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25 October

Planning a family holiday to Bali from Australia should feel effortless from the moment you book until your flight touches down back home. At Indonesian Vacations, we design private, customizable family tour packages tailored specifically for Australian parents travelling with toddlers, school-aged kids, or multi-generational family groups. Whether you are flying direct out of Perth, […]

23 October

Create Unforgettable Experiences Tailored for Australian Families Planning a family vacation in Bali as an Australian can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. With an abundance of options designed specifically for families, you can easily create an itinerary that caters to your family’s unique needs and preferences. This guide is […]

23 October

Tailored Itineraries and Deals to Create Lasting Memories Planning a family vacation to Bali can be both exciting and daunting, especially for Australian parents wanting to create unforgettable memories. Bali offers breathtaking natural beauty, diverse activities suitable for all age groups, and a rich culture that mesmerizes visitors. This guide serves as your one-stop hub […]

22 October

Crafting Unforgettable Family Holidays in Bali Planning a family vacation to Bali is now easier than ever, especially for Australian families looking to create lasting memories. With tailored itineraries and inclusive packages, you can immerse your loved ones in the beautiful culture and stunning landscapes Bali has to offer. This guide serves as a hub […]

20 October

Almost every Bali itinerary includes a waterfall, and almost every one includes the same waterfall. Tegenungan Waterfall sits half an hour from Ubud on a good road, which is why it turns up on nearly every day tour. It is worth seeing. It is also the least typical waterfall on the island. Treat it as […]

12 October

Here is the thing nobody mentions when they post the photographs. Diamond Beach Nusa Penida sits on the eastern tip of the island, facing the sunrise. Broken Beach and Crystal Bay are on the west coast, roughly ninety minutes of slow, winding road away. Day tours sell all three together, and it can be done, […]

1 October

Planning Bali with kids usually comes down to one big decision. Do you book a resort where everything happens inside the gates, or rent a private villa and explore the island with your own driver? Both can work beautifully. They just suit different families, budgets, and travel styles. The quick answer: a resort is the […]

29 September

The island is 14 nautical miles from Bali and most people still get the day wrong. Not the destination, the logistics. They book an 8am boat and discover the check-in queue starts at 7am. They rent a scooter without seeing the hills first. They arrive at the most photographed viewpoint in Indonesia at exactly the […]

23 September

The first look does something to people. You walk past the row of warungs at the clifftop, the ground falls away in front of you, and there it is: a limestone headland shaped like a sleeping dinosaur, a ribbon of white sand at its jaw, and water in three separate shades of blue. Nusa Penida […]

21 September

Bali is not one destination. It is a collection of very different places that happen to share an island, and the gap between them is wider than most first-time visitors expect. Book a beach club strip when what you really wanted was rice fields at sunrise, and you will spend a good part of your […]

17 September

The arrivals hall at Ngurah Rai has a row of brightly lit booths selling data, and almost everyone walking off a long-haul flight buys from the first one. It works. It also costs two to three times what the same package costs at an official store twenty minutes down the road. That is the short […]

14 September

Almost everyone overpacks for Bali. They arrive with two weeks of outfits, a hairdryer, and hiking boots, then spend the fortnight in the same three linen things while a laundry two doors down washes, dries and folds a kilo for less than the price of a coffee. So this Bali packing list is organised around […]

11 September

On your first morning you will nearly step on one. A palm-leaf tray on the pavement holding rice, a flower, a biscuit and a smoldering stick of incense, placed at dawn and already being picked at by a dog. By evening there will be another. Those trays are the clearest daily evidence of Bali religion […]

9 September

The first time you take money out in Bali you become a millionaire, briefly, and then you spend forty seconds counting zeros at an ATM while a queue forms behind you. Rp 100,000 and Rp 1,000,000 look alarmingly similar at speed. That is the practical starting point for any Bali currency conversation. The Indonesian rupiah […]

27 August

Your driver picks you up at the airport and greets you in English. He takes a call from his brother and switches to something faster and softer that sounds nothing like it. At a roadside stall he changes again, and the woman serving coffee answers him in the same register. Three languages before you have […]

24 August

People rarely ask this in a general way. They ask something specific and slightly worried: whether their daughter should go alone, whether the scooters are as bad as the videos suggest, whether the new Indonesian law they read about applies to a couple on honeymoon. So rather than answer is Bali safe to travel to […]

20 August

More people ask us this than any other question, and almost nobody asks it out loud. They search it quietly the week they start planning, slightly embarrassed, because Bali is one of those places everyone has heard of and very few could point to. So, where is Bali? It sits about eight degrees south of […]

17 August

Almost every traveller who books with us asks about it eventually, usually a few days before they fly. Bali Belly. The stomach upset that turns a beach day into a hotel room day. Here is the reassuring part. It is not mysterious, not unique to Bali, and largely avoidable. As reported in a systematic review […]

6 August

Ask anyone who has spent real time in Bali how they got around and the answer is almost always the same. They found a driver, liked him, and used him for the rest of the trip. Hiring a Bali private driver is not a luxury add-on here. It is the standard way visitors see the […]

27 July

Landing at Bali Denpasar airport begins with a runway that appears to float on turquoise water. What happens in the next ninety minutes decides how the day feels. This Bali airport guide is written so you are in a car within thirty minutes of touching down, rather than queuing at immigration with a phone on […]