Bali Day 3: Bali Treetop Adventure

We had a wonderful time at the Bali Treetop Adventure the last time and knew that we just had to come back. The villa owner helped to arrange for a full day transport.

I chose to wake up slightly earlier to quietness that didn't last very long bcos Zaky came and disturbed my peace soon after. Chey. It was a cloudy day but at least no rain!

Bfast was a lot more efficient the 2nd day - just give us toasted bread and a lot of eggs.

We set off at 9am and Treetop Adventure was 1.5hr drive away. The ride turned painful when the kids started getting bored and grew grumpy and noisy. We were so happy to be finally arriving and let out of the mini van. The air was super cooling given the high attitude. Super nice.

While the parents signed the indemnity and paid for the adventure, the kids pretended to practice or monkey.

It wasn't too crowded and we were done with the payment shortly and all harnessed up. We had to go through a safety briefing and a mock circuit to get use to the hooking system before we were allowed to explore the circuits. 

There were different circuits with different level of difficulty, distinguished by colours, going from yellow to green to orange then blue, red and finally black. The green, orange and blue circuits each comes in 2 levels. The kids needed to be of a certain height for the more difficult circuits. 

When we were there the last time, Zaky could only manage the green circuits bcos he was too little physically. This time, we hit the orange circuit immediately. Lil Shauna tried the orange circuits the last time and went directly to the lower blue circuit this time. She complained that it was super tough. Lol.

The drizzle came midway and the cables were super slippery. Luckily nobody fell. Probably bcos of the rain, we were also surrounded by mist/ cloud at one point while we were high up in the trees. It was super nice.

Zaky completed both orange circuits while Lil Shauna tried the lower blue and higher orange. For the last one, Lil Shauna decided to go on a green circuit with Boo, leaving Daddy Lim and I to go on the lower blue circuit with Zaky. It was fun and more physically challenging. Zaky needed a lot of help; there were times that he couldn't reach to hook up or was left hanging after he was hooked up. Bcos we helped, the circuit was completed so quickly. Yeah, lower blue conquered.

The staff didn't seem to be tracking time. However, 3-hour was just nice. By then, we were all tired and hungry for a good lunch. It was great fun.

The driver brought us to the same buffet lunch place that we last went in our last Bali trip; there must be some commission tied up. The food wasn't too bad or maybe we were too hungry from the workout.

Zaky fell asleep shortly after lunch and was angry when we woke him up at the strawberry farm only to realise that it was not the season and there was no strawberry to pick. We eventually decided to visit the Monkey Temple instead.

We were told that there were over 600 monkeys and the staff will feed them sweet potatoes in the morning and bananas on the evenings. We were not supposed yo touch the monkeys but they may choose to climb on us. Even though so, still no touchy. Daddy Lim and Auntie J had one each that climbed onto their head. They must have special "smell" to attract monkeys.

We were not allowed into the actual temple grounds. The opened area for the roaming monkeys wasn't big and we were done in less than 30 mins.

Auntie H and Uncle C were telling us the great crispy duck that they had in Bali 10 years ago. The driver then arranged for us to try crispy duck for dinner. We were given a gazebo seating that is built on the lake and the kids went crazy over the koi fish.

The restaurant serves western food and the kids had their pasta since a long time. Their appetite finally picked up; Indonesian food is not their thing for sure. The food was great and so was the ambience despite all 14 of us squeezed in 1 tiny gazebo. 

We headed back to the villa after dinner. The driver helped us arrange for more massages and Lil Shauna's little hand shot up really quickly while we took count for order. Lol. 

It was our last night at the villa. It has been very enjoyable at the villa bcos we had such great companion. There was always something to do, somebody to chat with. Thumbs up!

Mummy Lim