DARREN AND KATH
(Australia)
** Do not believe the negative reviews – they are very old! This is one of the BEST tours we have ever done**
We were picked up by Made and Apni to begin our trek out to the Trunyan village and cemetery. As we drove along our guides shared their love of culture with us and helped us to understand the area we were heading into. They explained that the old and negative reviews about the boat ride were more than 5 years old ( they have had a road into Trunyan Village for 5 years now). - This is why it is so important to book a local guide as he (Made) understood the customs and the language of the Trunyan people. - It is important to note that you should only do the tour that drives you into the Trunyan Village as apposed to getting on a boat outside the Trunyan Village. So.. take my recommendation and ask for Made and Apni – truly terrific guides and now friends
The tour to the cemetery was the most humbling experience we have ever had. We felt incredibly lucky that the Trunyan people would share their culture so deeply with us. We felt at peace in the cemetery ( with thanks again to Made and Apni for sharing their knowledge of the Trunyan culture and ceremonies with us, thankyou).
The people in Trunyan Village were very welcoming, Made and Apni had arranged a local Trunyan man to meet us at the start of the road in. He guided us through the town showing us points of interest, (we even got to meet his daughter and her friends). he explained about the special visits from the surrounding towns and we even tried the local fish ( which was very good and we would definitely recommend everyone tries it). Our boat trip to the cemetery was beautiful, we were gently rowed over by two gentlemen from the trunyan village who welcomed us and made us feel very comfortable and safe. we did NOT at any time feel threatened nor uncomfortable.
We have traveled many parts of Asia and done many wonderful tours but honestly this is one of the best…. Go and see for yourselves.
BEVAN SHAW
(Australia)
Heys guys thanks for the awsome day was one to remember, you 2 were great guides and i learnt alot from yous, next time im there il book another interesting tours threw yous, till then keep up the good work.
BRADLEY RAVELY
(Australia)
This was a great tour. Very informative and I feel I got to see a lot of the countryside and learnt a lot about the culture and different aspects of Bali life. As I was the only one on the tour I feel like I got to see a few more little things that I otherwise wouldn’t have if it was with a large group.
The cemetery was a truly surreal experience seeing the bodies exposed like that and learning about the customs was really very interesting.
The school for disabled children was very humbling seeing how good their art was as well as having 2 of the kids play their drums for us was great (I work with a professional drummer and I think they’d be on par with him)
Behind the school was one of the most beautiful rice fields I had seen on the entire trip. We were the only ones there aside from the people working there so had completely uninterrupted views. one of the workers climbed up and got fresh coconuts for each of us to drink.
If you want to learn more about the country and see more than just the beach this is a great tour to do. It is also a nice relaxing tour with the canoe ride on the lake the mountain views. Although you do need to be reasonably steady on your feet to traverse through the rice fields I would recommend this to anybody.
JANNEKE REPARON and JAAP
(Nederland)
“Zeer leerzame en indrukwekkende plek.”
Na een aantal negatieve ervaringen te hebben gelezen op internet besloten wij niet op eigen houtje deze excursie te ondernemen, maar een excursie te boeken met een chauffeur en gids, Dit was welliswaar iets duurder, maar absoluut de moeite waard, Je komt dan onderweg niet alsnog voor onverwachte extra kosten te staan, Wij boekten bij BaliEdu tours en werden opgehaald door Made Sukana en zijn vrouw Apni Baliedu. Made was zelf opgegroeid in de omgeving van Trunyan. Beide spraken ontzetten goed Engels en wij zijn zodoende op de weg erna toe al veel wijzer geworden over Trunyan. We konden vanalles vragen en onze gids wist ons veel informatie te geven. Trunyan en alle informatie die wij kregen was zeer leerzaam en indrukwekkend en bovendien was het erg gezellig. Naderhand kwamen wij bij toeval nog in een enorme vallei met rijstvelden en zijn daar zelfs nog doorheen gelopen. AL met al een ontzettend leuke dag gehad, ontzettend mooie omgeving en heel veel geleerd van onze gids. Absoluut een aanrader.
23 Apr 2015 A TripAdvisor Member