After breakfast we start to explore the East Bali with the first interesting stop at a traditional Balinese house. It’s a very good introductory on the unique culture of Bali. You will find the concept of traditional Balinese house is actually implement the Balinese philosophy of life and belief. We proceed to visit mystical ancient sanctuary in the time the place for the monks doing their meditation and pray. As we drive to the eastern part of Bali we stop at peaceful Tihingan Village. The village is well known as the center of home industry of traditional Balinese gamelan using traditional tools and equipment. Visit Kerta Gosa Ancient Court of Justice,  Goa Lawah Temple and traditional salt panning at Kusamba village. The last stop today is at Tenganan the village where the Balinese origin live until today. The village is uniquely set up; the housing complex and all other facilities are surrounded by wall. So when we enter the complex is just like one huge compound. We are allowed to strall and see their complex and see their daily life.

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After your breakfast we start to explore the east Bali in the morning with the first interesting stop to visit a traditional Balinese house – it’s a very good introduction before you explore deeper about the unique culture of East Bali. The tour guide will give you the orientation about the concept and architecture of the traditional Balinese house which is actually the implementation of their philosophy of life and belief. We then proceed to visit a prehistoric remain dating back to the 11th century Goa Gajah “Elephant Cave” a mystical ancient sanctuary for the monks doing their meditation and pray. As we drive to the eastern part of Bali we then visit Tihingan Village – well known as the center of home industry where the traditional music instruments ‘Balinese gamelan”, we will visit a home industry and see how the gamelan music instrument is made using very traditional tools and equipment. We visit Kerta Gosa “Ancient Court of Justice” and then also visit one of most sacred temples in Bali where the hundreds of bats living in the sacred cave in the inner courtyard of the temple. Just a cross the road from the temple by the black sand beach we will visit some local family who live from their salt panning; processing the sea waters into salt crystal in a very simple and traditional way before we drive to a village for your lunch stop. After having your lunch a fun adventure on east Bali nature awaits. Your need to ride a quad bike to explore a part of hiden beauty of nature of east Bali. Cruising countrysides, rainforest, rice fields, by the river side and  on a hilly area. After an hour of your exciting adventure your last stop is to visit Tenganan – a village of the Bali origin. The village is very uniquely set up – all the housing complex and other paublic facilities such as meeting hall and other things is surrounded by wall so when you enter the complex is just like one huge compound. Their religious practice is very much different than the other Balinese as well as their tradition too is very unique and still very strongly well kept and respected; inter merriage in their community and if somebody married to an outsider than they are no longer allowed to live in the complex (not being exciled), No one in the village are allowed to cut a tree in their forest until the tree itself is broken or dead alreay. We are allowed to strall and see their complex and see their daily life.

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