Bali homestay & village accommodation
| country: | Indonesia |
| location: | Bali |
| price: | From Rupiah 765000 - Rupiah 1170000 (approx £45 - £70) per person per night including transfers, meals, guides & accommodation. Price depends on village visited and group size. |
description
Our organisation is owned by the communities of four Balinese villages. Inviting visitors to their villages is a way not only to raise funds for cultural and conservation activities, but is also an opportunity for villagers to share their pride in Bali with visitors, and present Bali as they know and love it, to the world.
The result is a unique chance for travellers to directly experience village life, staying in lodges and homestays, and see what Bali is all about…
The result is a unique chance for travellers to directly experience village life, staying in lodges and homestays, and see what Bali is all about…
rooms, food and facilities
Lodges
Kiadan Pelaga Village: Our accommodation in Pelaga is in a quiet, locally run visitor lodge. You will have your own basic but comfortable semi-detached wooden hut with twin beds (one double room available) and a private outdoor bathroom including western toilets and cold running water. The grounds offer a spectacular view of the sun setting behind the mountains.
Family homestay
Guests in homestays have private rooms but share the clean family bathrooms including squat toilets and a ‘bak mandi’ for scooping cool water to wash local style.
Dukuh Sibetan Village: If you choose to spend the night in Sibetan, you can stay at the house of a couple and their 12-year-old child. They have two comfortable spare rooms each with a single bed. Or you can stay with another couple, who have one spare room with a double bed. Both families have a dog.
Ceningan Island: Accommodation on Ceningan is a homestay with a local family - a couple and a collection of family members, cats and chickens that come and go. You will have your own basic but comfortable room with a single bed. Their house overlooks the strait to Lembongan Island.
There are many different activities which will offer you an insight into local lifestyles. Availability of these will depend on the activities of the villagers at the time of booking and a tailor made plan will be made in consultation with you, prior to departure.
Guided tour of the villages: These are available at all of our villages. Hear about the unique aspects of local history and culture, and stop to explore the village temple.
Turtle conservation: On the western coast of Bali lies Perancak; set a baby turtle on the sand and watch him or her flap, hesitate and stumble towards the sea for the first time.
Kiadan Pelaga Village
Coffee making: You will be greeted with a cup of local, organic coffee before your village guide takes you through each stage of the coffee making process, from managing the plantation, picking the beans, drying, roasting and grinding.
Trekking and birdwatching: This area is surrounded by forest including native bamboo, ricefields, rivers and gorges, offering some beautiful trekking. Learn about the plants of the forest and watch native birds in the early morning;you might even find a ‘titiran’ bird, which features in local stories.
Tour of the rice paddies: Learn about and taste red rice from local fields. Help in the harvest and taste this local delicacy (only available in February).
Dukuh Sibetan Village
Salak wine making: The locals make Bali’s only salak wine, sweet and surprisingly tasty! Pick a few salak to try and let yourself be immersed in the stories of the life of a salak farmer
Trekking: Trek the forest-garden and let your guide tell you about the plants and their medicinal and ceremonial uses. Alternatively, trek through the forest to the sea or walk to another of our villages.
Performance arts: Join the village genjek (singing) group in their regular practice, try playing the angklung (a gamelan instrument), or learn traditional dancing.
Village women (women travellers only): Join a local woman in her daily routine; cooking, preparing offerings for ceremonies, taking care of the salak garden and children and collecting water.
Village ceremonies: The village is a flurry of activity; women preparing the decorations and men cooking special foods. By helping with the preparation you will gain a greater appreciation of the ceremony.
Tenganan Pegringsingan Village
Village walking: Wander around this famous village with a local guide and learn about how this fortress village came to be so dramatically different from other Balinese villages. Join the locals in their houses and enjoy a fresh lunch.
Trekking: Long and short treks with a local guide through a variety of landscapes around the village, including one of the most intact remaining rainforests in Bali. Weaving: Learn about the local gringsing (meaning ‘not sick’) weaving in Tenganan and how it represents all that is central to the philosophies of the village.
Note: Tenganan does not offer accommodation, but can recommend places in the nearby town of Candidasa.
Ceningan Island
Swim, snorkel and surf: See a stunning array of fish and coral in the clear waters on the eastern tip of the island, or look for waves on the pounding southwestern coasts (bring your own surfboard).
Seaweed farming: Go out with a farmer to see the seaweed plantations by foot or canoe. See how the seaweed grows and is harvested, and learn how to make some seaweed delicacies such as cakes and candies.
Swallow cave: Visit at sunset to see the swallows dart in and out of their nesting site. This is an amazing place to watch the waves crashing below.
Note: An overnight stay is required for a trip to Ceningan due to the ferry times.
Kiadan Pelaga Village: Our accommodation in Pelaga is in a quiet, locally run visitor lodge. You will have your own basic but comfortable semi-detached wooden hut with twin beds (one double room available) and a private outdoor bathroom including western toilets and cold running water. The grounds offer a spectacular view of the sun setting behind the mountains.
Family homestay
Guests in homestays have private rooms but share the clean family bathrooms including squat toilets and a ‘bak mandi’ for scooping cool water to wash local style.
Dukuh Sibetan Village: If you choose to spend the night in Sibetan, you can stay at the house of a couple and their 12-year-old child. They have two comfortable spare rooms each with a single bed. Or you can stay with another couple, who have one spare room with a double bed. Both families have a dog.
Ceningan Island: Accommodation on Ceningan is a homestay with a local family - a couple and a collection of family members, cats and chickens that come and go. You will have your own basic but comfortable room with a single bed. Their house overlooks the strait to Lembongan Island.
special things to do and see here
There are many different activities which will offer you an insight into local lifestyles. Availability of these will depend on the activities of the villagers at the time of booking and a tailor made plan will be made in consultation with you, prior to departure.
