Indonesia Walking Tours & Trips

Head up to Batutumonga where you'll trek through terraced rice fields with ancient megaliths scattered around, and the views across Tana Toraja's highlands are great from up there. Then check out Kete Kesu, one of the oldest Toraja villages, where you can see the original Tongkonan houses.

In the village of Manggis in east Bali, you'll join local women farmers for a cooking class where you make traditional dishes with seasonal organic ingredients they grow themselves. At Sebatu's sacred holy water temple, you can take part in a spiritual purification ritual wearing traditional sarongs.

Trek through the highlands of Tana Toraja to see cliffside burial sites at Lemo Village, where tau-tau wooden effigies guard limestone caves carved into the rock face. Travel from Ubud to Makassar, then head north to Sengkang via an 18-20 seater coach, stopping at Maros to navigate karst formations by small boat and learn traditional rice farming techniques. This 9-day walking adventure includes visits to the sacred Baby Tree in Suaya, the traditional cave burial site of Londa, and sunset views at Losari Beach in Makassar.

Start at the 400-meter-high Pusuk Pass with Gili Islands views, then hike to the 125-meter Sendang Gile Waterfall. Walk through highland Sasak villages like Sembalun Lawang in Mount Rinjani's valley, see hidden Segui Beach and Pantai Pink's coral-tinted sands, and tour Mataram's market.

Walk through Jakarta Old Town's restored colonial buildings and the Jakarta Historical Museum which covers 300 years of Dutch East Indies history. In Yogyakarta, see Keraton Palace gardens and Tamansari Water Castle's 18th-century defensive corridors, then trek around Borobudur Temple's stone reliefs.

Ride a traditional horse cart through Candirejo Village and see Javanese farming practices up close before heading to UNESCO-listed Borobudur Temple with its 504 Buddha statues. Take a sunrise Jeep to Mount Bromo and hike across the volcanic Sea of Sand, watching smoke plumes rise from the crater. Check out the 8th-century Hindu temples at Gedong Songo set in volcanic mountains, then wander through Jodipan's colorful street art village in Malang.