The Ridge Bali

Style

Wabi-sabi jungle villas

Setting

Sweet Bali highs

Ubud is prime Eat, Pray, Love country, and you can indulge in all three at the Ridge Bali, a collection of five luxury villas overlooking the Sayan Ridge and deep Ayung River valley. Gorge on honey-sweet mangosteens and spicy Indonesian rendang curries, let the tiny Balinese temple in the resort grounds put you in contemplative mood, and resist (if you can) falling in love with those celestial sunset views from your private plunge pool.

Facilities

Rooms

Five jungle villas, all with plunge pools and outdoor bath tubs.

Checkout

Noon. Check-in is at 3pm. Guests can arrive early or depart late at no extra charge when there are no other outgoing or incoming guests for their villa.

More Details

Rates include breakfast, which can be served in the Sayan Valley restaurant, in your room, or out by the pool on your private sun deck.

Also

Unfortunately, stepped villas and hillside terrain make this rural villa hotel unsuitable if you have mobility needs.

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, smart TV with Netflix, Marshall bluetooth speaker, Nespresso coffee machine, organic Indonesian Made Tea, minibar, fruit platter, yoga mat, custom-designed yukatas, beach bag, hats, bathrobes and Sensatia Botanicals bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Each and every one of these wabi-sabi-inspired villas comes with a plunge pool, outdoor bath tub and the kind of swoonsome sunsets – all fiery rambutan reds and radiant guava pinks – from which dreams (and fruit smoothies) are made. The Premier River View Villa is the best of all worlds, with oodles of extra space and uninterrupted views across the canopy to the broad Ayung River and soaring Sayan Ridge.

Poolside

The infinity pool at Sayan Valley restaurant is an ornamental beauty, but thankfully you can dip undisturbed at your villa's private plunge pool.

Spa

Calling on the Ridge's professional in-house therapists, you can book immersive spa experiences to enjoy at your villa, including the Ridge signature treatment: a combination of Balinese and deep tissue massages followed by a facial, and then a herbal bath.

Packing Tips

It’s possible all you need to truly ‘find yourself’ in Ubud is a decent map or travel guide, but toting a well-thumbed copy of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love is practically a rite of passage here. You’ll also want a decent camera for filling your socials with humblebrag snaps of the book (and film) locations, among them colourful Ubud Art Market and the emerald Eden of the Tegalalang Rice Terraces.

Also

If your jungle-carpeted surroundings aren’t enough of a workout, the hotel partners with the Titi Batu Ubud Club, which has fitness studios, a state-of-the-art gym, squash courts and more.

Children

The Ridge Bali is a grown-up kinda place, so alas the kids will have to sit this one out.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

There are only 12 tables here, each with ringside seats for sunset cocktails and serene starlit dining.

Dress Code

Swimming costumes are permitted in the restaurant until 1pm, while the pool is open for post-breakfast laps. Keep it bright and breezy with cool linens and colourful kaftans at lunch and dinner.

Hotel Restaurant

Perched on a sunny terrace right at the front of the property, Sayan Restaurant is an intimate space with just 12 tables, all overlooking the pool and Sayan Ridge. Expect lavish Indonesian breakfasts, light lunches and spectacular sunset dinners, all cooked using seasonal, locally sourced produce. Try the authentic signature rendang curry for the win.

Hotel Bar

The restaurant bar opens at 5pm, serving sundowners, aperitifs and fine wines until nine. Sip a refreshing signature Kaizen Spritz – pandan-infused Apérol and umeshu (Japanese plum liqueur) topped with prosecco and soda – and pair spicy bar snacks with a tropical Balinese red.

Last Orders

The restaurant is open from 7am–9pm, which is also when bar service winds down.

Room Service

Available 7am–10pm daily. Scan the QR code in your room for the menu, make your selection, message your order to the resident butlers and dishes will be whisked to your door.

Planes

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport lies a little over an hour south of the Ridge Bali. You can pre-book transfers for up to six passengers in the hotel’s SUV. A one-way trip costs IDR850,000 (around $50).

Automobiles

Rental cars are available at the airport and can be useful if you want to explore a bit of the region. However, for trips in and out of Ubud, local cabs or a rented scooter should suffice (both options are affordable and plentiful). There’s free secure parking in front of the hotel.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

A trip to southern Bali is your cue to experience the sensory saturnalia that is Ubud’s daily Art Market (Pasar Seni Ubud). Peruse the kaleidoscopic cornucopia of local crafts before busting out your best haggling game then retreating to the relative sanctuary of nearby Ubud Palace, triumphantly clutching the brass Buddha statuette, macramé dream-catcher and batik elephant pants you always wanted.

Come over all Julia Roberts on a trip to the Tegalalang Rice Terraces, where cascading steps of emerald-green paddies look like something from – quite literally – a movie set. Or admire these lush ancient landscapes on a gentle stroll along the Campuhan Ridge. Don your regulation sun hat (courtesy of the hotel), and explore its relatively short length – around two kilometres of paved track surrounded by rice fields and viridescent vegetation – which is like tiptoeing along the spine of some great, slumbering green giant. You can also experience the valley in rather more high-octane ways, with 4x4 excursions, or white-water rafting through the majestic gorges, beneath a dense jungle canopy.

Soothe overstimulated senses back at the Ridge Bali, where Balinese massage, sunset yoga, and poolside stargazing are about as taxing as villa life gets.

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