Trip highlights
- 1Sunrise yoga at Campuhan Ridge Walk
- 2Traditional Balinese healing with a Balian
- 3Tirta Empul water purification ritual
- 4Sound healing at a rice terrace
- 5Cooking class: Ayurvedic Balinese cuisine
Daily spend
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Day-by-day plan
Arrival & Setting the Pace
Tuesday, June 15
Est. spend
$90
per person
🌅 Morning
Arrive at Ngurah Rai Airport, transfer to Ubud
Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali
Ubud is 90 minutes north of the airport — book a driver in advance (GoTrip or your guesthouse). Arrive slowly. This week is about deceleration.
Ask your driver to stop at a warung for a proper Balinese nasi campur lunch on the way — better than anything near the airport.
☀️ Afternoon
Settle into your retreat or guesthouse — rest
Ubud, Gianyar, Bali
Ubud has everything from budget guesthouses (from $25/night) to jungle-edge luxury resorts. The middle ground — eco-lodges and boutique family-run places like Bisma Eight or Komaneka — is the sweet spot.
Don't over-programme Day 1. Arrive, eat, sleep. Jet lag and heat on the same day as activity is a recipe for spending Day 2 exhausted.
Campuhan Ridge Walk — late afternoon
Campuhan Ridge Walk, Jl. Raya Campuhan, Ubud
A 9km path through rice paddies and jungle above the Campuhan river gorge. At 4pm the light turns golden and the tourist masses thin out.
Start at the Ibah Hotel steps. Walk north. The path is flat except for one short hill. Wear something you can sweat in.
🌙 Evening
Dinner at Locavore or Clear Café
Locavore: Jl. Dewi Sita No.10, Ubud
Locavore is Bali's best restaurant — local ingredients, serious technique, excellent Indonesian wine list. Book weeks ahead. Clear Café is the wellness alternative — raw, vegan, excellent, no booking needed.
🍽️ Meals
Warung lunch en route
Balinese · $5 · Nasi campur — mixed rice with small portions of 6–8 dishes. The best meal in Bali for $3.
Locavore or Clear Café
Modern Indonesian/raw · $55
Sunrise Yoga & Tirta Empul
Wednesday, June 16
Est. spend
$145
per person
🌅 Morning
Sunrise yoga at Radiantly Alive or The Yoga Barn
The Yoga Barn, Jl. Hanoman, Ubud
Both studios offer outdoor and open-sided classes from 7am. The Yoga Barn is the most famous in Southeast Asia — multiple disciplines, all levels, in a jungle garden setting.
The 7am Hatha class at The Yoga Barn is the most popular. Arrive 15 minutes early. Bring your own mat or rent one for IDR 15,000.
Breakfast at Kafe
Jl. Hanoman No.44, Ubud
Ubud's original healthy café — smoothies, açaí bowls, and the best granola in Bali. The garden terrace is exactly where you want to be after yoga.
☀️ Afternoon
Tirta Empul Water Temple Purification
Jl. Tirta, Manukaya, Tampaksiring, Gianyar
The sacred spring temple where Balinese Hindus come for spiritual cleansing — you can participate in the purification ritual by moving through the 14 holy spring spouts, praying at each one. One of the most moving experiences in Bali.
Wear a sarong (rented at the entrance). Don't bring electronics through the water. Arrive before 10am to beat tour groups. This is a genuine ceremony — be respectful and follow local cues.
🌙 Evening
Balinese massage at COMO Shambhala
Banjar Begawan, Payangan, Gianyar
The gold standard of Balinese wellness — 90-minute Balinese massage at COMO Shambhala Estate. The treatment includes dry body brushing, a Balinese boreh (spice paste), and a herbal bath.
Book the 5pm slot — COMO Shambhala's garden treatment rooms catch the last afternoon light. Worth the price for a once-trip experience.
🍽️ Meals
Post-yoga breakfast at Kafe
Healthy/raw · $12
Warung lunch near Tirta Empul
Balinese · $6 · The warungs outside the temple are excellent and authentic — IDR 30,000 for a full plate.
Light dinner at Sayuri Healing Food
Raw vegan · $20 · Ubud's best raw food restaurant. The living pad thai is extraordinary.
Sound Healing & Jungle Waterfall
Thursday, June 17
Est. spend
$100
per person
🌅 Morning
Ayurvedic breakfast ritual
Your guesthouse or Kafe, Ubud
Start with warm lemon water, oil pulling, and a slow breakfast — this is the Ayurvedic morning protocol that most Ubud wellness programs recommend. Almond milk, fresh papaya, and ginger tea.
