Cornelius Amann
06 octobre 2026
5/5
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Bali: Ubud, Sidemen, Amed and Nusa Lembongan
8 days around Bali's quieter east: three nights in Ubud, the Sidemen valley, two nights on the reefs of Amed and a last night on Nusa Lembongan.
8 jours · Départ et retour : Denpasar · jusqu'à 12 voyageurs
Homes on the north side of Nusa Lembongan Photo: Bart Speelman from Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nusa_Lembongan_homes.jpg)
Les faits
En bref
- Durée
- 8 jours, 7 nuits
- Départ et arrivée
- Départ et retour : Denpasar
- Taille du groupe
- 7 à 12 voyageurs
- Trajet le plus long
- 3 h le jour 7Aucun trajet ne dépasse 4 heures.
- Niveau d'activité
Modéré
Walks of 2 to 3 hours on paved paths and paddy dykes in Ubud and Sidemen, about 300 to 370 steps down and back up at Gunung Kawi, and three guided snorkels from the beach or a boat in calm water. You need to be comfortable swimming with a mask and fins, or you can watch from the shore or the boat. No drive is longer than about 3 hours.
- Repas compris
- 7 petits-déjeuners, 4 repas du midi, 3 repas du soir
- Chambre individuelle
- + CAD 240 (prix estimé)
- Saison
- April to October
Points forts
Pourquoi ce voyage
- Tirta Empul at opening, when the purification pools are used by Balinese families more than by tour groups
- The Campuhan Ridge and the paddies beyond it at first light, then cooking your own lunch in a family kitchen
- A Kecak and fire dance on an Ubud temple stage
- The painted ceilings of the Kerta Gosa, then a walk through the Sidemen valley under Mount Agung
- Snorkelling the coral off Jemeluk beach in Amed
- The Liberty wreck at Tulamben from the surface, early, before the dive groups
- A snorkel boat to Mangrove Point and a poled boat through the Lembongan mangroves
Ce qui distingue ce voyage
Des trajets courts, tous publiés
Chaque trajet est indiqué jour par jour, et aucun ne dépasse 4 heures.
Le temps libre fait partie du programme
Le temps libre et les choix sont indiqués les jours où ils ont lieu.
En solo, sans pénalité
Une chambre individuelle coûte + CAD 240 (prix estimé).
Jour par jour
Itinéraire
Le trajet le plus long dure 3 h, le jour 7.
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Arrive in Bali, on to Ubud
Denpasar Airport to Ubud
- Repas du soir
- Nuit : Ubud
- Environ 1.5 h de route
Fly into Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in Denpasar. Your driver meets you in the arrivals hall whatever time you land, and it is about an hour to an hour and a half north to Ubud, depending on traffic, through towns of stone carvers and woodworkers before the road climbs into the rice fields. Our hotel is in central Ubud, a short walk from the royal palace and the market, so you can step out on foot as soon as you have checked in. If you land early, rest, swim or walk down Jalan Monkey Forest.
Soir
In the early evening your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the week ahead: what to wear in temples, how the snorkel days work and what to pack for the island. Then we walk to a local restaurant for a welcome dinner of Balinese dishes, with sambal matah and grilled fish or chicken satay.
Compris
- Pick-up at Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner in Ubud
Temps libre : Free until the evening briefing
Tirta Empul, Gunung Kawi and a Kecak night
Ubud to Tampaksiring and back
- Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
- Nuit : Ubud
- Environ 1.5 h de route
We leave Ubud at about 7:15 so we are at Tirta Empul in Tampaksiring when it opens, around 8 am. The water temple is built over a sacred spring, and Balinese families come early to bathe under the spouts of the long stone pools. With a sarong on, you can join the purification ritual, your guide showing the order of the spouts, or watch from the side. A few minutes away, Gunung Kawi is a set of 11th-century shrines cut into the cliffs of the Pakerisan river gorge, reached by about 300 to 370 steps down through rice terraces.
