Adventure & Sporty

ELEPHANT SAFARI RIDE

Without a doubt the Elephant Safari Park in Taro is a MUST for visitors to Bali, and is the ONLY complete elephant experience in the world - making it truly unique. Get up close and personal with these incredible animals in a beautiful tropical park setting. Elephants can be seen immersing themselves in the park lake, in between riding, painting or other activities. Hand feed them, touch them, take photos with them, then learn more about the elephants ancestry and diversity at the parks historical and graphic displays. Acclaimed as the World's Best Elephant Park, facilities include a full Reception and Information Centre, a comprehensive Museum, with a large collection of elephant memorabilia and the only Mammoth Skeleton in South East Asia. Displays of elephant intelligence and their capabilities can be viewed at the Park Arena and elephants can also be seen painting at selected times daily. The internationally acclaimed Elephant Safari Park is not only a sanctuary for this protected and endangered species, but is a total elephant experience that is not duplicated anywhere else in the world. All the elephants at the park were rescued from deforestation in Central & Southern Sumatra.

VILLAGE Life and Traditional Farming

Visit rural village of Tunjuk where guests can see Balinese traditional community which still behind from modern life. This activity is exclusively created for our guests to experience backward Balinese way of life at the same time we would contribute this activities for village donations. Upon arrival guests will be welcomed by Village Chief and community surrounding, Afterwards, heading to visit local school, in this occasion guests are welcome to bring some presents for children like stationary, toys and or even used clothes are appreciated. Walking to the next Balinese compound as traditional Balinese where number of families living together in one house compound. Afterwards get ready preparing farming lesson to get to know how to do farming lesson. Walk back through rice field path through surrounded garden in the village to see Coconut Climbing Demonstration, take a short break at a little hut and enjoy young coconuts drinks. Go back to farming camp to enjoy lunch then back to hotel.

SEA WALKER

A safe and exciting underwater adventure Sea Walker is a unique diving system, provides an opportunity to observe the underwater world to a depth of 15 feet without certification, and without getting their hair wet. Participants actually walk on the bottom, rather than swim while numerous exotic fish and sea life surround them. Guest will have 30 minutes of actual underwater time to a maximum depth of 15 feet. A large, full face window in the Sea Walker helmet offers a close-up view of the amazing creatures from below. Guest with heart or lung problems, on medication, pregnant, asthma or other respiratory ailments, etc cannot dive.

SAFARI JEEP Tour

Enjoy private VW convertible Safari Jeep drive into the western part of Bali. The driver and your tour guide are your companions. The journeys goes first into the western regency of Tabanan, known as Bali’s rice bowl, due to its fertile, abundant rice fields and is less frequented than other regions. Visit the Subak museum, which explains Bali’s worldwide unique system of irrigating rice fields, Subak, which is in use since the 11th century. Some small walks lead you to coffee, cocoa and spices growing in the wild and get later a demonstration of all steps of rice growing. After the visit of a mountain village with its typical small farmer market and being invited to one of the farmers houses you will stop for lunch. Before enjoying the ride through the most beautiful rice terraces in Bali near Jatiluhe, the visit of Pura Batu Karu is a must. It’s one of the holiest temples in Bali, also called jungle temple due to its location and you will get a very impressive picture of Balinese temple concepts that let us understand easily the historic development of Hinduism in Bali. The last place to visit, the temple Ulan Danau at the lake Beratan, with a Buddhist stupa within the Hindu temple complex. Pura Ulun Danau Bratan was built in 1633 on the western shore of lake Bratan. The Balinese people rely on their rice harvest and the Goddess of water & fertility, Dewi Danu is the deity who is honored here.

