Indonesia · SHOPPING TOURS
The good shopping tours fill up in the dry season and the great ones fill first. Below: 15 to book early, what each includes, and where they differ.
Learn nine Balinese dishes, visit a local market and rice paddies, and enjoy a hands-on Ubud cooking class with pickup included.
“This was such an awesome experience! The cooks who taught us were outstanding! Each course was spectacular! We highly recommend this cooking class!!”
Review of Jakarta’s Tangkuban Perahu volcano day trip, with rice fields, fruit tasting, tea plantation, Sundanese lunch, and hot springs.
“Great day trip out from Jakarta, Tio was fantastic! knowledgeable, super adaptable to our questions and what we wanted to see and we could adjust to our group. Fun tasty Indonesian food for lunch, amazing volcano. Driver was also very good”
Review of Ubud’s Balinese cooking class, with a morning market visit, offering, local recipes, hotel pickup, and a shared meal.
“Fantastic cultural experience. The host was very friendly and welcoming and it was a memorable experience.”
Shop Pejeng Market with Putu, cook 2 to 3 Balinese dishes, and share lunch with her family in a private Ubud home.
“My wife and I did this on our honeymoon and I will say it is one of the highlights of our trip. Our guide Putu was amazing. She took us around the markets and helped us cook the best meal we had on our trip. This tour is great way to get an authentic look at day to day life in Ubud.”
Cook Javanese dishes, shop a Yogyakarta market, visit a rice farm, and share lunch in a welcoming village home for $35.
“Was great to make a meal that has strong cultural significance and also get this history and interesting information about it. Was nice and comfortable cooking in her home. My partner and I were alone for this cooking class so the private-ness really added to the experience.”
Learn Balinese recipes, shop for ingredients, and enjoy a shared meal in this affordable three-hour Ubud cooking class.
“Honestly such a great cooking class. Our class was just my partner and myself as it must of been low season. The food was delicious and the host was super friendly and even gave us an interesting history and lessons on Bali culture.”
Cook five Balinese dishes, visit a local market, and learn traditional techniques in an Ubud home with hotel transfers included.
“My husband and I did this class together, the Driver Yoga picked us up exactly on time and spoke good English. We arrived at a very traditional market place greeted by our guide Nyoman, who escorted us around to show us the Balinese Read more”
Review of a private Ubud day tour from Kuta with rice terraces, Bali swings, temple pools, Ubud Palace, and the art market.
“Highly recommended. Good day was a great driver and allowed us to get to know Bali very well for our first day on the island. Tour included coffee plantation. Lunch in front of volcano temples and much more. His information was on point! Great culture knowledge”
Taste Balinese street food, suckling pig, satay, desserts, and night markets in Ubud with a local guide for $35 per person.
“We had a lovely time enjoy tasting a variety of food. Nata the guide was very knowledgeable about Balinese food. He explained things in english that was very good. He picked us on time from the resort. He kept us up to date of our booking. The night market we went was nice and clean. The vendors showed us the way the food was prepared. Very entertaining. We wouldn't have gone to these places by ourselves. Thanks Nata for a great night out.”
Review of Ubud’s private six-hour tour covering Monkey Forest, Palace, Art Market, and Tegenungan Waterfall for $45 per person.
“We arrived at the hotel lobby and there was Budi, on time ready for our Adventure. Budi was a great host, navigator, DJ and personal photographer. Thanks for making it a special day!”
Review of Ubud’s 10-hour tour covering Monkey Forest, Tegalalang, Tibumana Waterfall, lunch, and Gianyar Night Market for $21.
“It was very good, you can change a program during trip, guide was very open to comunicate, shared a lot of cultural aspects. Suggestions: if you are going to waterfall, better wear flip flops than sandals, to tample you should wear long sleeves shirt”
Review of Ubud City Tour II, with monkeys, palace, market, swing, rice terraces, private transport, price, tips, and practical advice.
“Monkey forest was great! Take a selfie with the monkeys, it’s was the best part! Rice terrace was amazing but the Palace was just ho-hum. Our driver Wena was very nice and attentive but we were disappointed that he wasn’t a “guide” so we didn’t get any insights into the local culture or sights that we passed along the way.”
Review of Bali’s private Ubud highlights tour, with Tegenungan Waterfall, Batuan Temple, rice terraces, and Gianyar night-market dinner.
“Knowing about Indonesian culture and how different it is from American culture was interesting. Putu was excellent at showing us a glimpse of that. We enjoyed seeing all of the sights and sampling local food. Highly recommend!”
Shop, eat, and explore Jakarta on a private 6 to 7 hour tour featuring batik, antiques, malls, Monas snacks, lunch, and hotel pickup.
“We had a wonderful time in our shopping and culinary tour of Jakarta. Our tour guide Isabella is very friendly and accommodating. Her command of the English language and Indonesian history is amazing. We highly recommend Ekaputra tour”
Learn Balinese cooking in Ubud with a market visit, rice paddies, nine recipes, buffet meal, hotel pickup, and practical tips.
“We loved the cooking class, it was super informative and the teachers were very helpful. Food was delicious. Highly recommend! Thank you”
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