The Experience
Visit Begawan Rice Fields, the Subak Temple and the Permaculture Farm Garden
Experience the livelihood, cultural & religious practices developed over a thousand years ago!
Agriculture practices play a major role in sustaining the livelihoods of local communities in Bali. Begawan is growing its crops with the goal of regenerating the soil and using only natural pesticides and fertilizers. Your journey starts with a visit to the Subak temple. Become aware of the importance of the temple in the daily lives of the farming community in Bali. Then, before getting your hands and feet dirty, visit a small temple in the rice fields and learn how to prepare an offering for Dewi Sri, the rice goddess.
Depending on the different activities of the rice cycle, become a farmer. You may be ploughing the rice fields for the next crop, setting up a nursery, planting young seedlings, creating natural fertiliser, herding ducks to the rice fields to eat pests or harvesting the ripened grains. You will gain a new appreciation of the grains you buy at home. Realise how much effort and knowledge are needed to produce every grain of rice as it travels from seed to table. Our rice field activities are nature-based, with authentic experiential learning from our local farmers.
A variety of locally sourced vegetable seeds and seedlings have been planted in the adjacent permaculture farm garden. Using only natural compost created on site, our team can introduce you to the basics of creating garden beds and taking care of the plants as they grow. If you are lucky, it may even be harvest time! Rest awhile under the Lumbung, the traditional Balinese rice barn, where our rice harvest may be stored before it is milled. Enjoy a drink from a freshly opened coconut while you watch the activities that are being carried out on a daily basis.
Visit us by appointment.