Best Villas in Ubud with Private Pool (Skip the Resorts)
Your private jungle escape in the heart of Ubud. The Ubud You Actually Came to Find (And Why It Is Getting Harder to See) Let’s be honest for a second. When you decided to come to Bali — and specifically to the cultural heart of the island — you had a very specific picture in […]
Villa Sea View in Bali: Discover the Hidden North Coast
Villa Sea View Bali: The Hidden North Coast Beyond Lovina The quiet black-sand coast of North Bali, where the Bali Sea remains calm and uncrowded. The Search for the Real Ocean When you close your eyes and picture a villa sea view in Bali, what do you see? If you are like most travelers dreaming […]
Bali treehouse rental: jungle or sea view?
Bali does treehouses like nowhere else — but most of the ones you’ll find on the listicles are far from anything, beautiful for a night and impractical for a week. We built ours to be lived in. Samastiti has two: one in the jungle heart of Ubud, one above the sea in Lovina. Here’s how […]
Where to stay in Uluwatu: Bingin vs Padang Padang vs Uluwatu village
The Bukit Peninsula hangs off the southern tip of Bali like an afterthought — dry, cliff-lined limestone where the rest of the island is green and volcanic. It’s a different microclimate, a different pace, and in many ways a different Bali: scrubby clifftops instead of rice terraces, a string of world-class surf breaks stacked one […]
North Bali Guide: Lovina, Bukti & the Reef
A guide to North Bali – Lovina’s black-sand coast, the spring pools of Air Sanih, and the quiet reef that makes this side of the island a diver’s retreat.
Bingin & Uluwatu Surf Guide
A surf guide to Bingin, Uluwatu and the Bukit Peninsula – the reef breaks, the tides that make them, and how to read Bali’s south coast with respect.
Ubud Travel Guide: Yoga, Ceremony & the Rice Terraces
A considered guide to Ubud – its yoga studios, temple ceremonies and rice terraces – for travellers who want to experience Bali’s cultural heart with intention.