Tegenungan Waterfall, Tirta Empul and Puri Saren Agung, Private

The waterfall comes first. Tegenungan is one of the most visited in Bali, so the way down is concrete steps with a safety rail the whole way to the pool at the bottom, which makes it manageable for people who would not attempt a jungle scramble. On the way down there are the photo spots everyone stops at, and Baby Tegenungan, a smaller fall that is not going to impress anybody who has just seen the big one. Tirta Empul comes next, one of the busiest water temples in Indonesia and sacred to the Balinese Hindu community. Its holy springs are said to have been made by the god Indra, and the water is held to purify anyone who bathes in it. Then Kintamani, up in the hills, where the view is of Mount Batur, active, and Lake Batur lying wide in the valley below it. Lunch is a buffet at a restaurant with the volcano and its crater lake directly in front of the tables. The afternoon is Ubud: the Tegallalang rice terraces, cut into a cliff north of the town, the art market, which is where the silk scarves, woven bags, baskets, hats, statues and kites are, and Ubud Palace, officially Puri Saren Agung. The tour is private, and the guide fills the drives with the island and the people on it.