Departure from Paris on a scheduled airline. Services and overnight stay on board.

Balinese welcome at the airport with flower necklaces and fresh towels.

Transfer to DENPASAR where you will be welcomed in the beautiful traditional house of our friends Ati and Ming.

Balinese dinner prepared by your hosts: your first taste of authentic Balinese cuisine!

Overnight at a local's house.

After breakfast, you'll visit Denpasar's big market: Pasar Badung, full of colour and fragrance! After a short carriage ride, return to your hosts for lunch. In the afternoon, you'll set off to discover the Tanah Lot marine temple outside peak times.

End of the day: Seafood dinner on the beach at JIMBARAN, in a fisherman's restaurant. Overnight with a local.

In the morning, transfer to the airport for a flight to Ujung Pandang, the capital of Sulawesi.

Welcome, then departure for Sengkang on the shores of the lake, lunch (own expense) in a local restaurant. Departure by motorised dugout canoe to discover the riches of Lake Tempe, where the winged fauna flies away as our boat makes its way through the astonishing vegetation that closes in behind us. We meet the fishermen who live on the lake in floating bamboo houses. On the way back, we visit a silk-weaving workshop before heading for Enrekang.

Check-in at your hotel: a typical, human-scale structure from our selection. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

After breakfast, departure for Toraja country on a mountainous road through magnificent scenery. Stops along the way for sightseeing.

Check-in at your 4* hotel with swimming pool. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Depart after breakfast for the colourful market of Rantepao, then discover the fascinating TORAJA country, to be arranged with the local guide according to any ceremonies you may be taking part in. The Torajas live in boat-shaped houses and worship the water buffalo, the only animal capable of transporting the souls of the deceased to their ancestors.

In the afternoon, set off on a 2.5-hour hike through bamboo forests and rice fields to reach the mountain village of Batutumonga. Settle into a mountain inn. You will stay in the large Toraja house or in bungalows. Conditions are rudimentary, but the view over the entire valley and the terraced rice fields is breathtaking! Dinner and overnight at the inn.

In the morning, take a walk to Lokomata, where the tombs of the village's inhabitants have been carved out of a giant rock! On the way back, you may come across children going to school, craftsmen making knives, or women selling their vegetables at the Rantepao market.

Return to Batutumonga for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the village of Nenek Bida, where you will spend the night in the Tongkonan, a large traditional Toraja house. Dinner prepared by our hosts. A night in rudimentary conditions, but a change of scenery guaranteed!

In the morning, you will leave the village of Nenek Bida and continue your journey by visiting the villages of KETE and PALAWA with their traditional family houses called Tongkonan, the cliffs of LEMO with the dolls bearing the effigy of the dead (Tau Tau), the caves of LONDA and the royal tombs of SUAYA.

Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight in Rantepao at one of our selected hotels.

In the morning, return to UJUNG PANDANG. Lunch at a restaurant overlooking the entire bay of Pare Pare.

Arrive in UJUNG PANDANG at the end of the day and settle into one of our selected cottages.

Dinner at your leisure. Enjoy seafood in one of the many small fishermen's restaurants.

Overnight at the cottage.

In the morning, visit the large Makassar market, the antiques district and the craft port where BUGIS boats are made. Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport and flight to BALI. Transfer to SIDEMEN and accommodation in a typical 3-star hotel of our choice (4-star available at an additional cost): 11 rooms built on a terraced rice field, with a breathtaking view of the valley and the volcano. Dinner on your own, night at the hotel.

After breakfast, you'll have the morning free to enjoy this magical place, stroll around the surrounding area and chat with the Balinese people, whose smiles and sense of welcome you'll appreciate. You can go for a swim and enjoy the view over the valley, have a massage at the spa or go for a hike supervised by the hotel staff.

*Optional: Introduction to Balinese cuisine (English-speaking guide, lunch included). In the afternoon, take a bike ride around Sidemen under the guidance of hotel staff. Afterwards, you can try your hand at making offerings, the art of Balinese dance or Rindik (Balinese music).

Free meals, overnight at the hotel.

In the morning, a 2-hour walk (easy) through a landscape of rice terraces dominated by the Agungn volcano, starting from the animist village of Tenganan, inhabited by the Bali Aga (the first inhabitants of Bali before the Hindus). Arrive at the village of Bebandem via a suspension bridge. On the way, stop off at a Balinese stall where you can taste a coconut and sample the local pastries. You can also visit the Gumung school and give small gifts to the children if you feel like it (pens, felt-tip pens, small notebooks, etc.). Continue by car to the royal baths of Tirtagganga and have lunch in a lovely restaurant overlooking the baths. In the afternoon, you can go for a swim on the Amed coast or return to Sidemen. Overnight at the hotel.

It's worth getting up early to admire the mother temple of BESAKIH in the morning mist, before the first tourists arrive. If you arrive before 8am, you'll have the site to yourself, and can then relax on the white sandy beach of Pasir Putih. Lunch of grilled fish on the beach. Afternoon free to enjoy a swim in the clear waters of the Indian Ocean. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon. Overnight at the hotel.

Depending on your schedule, transfer to the airport and assistance with check-in. Arrival in France day 15.

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