Luxury holidays in Indonesia
Go beyond Bali to Komodo's islands and the temples of Java, with a quiet villa on each island. Give us your month and we plan every crossing and private guide around it.
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Many travellers know Bali, but few have woken in a villa above the Ayung River with mist on the valley and an offering of frangipani already on the step. A private guide shows you the water temples and rice terraces around Ubud in the cool of the morning, and the afternoons are yours for the pool or the spa. With a good guide, you may be invited to watch a temple ceremony along the way.
Then go further. On Java, Borobudur rises out of the plain at sunrise, and Prambanan's temples sit a short drive from Yogyakarta. Mount Bromo's crater draws early risers, while the Gili Islands offer white sand and turtles a boat ride off Lombok. In Sulawesi, the Toraja highlands keep their own customs and carved houses.
Indonesia
12 days · 11 nights
Legian → Ubud → Gili Trawangan → Legian
After a first night in Legian, spend five nights in Ubud with four guided days among Bali's sea temples, volcano lakes, craft villages and rice terraces. A speedboat then takes you to Gili Trawangan for four free nights by the sea, before a last night back in Legian.
Indonesia
2 days · 1 night
Ubud or South Bali → Candidasa → Ubud or South Bali
A short private trip to Bali's quieter east coast. Spend the first morning on a reef restoration platform off Padangbai and snorkelling the Blue Lagoon, sleep in Candidasa, then visit Tenganan, a village of the Bali Aga, before heading back.
Indonesia
15 days · 14 nights
Yogyakarta → Bromo → Banyuwangi → Ubud → Kuta → Gili Trawangan → Kuta
Start in Yogyakarta with Borobudur, the Sultan's palace and Prambanan, then take the train east for sunrise over Bromo and a dawn climb to the Ijen crater. Cross to Bali for temples and rice terraces from Ubud and Kuta, and finish with three free nights on Gili Trawangan.
Indonesia
5 days · 4 nights
Bali → Senggigi → Bali
Fly across from Bali and settle into one hotel in Senggigi for four nights. From there, private day trips take you to the island's craft villages and southern beaches, out by boat to three small Gili islands for snorkelling, and north to a waterfall in the hills.
Indonesia
7 days · 6 nights
Denpasar → Legian → Ubud → Denpasar
Begin with a night by the beach in Legian, then watch the sun set over Tanah Lot on the way up to Ubud. Five nights there give you three full touring days across the island, from the craft villages and Mount Batur to Besakih and the lake temple at Bedugul, and a free day before you fly home.
Indonesia
12 days · 11 nights
Yogyakarta → Makassar → Toraja → Makassar → Ubud → Denpasar
Begin with three nights in Yogyakarta for Borobudur, Prambanan and the slopes of Mount Merapi. Fly to Makassar on Sulawesi and drive up into the Toraja highlands, known for their carved boat-roofed houses and cliff graves. The trip ends with three nights in Ubud, including a free day and an outing to Mount Batur and Besakih.
Indonesia
8 days · 7 nights
Denpasar → Ubud → Seminyak → Denpasar
The trip opens in Ubud, with two guided days that cross the island to Mount Batur, Lake Bratan and Tanah Lot. You then move down to Seminyak for four nights, where most days are free and one evening is spent at Uluwatu for the Kecak dance and a seafood dinner on Jimbaran beach.
Indonesia
11 days · 10 nights
Yogyakarta → Bromo → Ubud → Sanur → Denpasar
Three nights in Yogyakarta take in Borobudur, Prambanan and the Sultan's Palace. A train and a long drive carry you east to the rim of the Bromo caldera for sunrise, before you fly to Bali for three nights in Ubud and three more on the beach at Sanur.
Indonesia
4 days · 3 nights
South Bali → Ubud → Denpasar
Three nights in one Ubud hotel, with a hands-on batik class on the first afternoon. A day of art follows, from the ARMA Museum to the rice terraces, the palace and the monkey forest, and a third day in a traditional village with a water blessing at the temple of twelve fountains and a palm reading from a temple guardian.
Ubud and the south coast are only the start, and Java makes a rewarding second stop.
Bali's cultural heart, with rice terraces, river valleys, temple ceremonies and craft villages in the green hills north of the coast.
Beach towns from Kuta and Legian to Sanur, with surf, sunsets and the clifftop temple at Uluwatu close by.
Java's royal city, the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan, and sunrise over the smoking crater of Mount Bromo.
Three small car free islands off Lombok, with white sand, clear water and turtles on the reefs around Gili Trawangan.
Fly from Makassar into the highlands of Tana Toraja, known for carved tongkonan houses and cliffside burial sites.
The middle of the year is driest in Bali and Java, and the wet months bring green fields and short storms.
The wettest month in Bali and Java, with a warm sea and heavy afternoon showers.
Still wet season, with green rice fields and fewer travellers in Ubud.
Rains begin to ease, with Bali's Nyepi day of silence in March most years.
Dry season begins, and the rice terraces are still green after the rains.
Dry, sunny and calm across Bali, Java and the Gili Islands.
Dry and slightly cooler, a fine month for Bromo and Borobudur at sunrise.
Peak dry season and Bali's busiest stretch, with summer and school holidays in many countries.
Clear skies and calm seas, so book early for Ubud and the Gili Islands.
Dry and quieter after the holiday peak, a favourite month for many travellers.
Warm and mostly dry, with the first showers late in the month.
Wet season returns, with afternoon storms and clear mornings.
Wet and humid, and busy over Christmas and New Year in Bali.
Denpasar has non-stop flights from Dubai, Singapore and every major Australian city, and Java is a short hop beyond.
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