Après-midi
Lunch is at a warung with a view of the paddies, and we are back in Ubud by early afternoon, when the heat is highest. After that the afternoon is yours to rest or wander.
Soir
In the evening we walk to a temple stage in town for a Kecak: a circle of men chanting the Ramayana, followed by a fire dance in which a dancer in trance kicks through burning coconut husks.
Compris
- Tirta Empul at opening, with a sarong
- Gunung Kawi rock-cut shrines
- Lunch at a warung near Tampaksiring
- Kecak and fire dance in Ubud
Option plus facile : Skip the steps at Gunung Kawi and wait at the top of the steps.
Temps libre : Afternoon free in Ubud
Activité : About 300 to 370 steps down to Gunung Kawi and back up. If you bathe at Tirta Empul, bring a change of clothes.
Ubud's rice terraces and a cooking class
Campuhan Ridge and the paddies north of Ubud, then a village kitchen
- Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
- Nuit : Ubud
- Environ 30 min de route
Matin
Start at about 6:45, before breakfast is cleared and long before the heat, on the Campuhan Ridge: a paved path along a grassy spine between two river valleys, with alang-alang grass on both sides and the valleys still in shade. Past the ridge the path drops into the village of Bangkiang Sidem and the working rice paddies, where farmers are already out and the irrigation channels of the subak system run beside the dykes. Your guide explains how the water is shared between farms and temples, the system UNESCO listed in 2012. Mid-morning we drive a short way out of town to a family compound for a cooking class.
Après-midi
You grind base genep, the spice paste behind most Balinese cooking, and make sate lilit, a vegetable lawar and sambal, and what you cook is lunch. The afternoon is yours: the Sacred Monkey Forest, the market, a massage or a nap.
Compris
- Guided walk on the Campuhan Ridge and through the paddies of Bangkiang Sidem
- Balinese cooking class in a family compound, with lunch
Activités en option
- Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary entry
- Balinese massage
Option plus facile : Walk only the ridge, about 2 km, and take a car back into town.
Option plus active : Carry on through the fields on a longer loop back into Ubud, about 7 km in all.
Temps libre : Afternoon free in Ubud
Activité : About 2 to 3 hours on foot on paved paths and narrow paddy dykes; bring shoes with grip.
The Kerta Gosa, then the Sidemen valley
Ubud to Semarapura, then up to Sidemen
- Petit-déjeuner et repas du soir
- Nuit : Sidemen
- Environ 1.5 h de route
A relaxed start, then about an hour east to Semarapura, the old royal town of Klungkung. The Kerta Gosa was the kingdom's hall of justice, a raised open pavilion whose ceiling is painted in the Kamasan wayang style with scenes of the punishments awaiting wrongdoers and the rewards of heaven. Across the road stands the monument to the 1908 puputan, when the court walked out to face Dutch troops. From there it is about half an hour up into the Sidemen valley, a green fold of terraces along the Unda river with Mount Agung at its head.
Après-midi
After time to settle in and eat lunch at your own pace, a local guide leads a walk of about two hours through the paddies and villages, stopping at a family workshop where women weave endek and songket cloth on wooden looms.
Soir
Dinner is at the hotel, as there are few restaurants within walking distance.
Compris
- Kerta Gosa and the Klungkung palace grounds in Semarapura
- Guided walk in the Sidemen valley with a local guide
- Visit to a weaving workshop
- Dinner at the hotel in Sidemen
Option plus facile : A shorter, flat walk along the valley floor, about an hour.
Temps libre : Early afternoon free
Activité : About 2 hours on paddy dykes and village lanes, with a few short climbs.
