Board your overnight flight to Bali today.

Welcome to Indonesia! This evening, settle in to your hotel in Ubud, on the island of Bali.

Meet up with a local guide and get to know Ubud, a peaceful, spiritual town on the island of Bali that’s known for its temples and wealth of cultural traditions. The emerald rice fields and lush jungles that surround Ubud are among Bali’s most famous landscapes.

• Stroll through the traditional farming village of Subak Guliang and witness daily rituals of rural life unfolding around you.
• Visit a rice farm to learn about the complexities of rice production and the importance of the grain, which Balinese people view as a gift from God and a symbol of life.
• Enjoy a tasting of coconut water, and pick up rice-cooking tips you can practice when you’re home.

Make your way into the rice field and sit down for a scenic welcome lunch. Get to know your fellow travelers and Tour Director as traditional Rindik music—a softly percussive style played on bamboo instruments—hums delicately in the background. Afterward, discover more Balinese traditions.

• Join a hands-on workshop, during which you’ll prepare your own canang sari—a small offering of gratitude locals prepare daily for Hindu deities.
• With your basket and offering ready, don a sarong and sash and enjoy a walk to the farming village’s temple.
• At the temple, meet one of the village priests, who will bless you and your fellow travelers after you’ve placed your offerings.
• Depart the rice farm and visit Ubud Monkey Forest, a lush forest and temple complex that’s home to more than 700 long-tailed macaques.

Begin the day with a personalized morning yoga class. Then, try your hand at making traditional Balinese dishes during a cooking class taught by an expert chef. Join your fellow travelers and enjoy the lunch you’ve prepared together.

Later, pay a visit to some of the area’s most unique and important sites.

• Stop by Goa Gajah, or the Elephant Cave temple—a mysterious Hindu archaeological site just outside of the city whose menacing, carved-stone entrance has been likened to a demon’s mouth.
• Visit the Holy Spring Temple, or Tampak Siring, to learn about water’s symbolic significance to Balinese people and to take part in a water purification ceremony in the temple’s cleansing pool.

Spend a free evening in Ubud or add an excursion.

Please note: A change of clothes and/or a bathing suit is recommend for the water purification ceremony.

Today, fly to the island of Java and explore Yogyakarta—the cradle of civilization on the island and one of Indonesia’s foremost cultural centers.

• Head to the 10th-century Prambanan—a UNESCO World Heritage site and the largest temple compound in Indonesia dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva.
• Visit the complex’s main courtyard and view the intricately carved temples and their spires, which illustrate the story of Ramayana—an ancient, Sanskrit epic.
• Hear about restoration work that’s been underway since 1918, including work to clean up destruction from volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Enjoy an included dinner this evening served with beer or wine.

Spend the day discovering ancient temple grounds and Javanese culture.

• Visit Borobudur Temple—the world’s largest monument to Buddha and a UNESCO World Heritage site that dates to the eighth and ninth centuries.
• View the 70-plus openwork stupas—dome-shaped, Buddhist shrines—that adorn the pyramid’s 10 terraces, which represent the stages one must achieve before attaining Buddhahood.
• Make your way to the countryside village of Candirejo and sit down for an included lunch.
• Enjoy a walk through the peaceful village, which is surrounded by plantations and lush landscapes, as you learn about ancient traditions and daily life.
• Enter a local workshop, where you’ll watch a kris-making demonstration and learn about the ancient Javanese dagger, a UNESCO-listed Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Travel by train this morning to East Java and its Bromo region, home to the volcanic Mount Bromo. Upon arrival in Mojokerto, disembark your train and make your way to your hotel in the Bromo region.

After settling in at your hotel, join your group for this evening’s included dinner, which is served with beer or wine.

Wake up early this morning and climb aboard a Jeep for a sunrise tour of volcanic Mount Bromo, which is situated within Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. With its spectacular views that include Mount Bromo in the foreground and towering Mount Semeru—Indonesia’s highest volcano—in the background, the park draws nature buffs and sunrise enthusiasts from all around the world.

• Drive into Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park and admire the roughly 300-square-mile park’s dramatic landscapes as the mist slowly lifts.
• Stop at a viewpoint to watch the sun rise over the impressive landscape and to enjoy views of the 12,060-foot-high Mount Semeru.
• Enjoy an included picnic breakfast as you take in the views and history of the park.
• Drive down to the Sea of Sand (or Lautan Pasir, as the local Tenggerese people call it), a vast desert of sand and volcanic ash that surrounds Mount Bromo.
• Walk along the sand to Pura Luhur Poten, a sacred Hindu temple situated at the foot of Mount Bromo—and, if you’d like, ascend 250 stairs to the crater’s rim to peer into the caldera.
• Return to your hotel in the Bromo region and enjoy an included lunch.

This evening, sit down for an included dinner served with beer or wine.

Fly back to Bali this morning, landing in the city of Denpasar. Transfer to your seaside oasis in Nusa Dua, a resort area that’s widely considered Bali’s most luxurious enclave.

This evening, celebrate your trip—and raise a toast to your Indonesia adventure—during a farewell dinner served with beer or wine.

Spend a free day in Nusa Dua, or add an excursion.

Relax in a day room before departing for the airport for your overnight flight home. Or, continue on to explore the island of Komodo.

Arrive home today.