The morning routine sets the tone for the day. Don't check your phone for the first hour.
Tegenungan Waterfall
Jl. Raya Tegenungan, Kemenuh, Gianyar
The most accessible waterfall near Ubud — 20 minutes south, 140 steps down a jungle path to a 15-metre falls with a natural swimming hole. Go before 9am to have it almost to yourself.
Swim in the pool at the base — it's refreshing and the negative ions from the waterfall mist are genuinely calming. Don't let anyone charge you for a photo with a snake.
☀️ Afternoon
Sound healing session
Various — Ubud Healing or The Yoga Barn
Sound baths with Tibetan and crystal singing bowls are ubiquitous in Ubud but several practitioners are genuinely skilled — Ubud Healing offers 90-minute private sessions in a rice terrace pavilion.
Wear loose clothing and bring a blanket or long sarong — you'll be lying still for 90 minutes and it gets cool in the shade.
🌙 Evening
Full moon or fire ceremony (if timing aligns)
Pura Taman Saraswati, Ubud Palace
Ubud hosts Kecak or Legong dance performances every evening at Pura Ubud Palace or Pura Dalem temple. The fire dance at Uluwatu is superior but further. Check what's on the night you're there.
Pura Taman Saraswati (the water palace) has a Legong dance every evening at 7:30pm. Tickets at the gate — IDR 100,000.
🍽️ Meals
Ayurvedic slow breakfast
Ayurvedic · $8
Warung lunch, Gianyar market
Balinese · $5 · Babi guling (suckling pig) at Gianyar night market — the most famous in Bali.
Room With a Rice View
Indonesian · $30 · Dinner in a pavilion over the rice terraces. The view at dusk is worth the price alone.
Ayurvedic Cooking Class & Meditation
Friday, June 18
Est. spend
$110
per person
🌅 Morning
Balinese Ayurvedic cooking class
Paon Bali or Balinese Eco Cooking Class, Ubud
A version of the standard Ubud cooking class focused specifically on wellness ingredients — turmeric, galangal, moringa, black rice — and the Balinese approach to food as medicine. Starts with a market walk.
Ask specifically for the wellness menu when booking — not all cooking classes offer it. Balinese Eco Cooking (Jl. Bisma) specialises in healing ingredients.
☀️ Afternoon
Meditation at Brahma Vihara Arama Buddhist Monastery
Banjar, Buleleng, Bali
The only Buddhist monastery in Bali — perched on a hillside north of Lovina. The meditation hall overlooks rice terraces. Guided meditation sessions available.
This requires a driver and is 90 minutes from Ubud — worth combining with a visit to the Banjar Hot Springs (natural volcanic springs, IDR 15,000).
🌙 Evening
Yin yoga + Nidra (yoga sleep) class
The Yoga Barn or Radiantly Alive, Ubud
Yin yoga holds poses for 3–5 minutes, releasing deep connective tissue. Yoga nidra is guided body-scan meditation — deeply restorative and often described as 4 hours of sleep in 45 minutes.
The Yoga Barn's Yoga Nidra class runs weekly — check the schedule on arrival.
🍽️ Meals
Cooking class breakfast/lunch
Balinese/Ayurvedic · $0 · Included — you cook and eat moringa soup, turmeric lattes, and black rice pudding.
Warung lunch on route
Balinese · $5
Moksa, Ubud
Plant-based · $28 · Farm-to-table plant-based restaurant. The jackfruit rendang is spectacular.
Balinese Healing & Intuition
Saturday, June 19
Est. spend
$120
per person
🌅 Morning
Session with a Balinese Balian (traditional healer)
Arranged through your guesthouse — ask specifically for a reputable Balian
A Balian is a Balinese traditional healer — part herbalist, part spiritual counsellor, part diagnostician. The session involves reading your body energy, plant medicine massage, and spiritual guidance. Genuinely profound for many visitors.
Don't use a Balian who advertises on a sign outside their house — ask your guesthouse owner or a local for a personal recommendation. Expect the session in Indonesian with a translator. Bring an offering (already made baskets available in markets, IDR 20,000).
☀️ Afternoon
Free afternoon — wander without plan
Ubud, Gianyar
The most important afternoon of the retreat. Walk Ubud's side streets without a destination. Find a coffee, a book, a cat on a temple wall. This is what you came for.
