normal price is IDR 1.100.000/car with 12 seater.
and my experience i use two car.price per car IDR 450.000 ( i use two car for 12 persons )
why i choose 2 car not mini bus,because it allows me pass traffic jam in Bali, with a small car we could enter the small road and the tour could be faster.
price little bit same.
if not wrong i use ubud vacation tour, i forget website. i just know email : ubudvacation@gmail.com

anyone?

Anyone want to recommend me their tour guide/driver? will be heading to bali this may,need transport for 4 pax.


This post has been edited by kazarboys: Feb 11 2014, 04:01 PM

Time to contribute back to the forum.

I've read thru v2,v3 and v4 in around 2 weeks ... lolz ... imagine my dizzyness digesting all the info that i can get
So far, i found v2 has the most useful info. Now i'm going to give some update on the current situation/food in Bali.



Firstly, bali is not cheap. Especially if it's just two person travelling together.
It's affortable to travel in large pack ( eg. 6 and above ) and stay in backpacker hotel all the way in one town (eg. kuta, legian, seminyak, sanur )
I spend around rm1.3K just for food and driver for each person. I stayed for 6 days and 5 nights.
I ate at all recommend places but that doesn't mean i eat like a king

My earlier mission was to travel all around bali and cramp all the activities as much as possible.
Here is my detailed itinerary:

Day 1:
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Arrive at airport around afternoon.
Lunch : Malioboro Ayam Tulang Lunak
Check In Legian Hotel.
Free & Easy : Check out Legian Beach, Walk along Legian road, Shopping
Dinner : 66 Cafe
Free & Easy : Walk till Kuta, Shopping



Day 2:
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Free Breakfast in Hotel
Bedugul/Tanah Lot Tour :

Dinner: Naughty Nuri
Check in to Ubud Hotel
Free and Easy : Walk along ubud center, Shopping
Supper : Pizza Bagus



Day 3:
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Breakfast in Hotel
Kintamani Tour :

Dinner : Cafe Wayan
Free & Eazy : Walk along ubud center, Shopping



Day 4:
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Breakfast in Hotel
Hired driver for 4 hours : Ubud Market
Lunch : Bebek Bengil
Krisna @ near airport
Check in Jimbaran Hotel
Free & Easy : Spa, Rock Bar, Dinner ( stuck in the hotel )



Day 5:
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Free Breakfast in Hotel
Uluwatu/Jimbaran/Nusa Dua Tour :

Free & Easy ( in the hotel , stuck again )



Day 6:
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Free Breakfast in Hotel
Hotel Transfer to Airport



I did change a few things from my original itinerary due to driver and weather.
After the 2nd day, it started to drizzle a lot in the evening.
You can't visit much in the hot weather .
If i'm going back to Bali, i prefer to visit the northern places/temples and spend more time there because it's cooling.


Recommended places to visit:
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After day 1, i realised that you can only visit 1 or 2 temple in a day.
That means 3-4 places in a day. You do not need to fill up all the 10 hours of the drivers time.
Maybe from 8:30am till 3:30pm is enough. Usually it takes 30 min till 1 hour to reach a place. ( Thankfully, i have been in only 1 traffic jam in entire trip )
Yes, you have to start your trip early as it gets hot even at 9am. Have more free and easy time to enjoy the town and your hotel .

In bali , they have many different temples to "guard" over them. You can even see them praying almost everywhere.
Some of the temple has very nice area, here is some of my personal favourites:

1)Ulundanu Bratan Temple - Temple near a huge lake. The space is huge and wide, windy and cooling . Feeling like having a picnic there .
The reason that it's cooling it's because the land is near the foot of the mountain.

2)Holy Spring Water of Tirta Empul ( Tampak Siring ) - Temple with holy spring water. The place is hot but nice to look around.
They have a nice stretch of souvenir shops like Tanah Lot Temple.

3) Monkey Forest - Temple in a forest. The forest felt like well kept and untouch for at least 1 century.

I did not recommend Tanah Lot Temple because it's over commercialised. I went there at 9.30am and it's already packed.
Worse thing is that i can't walk near the temple because of high tide. You able to walk near the temple like those in the picture only at certain day of the month ( low tide ).
Taman Ayun is small and hot. You can't even go in the temple area as it's sealed. Uluwatu is fine if you can hike . There is a lot of stairs and uneven pathway.
The same reason why i didn't insert Bersakith Temple into the itinerary as you need to hike nearly 25min before reaching the temple.
I choose to watch Kecak Dance in Uluwatu ( there is kecak dances in different places ) because i heard that it's one of the best . To my dismay, after the rain , the sky is cloudy.
The Kecak Dance is worth to watch for only once because the story telling is a bit slow. There is ppl leaving at the first 20mins of the show.
At least i do get a piece of paper explaining the story and their costume grade is not bad.

There is a place not yet introduced in the forum, which called Bali Collection in Nusa Dua. A nice place to walk and hang out. ( Shopping if you have the dough ).
Basically, it's a nice well kept which have high end shops, fixed price souvenir shops and good restaurant. ( Most restaurants offer free transfer back to nusa dua hotels ).
The place lets you walk straight one end to another. There is 3 gates, from Gate A till Gate C, it takes around 20min of slow walk .