BALI HAI – Aristocat Sailing Catamaran

Sail away from Bali to Nusa Lembongan Island aboard Aristocat – Bali Hai Cruises' luxury Sailing Catamaran. Enjoy a day trip in the pristine Lembongan bay at Bali Hai Cruises private Beach Club, where you can relax on golden sand, lie back in the shade of tranquil gardens or cool off in a lagoon pool. This stunning 64ft vessel is equipped to the highest standards and departs daily from Benoa Harbour to the idyllic island of Nusa Lembongan, off the south-east coast of Bali, where you can experience the unspoilt charms of a peaceful tropical island. Aboard sailing catamaran, complimentary soft drinks and refreshments are provided as we travel from mainland Bali to Nusa Lembongan. Upon arrival at the Bali Hai Cruises Beach Club, you will enjoy a delicious BBQ lunch grilled at our poolside cabana, which includes salads, steaks and fresh fish. After lunch, join a guided village tour of this small unspoiled island, home to seaweed farmers. The Aristocat sailing cruise offers an array of water sports activities, including banana boat rides, pool volley ball, snorkeling and semi submersible coral viewer and when the day is done, the Aristocat luxury catamaran makes a leisurely cruise back to Benoa Harbour, arriving as the sun sets on another glorious day in Bali.

DIVE at AMED (CERTIFIED DIVER ONLY)

Leaving in the morning towards east of Bali to Amed which also call Cemeluk. It takes 2 hours’ drive from your hotel. The reef of Amed curves around a rock out-cropping. The drop-off to about 50 meters and is po pulating by staggering number of fish at the most variety in Bali. It is only occasionally currents in Amed. The dive sites can be reached directly from the beach either by boat. This is an excellent dive spot, especially for macro underwater photography. The variety of fishes in groups together with the pleasant low current is an utmost experience for beginners as well as experienced divers.

• Reef : Mixed Reef, Sandy Bottom
• Depth : 4 to 50 meters
• Access : Boat Dive and Beach Dive
• Visibility : Good, 10 – 30 meters
• Current : Mild
• Coral : Unique, it has the best hard and soft corals in Bali
• Fish : Great variety
• Highlight : Density of fish on the Wall

DIVE at MENJANGAN Island

The Bali Barat Park is mountainous and consists of primary monsoon forest. Accessibility and land use within the National Park is bound to a zoning system which defines the degree of allowed activities. The best diving and snorkeling spot is in the area of Menjangan island, with hectares of colorful coral reefs. Temple Point, a sandy site in the eastern tip of the island, a good poin t to see crocodile fish and nudibranchs; POS II, a rich reef-wall site up to 50 meters deep with huge gorgonian fans, surgeonfish, jaclfish, batfish, angelfish, coral cod, nudibranchs, shrimps, trevally, lionfish, parrotfish, scorpionfish and shark; Cave Point, several underwater caves with interesting rock structures to explore inside; POS I, a sandy slope site from 2 down to 30 meters with lots of soft corals and gorgonians, lionfish, shrimp gobies, sea stars, mantis shrimp, small coral cod and royal dottybacks. Some divers have even witnessed whale shark here; Garden Eel, a shallow sandy bottom area alive with garden eels which has terrific hard corals with large gorgonian fans, huge barrel sponges, coral cod, angelfish, lionfish, scorpionfish, basslets, anemone fish, cuttlefish, trumpet fish, frogfish, mandarin fish, napoleon fish and school of pelagic;

NUSA PENIDA DIVE

No doubt, these three sister islands, are one of the best dive sites in the world and can be reached in 70 minutes from Tanjung Benoa – Nusa Dua or in 35 minutes from Padang Bay by fast power boats. These islands offer a perfect dive adventure for the experienced divers. Strong but predictable current can be expected at any time; therefore we ensure personalized service with a ratio of two guests to one experienced Divemaster. On these dive sites you have the chance to see turtles, sharks, manta, ton of swarms coral fishes and if you are lucky you may encounter MOLA MOLA (Sunfish) during July and November. The best dive spots are in the channel between Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan.

• Reef : Drop Off, steep slopes
• Depth : 3 to 45 meters
• Access : Boat Dive
• Visibility : Good, 15 – 50 meters
• Current : Moderate to very strong
• Coral : Very good variety of soft and hard corals
• Fish : Great variety of large fish
• Highlight : Mantas, Sharks and Turtles are often is sight