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Selamat datang di Indonesia (Welcome to Indonesia). This adventurous motorcycle trip should be on everyone's bucket list. It covers the Sunda Islands: Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa. Throughout the tours, you will be visiting various impressive temples and many rice terraces. The unexpected highlights are mainly what happens along the way. You can easily witness a local ceremony of both a wedding and a funeral. Or being spontaneously invited to people's homes for a cup of coffee. This will be a trip you won't soon forget!
Resorts and hotels on the tour range from two to four starts. Most overnight stays will be mid-tier to luxury level accommodations with swimming pools, hot water, and air conditioning. All stays, regardless of tier, have comfortable beds.
Upon arrival in Bali, you will be met by your driver and then taken to the hotel in Canggu by taxi. Here you can rest from the journey and possibly take a dip in the hotel swimming pool, with beautiful views over Echo Beach, which is within walking distance. The hotel is located in the center and has several cozy cafes/restaurants as well as small boutiques in the area.
Because most flights arrive in the evening, you have an extra day in Canggu to rest from the journey and be well-prepared for this motorcycle adventure. Canggu is a pleasant place with mostly relatively young people. Many good restaurants with healthy food or tasty Indonesian food. The beach is within walking distance, where it is fun all day long with surfers and bathers chilling on the beach or the beach bars. At the end of the day, the group will have a briefing and inspect the engines that have now been delivered.
After a good night's sleep and breakfast, you prepare for the first ride through the countless rice fields and terraces of this tropical island. You soon leave the hustle and bustle and drive along narrow paths and small villages through the green hilly area of south-west Bali. You make a short stop on the beach and then drive north.
The forerunners of the mountains of Bali have many small trails that show us the most beautiful of this tropical island. After a local lunch in Pupuan, you drive further on and off-road up the mountains and then arrive in Munduk. The hotel has a beautiful view over the mountains and valley and with a beer in hand in the infinity swimming pool it tastes even better.
After breakfast, you drive back into the mountains towards Buyan Lake, where you will stop to enjoy the view. Then you quickly leave the crowds behind you and drive on narrow roads through various villages where the locals stare at you to see Western tourists on a motorbike. You then start the climb of Mount Gunung Batur while winding. Before you reach the top, you turn off and drive through wooded areas and narrow paths toward the old volcanic crater where you will conquer the hard black lava sand with your enduros.
For lunch, you drive back up to the crater rim, and with a breathtaking view of both the mountain and Lake Batur and the highest mountain in Bali Gunung Agung in the background, you enjoy your meal. After lunch, you prepare for the last part of the day's ride. You will descend windingly towards the town of Sidemen, known for its spectacular rice fields/terraces. While enjoying a drink on the terrace in front of your house, you can reminisce about this day while enjoying the view over the rice fields.
You will further explore the interior of Bali. You stop at the largest/most important temple for the Balinese, Pura Besakih. It is a sacred temple complex located on a mountain and accessible by a long staircase. It dates from the 14th to the 18th century. The temple consists of approximately 200 structures spread over 30 complexes. They are spread over several terraces with several pagodas and pavilions.
Then you drive further through the mountains past the highest mountain Gunung Agung to Padangbai, the port where the ferries and express boats depart. You spend the night here so that you can catch the ferry tomorrow morning so that you have enough time on Lombok to enjoy the headland while driving.
You get up early and will take the ferry around 8 am. Immediately after you leave the ferry, you will have a local lunch at a stall then go to the Sekotong headland. Enjoy a breathtaking route, first along the coast and then into the mountains with a breathtaking view over the Bali Sea and, in good weather, the highest mountain Gunung Agung clearly visible.
Then you drive via the back roads of South Lombok through various kampungs where the locals search for gold towards the south coast. These winding roads over the hills of Blongas, Bremi and Pandaleman, overlooking the Indian Ocean, take you to the surfing paradise of Kuta (Lombok) to spend the night there. A friendly, relaxed place with several small eateries. Kuta Beach is within walking distance of the hotel.
A day without moving to a new hotel, you will stay in Kuta today because the area here is tropically beautiful. You can explore the area by motorbike and go to the azure blue beaches that are not far away from Kuta, visit the GP racing circuit or just relax by the pool.
Today you drive further along a breathtaking coastal road to the east, where salt is extracted from seawater in a traditional way. The town of Keruak is the center of the region, where people from all over the area come for the market. You continue along the coastal road to the north, to take the ferry at Labuhan Lombok (1 hour) that takes you to Sumbawa. Immediately after leaving the ferry, you have a simple but delicious local lunch.
With a full belly, you now drive further down the west coast and leave the main road to arrive near Maluk, where a small-scale hotel is located. A place to chill right on the beach with a spectacular sunset, you will light the fire for a delicious BBQ. Maluk has hardly any tourism, except for a few surfers so you will experience pure Sumbawa here.
Today you drive the southwestern part of the island. There has been a lot of work on asphalt paving here for a number of years and there is now a generally beautiful winding road through wooded and mountainous areas. You will make a few exits to drive unpaved through the few villages here and also go to the beach to enjoy the rough sea. Of course, you will have a simple but delicious local lunch along the way, after all the Indonesians know how to handle herbs.
You then drive north via the main road. Despite being a main road, there is little traffic. The asphalt is also of poor quality, so you sometimes spend more time driving off-road than on-road. You spend the night in the capital called Sumbawa Besar at a good hotel with western standards, excellent beds and air conditioning. For dinner, you go into town, where you will enjoy a kind of homemade buffet. There will be many different dishes that you will all eat together so that you will taste many different flavors, with a beer of course.