As places to buy souvenirs for yourself, i recommend only 2 places.
1) Ubud Market.
To my surprise, most of the place refuse to haggle properly. Most of the time if you haggle near 50%, they rather let you go and wait for the next customer.
That includes, sukawati and candi kuning ( fruit ) market. They insist to sell me 15K idr for a small bali pineapple.
Ubud market is different. Cleaner than sukawati and their souvenir felt more "updated". They also have food market behind. Maybe you can buy your own ingredient and cook in your villa .
You also can find people selling kuih muih and packed food . We manage to haggle till less than 50% all the time in ubud market


2) Holy Spring Water of Tirta Empul shops
Clean , more "updated" souvenir and able to haggle.

Lastly, I personally felt that Krisna Shop is only for souvenir ... for family and friends. They have dirt cheap gifts there and you can buy in bulk .
The things that you want might not be in Krisna. So please do not place Krisna as your last hope for cheap souvenir for yourself .





Tips on languages:
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In Bali, they do have their own dialect which none of us can comprehend.
For formality, they will use what they call "Bahasa" to communicate with us. It's similiar to our bahasa, you just need to use/exchange different selection of words.
Older people might not know bahasa.

Boleh change to Bisa
Sedap change to Enak
Sudah change to Udah
Balik change to Pulang
Pukul 6 pagi change to Jam 6 pagi
Pada Hari 6 Feb change to Pada Tanggal 6 Feb

You can call all male as Pak, Female as Bu. It's more respectful.
Or you can use less formal calling, male as mas, female as bak ( shortcut from ermbak )

Other meaning that you might need to know
Girl = Cewek
Boy = Cowok
Parent = Orang Tua
Free = Gratis
Toilet = Kamar Air
Dating = Pacar
Tired = Capek
Evening = Soleh
Traffic jam = Macet
Souvenir = Olek olek
Driver = Supir




Review on visited Food
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One thing i learned from bali's food is ... DO NOT order anything that says crispy ^^!
It's true that they are crispy but it's nearly tasteless. Mostly deep fried from skin to the meat.
That includes ayam tulang lunak, goreng garumi ( a type of fish ), crispy bebek bengil ( duck ) and crispy babi guling ( pork ).

Malioboro Ayam Tulang Lunak
Pros : Salt egg Ayam Tulang Lunak ( not bad ) , juice ( but everywhere juice is around the same , range from 15K to 35K and you are good to go )
Cons: The chicken is quite tasteless and hard to eat. Expensive .
Overall : Won't be visiting again

Naughty Nuri ( in Ubud , they have one more in Seminyak )
Pros: BBQ sauce is good. Portion is quite big on certain food.
Cons: Everyday the vendor with provide the restaurant with limited ribs. I was bad luck. That day the shop sold out their ribs in 2-3 hours.
They ready around noon, when i get there around 4 plus, the ribs are gone T.T
Overall : Service is not that good as they are always busy. But i still want my ribs T.T

Pizza Bagus
Pros: Cheap and large selection
Cons: Not authentic
Overall: Service is not bad, it's ok if it's not for main meal

Bu Oka Babi Guling ( 3rd branch in Ubud )
Pros: Food is between normal and good. Portion normal.
Cons: We actually have to stand for 10min to line up for seats and 15 min for the food to arrrive.
Overall: Go when not hungry and don't expect memorable gastronomical food

Cafe Wayan
Pros: Quite good. We order their nasi campur special, mee goreng ala bali and special crepe. Service is good.
Cons: A bit pricey.
Overall: It's our 3rd day, to be honest, finally we got to taste some delicious bali food !
We order everything special of the day and of the week ( except for the mee goreng ).
Definitely will come back

Bebek Bengil
Pros: Quite good except for the bebek itself.
Cons: Duck wasn't a personal favourite , so we end up order nasi campur again with crispy bebek.
You can order marinated smoke bebek the day before but it's quite pricey.
Overall: Food is quite good , large menu and pricey like Cafe Wayan.

Minang Saiyo
Introduction: Introduced by my driver because i keep pestering them for local food. Opens 24 hours.
Like every restaurant nasi padang i have before, they will plate all their dishes before you when u sit on the table.
Don't worry, it's just small portions. You pay what you eat. Their specialties is ayam pop, basically a curry chicken that is being fried till dry
Address: Jln By Pass Ngurah Rai Tuban, Tel : 0361754328
Comment: This is a special review because this restaurant have not been introduce in the forum yet.
Nasi padang is my personal favourite. Price is not expensive.

Lia Cafe
Pros: Quite cheap. Nice environment. Sauce not bad , just a bit too sweet at times.
Cons: Felt that the food is boiled and then only bakar. And their seafood mainly is frozen, not fresh.
Overall: Ordered the 300K idr package. Quite filling for 2 person. Will only return if it's convenient.



Rant Section:
Read at your own risk. I will take down the post if majority thinks that it's unsuitable.





