About this tour
Spend a morning and early afternoon in a mountain village near Mt. Batukaru learning to cook authentic Balinese dishes and traditional jamu herbal tonics alongside a local family. You'll harvest herbs from their garden, explore rice paddies, meet the farmers, and taste what you've prepared. The experience includes optional bathing at a hot spring, a chance to help with rice planting, and time with the family's animals and stingless bee colonies. Transport, a guide, and a certificate round out the eight-hour outing.
Highlights
- Cook nasi campur tumping and dessert in an open-air kitchen
- Learn jamu preparation; taste medicinal herb blends
- Walk through working rice terraces with farmers
- Pick fresh herbs straight from the garden
- Hand-plant rice alongside villagers
- Visit stingless Trigona beehives and taste rare honey
- Play traditional Rindik instrument with the family
- Optional soak at Belulang hot spring
What to expect
A guide collects you for a scenic drive into the mountains with photo stops along the way. Once in the village, a soft 30-minute downhill trek brings you to an authentic family compound. You'll tour their herb and spice garden, then move to Paon Bali—an open-sided kitchen where the chef teaches you to prepare a full meal. While cooking, you'll learn about jamu production and taste several blends. After lunch, expect hands-on time: help plant rice in the paddies, meet the family cow, explore the beehive enclosure, and try playing a Rindik. The pace is unhurried and social. Bathing at the nearby hot spring is optional.
Good to know
Wear comfortable shoes for the trek and rice-paddling. Dietary needs (vegetarian, allergies) must be flagged at booking. The cook provides an email certificate after the tour. English and German guides are included; other languages cost extra. Infants sit on an adult's lap. Tips, drinks, and personal expenses are separate.
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