A long trek in kilometers is planned for today. In the morning the route goes along the azure coast with the island of Moyo in the background. Driving through several villages, on well-paved roads with many beautiful bends, you turn left and drive to the volcanic Mount Tambora, the deadliest volcano in modern history. The 1815 eruption killed 71,000 people and had worldwide consequences. In the normally sweltering southern United States, it started to snow and tsunamis occurred thousands of kilometers near Tambora today. According to eyewitness accounts, many people thought the end times would soon come. Huge thunderstorms alternated with dense fog. We spend the night here in a simple guesthouse.
You drive further along the enormous Mount Tambora where the road is not always good and then turn left on the north side at the town of Kore and drive a beautiful loop around Mount Orombora. Many unpaved roads here have already been paved, but it remains a beautiful route to drive. Then you go via the main road to Hu'u, a surfing spot for real connoisseurs because of the high and long waves in the sea. They first go here with a local boat. Hotel right on the beach, let's relax tonight!
You drive a bit back to Dompu and then turn left onto the main road. Begin winds through the low mountains with beautiful views over Saleh Bay. Upon arrival in Sumbawa Besar, you ignore the center and drive another 20 kilometers to the coast where you will spend the night at a beautiful hotel with cottages, a swimming pool and views of the island of Moyo.
After 3 hours of coastal road, take the ferry to Lombok. Then you will drive the northern coastal road of this island. There is very little traffic in this part, so you can fully enjoy the scenery with Mount Gunung Rinjani in the background and the azure blue sea on the other side.
Your overnight stay is in Bayan. At 600 meters against Mount Rinjani, overlooking the coastline, you will stay in a wooden cottage with a thatched roof, between the rice terraces. A naturally landscaped swimming pool gives you a direct view of the surroundings and the restaurant. The Indonesian as well as the Western food is very good. The extensive breakfast and the very friendly owners will ensure you have a very pleasant stay
No motorbike today, but a jungle walk with a guide of about 4 hours through the rice fields and small rivers and then to 2 waterfalls. Here you can try to feel the force of the falling water, so bring swimming trunks. Many participants often think back to this place, why? It cannot be described, you have to experience it yourself. Your hostess at this small resort will pamper you these two days with delicious dishes and an extensive breakfast.
You drive further down the coastal road, towards the south. Breathtaking views of the Bali sea and Gunung Agung mountain in the background, you wind your way into Senggigi for lunch. Then you drive on and take some small roads through various villages and then drive back into the Sekotong headland. We spend the night directly on the beach and if you arrive early in the afternoon, there is still time for a nice snorkeling tour with a fishing boat.
In the morning, you drive 30 minutes to the port of Lombok and take the ferry to Bali. Upon arrival, you have lunch at a local stall and then drive further north. First take the main road, which can be busy with trucks. Then you turn off and drive another beautiful, sometimes steep road along the coast to the tourist town of Amed. The hotel here is directly on the sea with a swimming pool.
You return to the interior of Bali. From the main road, you turn off at Tianjar and drive back into the mountains. First a beautiful savanna and then drive further up into the mountains. South of Kintamani you return to the main road to drive towards Ubud. Ubud is cozy with its many shops with clothing and art. The hotel is located in the middle of Ubud, but surrounded by an oasis of peace in a wooded area.
Today you can take it easy. After all, you have a short drive to Sanur. In the beginning, you try to drive as many small roads as possible, but at the end, you will have to take the busy main road to Sanur. Sanur is a well-known seaside resort with many restaurants and bars.
Unfortunately, this adventurous journey is almost over. Most flights depart in the afternoon or evening, so you still have time to shop or relax. You will be taken to the airport, which is only 45 minutes from the hotel.
During this trip, you will ride on a Kawasaki KLX 150 or Honda CRF 150. There is an option to upgrade to 250 CC.
The weather has a major impact on the asphalt and on the dirt roads; this may mean that what was still a passable road last year is now in poor condition. You ride mostly on paved roads / paths, but sometimes the quality can be poor. Some parts are somewhat difficult. Off-road riding experience or skills is not a requirement, but it will be an advantage.
This guided motorbike tour will cover Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa Islands in Indonesia.
The tour starts on “The island of the gods”, Bali (Canggu). At the beginning and end of this trip, you will be enchanted by the many temples, often in magical landscapes with breathtaking rice terraces, majestic mountains and tropical beaches. The very friendly premises make you feel right at home, and together with the delicious Indonesian food, you won't want to leave.
Lombok is the second island you cross and is fast becoming popular with tourists in addition to Bali, after all the beaches here are divinely beautiful and the interior is overwhelmingly impressive with its beautiful rice fields around the volcanic Rinjani mountain range.
The island of Sumbawa is less known and is therefore still unspoilt and purely authentic. a pleasure to drive on the deserted roads here that meandering connect many small villages. at every stop, you will immediately feel the hospitality of the Sumbawanese.
In addition to visiting various impressive temples and the many rice terraces that you will see, the unexpected highlights are mainly what happens along the way. You can easily witness a local ceremony of both a wedding and a funeral. Or being spontaneously invited to people's homes for a cup of coffee.
This will be a trip you won't soon forget!
Ngurah Rai International Airport
11 km
Transfer included
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