Bali Immersion
Nine days of culture, ceremony, and deliberate stillness
Bali has been many things to many travellers. This trip strips away the Instagram-optimised version and goes looking for the real one — the one that wakes up at 5am to prepare offerings, that runs on rice and ceremony, that will outlast any trend. Nine days that begin with the jungle and end at the sea, with enough space in between to actually slow down.
This is a starting-point itinerary — we adapt every detail to your travel dates, interests, pace, and group. Speak to our concierge to begin.
Starting price
from £4,200 per person
All-inclusive of guides, transfers, and accommodation
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Priya Anand
Asia Operations
Your specialist
“Wellness travel is about what you come back with, not just where you went. I design these trips to be genuinely restorative.”
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- 8 nights across 4 properties (villa, eco-lodge, boutique hotels)
- Private airport transfers and all in-trip transfers
- Water purification ceremony (private guide + priest coordination)
- Cooking class, offering class, weaving village visit
- Manta ray snorkelling private boat charter
- Daily breakfast + 4 included dinners
- Dedicated Excurze Bali concierge
Ubud
Arrive Ubud
Private transfer from Ngurah Rai Airport to Ubud (1.5 hours)
Check into a villa with rice terrace views
Afternoon orientation walk through Ubud's village lanes
Welcome dinner at a chef's table overlooking the jungle gorge
Sleep: Private villa, Ubud
Ubud — Tirta Empul
Water Purification Ceremony
Private ceremony at Tirta Empul at 6:30am — before the tourist visits begin
Traditional Balinese dress provided; a priest guides the ritual
Breakfast in the temple garden afterwards
Afternoon: guided walk through Campuhan Ridge with an art historian — Ubud's painting heritage
Sleep: Private villa, Ubud
Ubud
Offering & Cooking
Morning: canang sari (daily offering) class with a village grandmother — learn what each element means
Market tour of Ubud's Pasar Ubud with a Balinese chef
Afternoon: Balinese cooking class — be'tutu duck, jukut urab, lawar
Evening: Kecak fire dance at Uluwatu (transferred by private car)
Sleep: Private villa, Ubud
Sidemen
Sidemen Valley
Transfer to the less-visited Sidemen valley (1 hour)
Rice terrace walk with a Subak irrigation farmer — the UNESCO-recognised system explained on foot
Visit a traditional songket weaving village — hand-loom silk weaving, unchanged for centuries
Overnight in a small hillside resort above the valley
Sleep: Alaya Resort Sidemen
Sidemen — Besakih
Mount Agung Sunrise
Optional 3am departure for Besakih Temple sunrise — Bali's mother temple at dawn
Or: morning yoga on the valley terrace with a resident teacher (sunrise option included)
Visit Besakih, Bali's largest and most sacred temple complex
Afternoon: transfer back through Ubud to Seminyak
Sleep: Small Luxury Hotel, Seminyak
Seminyak
Seminyak & Wellness
Morning: Balinese massage and Jamu (herbal tonic) treatment at a traditional healing centre
Afternoon at leisure — Seminyak beach or boutique browsing
Sunset at Ku De Ta or La Favela — the Bali that the surf crowd built
Dinner: Merah Putih restaurant — modern Indonesian tasting menu
Sleep: Small Luxury Hotel, Seminyak
Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida
Private speedboat from Sanur (45 min) to Nusa Penida
Day 1: Kelingking beach viewpoint, Broken Beach, Angel's Billabong
Snorkelling with manta rays at Manta Point (private charter — smaller boat, calmer water)
Day 2: Crystal Bay for drift snorkelling; afternoon return to Bali by boat
Sleep: Cliffside eco-villa, Nusa Penida
Seminyak → Bali Airport
Departure
Final Balinese breakfast with a last rice terrace view
Airport transfer, departure
You'll be back
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