15 Market & Shopping Tours in Indonesia and What Each Morning Involves

1.Balinese Ubud cooking school (9 Dish Cooking and Market Tour)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 540 reviews · from $58Our pick

Meet at Ubud Palace for a five-hour cooking experience led by a Balinese chef and local guide. Choose morning for a market and rice-paddy visit, or afternoon for offering-making. You will prepare nine recipes, including satay, lawar, sambal matah, and klepon, then eat the meal you make.

“Putu was an amazing instructor…made the class so much fun. We enjoyed all the food as well. Defly recommend”

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2.Active Volcano, Rice Field, Hot Spring, Fruit market, Tea Plantation with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 513 reviews · from $110

Travel from Jakarta into West Java with an English-speaking guide, stopping at a fruit market, village rice fields, Tangkuban Perahu Volcano, a tea plantation, and Ciater Hot Springs. Lunch, fruit and tea tastings, transport, and entrance fees are included. Guides may include Bryan, Rizky, Vincent, Mitchell, or Tio.

“We are a group of six friends and everyone enjoyed the tour and greatly appreciated the friendliness and guidance provided by tour guide Bryan a nd the driver Michael”

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3.Balinese Cooking class with traditional morning market visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 161 reviews · from $35

Start with hotel pickup and a guided visit to a local morning market with Wayan, Dewa, Putu, or another local host. Choose ingredients, learn to make a canang offering, then cook several Balinese dishes in Laplapan village and enjoy your meal in a peaceful Ubud setting.

“It took me a long time to settle on the perfectly cooking class. And this hit the mark. The host was fantastic. She was smart and witty and knows her food! It was a small number of guests, so we had personal attention. We cooked many local dishes and were able to eat them all up. We also learned to make an offering, which was very enlightening.”

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4.Private Ubud Market Tour & Balinese Cooking Class with Putu

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 125 reviews · from $95

Start with a 7am pickup from your Ubud hotel and shop for fresh ingredients with Putu at Pejeng Market. Then cook two or three Balinese dishes in her family compound kitchen, meet three generations of her family, and sit down to a home-cooked lunch. Vegetarian and vegan menus are available with advance notice.

“Putin’s was an wonderful, gracious host! Her family immediately made us feel welcome and like meme era of the family. The market tour was fascinating, trying new fruits, experiencing new scents, and watching daily Balinese life unfold. Both Read more”

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5.Yogyakarta Cooking Class and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 99 reviews · from $35

Start with hotel pickup and a traditional market visit, then see a rice plantation before cooking six Javanese dishes in Bantul. English-speaking chefs such as Desy or Arma guide you through yellow tumpeng rice, four main courses, a starter, and dessert, followed by lunch or dinner.

“A very sweet woman, but I’m still left a bit disappointed (perhaps also due to previous cooking classes in other countries). Personally, I felt there was too little explanation, and we were sometimes not given enough room to be creative. That said, she is a very kind woman.”

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6.Ubud Cooking Class with Optional Market Visit Pickup Included

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $18Best value

Meet a local chef, visit an Ubud market if your booking includes that option, then prepare a generous menu of Balinese dishes and dessert in a traditional kitchen. The class lasts about three hours, includes hotel pickup, all dishes, and English guidance. Some sessions feature teachers such as Eri and drivers such as Ketut.

“We were collected in Ubud which was very convenient. The cooking class was really enjoyable and fun. We got to make the secret sauce of the balinese people which was super yummy. We made 9 dishes and a dessert which was more thaRead more”

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7.Balinese Cooking Class with Traditional Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $58

Start with a 7:30 am pickup, then visit a traditional Ubud-area market with a local guide such as Nyoman or Ron. Learn about herbs in an organic garden before grinding spices with a stone mortar and preparing five dishes plus dessert in a traditional open kitchen. Lunch and round-trip hotel transfers are included.

“My husband and I did this class together, the Driver Yoga picked us up exactly on time and spoke good English. We arrived at a very traditional market place greeted by our guide Nyoman, who escorted us around to show us the Balinese Read more”

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8.Ubud Experience ; Swing, Waterfalls, Art Market, Rice Terrace

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · from $41

Spend 8 to 9 hours exploring Ubud from Kuta with a private English-speaking driver. Visit Tegalalang Rice Terrace, take photos at Kumulilir, see the spring pools at Gunung Kawi Sebatu Temple, then browse Ubud Palace and the traditional art market. Pickup, drop-off, transport, and selected entry fees are included.

