Top Bali Food & Drink Classes

Experience the traditional Balinese food journey with Nia Balinese Cooking Class and learn how Balinese prepare their dishes. From the traditional Ayam Betutu wrapped in banana leaves with special folding until the popular Nasi Goreng. Join us now

Live like a local among the locals with this private hands-on cooking lesson. Join your host, Putu, her grandparents, her husband, and their children for lunch or dinner in their traditional compound home. Learn about the spices Putu uses, the traditional Balinese medicines she makes, and the rice, fruit, and animals her grandparents tend on their farm as you prepare and eat a Balinese feast, washed down with local alcohol.

Add the finishing touch to your Canggu villa vacation and bring home the perfect souvenir from Indonesia, when you book this private cooking tutor to teach you three local favorites at your very own villa. Master the art of gado-gado salad, corn fritters, chicken in sweet soy sauce, or klepon, a coconut and palm sugar sweet. Your chef will bring all the supplies and even do the dishes.

The ideal experience for foodie travelers—an authentic Balinese cooking class, hosted by a local chef in the jungle surroundings of Ubud. Learn about the spices and ingredients used in Balinese cookery and discover new flavors at the morning market, and choose your ingredients for the class. Then, at the workshop, learn how to use them using traditional techniques, and eat your masterpieces as a sit down meal.

Cycling is an amazing way to discover rural Bali. From rice harvesting to timeless ceremonies, experience local life on a guided cycle tour with hotel transfers. Before you start your mellow downhill ride, hit the scenic Tegalalang Rice Terrace, learn about traditional farming practices at a coffee plantation, and capture photos of Lake Batur and the Mt. Batur volcano, and once you’re done there’s an Indonesian lunch.

Learn the complexities of Balinese cuisine in a cooking class taught by an expert chef. You’ll prepare a 3-course meal using a variety of spices blended with the freshest vegetables, meat and fish. Select from three menus (including vegetarian) and upgrade for an optional morning visit to the Jimbaran fish market, accompanied by the chef. Afterward, enjoy your creations for lunch or dinner. Bonus: you can keep your class apron as a souvenir!

There’s no better way to get to know a culture than through its food, and this Balinese cooking class on an organic farm outside Ubud is so authentic you even use a traditional wood-fired stove. Learn about organic farming and Bali’s subak system, recognized with UNESCO World Heritage status, pick organic ingredients from the garden, and prepare a meal of six delicious Balinese favorites along with healthy juices.

Bali’s beautiful temples, white sand beaches, and UNESCO-listed rice terraces make for some impressive photo opportunities. On this tour, visit some of Bali most photogenic sights and enjoy plenty of time to pose for photos. Some of the Instagram-worthy shots include swinging over the jungle, swimming beneath a waterfall, posing at the Tirta Gangga water temple, and standing at the ‘Gates of Heaven’.

One of the best ways to experience a place is through its cuisine. You’ll get the chance to learn about Balinese culture and tradition during this fun cooking class in a Balinese home. Balinese food is unique, and very different from other Indonesian and Asian cuisines. Learn why, and get the chance to practice the techniques you’ll need to recreate Balinese dishes at home. You’ll also visit a local market and rice fields for a whole sightseeing experience.

Experience the majesty of some of Bali’s most beautiful places without worrying about self-drive on this unusual private door-to-door tour. Besides admiring the rice terraces of Jatiluwih Green Land, visit three of Bali’s most striking temples: lakeside Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, the sea temple of Tanah Lot, and Luhur Batukaru Temple, on the slopes of a volcano.

Hit pause on your busy vacation and treat yourself to a 4-hour spa experience.  Choose your appointment time and let provided transportation take you from your hotel to the spa. This literal head-to-toe experience includes an aromatherapy foot bath and 30-minute foot massage. Your face enjoys a full 45 minutes of pampering, followed by a 90-minute body massage. After a full body scrub, complete your half day of decadence with a 30-minute flower petal bath.

Get a taste of the authentic Bali in a sustainable way when you join a cooking class at this community-run organic farm and cooking school. Pick veggies from the green garden, tour a traditional market (morning experience only), and prepare a delicious meal of six Indonesian dishes. Once you and your small group have prepared and shared your feast, take home a recipe book to recreate the flavors.