Tirta Gangga and the reef at Jemeluk
Sidemen to Tirta Gangga, then to Amed
- Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
- Nuit : Amed
- Environ 2 h de route
Matin
Look out at first light: on a clear morning Mount Agung stands over the valley before the cloud builds. After breakfast we drive about an hour and a quarter through the hills of Karangasem to Tirta Gangga, the water palace built by the last raja of Karangasem in the mid-20th century. Stepping stones cross ponds of koi, and spring water runs from a tiered fountain and carved spouts. We are there mid-morning, before most day trips from the south arrive.
Après-midi
Lunch is at a warung above the rice terraces next to the palace. Then it is half an hour to Amed, a string of fishing villages on black-stone beaches where jukung outrigger boats are pulled up on the shore. Mid-afternoon a local snorkel guide takes us into the water at Jemeluk Bay, where coral gardens start a few metres from the beach.
Soir
The evening is free; sunset is over Mount Agung, behind the coast.
Compris
- Tirta Gangga water palace
- Lunch near Tirta Gangga
- Guided snorkel from the beach at Jemeluk Bay, with mask, snorkel, fins and a life vest
Option plus facile : Snorkel in a life vest near the shore with the guide, or stay on the beach.
Temps libre : Evening free in Amed
Activité : About an hour in the water in calm conditions. Reef shoes help on the stony beach.
The Liberty wreck at Tulamben
Amed to Tulamben and back
- Petit-déjeuner
- Nuit : Amed
- Environ 45 min de route
Matin
We leave at about 7 am for Tulamben, about 20 km up the coast, to be in the water before the dive groups arrive mid-morning. The USAT Liberty was a US Army cargo ship torpedoed off Lombok in January 1942 and beached here; the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung pushed it off the shore, and it now lies on its side on a sandy slope a short swim from the stones. The shallowest parts of the hull are only a few metres down, so from the surface you look straight onto coral-covered plates, the old gun platform and schools of jacks and parrotfish. Your snorkel guide leads the way from the beach and keeps the group together. We are back in Amed by late morning for a slow brunch, and from there you choose how to spend it: swim, read, book a massage, or walk up to a viewpoint for the late light over the bays.
Compris
- Guided snorkel over the USAT Liberty wreck at Tulamben, with gear
Activités en option
- Introductory dive on the Liberty wreck with a dive centre (price at booking)
- Balinese massage
Option plus facile : Snorkel only the shallow end of the wreck in a life vest, or stay in Amed for a slow morning.
Option plus active : An introductory dive on the wreck with an instructor, booked through us at a price shown when you book.
Temps libre : Afternoon free in Amed
Activité : About an hour in the water; the beach is large smooth stones, so wear reef shoes.
Fast boat to Nusa Lembongan
Amed to Sanur, then by fast boat to Nusa Lembongan
- Petit-déjeuner, repas du midi et repas du soir
- Nuit : Nusa Lembongan
- Environ 3 h de route
This is the longest drive of the trip, about three hours and 100 km, so we leave Amed at about 8 am and follow the coast south past Candidasa and Padang Bai, with a coffee stop on the way. From the beach at Sanur a public fast boat crosses to Nusa Lembongan in about 30 to 40 minutes. There is no pier on most of the island's beaches, so you step off into shallow water while the crew carries the bags.
Après-midi
Lunch is near the hotel. After a morning on the move we keep the afternoon open on purpose: the pool, a walk past the seaweed plots at Jungutbatu, or the Yellow Bridge over to Nusa Ceningan with your guide. The snorkel boat waits until tomorrow morning, when the water is usually calmer.
Soir
Before dark we head to the west coast to watch the sun go down, then sit down together for a farewell dinner by the water.
Compris
- Fast boat from Sanur to Nusa Lembongan, with luggage
- Lunch on Nusa Lembongan
- Sunset on the west coast
- Farewell dinner
Option plus facile : Rest at the hotel after lunch and join the group for sunset and dinner.
Option plus active : Walk across the Yellow Bridge to Nusa Ceningan with your guide.
Temps libre : Afternoon at leisure on Nusa Lembongan
Activité : If the sea is too rough to cross, we wait for a later boat, and your guide keeps the group together.
