local life
Black-Sand Salt Farming in Amed
Amed, Karangasem
94
Carry seawater, rake black sand and press brine through palm troughs with Komang, one of the last salt families in Amed.
Low tourist intensity 2h
from Rp 375.000Discover experience
94
Locality Score™
Deeply local
ImpactFees are split between the boat owner, the salt household and the beach co-op's shared equipment fund.
Jemeluk, Amed
Meet Komang
Fisherman and salt farmer
Story
Komang fishes at dawn and works the salt troughs in the afternoon, as his father did. He is blunt about what tourism changed in Amed: more money, less time at sea, and a generation that may not learn either trade.
Community
Jemeluk fishing and salt co-op
Languages
Balinese, Indonesian, English (basic)
Skills
Hand-line fishing, Jukung sailing, Traditional salt making
Experiences offered
local life
Dawn on a Jukung With Komang
Jemeluk, Amed
93
Push a wooden outrigger off black sand before first light and hand-line for mackerel the way Komang's father taught him.
Low tourist intensity 4h
from Rp 600.000Discover experience
community
Seaweed Farming on Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida, Klungkung
90
Wade the tidal flats at low water with a farming family who returned to seaweed after the tour boats thinned out.
Low tourist intensity 3h
from Rp 450.000Discover experience