Our Insiders Guide to Candidasa & Eastern Bali

LUWAK COFFEE
This is a definite no-no. To satisfy global demand of the world's most expensive coffee, which is made from
civet's poo, (it's a longer story but that's the gist of it), most of today's suppliers keep captured civets in cages
and feed them almost exclusively on coffee cherries.
Enduring appalling living conditions and unhealthy diets, these nocturnal solitary omnivores suffer from
mental distress and succumb to illness and death. The grim luwak plantations are not confined to Indonesia
but they are plentiful on Bali. Please don't support them - apparently the coffee doesn't even taste very good!
PLASTIC
TEMPLE TOUTS
Temple touts are at all the large temples. You are
Like so many places in the world, Bali is drowning in
plastic. Bali now has many initiatives aimed at
under no obligation to use one and generally they don’t
get pushy if you say no politely. If you get offered a
reducing plastic and aims to be free of plastic bags in
the near future. In the meantime please don’t take
“free” tour, or are told they get paid a salary by the
temple, don’t believe it for a moment – you'll be asked
the plastic bag if you can avoid it, and please also
avoid buying new plastic bottles every time you want
for a donation at the end anyway. If you want to use a
water – we have a free water dispenser at the villa.
guide (they're often very knowledgeable), discuss a fee
upfront and then everyone’s happy from the get-go!
Similarly, hold off on the plastic straws too!