Mangrove Point and the mangroves, then home
Nusa Lembongan by boat to Sanur, then Denpasar Airport
- Petit-déjeuner
- Environ 45 min de route
We start at about 7 am, while the water is flat and before the day boats arrive. A local boat takes us along the north-east coast to Mangrove Point, where the current carries you gently over coral slopes, with your snorkel guide in the water. Then, in the channels behind the point, a boatman poles us through the mangrove forest in a flat wooden boat: roots in clear water, small fish and crabs, and herons on the banks. Your guide talks about the seaweed farming that kept Lembongan's families going before tourism, still visible on the flats at low tide.
Matin
We are back at the hotel by about 10 for a late breakfast and a shower, then take a late-morning fast boat to Sanur.
Après-midi
From the beach it is about 30 to 45 minutes to Ngurah Rai International Airport, arriving in the early afternoon, and your guide sees you to the terminal. Book a flight leaving after about 4 pm; if yours is earlier, we skip the boat morning and take an earlier crossing.
Compris
- Snorkel boat to Mangrove Point, with gear
- Poled boat through the Lembongan mangrove forest
- Fast boat from Nusa Lembongan to Sanur
- Drop-off at Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)
Option plus facile : Stay on the boat while the others snorkel.
Activité : Book a flight leaving after about 4 pm to include the boat morning. Pack the night before; the bags go to the boat while we are on the water.
- Denpasardépart
- Ubud3 nuits
- Sidemen1 nuit
- Amed2 nuits
- Nusa Lembongan1 nuit
- Denpasararrivée
- Étape avec nuitée
- Excursion d'une journée
- En bateau ou en train
Faune et météo : April to October is the dry season, with calmer seas and clearer water for snorkelling. From November to March expect afternoon downpours and rougher crossings; the trip still runs, and the boat days move if the sea is too rough.
Vous voulez recevoir ce programme par courriel?
Recevez l'itinéraire jour par jour par courriel, ou posez-nous vos questions sur ce voyage. Un conseiller en voyages vous répond le jour même ou le jour ouvrable suivant.
Avant de réserver
Ce voyage est-il pour vous?
Ce voyage vous convient si vous recherchez
- A first trip to Bali in about a week, without the busy south coast
- Travellers who like temples and village walks as much as the sea
- Confident swimmers who want easy snorkelling from the beach and from a boat
- Solo travellers who want a small group and a fair single supplement
Ce voyage ne vous convient pas si vous recherchez
- A beach-club or nightlife holiday in Seminyak or Canggu
- A Mount Batur sunrise trek (see our Bali, Lombok and Gili Islands trip)
- Step-free access: temples have steps and the island boats land on the beach
- Non-swimmers who want to snorkel; you can still watch from the shore or the boat
Réservez vos vols une fois votre place confirmée.
7 nuits
Où vous logerez
Vos hôtels sont nommés dans la confirmation de votre voyage.
