Indonesia Bali Java Plantations And Volcanoes 14 Days

Day 1 Departure from Amsterdam

Today you leave from Schiphol Airport to Bali Indonesia to return in 14 days with special memories. Selamat Jalan ( good journey )

Day 2 Arrival Bali Canggu

Upon arrival in Bali, you will be met by our tour guide and then taken by cab van to the hotel in Canggu. Here you can rest from the trip and possibly take a dip in the pool or in the sea at Echo Beach which is within walking distance. The well-kept hotel with pool in Canggu is located among the rice fields and has several cozy cafes/restaurants as well as small boutiques nearby.

Day 3 Canggu - Accommodation

We stay here for 1 more day to recover from the long journey.

Canggu is a cozy place where you can go to the beach or walk around the center.

Day 4 Canggu - Munduk

Meanwhile, the motorcycles are ready for you at the hotel. After a good night's rest and breakfast we will soon start riding through small inner roads/paths and through various Hindu kampungs ( villages) with its beautiful rice fields. Alternately paved and unpaved you immediately get the tropical Bali feeling with its great rice terraces and many small temples. We then drive via the beach with black volcanic sand and then towards the mountainous interior of Bali.

Along the way, we will have a traditional Balinese lunch called babi guling.

Then we continue playing through the "Jungle Forrest" with breathtaking views and finally arrive in the small town of Munduk. This is located in the Buleleng Regency mountains, which is also where our cozy hotel is located with insanely beautiful views of the various mountain peaks and green valleys with vast rice terraces.

Day 5 Munduk - Licin ( Java )

After breakfast we drive through the winding roads of the mountains Munduk Ngadang and Aya through the middle part of Bali towards the coastal road and then in one hour by ferry the crossing to Java. Then after lunch we leave the main road and drive to the foot of the volcanic mountain Kawah Ijen. We drive in this mountainous area past magnificent rice terraces and follow surprisingly small unpaved paths through small villages. In addition to rice, many fruits and vegetables are grown here. Furthermore, there are also coffee plantations here where the famous Arabica and Robusta coffee comes from.

Tonight we spend the night in Licin, a cozy small resort with a pool and mountain views.

Day 6 Licin - Glenmore/Kalibaru

Today we wake up in this wooded area probably because of the animal sounds. We have views of the coastline of East Java. The drive goes through colonial plantations ( coffee, rubber, sugar cane) that were once set up by the Dutch occupiers and are still virtually intact. Driving through the many small trails and roads, we will visit a small-scale factory making cane sugar along the way. We will also visit a place of worship in the middle of the forests that consists of gathering of various types of religions.

Tonight we spend the night in Glenmore/Kalibaru. A friendly modern small resort with pool right on the edge of a stream and jungle.

Day 7 Glenmore/Kalibaru - Jember

Pretty soon we leave the main road and drive up the plantations through the mountainous area of Gumitir. Depending on the weather, some of the trails are challenging. We drive through abandoned forests with magnificent views of the valley. At this plantation, rubber is still grown and processed on a small scale. We drive deeper into the jungle and the trails get narrower and narrower until we arrive at a small wooden bridge that takes us across the river. After lunch we drive again through various rubber and sugar cane plantations towards Jember. Jember is the capital of East Java and has more than 300,000 inhabitants. It is an authentic Indonesian city where few Western tourists come. Until late in the evening there is a lively market "Pasar Malam" for vegetables and meat. In the central park " Alun Alun" are several warungs ( eateries ) where simple, but good food can be eaten. We spend the night in a modern hotel with swimming pool on the roof.

Day 8 Jember - CemaraLawang ( Bromo volcano )

We leave Jember and then drive west through flat expanses of rice fields and old colonial plantations where there is still the old dilapidated railroad line to transport the crops ( cane fields ) from the land. We will partly follow this old railroad line and through small villages eventually arrive in Lumajang. This town is a lot smaller than Jember however driving through it suggests otherwise because everything is located around the main streets, but if you take a side street you are soon outside the city in the rice fields.

After a local lunch, we head to the active volcano the Bromo. We leave Lumajang and enter Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park via a secondary road, unknown to many. As we begin the climb to the summit, it becomes cooler and the views more impressive. The changing weather has a great influence on this mountain range, and it can be warm at times only to suddenly become cold/fresh. When we reach the summit we plunge back to 2000 meters to plow through an 8 by 10 kilometer sand sea around the Bromo volcano with our motorcycles to get to the other side where our overnight stay is. Since the hotel is close to this "volcanic playground," we entertain ourselves for the rest of the day on our bikes or to walk to the edge of the crater and take a look inside. We spend the night in Cemara Lawang a simple hotel with good beds and views of the volcano the Bromo.

Day 9 Cemara Lawang - Jember

Optionally you can watch the sunrise with the Bromo volcano and Mount Semeru as the décor. Start at 04.00 with a 4×4 you will be picked up and drive across the sandy plain and then drive to 2700 meters for the sunrise. After breakfast we leave and go down the northern ( other side ) direction and then arrive at the busy main road. This we have to take for a while as there is no alternative, but then we turn off and go on and off road again driving through several small villages and forested area.

Our hotel stay in Jember is a different hotel from earlier and is also in a different part of town. Again a modern hotel with swimming pool and good restaurant.

Day 10 Jember - Banyuwangi ( Kawah Ijen volcano )

Today we drive both on paved roads and trails and sometimes unpaved paths through various villages with often breathtaking views to get to the northern entrance of Kawah Ijen National Park. We drive through vast coffee plantations where Arabica coffee is grown for Albert Heijn, Nespresso and many other large companies, among others. The now familiar and expensive "Luwak" coffee for many is also produced here.

We spend the night in Banyuwangi, a beautiful luxury hotel resort with pool and spa

Day 11 Banyuwangi - Lovina ( Bali )

After a sumptuous breakfast, we will drive 10 minutes to the ferry that will take us back to Bali. Then we will soon turn to the north of this tropical island. While driving first along the Taman National Park and then via the coastal road with beautiful views to Lombok with its volcanic mountain of almost 3,800 meters. We will arrive early in the afternoon.

We spend the night close to Lovina, a small tourist village where some foreigners also have their homes because this place has still remained friendly and authentic. Our hotel is right by the sea and also has an infinity pool which gives you a very vacation feeling as you relax in the pool with a bintang ( local beer ).

Day 12 Lovina - Sanur

Our last driving day, but certainly not the least because we drive through various villages and vast rice fields / terraces to the highest mountain of Bali, the volcanic Gunung Agung with its highest point of over 3,000 meters. We will drive to Kintamani, a place at 1,350 meters with views not only of Mount Gunung Agung but also of the volcanic mountain and lake Batur. We will make quite a steep descent to get to the old crater to then drive around in the volcanic black sand. Also here are villages because after all the black volcanic sand is very good for making black stones used to build temples.

Then after lunch we will drive towards Sanur but we will do so via Sidemen, a breathtaking setting of rice terraces and small villages where time still stands still.

The last part will be on the main road, which is sometimes busy and hectic.

The last night of this trip with beachfront hotel, pool and many restaurants nearby we will conclude this adventure trip.

Day 13 Sanur departure

Unfortunately, the suitcases have to be packed again and you can do some shopping on the last day. Most flights leave in the afternoon so you can still relax on the beach or by the pool. Our tour guide will bring you back to the airport on time.

Selamat jalan!

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