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Private Balinese Village and Tanah Lot Temple Cultural Tour

10 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Mengwi. Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Experience daily life in Taman Anyar village
02 Join hands-on activities including rice planting and local food preparation
03 Visit a traditional Balinese house and family temple
04 Enjoy a local Balinese set-menu lunch with a short dance performance
05 Walk through the rice fields and learn about local farming
06 See the historic Tanah Lot Temple
07 Take in the temple’s scenic setting, especially toward sunset

Experience a day of Balinese culture through hands-on village activities and a visit to one of Bali’s most iconic temples. In Taman Anyar, you’ll be welcomed with a traditional dance before exploring daily life in the village, from visiting a traditional family house and temple area to walking through the rice fields and learning about local farming practices.

You’ll also take part in kitchen and craft activities such as making offerings, preparing satay and traditional snacks, and seeing how virgin coconut oil and coffee are processed. After a local Balinese set-menu lunch and farewell performance, continue to Tanah Lot Temple, where you can explore the grounds and enjoy its striking coastal setting.

After a local Balinese set-menu lunch and farewell performance, continue to Tanah Lot Temple, where you can explore the grounds and enjoy its striking coastal setting.

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At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 10 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Bali

Languages English, Indonesian

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Taman Anyar

When you arrive at this village, you will be greeted with a traditional Balinese dance, which uses a saroong or kamen and you can take apart to participate in this short visit.
Visiting the elementary school in this village, this visit is only valid on the day of school entry. This unformal visiting is allowed by the school management and helps students to improve their language skills and also courage in social activities.
The participants will be taken to a traditional Balinese house to get to know more about the structure of the building, the layout of the building and the function of each part of the building. Then they will be introduced to the prayer area, namely the family temple located in the yard of the house.
In rice field you will be introduced with short walking tour, how to grow crops starting from planting rice seeds, fertilizing, harvest time and how to cultivate the soil again for replanting.
In the kitchen there are several activities such as making canang or offering flowers, seeing the processing of making virgin coconut oil, grinding coffee beans,there is also making satay, making traditional snacks (klepon) that you will not find in your country.
You will to introduced to farming rice,how to hoe, plant rice seeds and other technical made you get insight from direct local farmer. Please prepare a change of clothes, after this activity.
Local Balinese lunch served as a set menu. While having lunch you will be treated to a short local dance as a goodbye and a sign that the activities in the village have ended.

Tanah Lot Temple

The temple, which is located in the village of Beraban, Tabanan Regency, has a fairly important historical value in the development of Hinduism in Bali. The temple which has an exotic view and is more beautiful to see at sunset time makes many visitors immortalize it in their photo memories. You can explore the temple area which is quite wide on foot, and take photos from various angles of the location.

The route