- Ubud3 nuits
- Sidemen1 nuit
- Amed2 nuits
- Nusa Lembongan1 nuit
Un seul prix
Ce que le prix comprend
Compris
Hébergement
- 7 nights: central Ubud (3), the Sidemen valley (1), Amed (2) and Nusa Lembongan (1), in hotels of a 3-star-plus standard
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up and drop-off at Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)
- A private air-conditioned minivan and driver for the group on Bali
- Return fast boat between Sanur and Nusa Lembongan, with luggage
- A local snorkel boat and a poled mangrove boat on Nusa Lembongan
Votre guide
- A See Sight Tours guide for the whole trip
- Local guides in Sidemen and local snorkel guides in Amed, Tulamben and on Nusa Lembongan
Activités
- Tirta Empul temple at opening, with a sarong (Tampaksiring)
- Gunung Kawi rock-cut shrines (Tampaksiring)
- Kecak and fire dance (Ubud)
- Campuhan Ridge and rice paddy walk (Ubud)
- Balinese cooking class (near Ubud)
- Kerta Gosa (Semarapura)
- Valley walk and weaving workshop (Sidemen)
- Tirta Gangga water palace (Karangasem)
- Guided reef snorkel at Jemeluk Bay (Amed), with gear
- Guided snorkel over the USAT Liberty wreck (Tulamben), with gear
- Snorkel boat to Mangrove Point (Nusa Lembongan), with gear
- Mangrove forest by boat (Nusa Lembongan)
Repas
- 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches (one is the cooking class) and 3 dinners: a welcome dinner in Ubud, dinner in Sidemen and a farewell dinner on Nusa Lembongan
Non compris
- International flights to and from Denpasar
- Indonesia visa on arrival, if your passport needs one
- Bali tourism levy (IDR 150,000)
- Travel insurance
- Meals not listed
- Drinks
- Tips
- Optional activities, such as an introductory dive or a massage
- Personal expenses
Frais sur place
- Bali tourism levy of IDR 150,000 per foreign visitor, paid online before you arrive or at the airport; Indonesia visa on arrival if your passport needs one.
Suppléments
- Chambre individuelle
- CAD 240 (prix estimé)
Quand partir
Dates et prix
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Questions
What does the price include?
Seven nights in central hotels, 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 3 dinners, airport transfers both ways, a private minivan and driver, the return fast boat to Nusa Lembongan, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, and every visit in the day plan, including the Kecak dance, the cooking class, Tirta Gangga, temple entries with sarongs and three guided snorkels with gear.
How big is the group?
The small group runs with 7 to 12 guests, never more. That is small enough for one snorkel guide to keep everyone together in the water and for the whole group to fit around one table in a family kitchen.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the airport on day 1 to the airport on day 8. Local guides join where they know the ground better: a village guide in Sidemen and licensed snorkel guides in Amed, Tulamben and on Nusa Lembongan.
How fit do I need to be, and do I have to swim?
An easy to moderate level is enough: walks of 2 to 3 hours on paths and paddy dykes and about 300 to 370 steps at Gunung Kawi. The three snorkels need you to be comfortable in the water with a mask and fins; life vests are provided, and you can always stay on the beach or the boat.
I am travelling solo. What will it cost me?
A room of your own is from CAD 240 more, shown before you book, with no surprise at checkout. If you would rather share, we try to match you with a roommate of the same gender; if no match is found, we tell you before you pay anything.
When is the best time to go?
April to October, the dry season, when the sea is calmer and the water clearer for snorkelling and the Lembongan crossing. November to March brings afternoon rain and rougher seas; the trip still runs, and boat days move if needed. We do not run over Nyepi, Bali's Day of Silence in March or April.
How does booking work?
Choose a date and style and send a request to book. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. The small group starts from CAD 1,335 per person sharing, taxes included; the private trip starts from CAD 2,405.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. The private style is your party only, with your own guide and vehicle, on a date you choose. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates without a guide, ask from the dates section and we will quote the same hotels, driver and boats.
Do I need a visa for Bali?
Many passports, including Canadian, US and UK, need Indonesia's visa on arrival, which you can buy online before you fly or at the airport. Every foreign visitor also pays the Bali tourism levy of IDR 150,000. Your passport needs at least six months of validity; we confirm current rules when you book.
Why no Mount Batur sunrise or south coast beaches?
The Batur trek starts around 3 am and takes most of a day, and the south coast means heavy traffic. This trip uses that time for the east: Sidemen, Amed and Nusa Lembongan. If you want Batur, our 12-day Bali, Lombok and Gili Islands trip includes it.
What is the boat to Nusa Lembongan like?
A public fast boat from Sanur beach takes about 30 to 40 minutes. You board and land from the beach, so expect to wade in knee-deep water; the crew carries the bags. If the sea is too rough, we wait for a later boat, and your guide keeps the group together.
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