heritage
Subak Morning in Jatiluwih
Jatiluwih, Tabanan
89
Walk the water with Gede at 6am — the gates, the shares, the shrines — through terraces farmed by the same subak for a thousand years.
Mixed 3h
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bali
Tabanan and Jatiluwih
Where Bali's water is decided
Understand this place before you visit
The place
The rice heartland on Batukaru's southern slopes, including the UNESCO-listed Jatiluwih subak landscape and the cacao hills of Pupuan.
The people
Subak farming families and cooperatives, with elected water leaders who hold real authority.
The culture
Subak: irrigation, religion and law in one institution, with a shrine at every water division.
The food
Red rice, fine-flavour cacao, coffee, and ceremonial lawar.
The landscape
Terraces from 700 metres up to Batukaru's cloud forest, waterfalls in the west.
Local experiences
community
Harvest Lunch With a Rice Family
Jatiluwih, Tabanan
92
Cut, thresh and winnow red rice beside Gede's family, then eat it the same day in their compound kitchen.
Low tourist intensity 4h
from Rp 550.000Discover experience
culinary
Cacao to Chocolate With a Farming Family
Pupuan, Tabanan
87
Open a pod, taste the fruit, ferment, dry and stone-grind cacao with Sari's cooperative in the Tabanan hills.
Low tourist intensity 3h
from Rp 475.000Discover experience