Villa · Ubud
Managed by usIkan Villa Ubud
A one-bedroom villa with its own pool, 3.4 km from the Monkey Forest. The whole place to yourselves.
From IDR 2,400,000 / night
- Private pool
- One bedroom
- Kitchen
Ubud, Bali · Hosting since 2015
Where you stay decides
what Bali feels like.
What we do
We use our hospitality experience and local knowledge to find the places worth staying in Bali, the days out worth taking, and the water worth sailing. Tell us what you're after and we'll put the trip together.
Where to stay
Places we recommend in Bali.
Villas, resorts and guest houses we've chosen for where they sit and how they treat a guest. Ask about any of them and you'll get a straight answer from someone who knows the island.
Villa · Ubud
Managed by usMasia Villa Ubud
A kilometre from Ubud Market and Ubud Palace. Quiet enough for a honeymoon, roomy enough for the family.
From IDR 700,000 / night
- Free WiFi
- Restaurant
- Air conditioning
Resort · Ubud
Managed by usUbud Valley Resort
Joglo wooden houses on a green valley above the Pakerisan river, with the jungle one step off the balcony.
From IDR 2,400,000 / night
- Valley view
- Private villas
- Joglo architecture
Experiences
What to do with the days in between.
We arrange these one at a time, around your stay. Nothing here comes off a shelf. Tell us which one you like and we'll come back with what it takes, who runs it and what it costs.
Nature
Best of Nature
Volcanoes, waterfalls, crater lakes, rice fields and forested mountains, plus the coral gardens below them.
Culture
Cultural Experience
A self-purification ceremony and time to meditate, on the island the Balinese call the island of the gods.
Food
Eat and Love Journey
A private culinary day: rice terraces, Luwak coffee, then cooking in a Balinese family home.
Around the island
Bali is small. It is not the same twice.
An hour's drive changes the weather, the light and the reason you came. These are the corners of the island we send people to, with what's worth seeing once you're there.
Canggu
Badung
Rice fields and warungs that have not gone anywhere, with the cafes, restaurants and beachfront bars arriving around them. Seminyak is ten to fifteen minutes down the coast on the days you want it.
Kintamani
Bangli
A thousand metres up on the rim of the Batur caldera, looking down at the lake and the volcano still standing in it. Mornings are cold enough for a jacket, which is the whole point after a week on the coast.
Nusa Penida
Klungkung
Pure beaches, conservation land for plants, birds and turtles, and dive sites where manta rays and mola mola turn up.
Komodo National Park
A short flight east, then a few days at sea.
Phinisi, schooners and one small liveaboard, all working the same water out of Labuan Bajo. Rates move with the season, the length of the trip and how many of you there are. Ask, and we’ll quote the trip you actually want.
SanctuaryLaunched in the summer of 2024
- Length
- 48 metres
- Guests
- 18
- Cabins
- 9
- Crew
- 18
From USD 15,000 / night. Starting price for private charter.
Why us
A host, not a booking screen.
Tri Hita Karana
The idea the company was built on: harmony between people, nature and the spirit of a place. It is the standard we hold a place to before we put our name next to it.
Hospitality is where we come from
The Bali Host began in 2015 developing boutique villas in Ubud. Years on the operating side of Bali hospitality is why our recommendations come from how a place actually runs, not how it photographs.
One conversation, start to finish
Enquiries come to us, not to a queue. The person who answers your first message is the one arranging the stay, the driver, the cooking class and the boat.
Tell us when you’re coming.
Send us your dates, how many of you there are and roughly what kind of trip you want. We’ll come back with what’s free, what it costs and what we would do with the time. Usually the same day.
Asking costs nothing and books nothing.