming, sunbathing, relaxing etc. Early lunch (not included in price). Transfer from Gili Trawangan to mainland Lombok.
(Breakfast)
Day 9
Community development work starts (Breakfast)
Day 10
Community Development work continues. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 11
Community Development work continues. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 12
Community Development work continues in the morning. Early afternoon set off from Karangasem back to Sanur, Community Development completed. (Breakfast)
Day 13
Morning is at leisure. Early afternoon picked up for the ultimate relaxation treatment.(Breakfast)
Day 14
Full day left for own arrangements, for last minute shopping, swimming, enjoying the hotel facilities, etc. (Breakfast)
Day 15
Free until check out. Transfer to Mataram Airport as the end of service. (Breakfast)