Bali for Big Groups: Villas That Sleep 14 to 16 (Without Splitting Up)
Organizing Bali for a big group usually ends one of two ways: everyone scattered across separate hotel rooms coordinating by group chat, or one giant villa where half the party got the bad bedrooms. There’s a third way — and we run both versions of it. Here’s the honest comparison. Option 1: The Beachfront Compound […]
North Bali Itinerary: Seven Slow Days in Bali’s Hidden North
Cross the mountains and Bali changes. The traffic thins, the sea flattens, prices drop, and the island starts looking like the postcards again. This is a seven-day route through the north we’d give a friend — two bases, no backtracking, no tour buses. Day 1 — Over the Mountains to Lovina Leave the south mid-morning […]
10 of the World’s Dreamiest Treehouses You Can Actually Book
Everyone has the childhood dream; almost nobody acts on it. But grown-up treehouses are now a genuine category of travel — from Scandinavian design statements to jungle canopies. Here are ten real ones you can book tonight, including, yes, two of ours. Some links in this article may earn us a small commission at no […]
What It’s Actually Like to Sleep in a Treehouse in Bali
Every week someone asks us the same three questions about our treehouse: Is it safe? Are there bugs? Will I regret this? Fair questions — “treehouse” covers everything from a plywood platform to a luxury suite that happens to have a tree through it. So here’s an honest account of what a night in a […]
10 Things to Do in Lovina: Dolphins, Waterfalls and the Quiet Side of Bali
Here’s a secret most visitors never learn: Lovina doesn’t officially exist. There’s no village called Lovina — the name, borrowed from a pioneering 1950s beach hotel, spread to cover seven fishing villages that grew together along the north coast: Pemaron, Tukadmungga, Anturan, Banyualit, Kalibukbuk, Kaliasem and Temukus. That origin explains the place. It’s not a […]
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 […]
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.