Great tour - but be aware that the ladies selling things at the end are kinda pushy
Review by: AOO, March 2018
Nice tour
Review by: Iulia, March 2018
nice tour
Review by: Stephen M, January 2018
Very long tour because of terrible traffic jams in Bali. The tour and travel took nearly 6 hours. The monkey forest was not really very worthwhile. The Messi Temple was worthwhile, but the Tanah Lot was spectacular. Unfortunately for us we got there in a wind and rain storm.
Enjoyed seeing the monkeys and temple. Tour guide too invasive.
Review by: CHARLES C, October 2017
If you like animals this was a fun tour. Bought bananas to feed the monkeys. Monkeys throughout the forest vying to be fed a banana. Great opportunities for photo taking. Temple was interesting.
Review by: Robert E, October 2017
We were picked up from the hotel then stopped first at a traditional Balinese farm for the fried tapioca and sweet potato. It was an opportunity to go to the toilet on what ended up being a lot of time spent on the road in a minibus. It was time that probably could have been better spent on the rest of the tour though as we must have been there for at least forty-five minutes. Mengwi Temple was beautiful but quite rushed. You had to chose between keeping up with the tour guide to hear what he had to say or taking photos, we opted for the latter. At the monkey forest and Tanah Lot you are left to your own devices to wander around and get a lot more time to explore. There are two monkey forests in the area and from what we heard the one we went to wasn't the better of the two. The monkeys are equally cute and mischievous. The swarms of flies were annoying. Bring lots of insect repellant. At the end of the tour there was a row of stalls and shops where it got awkward, with some particularly pushy hawkers. We got to watch the sun going down at Tanah Lot and it was beautiful, but be prepared for the fact that this is probably the most popular tourist spot on Bali and you will have to fight your way through huge crowds. Doing a guided tour in that kind of environment is impossible, so allowing people to do their own thing is the best approach. The tour guide spent most of the time talking on the minibus about local religious beliefs. I don't know if this was preplanned or because an American woman asked him a number of questions about it, but I would've liked to have learnt a bit more about the places we were visiting. Overall the trip was very light on historical detail. The driver and guide were friendly, but if you are picked up first expect to be dropped off last. By Western standards this was a cheap trip, but by Balinese it was overpriced. Make sure your bring plenty of your own water and small denomination notes to pay to use toilets. We managed to book the tour very last minute, so it was great in that regard, but if you have the time to find something a bit more personalised I'd recommend doing so.
Review by: Daryn D, October 2017
Lotsa monkeys, you get up close and feed them peanuts.
Review by: Felicity A, September 2017
Excellent
Review by: Erin K T, September 2017
Our guide was lovely, informative, and patient. This monkey forest we found out has the monkey temple as well which is kinda cool. It also has the only area of monkeys that are calm. A good one for kids. I understand the monkeys in the other monkey forests can be dangerous and mean (FYI)!!
Review by: fiona s, September 2017
Tour very good, went to beautiful places and our tour guide and driver were very nice, it says average time 5/6 hours but we got picked up at 1.30 and didnt get home till about 9 it took a long time to get home.
Review by: Joseph G, September 2017
Unfortunately I can only rate part of the tour as we did no get to complete the itinerary due to poor planing, bad traffic,and added stops that took time. Pickup was on time and driver and our guide were cordial and knowledgeable, but early unscheduled stops kept us from sunset at Tanah Lot. Sad!!!
Review by: annette c, August 2017
WAS OK
Review by: Emily R, August 2017
The tour guide was brilliant and informative. We had a very productive day driving around with someone who knew the area. You do feel rather pressured in the first part of the day, as the shops / workshops you visit are clearly after your money and unless you have good haggling skills or know what your money can get you, it's a rather unpleasant experience as you don't want to offend but don't want to be ripped off. The food section was slightly odd, but a welcome refresher. The Coffee Plantation was great- at first sight it looks like the animals are being badly treated in cages, but I was encouraged to see a rescued bat with a broken wing being looked after. You get a platter of different coffee at the end, and you are given the hard sell- however we felt happy to purchase something as you got something from them too. The Water Temple was good to see, but if you are going to another temple on your own, there's not much need for it. The Monkey Forest isn't as I first thought the one in Ubud but further south. Here you are assigned a guide who carries a stick to ward off any angry monkeys. We were fine. However at the end, and probably the most unpleasant part of the tour, we were ushered into her closed up stall where she locked us in and tried to force us to buy something. We didn't, and felt suddenly very unwelcome. In hindsight, I would have bought something small so would advise this. Tanah Lot was great, but busy, and we made it just in time before the sun went completely.
Review by: Michael S, July 2017
Amazing tour. Great tour guide and very informative!
Review by: Susan P, June 2017
This day started out with a visit to a water temple -- very lovely. Then we got talking about the luwak -- mongoose -- that is part of the coffee-making process, so our guide Darta took us to a nearby coffee plantation that had a tame luwak, which we could pet and hold! This was not part of the tour, but we had lots of fun with the mongoose and looking around the plantation. Next was the monkey forest -- lots of monkeys, which we photographed, but did NOT touch! We did hold some fruit bats and had photos taken in traditional Balinese outfits! That was cool.. Then we were talked into buying some stuff from our monkey forest guide, which we wouldn't have bought and which took too much time. We then quickly zoomed to Tanah Lot, where we arrived almost too late for the sunset. The tide was out, so we could walk all over the rocks and tide pools, and it was very picturesque. Just wish we could have gotten there sooner. Very fun day!
Review by: Vicky T, May 2017
Good tour but We felt rushed as it was only half a day. Our guide didn and #39;t have the best English but was very knowledgeable about where we were and made a good effort to explain things to us. he also knew the best view points so although we didn and #39;t have much time I felt he made the best of what we had
Review by: Aman S, May 2017
The monkey forest is really touristy and a bit overrated. The guide takes you to their shop and you feel compelled to buy something which was a bit annoying. The temple was stunning! Tanah lot is definitely worth going to. It's beautiful and we had some great pictures. It is busy though!
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