🌙 Evening
Jungle fish dinner at Bridges
Jl. Raya Campuhan, Ubud
Bridges restaurant is built into the jungle gorge over the Campuhan river — tables on multiple levels over the river, lit by lanterns, with excellent food. The bamboo chicken and river snapper are outstanding.
Book the middle-bridge table, not the upper terrace. The sound of the river below is the point.
🍽️ Meals
Morning fruit and tea
Balinese · $6 · Most guesthouses include fresh fruit and Balinese coffee. Eat lightly before a Balian session.
Kafe, Ubud
Healthy/café · $14
Bridges Restaurant
Asian fusion · $55
Volcano Sunrise & Final Wellness
Sunday, June 20
Est. spend
$115
per person
🌅 Morning
Mount Batur sunrise hike
Mount Batur, Kintamani, Bangli
A 2am departure from Ubud for the 2-hour hike up the active volcano in darkness — arriving at the 1,717m summit for sunrise over the volcanic lake. Steam vents, cloud sea below, the whole island laid out. The most dramatic morning in Bali.
Book a guide through your guesthouse or a reputable operator (not touts at the base). Includes transport, guide, headlamp, and simple breakfast at the summit. Bring layers — the top is cold at 4am.
☀️ Afternoon
Natural hot springs — Toya Devasya
Toya Bungkah, Kintamani
At the base of Mount Batur, Toya Devasya has volcanic hot spring pools directly on Lake Batur. A perfect recovery after the morning hike — soak in the mineral springs and watch the volcano above.
The hot springs are included with most Batur sunrise packages. Check whether your operator includes them.
🌙 Evening
Final Balinese dinner and early night
Warung Babi Guling Ibu Oka, Jl. Suweta No.2, Ubud
A proper sleep tonight — you've earned it. The Warung Babi Guling Ibu Oka for a final suckling pig feast, then in bed by 9pm.
Go before 11am — they sell out by noon. The mixed plate (campur) covers everything.
🍽️ Meals
Summit breakfast
Balinese · $0 · Included in hike — hard-boiled eggs and toast cooked over volcanic steam vents at the summit.
Hot springs café
Indonesian · $10
Babi Guling Ibu Oka
Balinese · $8
Final Morning Ritual & Departure
Monday, June 21
Est. spend
$80
per person
🌅 Morning
Last sunrise yoga — Campuhan Ridge
Campuhan Ridge Walk, Ubud
Return to where you started — solo practice or guided, walking the ridge at 6am for a final Ubud morning. The village comes alive slowly below.
Final market and offerings
Pasar Ubud, Jl. Raya Ubud
The Ubud traditional market (Pasar Ubud) opens at 4am and is most vibrant 6–9am — the most authentic shopping in Ubud. Buy batik, carved wood, and silver. Bargain gently.
The market price is always 3x the fair price. Be friendly, walk away twice, and pay what feels fair.
☀️ Afternoon
Transfer to Ngurah Rai Airport
Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali
Allow 2.5 hours for the 90-minute journey with airport buffer. Book your return driver the night before.
Buy fresh coconuts and a final nasi campur at any warung on the way to the airport. Bali airport food is adequate but not the send-off you deserve.
🍽️ Meals
Post-yoga breakfast
Balinese · $8 · Papaya with lime, kopi Bali, and a final banana pancake.
Warung farewell lunch
Balinese · $6
Before you go
📅 Best time to visit
April–June and September–October are optimal — dry season, lower crowds than August peak. Avoid the full moon of Nyepi (Balinese New Year, usually March) — the island shuts completely for 24 hours.
🛂 Visas
Most Western nationalities receive a free 30-day Visa on Arrival at the airport. Extendable once to 60 days. Check imigrasi.go.id for your passport.
💱 Currency
Indonesian Rupiah (IDR). Carry cash for markets, warungs, and healers — many don't accept cards. ATMs at BCA and BNI banks are reliable. Exchange at money changers on Jl. Hanoman, not the airport.
🆘 Emergency numbers
police: 110
ambulance: 118
💬 Things you won't find in a guidebook
- Everything in Ubud is walkable or 10 minutes by scooter. Don't rush.
- The water is not safe to drink. Use refill stations — environmentally much better than single-use plastic.
- Bring a light rain jacket — Ubud gets afternoon rain even in dry season.
- Wellness is genuine here: the Balinese practise what they offer. Approach sessions with openness.
- Don't bargain aggressively — it's considered rude. A calm, friendly negotiation is the right approach.
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