Summer Holiday Bali - Back to nature edition (June 2024)

As Bali is getting overcrowded and traffic jam everywhere and we didn't want to waste our time on the road and visit the places that we had visited before, we decided to visit new place within one route which is

1. Bali Farm House (Singaraja)

It's a newly opened farm house near Bedugul, the temperature is cooling and not many people. We saw many new animals that we never saw it before like Alpaca, Donkey, Big fatty chicken (I don't know the name).

The kids were having fun there feeding Alpaca.

2. Jatiluwih rice terrace

It's a new experience for the kids to see rice terrace where the rice produced. We had a small trekking for 2.5km along the way. It's a beautiful view that we took for granted.

3. Jatiwangi coffee plantation

Nearby, we visited luwak coffee plantation where they explained how luwak coffee made and gave us tasting of infused coffee and tea

4. Desa Coklat Bali

We visited cocoa plantation and factory where they explained how chocolate bar made from the bean until become bar, then we had chocolate dessert where we can taste the cocoa pod and nibs. It's kinda like mangosteen, sweet and sour.

5. Kuta beach

Bali without beach is not completed, thus we spent an hour in the morning to enjoy the breeze and the waves at Kuta beach while watching people learning surfing.

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