Ubud Bali Full Day Tour - What to do in Ubud Bali - Waterfalls, Temples, Monkey Forest

We have been in Bali for more than two weeks now. It has rained non-stop ever since we got here. As a result of that we really haven't gotten to see as much of the area as we wanted to. Mostly we've just been going on morning walks when we think it looks clear and in some cases that hasn't worked out all that well either. So today the forecast looks okay. So we're rolling the dice. We've hired a driver and we are going to go check out a little bit more of the area here near Ubud. Let's go. The first stop today is the Tagalalang rice terraces. The rice terraces are a UNESCO World Heritage Site mainly because of the ancient irrigation system that is still used today. All right so here at the Tagalalang rice terraces up near the top there's like a bunch of swings and you see that places where a ton of people are taking Instagram photos but if you come down these hills a little bit it's a lot more quiet and you can actually get like a little spot to yourself. Right now we're exploring the Pura Tirta temple. It's a holy water temple here and you know there are a bunch of locals doing their offerings and their worship so we're kind of just trying to be as quiet and respectful as we can but what a gorgeous spot. Sitting back here with Angela is Karek with Ubud Private Tours. He is our tour guide today and he has been amazing thus far. Next up we visit Pengli Puran, a centuries-old Balinese village where you can get a peek of what the traditional lifestyle might have been like. It seemed to be very popular with big groups of Indonesian tourists looking at the traditional homes and gorgeous architecture. Definitely worth a visit. We've just arrived and we're making our way down to a waterfall. It's called Goraja Waterfall. Apparently tourists do not come here. Even our guide Karek said he has never been here before. One thing I will say if you make your way down here these steps back behind me are extremely steep so be careful. There's something that I love about Bali. Everywhere you go here you get this very jungly feel. We're out here in little temple. We've hiked all the way back here to see this waterfall. I really don't know if this is worth it you tell me. All right so as you're here you go inside the little cave area. I'll turn around here where you can see that. That's where you see the great big tall waterfall that I showed you a few minutes ago but just outside of the little cave here. How cool is that? All right quick stop off before we head to our next location here. As you can see back behind me we're right along the side of the road and Karek has brought us to a place to try something very traditional here in Bali and it is the baba guling which is a suckling pig. Let's give it a shot. Here's this soup. Karek says it's made of course with some of the suckling pig and also some jackfruit maybe some banana leaf. I'm not sure. That is so good. Karek how is it? Nice baba guling. Nice. So you can see here from the plate got everything mixed up here a little bit. We're gonna give this a little bit of a try here. I mixed in some of the chili she gave me with it so let's see how spicy it is. That's awesome that's so good. The best part the reason people love the baba guling is this crunchy skin. Amazing. You cannot tell me that there's a sweeter meat in the world than pork and pork skin is the best thing you will ever eat. So Kanto's Lampo waterfall seems a little bit more popular than the Goa Raja waterfall that we were at previously. I'll let you guess which one I like better. And this is Goa Gaja also known as the elephant cave. It dates back to the 11th century and is believed to have been a sanctuary for meditation. Local legend says it was carved by the fingernail of a legendary giant. All right Karek has told us we cannot bring the camera in here because the monkeys will steal our microphone so we're filming all of this right now on an iphone. And for the record this is the Ubud monkey forest. The Ubud monkey forest is a complex of three 14th century temples as well as the natural habitat of over 1200 Balinese long-tailed macaques. But be careful most of the monkeys are pretty chill but some are pretty scary. This one bared his teeth jumped at me and grabbed my pants. When Jeff tried to save me he turned and tried to attack him too. I wish we had better footage of this but I was too scared to hold the camera at him. Just got back to the villa and thank goodness because surprise surprise it looks like it's about to start pouring again. Yeah super long day we had out there we are exhausted we're gonna get ourselves some sleep but don't go anywhere yet we got one more thing we want to show you. So the final thing we wanted to show you here is our favorite walk that we do every morning. Yeah as much as we love like the waterfalls and the temples uh all the tourist attractions we've seen here around Bali our favorite part is basically just walking around the town here in Ubud. So this here is the entrance to the Champluan Ridge Walk. We've probably done it like a dozen times since we've been here because it is only a 10 minute walk away from our Airbnb which is awesome. So as you come in to the Champluan Ridge Walk here you have a river to the right hand side of down in the little ravine this gorgeous temple back to the other side of you you're surrounded by jungle it's like nothing we've ever seen. Champluan here is a pretty easy hike but there are some uphills and there are some stairs and it's just rain so you want to be careful because these little paving stones get really really slippery. Champluan Ridge Walk is about four kilometers round trip up at the north end there is a little village that has some coffee shops uh some gorgeous rice terraces so you can stop and take a break if you want but if you are in Ubud don't miss it it's probably one of our favorite things here. Yeah we're gonna wrap this video up here because it looks like we might get some more rain so you guys be sure to like and subscribe so you can follow along and see what happens next. Bye!