TRAVEL TO EXOTIC SURF DESTINATIONS
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INDONESIA This Year - 2009 Bali & East Java October & November After 8 years of traveling 4 months each year in Indonesia I've designed for you, from the best of my experiences, a have-to-do, once-in-a-lifetime vacation that has it all. Fifteen days in 4 different areas in Bali and East Java. Experience one of the world's most popular cultural destinations. It's your option to do a lot of activities or have a lot of time to relax. See a lot, do a lot within a short distance from an excellent selection of accommodations in Bali that you and I select. Add more days and customize the 15 day vacation outlined below. Bali on the Beach |
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When you arrive in Bali, Ron will meet you at the airport in Denpasar. You are provided transportation from the airport, a 20 minute drive to where you are staying in Kuta Beach. Kuta Beach has the best beginner to intermediate sand bottom surf spot in Bali. For the following 3 days/nights, kick back and relax. Surf and shop with Ron. The dining and nightlife is sensational. Get the world's best massages on the beach for five dollars an hour. All of this within walking distance from your luxurious superior accommodations, pictured to the left. Superior accommodations on the beach in Bali are approximately $125 USD per night, per 2 persons. Standard accommodations, very nice, the finest I know in Bali are approximately $35 to $65 USD per night, per 2 persons. Kuta Beach Superior Accommodations 5 days/nights - 2 persons per 15 day package price includes:
Based on superior accommodation prices 2 Person Total $900 USD |
 Pukit Peninsula |
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After breakfast on your third morning, we leave Kuta Beach for the Pukit Peninsula. Ron will introduce you to Putu Suda Mertha, a fantastic Balinese friend who speaks English. Putu will be your driver and guide for the next 3 days while you are on Bali. Putu will pick you up in Kuta in his air-conditioned, like new vehicle that can seat up to six in your group. He will take you in style to the Pukit Peninsula and its beautiful beaches. After an hour's drive, Putu will check you into your ocean view, country style accommodations where you will be staying for the next 2 days and nights (pictured at left). Late afternoon on your second day on Pukit, Putu will take you to one of the most astonishing temples in Bali, high on the cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean and East Java. (See picture below.) Watch out for the monkeys, they will steal everything, including your wives. That evening at the temple, experience the unique cultural favorite chant fire dance just as the sun is setting.
Pukit Peninsula
Standard Accommodations 2 days/nights - 2 persons per 15 day package price includes:
2 Person Total $300 USD
After breakfast on your second morning waking up on Pukit, Putu will drive you for one hour to the mountains in Bali. On the way up, you have the option to visit, or do an activity before Putu checks you into your mountain village accommodations. |
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Bali Mountain Retreat A quiet Mountain Village Retreat in a small town in Bali where the best in cultural music, dance, and craftsmanship lives and performs. A three day or more must on your vacation. Includes free transport anytime, anywhere in the town, breakfast, A/C, and pool surrounded by rice paddies. Every evening the cultural best in music and dance perform at the palace. Excellent places to shop and eat. Also available in town daily activities are yoga classes, bike treks, rafting excursions, cooking classes, and tours of the fabric factories. A quiet, mountain, village retreat. |
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Mountain Retreat Accommodations 3 days/nights - 2 persons per 15 day package price includes:
2 Person Total $350 USD
After 3 full days/nights in the mountain village town, Putu will pick you up and it's your option to go somewhere that day or to drive to your next accommodation destination. Check into your clean standard accommodations owned and run by a Balinese family, with good food. Get some rest before your early morning speed boat ride to East Java. |
Tuban Beach Rooms are clean and large with high ceilings, refrigerator, A/C, and local TV. Restaurant with great food. Internet and money exchanger available at reception desk. Half or Full day transport available on site. |
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| Tuban Beach is located next to Kuta Beach. The next morning at dawn, you are about 200 yards from where you will step onto the speed boat to East Java. Now the real adventure begins! | Tuban Beach Accommodations
1 day/night - 2 persons per 15 day package price includes:
2 Person Total $40 USD |
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East Java National Wildlife Reserve You'll wake up early (at dawn) the next morning for a 3 hour speed boat ride to a resort in a national wildlife reserve in East Java. Arrive for breakfast at 9:00 am. The surf, the sense of isolation, and the jungle give a unique atmosphere to the resort-surfer's oasis in the middle of untamed land. Wake up to a spectacular view of the line up and surf all day making time to enjoy three generous meals a day as well as cold beer. The resort provides a pure surf, jungle, wildlife experience unrivaled in the world. You don't even have to be a surfer to enjoy the resort's atmosphere. |
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Standard Package:
$400 USD (7 days/6 nights) $300 USD (4 days/3 nights) $550 USD (10 days/9 nights) $200 USD (3 day extension) $150 USD (boat trip) 40 mile 3 hr. speed boat trip from Bali to East Java Resort Price includes return over-land transfer from resort to Bali, private villa for twin share (2 beds) or double bed for couples, (beds have mosquito nets), fan, 24 hour electricity, semi-communal bath facilities, 3 healthy, energetic meals per day, 3 bottles of beer per day, soft drinks, juice and water, use of camp recreational facilities, fishing on a boat with a captain and free t-shirt. Superior Package: $650 USD (7 days/6 nights) $500 USD (4 days/3 nights) $1000 USD (10 days/9 nights) $350 USD (3 days extension fee) $150 USD (boat trip) 40 mile 3 hr. speed boat trip from Bali to East Java Resort Price includes return over-land transfer from resort to Bali, private villa for twin share (2 beds) or double bed for couples, (beds have mosquito nets), air conditioning, 24 hour electricity, mini bar, international & local TV, DVD player, room service, private bath with hot & cold water, 3 healthy, energetic meals per day, 8 bottles of beer per day, soft drinks, juice and water, use of camp recreational facilities, fishing on a boat with a captain and free t-shirt. |
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The resort provides free transportation back to Kuta Beach. Do some last minute shopping, spend another 2 days and nights in the splendid, superior accommodations, where your vacation started before returning home. |
East Java Resort:
4 days/3 nights - 2 persons standard accommodations - per 15 day package price includes:
2 Person Total $900 USD |
15 Day Package Price & Details |
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This is how to get started:
Travel Dates Arrive in Bali Oct. 5 - depart Bali Oct. 20 Arrive in Bali Oct. 10 - depart Bali Oct. 25 Arrive in Bali Oct. 28 - depart Bali Nov. 12  |
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Meet Your Guides |
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Ron Wolfe  Ron surfing in Indonesia - 2008 |
Putu Suda Mertha  Dear travelers and surfers, my name is Putu. Putu in Bali is like the name John, there are so many. So, you can call me Putu BJ. I'm Balinese, proudly born and raised in Bali, the beautiful paradise. I have been driving and guiding tourists for about 12 years. I am not just a driver, I will tell you stories about places, culture and art that I learned from our elder people. |
