One Day Tours

T2T.12 \|\| Ubud – Art Village Morning Tours \|\| 8 hours
Total Pax	1	2	3	4	5
Price (USD)	40	20	14	10	8

Ubud & Art Village Morning Tour is the most interesting tour for art lovers. The tour will start at 09:00 and we are going to see some art work around Ubud area including cultural activity such as Barong Dance performance in Batubulan. Below are the details of the itineraries that include during the tour as follows:

BATUBULAN : Barong and Kris dance, stone carving
CELUK : Balinese style silver works
BATUAN : Traditional house compound
MAS : The centre of fine wood carvings
TEGAL LALANG : Picturesque rice terrace
COFFEE GARDEN : High quality of civet coffee in Bali
UBUD : Colony of artist and monkey forest

BATUBULAN	This village is famous for its Barong & Kris Dance which is performed everyday in two different timing: morning and evening. Morning dance is conducted from 09:30 to 10:30. The Barong & Kris dance tells us about the balance between goodness and badness in everyday life of Hindus people. Visitors are advised to see it all because it is so attractive and entertaining. Besides, this area is well-known for its spectacular stone carvings. These fabulous stone carvings take in various forms starting from beautiful creatures of Hindus colossal story to a modern art style. The stone carvings are displayed in the side roads, right in front of people’s houses along Singapadu to Batubulan streets. Come and have a visit to have better overview of the Balinese carving.


CELUK	It is a silver and gold smith village which has been renowned all over the world. Various and high quality silver work is made by local silver smiths which is incomparable to any places in Bali. For jewellery lovers, it is highly recommended to have a visit in to this place and buy one for souvenir or self-used. This place is reachable only 20 minutes drive from Ubud or 5 minutes from Barong Dance venue of Batubulan. Various unique design silver works are produced everyday and showcase in each art shop along Celuk street. Not only is it admired by local people, it is much loved by people from other countries. This makes the silver work producers export their high quality work to United States, England, Japan, etc.

BATUAN	Located not too far from Celuk, Batuan village offers a very unique site which is hardly found in any other part of the island. That is an original traditional Balinese house that still exists up to now and bears the old Balinese house nuance. The house if compared to any other houses around its neighbourhood looks very different. A traditional nuance starts catching your eyes from the outlook of the house. The wall that surrounds and the gate to enter the house are kept traditionally. Even if you come inside, you will feel like being taken back to the old time Balinese life. The house temple, Bale Daje, Bale Dangin, Bale Dauh and Bale Delod are so traditional. You can see from the wall of the building, the roof, the pillars, the floors are so old. You have to see and feel the real atmosphere being in the real traditional house.


MAS VILLAGE	An art village seems to be very suitable to address this place. Thousands of handicrafts and paintings can easily be found here. If you look for either old or modern furniture, this village offers a wide range. Starting from entering the village, on both sides of the road you will see lots of displays of art from the shops and they seem attracting visitors to have a closer look inside. This is a good place to visit by art lovers because they can go from one shop (or gallery) to another just in seconds. It takes only 10 minutes drive from Celuk or 15 minutes drive from Ubud city you can have high quality arts which are originally made by local villagers. Throngs of visitors visit this place every day, and now is your turn to be part of them and see the specialty of Balinese art.


TEGALLALANG	Tegallalang Rice Terrace is the second biggest rice terrace in the island. It unveils the uniqueness of local genius in coordinating with nature to form a beautiful rice terrace. Pay a visit around morning or late afternoon and get the best nuance of the site while enjoying some coffee or tea in a coffee shop nearby. The best time to come here is between February to September as it is mostly dry around this time and allows you to have the best photos. If you like trekking, it is also possible to do it here and our driver will be glad to guide you along the way. If you are one of agro-tourism lovers, do not miss a visit to coffee plantation which is about 3 minutes drive to the north. Do not miss the chance to taste different kinds of coffee and buy some for souvenirs.


COFFEE GARDEN	Coffee Gardens are spreading everywhere in Bali. Coffee plants that people grow here are Arabica coffee bean which has the finest quality of its kind; therefore, it bases the production of Luwak Coffee which has a great interest among coffee lovers around the world. Luwak coffee is coffee made from beans of the Arabica coffee that have been eaten by civet and gone through digestive tract. The process of producing Luwak Coffee is quite easy. The beans coming out after having gone through digestive system of the civet and cleaned and pounded until smooth. The pounded beans are then strained and picked out the damage ones. The selected beans are roasted in a special oven and grounded it well. Coffee Luwak is the most wanted coffee in Bali by visitors around the world. Come and pay a visit to this place; it just takes a couple of minutes from the rice terrace.


UBUD	Famous for its art and culture, Ubud becomes the only tourism object to which people interested in arts are coming and visiting this place. Frankly speaking, Ubud tourism site is focusing on arts and culture; thus, many art work can be found almost everywhere in Ubud. Museums and fine art galleries are plenty. Besides, Ubud is also famous for its traditional market and holy monkeys (Monkey Forest). Ubud traditional market starts from early morning to eight o’clock, and will change to an art market afterwards. Both traditional and art markets are so recommended as they offer a very competitive price. The monkey forest itself is just 10 minutes away from the market. There are more than 300 sacred monkeys there and they are quite friendly to the visitors. If you come and visit it, do not forget to bring some bananas for them.