Bali · Approx. 5 hours
Foraging Tour (Meramban)
A guided meramban walk through Bali's gardens and forest edges, ending with a shared meal from the harvest.
Duration
09.00 to approx. 14.00, around 3 hours trekking
Group size
Up to 30 participants
Activity level
Moderate, uneven garden and forest paths
Location
Sangeh & surrounding gardens, Bali
About this experience
A day designed to be understood, not just visited.
Participants trek along garden paths and forest edges with a local guide and forager who reads this landscape daily. Along the way you meet the wild fruits, leaves, and vegetables that grow in the margins, and learn what can be taken and what must be left alone.
The principles of sustainable harvesting sit at the centre of the walk: seasonality, regeneration rates, and the difference between gathering and stripping a place.
The program closes with a shared lunch, partly cooked from what the group gathered along the route.
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What to expect
The day, step by step
09.00
Welcome & briefing
Meet your guide, harvest ethics, safety, and what the season is offering today.
09.30
Foraging trek
Around three hours through garden paths and forest edges, identifying edible and medicinal plants with tasting stops.
12.30
Preparation
Return to the open kitchen area and prepare the harvest with the local team.
13.00
Shared lunch
Lunch together, partly from the morning's harvest, with a closing conversation and Q&A.
14.00
Program ends
Wrap-up and departure, or continue into a second activity for full-day groups.
Sustainability impact
Harvesting that leaves the place intact
The walk teaches restraint before abundance: which plants regenerate quickly, which need years, and why wild food still requires stewardship.
Guides and foragers are local, paid for their knowledge, and the program is capped at 30 participants so the route is never overwhelmed.
Any program can be combined with a CSR or community-support component, matched to what the host village actually needs at the time of your visit.
Included & not included
What comes with your day
Included
- Local guide / forager (English-speaking)
- Foraging baskets & equipment
- Shared lunch & drinking water
- Program coordination and on-site logistics by BEJ
Not included
- International or domestic flights
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses & tips
- Alcoholic beverages
Practical details
Before you go
- Maximum participants
- 30 per session.
- What to wear & bring
- Closed walking shoes, long trousers, hat, insect repellent, refillable water bottle.
- Seasonality
- The plant list and route change through the year. Share your dates when inquiring so we can set expectations.
- Combinable with
- Cooking Class, Tisane Activity, or a CSR component.
- Languages
- English standard. Bahasa Indonesia and others on request.
Request to book
Tell us about your trip, we'll send a quote.
We handle every booking personally, so pricing is quoted based on group size, season and any customization. Usually one to two working days for a reply.
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