Balinese Traditional Food Cooking Class with Ubud Monkey Forest and SPA

Overview

Available languages

English

10 hours

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Enjoying the Balinese way of cooking can be a wonderful experience during your visit to the "Island of the Gods". With this tour, you will learn how to make Balinese traditional food and the secret of traditional Balinese food from the original recipes and kitchen, shop in conventional Balinese market, and meet with local people and culture. After cooking class, you will visit Ubud Monkey Forest, one of Bali's several grey long-tailed macaque-inhabited forests. At the end of the tour, enjoy a 2-hour spa treatment before returning to your Hotel.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

The Cooking Class is not private, But tour and Spa is private

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Bottled water

Private Driver

Lunch at Cooking Class

2 Hour Spa Treatment

Tour Escort

Cooking Class Guide

Transport by private vehicle

Personal Expenses

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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What To Expect

Your private driver will come to pick you up at 7 am from your Hotel in Bali. Your private driver will take you to meet your guide and explore the local or traditional Market at 8:30 am. After the Market, you will meet the farmers and learn how they grow rice. Finally, you will learn to make many delicious menus from authentic Balinese recipes and ingredients. After cooking class, at about 1 pm, your driver will take you to Ubud Monkey Forest to see the hundreds of playful monkeys in a calm, lush forest. Not only monkeys, but there are also at least 115 species of trees in the woods, some of which are significant in Balinese culture as sacred or as materials used during rituals. About 900 monkeys live in the forest area, specifically the Balinese long-tail macaque. When you finish visiting the monkey forest at 2 pm, your private driver will take you to Spa place where you will enjoy a 2-hour spa treatment (1 Hour Body Massage & 1 Hour Body Scrub) by superbly trained therapists, with their healing hands, only use products of blended natural ingredients, the purest selected natural oils, herbs & spices to provide the ideal atmosphere for relaxation & rejuvenation.

Sample Menu

starter

Soup Ayam Jamur

Chicken soup with mushroom

main

Tempe Lalah Manis

Spiced and sweet fried tempe

main

Tahu Kare

Tofu curry with Balinese spices

main

Sate Lilit

Minced of spices fish skewer

main

Pepes Tuna

Grilled fish in banana leaf

main

Lawar Bali

Mix Vegetable with Balinese spices

main

Sambal Matah

Raw spices with coconut oil

dessert

Dadar Gulung

Rolled cake with coconut & palm sugar

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Balinese Traditional Food Cooking Class with Ubud Monkey Forest and SPA

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Reviews

5.00

6 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Great day in Ubud
Kimberly M,
Aug 8, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00
Fantastic first day in Ubud. Our driver, Dananjaya, was on time and patiently waited at all our stops. Cooking class was exceptional and the spa was beautiful.
Amazing Experience
Indoadventures,
Jan 15, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My husband and I took part in these activities in December and had an amazing day. Our guide, Dodi, was fantastic! He was friendly and knowledgable and really added to the enjoyment of the day! This is a must do excursion.
Excellent experience - but switched Monkey Forest (had seen) with Holy Water Temple and Ubud Water Place
danielsZ3729KM,
Jan 13, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A must-do tour, esp. if you like cooking and trying and learning new things! The experience starts with a tour of the local market, and quickly turns into some hard work. The result was delightfully delicious. My driver, Dodi, was very helpful and attentive to take pictures and videos of the cutting, grinding, smashing, frying, steaming, grilling - the entire cooking extravaganza! And don’t worry - the staff are very helpful and you wouldn’t feel lost or overworked for a minute. I swapped the Monkey Forest for the Holy Water Temple and Ubud Water Palace. Dodi knew all the good photo spots for both - and also explained well the different temple grounds (the Holy Water Temple is pretty large!). You can enter into the water - but I was a tad lazy to do so. The spa was great - the therapist hit every tense spot on my back; note when you select deep impact massage, be prepared for the intense pressure. Then finishing the day with a herbs and flowers bath makes you feel like reborn. Definitely would recommend the combo as a full -day tour and Dodi as a driver/guide, being both extremely helpful and witty / funny. Had a great day!
Great day out for a couple
A J Harman2005,
Nov 1, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
It was an amazing day with our drive to the market to see local produce and then preparing and cooking traditional food. Then a short stop to see the cheeky monkeys at the Ubud Monkey Forest, then finish the day with an amazing spa treatment.
Best experience
Julia D,
Sep 20, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We spent amazing day starting with cooking classes then going spa. Classes were so much fun, we had really fantastic chef lady 🙏 and such a funny group. Cooking in such a peaceful place, i the middle of rice fields was really a great experience and I'd recommend it to everyone visiting Bali. Big big big thanks to our driver Desu, who adjusted to us, gave us many useful tips about our next days and what we should visit, he was so kind and helpful, Desu thank you!🙏 Spa time was so beautiful and relaxing after a day like this, we really enjoyed whole day. Must do!
This is a must do, especially if it's the first time visiting Bali
thatguyjigger,
Sep 19, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip and stress free, given that Bali was a new destination from us. We received whatsapp messages and communication the day before the trip to confirm the time they were picking us up. Our tour guide Desu was the best! He was professional and shared with us what to expect at each location and also shared with us about Bali and places we need to see. He picked us up on time and drove us to our first destination, which was the Market and Food Cooking Class in Ubud. We learned how to make Indonesian dishes that we already had made in San Diego, because they give you a cookbook at the end! After that, he took us to the Ubud Monkey Forest, and walked around with us around the monkey forest. The monkeys can be quite friendly, so he made sure we were safe the whole time. We even took a monkey selfie. We ended the day with a 2-hour scrub/massage. I would definitely use this tour company again because they picked great tours to package together and sent competent drivers/tour guides like Desu that made our experience much better.