port
Lembar, Lombok, Indonesia
activityLevel
Moderate Activity
excursionType
All
wheelchairAccessible
No
startingAtPrice
$259
minimumAge
Information Not Currently Available
duration
Approximately 8½ Hours
mealsIncluded
Meals included
Central Lombok is home to traditional Sasak villages. You’ll pass beautiful scenery of rice fields and palm trees, and stop at Banyu Mulek—famous for handmade pottery. Enjoy a cidomo ride (traditional horse cart) to see the skilled villagers processing clay into beautiful export-quality pottery. At the local school, children are trained to make pottery from a very young age. A visit to a large gallery is included, where you can purchase finished products. Sukarara, your next stop, is a village known for Ikat and handwoven fabric, and you will also visit Sade village to view traditional Sasak houses. Each house contains an interior platform, raised about a yard off the ground, which is made from a mixture of clay, dung and straw. The surface is eventually polished to a high gloss finish, and the roof is made of thatching, with bamboo or palm walls. Sade is also home to the traditional bonnet-shaped rice barns—lumbungs—an iconic symbol of Lombok. Kuta Beach offers the best seascape in Lombok and an Indonesian buffet lunch is served here at a beautiful tropical resort. Free time is plentiful at the resort, so relax and enjoy hotel’s swimming pool or the crystal-clear blue water of the beach before returning to the port.
Notes:
Bring your swimsuit, a towel, sunscreen and a hat.