Activities in Ubud
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Amandari
Classes begin early (7am) at the produce market, then move on to a village where you learn how to cook in an actual Balinese home. Instruction is one-on-one and costs from US$150.
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ARMA
A cultural powerhouse offering classes in painting, woodcarving and batik. Other courses include Balinese history, Hinduism and architecture. Classes cost US$25 to US$55.
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Bali Botanica Day Spa
Set beautifully on a lush hillside past little fields of rice and ducks, this spa offers a range of treatments including Ayurvedic ones. Will provide transport.
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Bali Nature & Medicine Walk
Lifelong Ubud resident and herbalist leads walks through the countryside explaining how the Balinese interact with nature.
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Banyan Tree Cycling
Has day-long tours of remote villages in the hills above Ubud. It's locally owned, and the tours (from 450,000Rp) emphasise interaction with villagers. Very popular.
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Bumbu Bali Cooking School
Balinese cooking course (250,000Rp) starts at the produce market (9am) and ends with lunch (2pm). Wide list of dishes prepared.
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Casa Luna Cooking School
There are regular cooking courses at Honeymoon Guesthouse. Half-day courses (300,000Rp) are held six days per week and cover ingredients, cooking techniques and the cultural background of the Balinese kitchen (not all visit the market). Sunday tours cover sea-salt and palm-sugar production (350,000Rp) in East Bali.
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Dhyana Putri Adventures
A bi-cultural, tri- lingual couple offer custom cultural tours, with emphasis on Balinese performing arts.
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Kenko Reflexology
After a day trekking the beautiful Ubud countryside and listening to all those barking dogs, your own dogs may also be barking. Sessions start with gentle foot cleansing and only get better.
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Museum Puri Lukisan
The Museum of Fine Arts displays fine examples of all schools of Balinese art. Just look at the lush composition of Balinese Market by Anak Agung Gde Sobrat to see the vibrancy of local painting.
It was in Ubud that the modern Balinese art movement started, when artists first began to abandon purely religious themes and court subjects for scenes of everyday life. Rudolf Bonnet was part of the Pita Maha artists' cooperative, and together with Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati (a prince of Ubud's royal family) and Walter Spies they helped to establish a permanent collection.
Building I, straight ahead as you enter, has a collection of early works from Ubud and the surrounding…
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Nur Salon
In a traditional Balinese compound filled with labelled medicinal plants; offers a long menu of straightforward spa and salon services, including a Javanese massage that takes two hours (300,000Rp).
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Pondok Pecak Library & Learning Centre
On the far side of the football field, this centre offers painting, dance, music, language and mask-carving classes; some are geared to kids. One-hour sessions cost from 75,000Rp. Good resource centre for other courses offered locally.
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Studio Perak
Specialises in Balinese-style silversmithing courses. A three-hour lesson, where you'll make a finished piece, costs from 200,000Rp.
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Taman Harum Cottages
In the centre of Bali's woodcarving district, this hotel offers a palette of craft, culture, carving and painting courses. You can learn how to make the temple offerings found just about everywhere.
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Wayan Pasek Sucipta
Learn the gamelan and bamboo drums from a master (80,000Rp for one hour).
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Yuliati House
The musical family that lives here offers lessons in Balinese dance and gamelan by several generations. If you stay with them, the cost is small.
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Zen Spa
Offers a 90-minute mandi lulur (Javanese body scrub) and a spice bath (160,000Rp).
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Ubud Sari Health Resort Meditation Course
Offers meditation and yoga classes.
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ARMA Astrology Course
Has classes in Hindu and Balinese astrology.
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Jaran Bali Tours
See the Ubud area, including rice fields and small villages, from horseback and with a guide.
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Bali Trekking
Huge range of guided walks and treks around Ubud, including hills, river valleys, rice fields and villages.
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Bumbu Bali 2 Restaurant Cooking Course
Balinese cooking course, with Indian cuisine also offered. Courses start at the local market and end with lunch; Rp150000.
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Nirvana Batik Course
Nyoman Suradnya teaches the highly regarded batik courses. Classes cost US$45 to US$150 depending on duration (one to five days).
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Meditation Shop
Part of the Brahma Kumaris Society, offers silent meditation practice between 18:00 and 19:00 daily, and five-day meditation courses.
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Santra Putra Arts Courses
Intensive painting and drawing classes are run by abstract artist I Wayan Karja, whose studio is onsite. Accommodation is also available.
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