Absorb the sacred splendor of Uluwatu Temple on a private full-day trip from South Denpasar. In the Balinese sunshine, you’ll visit the gorgeous Pandawa Beach and swim in the crystal clear waters of Labuan Sait Beach. Visit locations used to film scenes from hit movie, ‘Eat, Pray, Love’, and watch a mesmerizing kecak fire dance with the Uluwatu Temple as the backdrop. Then, after the sun has set, you’ll head to Jimbaran Bay to feast on an Indonesian lunch as you face the ocean. Round-trip transport from your South Denpasar hotel is included.  

Adrenaline junkies will thrill to this adventure combo: white-water rafting the Ayung River and roaring through Bali’s lush countryside on an ATV. Discover hidden waterfalls, cool off in the refreshing waters, and whizz over bumps with the help of your rafting guide. After a buffet lunch, don helmet and boots to ride around the rice paddies with a guide. Choose from a solo or tandem ride and upgrade to include hotel transfers.

Arriving at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport can be stressful, especially after a long flight, with freelance drivers yelling for your attention and high prices charged. Skip the stress and lock in a sensible rate well in advance when you book this straightforward private arrival transfer, with meet and greet service and no hidden extras. Simply pick the zone that applies to you and book.

Whether you’re recovering from a hike or a long flight or simply looking to relax and de-stress, discover what makes Balinese therapists so famed around the world on this visit to a Nusa Dua spa. Your package includes a foot wash ritual, traditional full-body massage, lulur body scrub, body polish, moisturizer, and a shower, as well as transfers from within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the Nusa Dua spa.

If you’ve tried Bali’s unique cuisine while traveling to the island and want to be able to recreate it back home, this Balinese cooking class is an ideal activity for you. Visit a local market to shop for fresh ingredients. Learn about the elements and techniques of Balinese food from a professional Balinese cook, then enjoy eating the fruits (and vegetables) of your labor at the end of the class.

Learn to cook authentic Balinese food in the island in which it originated with this cooking class. You'll start with a visit to a morning market where you'll learn all about local ingredients. Then it's time to hit the kitchen, where you'll learn the art of making sauces and pastes as well as side dishes and main courses; which you’ll then get to eat!

Immerse yourself in Balinese culture through the island's culinary delights during this experience. You'll start with a trip to the local market to pick up ingredients followed by a cooking class where you'll learn all about how to make Balinese spice paste, a main base ingredient for many local dishes. You'll then get the chance to make nine dishes in total and sample your creations before heading back to your hotel.  

Join a professional chef on this small-group Bali food experience, with round-trip transfers from central Ubud hotels. Learn about herbs, spices, and other ingredients at a local market. Enjoy a hot drink and some banana fritters while you hear about Balinese life, then head to the cooking pavilion and prepare a menu including appetizers, multiple entrees, side dishes, and dessert. After lunch, take home an instructional booklet.

Rather than just eating Balinse food, opt for a more intimate glimpse into Balinese cuisine during a cooking class in a local home. Ideal for food lovers and families, this hands-on cultural experience gives you access to ingredients and equipment that you may not have at home, and comes with the chance to witness a daily Hindu offering.

Get off grid in busy Bali and relax with a local-led coconut oil-making masterclass in the tiny village of Delodsema. Don’t worry about fighting for your instructor’s attention, as this intimate workshop—during which you’ll create your own Balinese coconut oil, receive a coconut scrub massage, and sip complimentary herbal tea or coffee—is entirely private.

Feast your senses on the flavors and fragrances of Balinese cuisine during a private full-day tour from select Bali locations. After an exhilarating ‘becack’ (bicycle taxi) ride, you’ll arrive in a local village for a 2-hour cookery class. Use exotic ingredients to create Balinese specialties such as meat satay and fried rice, and then feast on the fruits of your labor. Next, learn about how to make Balinese offerings before you marvel at mischievous macaques at the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. Receive undivided attention from your guide on this private tour.