Local Living Tours & Trips in Indonesia

You'll visit highland Sasak villages like Sembalun Lawang and Bumbung to see traditional architecture and local customs that show real Lombok life. Mataram's market is full of spices and handmade items, and at Lingsar Temple's holy spring you can try the coin-flipping ritual where Hindu and Wetu Telu traditions meet.

Head into the Balinese village of Undisan for a guided trek across bright green rice paddies, where you'll see how local farmers use buffalo-powered ploughs and plant rice seeds the traditional way. Check out Pura Dalem Temple, a sacred site dedicated to Siva God, then meet silversmiths in Mas village who craft ceremonial jewelry by hand. Join a cooking class using fresh ingredients straight from the rice fields to make traditional Indonesian dishes, and stay at D'Umah Bali in Undisan with meals served in huts that look out over the terraced fields.

Stay in a community-supported guesthouse in Bulian Village and a local homestay in Ngadas Village, where you'll learn traditional Balinese offering-making and get a real feel for authentic Javanese customs. Trek through rice paddies, durian plantations, and coffee farms around Lemukih Village, then cool off swimming at natural waterfalls and sliding down a waterslide that nature carved itself. You'll also check out the UNESCO-listed Jatiluwih Rice Terraces and catch sunrise at Borobudur Temple from Setumbu Hill, then cycle through Wanurejo Village to see traditional markets and local workshops.

You'll stay in 4-star hotels throughout South Sulawesi and get to meet fishing families who live in floating houses on Tempe Lake, where they'll share coffee and snacks with you in their homes. Stop by a traditional silk factory in Sengkang to watch Buginese women weaving beautiful fabrics, and visit the weaving villages of Pallawa and Sa'dan Tubaranna. In Batutumonga you'll see what real Torajan village life is like, plus there's meals at local spots in Rantepao with 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and a farewell dinner over 6 days.

You'll stay in traditional Adat houses with their distinctive gabled roofs at Lake Toba and watch Batak toba dance performances in Simanindo village. Trek through Gunung Leuser National Park's rainforest in Bukit Lawang to see rare orangutans in the wild, then visit Bu Harni Resort's coffee plantation in Kalibaru.

Take a Batak cooking class in Bukit Lawang where you'll prepare traditional ethnic cuisine using local ingredients and family recipes. Stay 2 nights in Ngadas Village homestays with shared bathrooms, having home-cooked meals and guided walks to mbah Sedek's tomb and the holy forest. Have family-style Sundanese lunch in Bandung and visit Candirejo Village with local guides showing multiple-crop farming systems and daily Javanese traditions.