Bali is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism. It is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. The Indonesian International Film Festival is held every year in Bali. Other international events that have been held in Bali include Miss World 2013, the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group and the 2022 G20 summit. In March 2017, TripAdvisor named Bali as the world's top destination in its Traveller's Choice award, which it also earned in January 2021. Bali is part of the Coral Triangle, the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species, especially fish and turtles. In this area alone, over 500 reef-building coral species can be found. For comparison, this is about seven times as many as in the entire Caribbean.Bali is the home of the Subak irrigation system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also home to a unified confederation of kingdoms composed of 10 traditional royal Balinese houses, each house ruling a specific geographic area. The confederation is the successor of the Bali Kingdom. The royal houses are not recognised by the government of Indonesia; however, they originated before Dutch colonisation.
Tourist Places

Karangasem Karangasem 10-11 hours The tour visits Besakih Temple, the most sacred temple in Bali. The temple grounds are half way up the slopes of the 3,100m Mount Agung volcano. En route, we visit the ancient courthouse of Kerta Gosa at Klungkung, a beautifully painted relic of the Balinese judicial system, dating back to the 17th century. At lunchtime, we stop at the terraced rice fields of Bukit Jambul, then on to Karangasem via Putung and the village of Tenganan, where we learn about its ancient pre-Hindu customs. We then travel on to the Bat Cave at Kusumba, stopping to watch the traditional methods of salt making along the East Coast on the way.
Kintamani Volcano Kintamani Volcano 7-8 hours This is one of the most popular tours on the island because it takes in a broad cross-section of Balinese culture and culminates the day with the magnificent view from the edge of the crater at Mount Batur. En route we visit Batubulan to see the famous Barong Dance. The next stop is the village of Celuk, which is famous for its gold and silversmiths. We visit Mas, a centre for woodcarving, then Ubud, a village that has an international reputation for art and painting. Further North we visit the Elephant Cave, followed by a lunch break at Kintamani on Mount Batur before returning to the west via Sebatu and a visit to the Holy Spring Water Temple.
North Bali, Singaraja and Lake Bratan North Bali, Singaraja and Lake Bratan 10-11 hours This tour travels north to Bedugul and the cool waters of Lake Bratan, a centre lake surrounded by high peaks. En route, we pass through Mengwi, a powerful kingdom dating from the 1800’s and its royal temple, Taman Ayun. We then go over a high mountain pass, where monkeys come down from their perches in the tropical rainforest to linger by the roadside. We drop down to stop at the waterfalls of Gitgit. On the extreme north Coast of Bali, we visit Singaraja, the former capital of Bali from the days of the Dutch colonisation. Lunch break is at Lovina Beach at the edge of the calm waters of the South Java Sea. We return via the sulphur springs and terraced rice fields at Pupuan and cap off a full and fascinating day with a stroll through the Monkey Forest at Kedaton.