“Highly recommended. Good day was a great driver and allowed us to get to know Bali very well for our first day on the island. Tour included coffee plantation. Lunch in front of volcano temples and much more. His information was on point! Great culture knowledge”

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9.Bali Food Tour: Savor Street Food and Night Market Adventures

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · from $35

Join a local driver-guide such as Nata, Putu, or Natayana for an evening of Balinese food in Ubud. Expect babi guling, satay, fried rice, market snacks, dessert, bottled water, and vegetarian choices. Pickup covers central Ubud, while transport outside the area costs extra. A Barong and Keris dance may also be added.

“We had a lovely time enjoy tasting a variety of food. Nata the guide was very knowledgeable about Balinese food. He explained things in english that was very good. He picked us on time from the resort. He kept us up to date of our booking. The night market we went was nice and clean. The vendors showed us the way the food was prepared. Very entertaining. We wouldn't have gone to these places by ourselves. Thanks Nata for a great night out.”

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10.Jakarta City Tour: Shopping & Culinary Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 15 reviews · from $77

Explore Jakarta by private car with hotel pickup, stopping at Jalan Surabaya’s antique stalls, a batik exhibition, Pasar Baru, Monas snacks, and Sarinah. Guides such as Catherine, Rizky, Isabella, Jose, and Gun have been praised for clear communication, local insight, and flexible pacing. The 6 to 7 hour tour suits first-time visitors who want shopping, food, and city sights in one day.

“This is a perfect day of shopping, eating, and sightseeing. It is also the perfect length of time that won’t leave you utterly exhausted at the end of the day. Rizky, our guide was great. He was very responsive and thoughtful. Based on our needs and desires as well as the previous tours that we had taken, he tweaked and customized the itinerary a bit for us.”

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11.Bali Arts shopping with temples-waterfall visit.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $40

Spend 8 to 10 hours with a private driver-guide exploring Bali’s cultural side, from a Barong and Kris dance to Batuan Temple, Mas woodcarving, Semar Kuning paintings, Elephant Cave, and Tegenungan Waterfall. Guides such as Ketut, Wira, Made, and Ardy Made are associated with warm, informative service.

“Wira was great. Right on time at our hotel. We did the cultural tour and he was knowledgeable and insightful about each place.”

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12.Private Half-Day Beach and Shopping Tour in Kuta

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $40

Spend five to six relaxed hours in a private car with an English-speaking driver, visiting Melasti Beach, Bali Galeria, Kuta art markets, and Krisna Oleh Oleh. You can follow the suggested plan or choose other Kuta-area stops. Pickup, parking, transport, and Melasti admission are included.

“YUS is an Amazing Driver! Patient, Humble, Super Friendly and Helpful! Booked for A Half Day tour for shopping, His recommendation to the Mall, saw us have a cold drink & Binteng at the Stunning Rooftop! Appreciate Yus for his Epic Service, If you book him you will not be disappointed 😉”

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13.Kuta District Shopping Trip with Spa Massage

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $95

You get a private, air-conditioned ride from much of South Bali or Ubud, a two-hour Balinese massage, and shopping time at Beachwalk, Kuta Market, Kuta Square, Discovery Mall, and Lippo Mall Kuta. The basic English-speaking driver handles transport, but traffic can affect the schedule, so confirm pickup details and keep your shopping plan flexible.

“Shopping areas are good. But the driver Haris arrived late and was in a rush to return me back to the hotel before the end of the tour. He kept complaining about traffic. I think I completed about half of the shopping malls listed on the itinerary”

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14.Denpasar Night Market Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $39

Meet your local guide at KAFE JAGO at 5 pm for a three-hour Denpasar market walk and dinner. Sample unusual fruit, nasi goreng, nasi campur, dadar gulung, homemade sweets, and plant-forward dishes. The tour ends with a riverside picnic, local stories, and a small Balinese souvenir.

“What a fantastic experience of a real Bali market scene! The exotic fruits and delicious food we sampled was more than we could handle! Robyn and our Balinese guide were knowledgeable, kind and funny and sitting at the end with our food haul next to river and the pretty lights overhead was just so lovely. Highly recommend 👌”

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15.Half Day Bali Shopping Art Village Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $45

Travel from Seminyak into Bali’s Ubud-area craft villages with a private guide. Watch batik being made in Tohpati, browse silver in Celuk, see paintings in Batuan, inspect wood carving in Mas, then enjoy an Indonesian set lunch. Pickup, vegetarian food, mobile tickets, and free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead are included.

“Batik weaving wood sculpting were excellent. Delicious lunch included. Guide's local knowledge, communication, friendliness and professionalism were top rate.”

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