The day begins with a morning trek through the Ayung River valley. After working up an appetite on the trek, breakfast will be served in a private bale, surrounded by the vivid green rice plantings and the mirror-like watery surfaces of the terraces.
After breakfast and a demonstration, guests yearning for a taste of the traditional lifestyle of the Balinese will have the opportunity to plant rice seeds. Following a refreshment break to enjoy young coconuts, it’s time to relax and scrub away the dirt of a day’s labour in the fields with a river stone bathing ritual called batukali. The day’s adventures end with a traditional lunch of nasi campur. Literally meaning “mixed rice,†nasi campur is an Indonesian dish of red rice topped with vegetables, meat or fish and other accompaniments that might include egg, tofu or fried soybean cakes known as tempe.