Private spa ritual
A pavilion in your own garden, jasmine and ylang-ylang oils warming over a flame, and a therapist who comes to you. Two to three hours for the full Balinese sequence — massage, scrub, mask, flower bath. From about $450 for two.
What you do
Romantic Bali Experiences, Arranged for Two
The three things worth booking before you land, and the one thing that holds the whole week together.
Plan your experiencesThe short answer
Three experiences are worth arranging in advance for a Bali honeymoon — a private in-villa spa ritual, one candlelit dinner set somewhere you could not book yourself, and a day on a private boat — and everything else can be decided the morning of.
- Spa in your own villa, not a treatment room
- Dinner on a lotus pond platform or an empty stretch of beach
- A private boat, not a shared tour with forty people
- The butler is what makes the other three effortless
The three
Worth Booking Before You Land
These are the ones that sell out, need setting up, or simply cannot be arranged the same day.
The Butler Is the Experience
None of the above is hard to want and all of it is tedious to arrange from another country. The butler is the reason it happens without you managing it: one person who knows the week, the preferences and the restaurants that stopped taking bookings months ago.
It is also the difference between a spa appointment and a spa ritual. The bath is drawn when you get back rather than when you ask. That is the whole distinction, and it is why the villa comes with the person rather than the person being an add-on.
Choosing between them
If You Only Book One
Takes
- Spa ritual
- Two to three hours
- Private boat day
- A full day
Where
- Spa ritual
- Your own villa
- Private boat day
- Benoa out to the Nusa islands
Best for
- Spa ritual
- The day you arrive, or the day after a long drive
- Private boat day
- Mid-week, once you have settled
Weather
- Spa ritual
- Irrelevant
- Private boat day
- Calmer May to September
From
- Spa ritual
- $450 for two
- Private boat day
- $1,800 for the day
Most couples do the spa twice and the boat once. The dinner is usually the last night.
Worth knowing
Three Things Couples Get Wrong
Not mistakes exactly — just the things people tell us afterwards they would do differently.
Before you write to us
Questions About Experiences
How far ahead do these need booking?
The boat and the dinner, four to six weeks. The spa can usually be arranged with a day's notice because it comes to you.
Can you work around dietary requirements?
Yes, and for the private dinner it is the first thing we ask. Every menu is agreed with you before the night.
What if it rains on the boat day?
We move it. Sea state is what matters more than rain, and the captain calls it the evening before.
Are these included in the package?
One spa ritual and one private dinner are in most of our packages. The boat day is quoted separately because the price moves with the vessel.
Can we do a vow renewal?
Yes. Symbolic ceremonies run from about $1,500 depending on the setting and how many people are watching.
Next step
Tell Us What You Want to Remember
Send your dates and which of these matters most. We will build the week around it rather than around a template.
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