Thanks for reading.

This post has been edited by SemiSweet: Feb 19 2014, 02:45 AM

Hello guys, can you please advise me on how many millions should I bring in cash to bali? =p

haha... since the currency is now more favourable. I'ma 2 pax, 5 days trip, in your experience, how much should I bring? RM500? RM700 equivalent?

thanks.

Thank you very much. Your info are very useful... I will going to Bali on April... thanks for the info

I need some advice guys. I'll be going to Bali on 7th march till 11th March. The below are the itinerary that my tour agent in Bali arrange for me. Bear in mind this is a customize itinerary based on places i inform them i want to go. Day 1 is mostly free & easy as I am arriving at night.

Day 1. Transfer in - Hotel
Day 2. Kintamani Tour + Ubud Tour
Kintamani to see the marvelous of Mount Batur, Photo stop at Tegalalang Rice Field, Sukawati Shopping, and then the Famous Monkey Forest Ubud
Day 3. Bedugul Tour + Tanah Lot Temple (Lunch)
Taman Ayun Temple and then go to Ulun Danu Temple at Lake Beratan. Buffet Lunch at Mentari Restaurant. Tanah Lot Temple. Transfer to Hotel
Day 4. Watersport at Tanjung Benoa + Uluwatu Tour + Kecak Fire Dance
Watersport at Tanjung Benoa, Lunch on your own, Pendawa Beach, Uluwatu Tour, Kecak Fire Dance, Transfer to Hotel.
Day 5. Transfer out - Airport

The total package is RM400 perpax. Including Air Conditioned Transport (PRIVATE), English Speaking Guide, Tour as per program, 1x Lunch on Day 3, Driver, Petrol, Parking and Entrance Fees.

Do you think it's worth it or a bit pricey?

i survived with ~2.3 million for 6 d 5 n

Mind to share the details bro?
Where to stay and eat?
Place you visit?

Going there this Saturday, anybody can pm me a recommended driver ?
How much the car rental rate nowadays ?

Thx

This is great but just some minor correction.

Evening = Sore
Souvenir = Oleh-oleh
Toilet = Kamar kecil (usually this, and probably it's just me but i've never heard of people calling it kamar air)

For what to call a person, actually it's based on age, meaning if the person is about our parents age, then you call them Pak and Ibu, but if they are about your age, younger or just slightly older you call them Mas and Mbak.

A few other words that might come in handy:

Sale = Obral
Handphone credit = Pulsa

For time, in Malaysia 6.30 is said as "enam setengah" but in Indonesia it is "setengah tujuh". They say setengah first then round UP to the nearest hour.
So if you want your supir to pick you up at 8.30 say "setengah sembilan".\
Oh and they say "delapan" instead of "lapan" for 8.



This post has been edited by cherrypop: Feb 14 2014, 10:16 AM

Agreed . My bad xD

Just repeating what they told ( didn't ask for spelling ) , plus I was trying to recall my trip past one week ago .
Bad memories .

Thanks for the correction . You are right about the time too .

FYI , I went to batam before bali . Their bahasa is a bit different too . Bali's bahasa is nearer to us

Haha actually this is Bahasa Indonesia, Bali's bahasa is quite different, like Thursday we say Khamis, Indonesia language is Kamis and Bali is Respati.
But I guess that means Bali people is more open to using Bahasa Indonesia than Batam people hehe.

Yes . To my surprise, Bali people ( who is in tourism line ) are fluent in many languages.

They told me that Bali use to have a lot of Japanese tourist many years ago. Hence, there is a lot of bali tour guide who is able to speak Japanese fluently.
In 5 star resort, they even hire a lot of different language speakers as a helpdesk/receptionist to accomodate different tourists.
I saw a chinese local bali urshering a group of china tourist very well.
I heard Singaraja have a lot of chinese local bali and old dutch buildings. If i'm going back to Bali, i definitely will be staying in Ubud and Lovina/Singaraja

I thought i would need to learn a bit of their language before the trip. Looks like , i don't really need to.
Shopsellers are used to our bahasa, hotel staffs are fluent in english.
When i try to haggle in their bahasa, shopseller actually warns others to speak carefully cause i understand what they are saying behind me xD

This post has been edited by SemiSweet: Feb 14 2014, 01:54 PM

read my post in the past few pages. or just read starting from page 1. all the details u need.

whoa.... I finally read your long rant.... which now makes me worry a little. my driver seems to be very friendly on the conversation between us. he charges us slightly cheaper than other drivers' quotations. hmm... now really makes me worried...... hopefully he will be the exceptional one.

once again, thank you for your detailed review.

thanks bro. I become instant millionaire! haha... anyway, I changed 5.3 million for 2 pax for days too. hopefully it's enough.

do you guys also know that if there's any place that we can use credit card to pay? Just to preserve some cash... thanks.

many places can be paid using credit cards unless you go for those small small warungs.

okie, thanks. I will try to guesstimate my spendings. hopefully it will turn out to be a good trip, cause it's not so cheap either.

Just wondering, is your supir's name Hans?