Volunteer Bali: Ubud

Ubud is a truly remarkable town. For more than a century, it has been the island's preeminent centre for fine arts, dance and music. If you're looking for culture, comfort, nature and inspiration Ubud is the perfect place. Located within the Gianyar regency in the middle of Bali, Ubud is surrounded by most of the things that bring people to Bali, scenic rice fields, small villages, art and craft communities, ancient temples, palaces, mountains and rivers. The central location makes it easy to get from Ubud to the mountains, beaches, and major towns.

Volunteers will be stay in a typical Balinese compound together with a Balinese family. The accommodation is in walking distance to the city center of Ubud. Ubud has a large quantity of food markets, supermarkets, ATM's, Internet cafes, laundry places and pharmacies and many restaurants with a large selection of both Balinese and Western food.

Photo Gallery: Ubud

Bali Children's Project

Bali Children's Project

Bali Children's Project

Bali Children's Project

Kids at the Children's Project

Kids at the Children's Project

Yoga Class

Yoga Class

Streets of Ubud

Streets of Ubud

Festival in Ubud

Monkey Forest

Monkey Forest

Penestanen Village

Penestanen Village

Volunteer House

Terrace at the Volunteer House

Terrace at the Volunteer House

Garden of the volunteer house

Bathroom at the Volunteer House

Kitchen at the Volunteer House

View from the Volunteer House

Temple at the volunteer house

More Ubud images.

Volunteer Projects in Ubud

Projects in Ubud are focused on teaching English in local schools in the morning within Ubud and the Gianyar Regency as well as we are running afternoon classes together with local communities and learning centres, during the school holidays we organize holiday teaching camps in the schools and communities and other activities so we ask that volunteers be flexible.

The Slukat Learning Center

This learning center is Located in the Village of Keramas a couple of Kilometers outside of the Regencies Capital City Gianyar. A wealthy Family who is dedicated to help to improve the Skills of their community established this center. There are currently around 180 students of all age group and classes are running from Monday to Thursday in the afternoon. Volunteers teach these classes on their own, however in some of these classes there will be an assisting local Balinese teacher.

General Ubud Info

Where Will I Stay?

Volunteers stay in a Balinese compound close to the city center of Ubud. It’s a typical Balinese style accommodation with 3 shared bedrooms, a living room with a TV and a DVD player. Each bedroom has its own bathroom with western style toilet and a cold water shower. The accommodation doesn’t have cooking facilities but there is a constant supply of fresh cold and hot drinking water, tea and coffee and also a refrigerator to store food. In front of the house is a porch where you can relax and enjoy the Balinese lifestyle.

Food

Volunteers are responsible for their own food and all of their meals. Ubud’s main town is within walking distance and there are plenty of markets, restaurants offering both Balinese and Western food. A typical Balinese meal costs from $1 – $3 UD dollars and a western meal costs from $4 to $8.

Weather

Bali has two seasons, dry and wet, although temperatures remain consistently hot, averaging around 31°C (88°F) throughout the year. The wet season runs from October to April with most of the rain coming between December and February. Rain is not uncommon outside of the wet season, although most of it comes at night or in the very early morning.

Free Time

Ubud is the perfect base to set up activities during your spare time. In the city has many travel agencies which offer trips to all of Bali’s main tourist sights. Ubud itself also have a lot to offer, it is a centre for culture, fine arts, dance and music and if you like to relax there is large amount of Spas. Daily shuttle Buses run to all important destinations like, Kuta, Sanur, Lovina, Denpasar Airport, etc.

Where Is?/ Getting To Ubud

Volunteers will be met at the international airport in Denpasar. A number of international airlines fly either directly to Bali, or via Bangkok, Kuala Lumpar or Singapore. These include Singapore Airlines, Quantas, Air France, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific. The Singapore based airline Air Asia also fly cheaply to Bali from Kuala Lumpar and Singapore. There are also a number of Indonesian based budget carriers, although some of these have less that impressive safety records so are probably best avoided.

The city centre of Ubud is in walking distance from the Volunteer accommodation. If you wish to rent a bicycle, there are many places in Ubud where you can get bicycles (around 1-2 Euros per day). Some volunteers choose to rent motorbikes (around 2-3 Euros a day), however the roads of Bali can be chaotic and are a far from an ideal place to learn to ride a motorbike for the first time.

We have some partner school located outside of the Ubud area in the regency of Gianyar in that case we will have a driver who will pick you up and bring you to the teaching location. Daily shuttle busses leave from Ubud to all mayor cities and tourist attractions like Kuta, Sanur. Our driver can be booked for day trips or weekend tours furthermore tours and private drivers can be arranged everywhere around the streets in Ubud.