Guided tour of the villages: These are available at all of our villages. Hear about the unique aspects of local history and culture, and stop to explore the village temple.
Turtle conservation: On the western coast of Bali lies Perancak; set a baby turtle on the sand and watch him or her flap, hesitate and stumble towards the sea for the first time.
Kiadan Pelaga Village
Coffee making: You will be greeted with a cup of local, organic coffee before your village guide takes you through each stage of the coffee making process, from managing the plantation, picking the beans, drying, roasting and grinding.
Trekking and birdwatching: This area is surrounded by forest including native bamboo, ricefields, rivers and gorges, offering some beautiful trekking. Learn about the plants of the forest and watch native birds in the early morning;you might even find a ‘titiran’ bird, which features in local stories.Tour of the rice paddies: Learn about and taste red rice from local fields. Help in the harvest and taste this local delicacy (only available in February).
Dukuh Sibetan Village
Salak wine making: The locals make Bali’s only salak wine, sweet and surprisingly tasty! Pick a few salak to try and let yourself be immersed in the stories of the life of a salak farmer
Trekking: Trek the forest-garden and let your guide tell you about the plants and their medicinal and ceremonial uses. Alternatively, trek through the forest to the sea or walk to another of our villages.
Performance arts: Join the village genjek (singing) group in their regular practice, try playing the angklung (a gamelan instrument), or learn traditional dancing.
Village women (women travellers only): Join a local woman in her daily routine; cooking, preparing offerings for ceremonies, taking care of the salak garden and children and collecting water.
Village ceremonies: The village is a flurry of activity; women preparing the decorations and men cooking special foods. By helping with the preparation you will gain a greater appreciation of the ceremony.
Tenganan Pegringsingan Village
Village walking: Wander around this famous village with a local guide and learn about how this fortress village came to be so dramatically different from other Balinese villages. Join the locals in their houses and enjoy a fresh lunch.
Trekking: Long and short treks with a local guide through a variety of landscapes around the village, including one of the most intact remaining rainforests in Bali. Weaving: Learn about the local gringsing (meaning ‘not sick’) weaving in Tenganan and how it represents all that is central to the philosophies of the village.
Note: Tenganan does not offer accommodation, but can recommend places in the nearby town of Candidasa.
Ceningan Island
Swim, snorkel and surf: See a stunning array of fish and coral in the clear waters on the eastern tip of the island, or look for waves on the pounding southwestern coasts (bring your own surfboard).
Seaweed farming: Go out with a farmer to see the seaweed plantations by foot or canoe. See how the seaweed grows and is harvested, and learn how to make some seaweed delicacies such as cakes and candies.
Swallow cave: Visit at sunset to see the swallows dart in and out of their nesting site. This is an amazing place to watch the waves crashing below.
Note: An overnight stay is required for a trip to Ceningan due to the ferry times.
prices
Prices are in Indonesian Rupiah and are per person. Trips include transfers, meals, guides and a contribution to the village temple, council and conservation fund.| Day trip only | Day trip + 1 night accom | |||
| 2 - 4 people | 5 or more | 2 - 4 people | 5 or more | |
| Kiadan Pelaga Village | Rupiah 675000 (approx £40) | Rupiah 495000 (approx £30) | Rupiah 950000 (approx £56) | Rupiah 765000 (approx £45) |
| Dukuh Sibetan Village | Rupiah 675000 (approx £40) | Rupiah 495000 (approx £30) | Rupiah 950000 (approx £56) | Rupiah 765000 (approx £45) |
| Tenganan Village | Rupiah 675000 (approx £40) | Rupiah 495000 (approx £30) | Rupiah 950000 (approx £56) | Rupiah 765000 (approx £45) |
| Ceningan Island | n/a | n/a | Rupiah 1170000 (approx £70) | Rupiah 945000 (approx £55) |
how this holiday makes a difference
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Our village ecotourism network is managed and owned by the communities of four Balinese villages, with the administrative help of one of Bali’s oldest environmental NGOs. It is a strong statement from four communities who want to decide for themselves the future of their people, their culture and their environment.
Inviting visitors to their villages is a way to not only help the local economy and contribute to raising funds for cultural and conservation activities, but also to raise community esteem for these assets. Once funds allow, water supply and waste management projects will be prioritised. All islands are fragile. Limited land means limited fresh water (among other resources), as well as tricky problems with waste disposal. An average 500-room hotel uses ten times as much water per room as an average family home in Bali. Our trips are designed to have minimal impact on the local environment.  Balinese culture can often loses its meaning to tourism; the sacredness of many rituals and dances are abused for the consumption of tourists and religious festivals are made more ostentatious to impress outsiders. We aim to strengthen transparent and democratic decision-making and cooperation in and between the villages, and aim to foster cross-cultural understanding by facilitating discussions between Balinese locals and outside visitors. The very presence of tourists is an affirmation for local people that their environments and their culture are of value, and worth preserving. This holiday is part of the responsibletravel.com and Conservation International Community Based Tourism Programme to support and promote community based tourism ventures that offer significant conservation and development benefits to local communities. To see other community based tourism holidays and find out more about the programme click here. |
Tourism can be good and bad for destinations & local people. We carefully screen every holiday against our criteria for responsible travel. 'Look behind the brochure' to find how each holiday makes a difference (see left). We don't claim to be perfect - there is no global accreditation - but we've led the way since 2001 and screened 1000's of holidays. We invite every traveller to write a review about their experiences and responsible tourism. This valuable feedback is sent to the people who run the holidays. We keep a very close eye on it and take off holidays that don't live up to our standards. |