Uma Pakel Agro Tourism
Uma Pakel Agro Tourism
4.5
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Yvette F
Buckingham, UK382 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
Visited here for tea tasting. We were escorted down to the seating by a really friend staff member, sorry cant remember name. He explained to us about coffee making and plants used in teamaking and some of their methods which were informative without being too long. Sat for free tea tasting which was great and couple we were with decided to have a go on the swings. £10 each, no queues and staff gave a really fun personal experience. Escorted back to shop and brought some teas before leaving (about£5 a pack). Thoroughly enjoyable.
Written June 20, 2022
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Vagabond VanHams
Janesville, WI1,894 contributions
Feb 2018 • Couples
If you are looking for "Bali Swing," this is not the original however it does offer a swing. There is a misconception that there is one Bali swing, however Uma Pakel Agro Tourism also offers their own. I think many visitors are being misguided to other Balinese swings, and Uma Pakel is potentially losing out on those customers. Add "swings" to the name.
That said, this is a great place to experience for first time visitors to the Ubud area. My wife and I hired a car through our resort requesting a visit to the Bali Swing. While we did not make it to that location, I think we found the less crowded option.
Here's what we didn't expect. When you arrive an employee of Uma Pakel Agro will meet you and act as a "guide." You will be escorted through a small plant area as they introduce local fauna. Then you will be led into the "coffee plantation." It really is nothing more than a 40' x 40' area that shows how coffee is roasted, ground and the famous luwak coffee cats. We had seen this all on another tour and kindly asked to skip it. I think that surprised our guide, but why waste 20 minutes looking at a staged tourism coffee plantation.
From there you're continued to be escorted into the swing area. There are three main swings, two "nests," and a small covered area. We visited at 11AM on a weekday. If you're not from the southern hemisphere, you will roast in the sun. I wish we would have gone a little earlier. The lines were 3-4 deep per swing, but the nests were 7-10 deep. The cost is per swing: facing forward and then backwards for about 8 rotations. I think it was roughly $15 USD per adult, not bad for the experience. I will give our guide kudos, he was excellent in taking photographs for us and he acted as a line placement if we tucked into the shade. Our advice, go early in the day or later in the evening to avoid the sun and lines.
At the conclusion our guide offered us coffee at least 3 more times. Having sampled coffee at an actual coffee plantation and the heat was exceeding 90 degrees we politely declined each time. From start to finish with bypassing the coffee exercise, allow a hour for two adults to swing once and visit the nest. There are some great photo opportunities here, and overall we were pleased with the experience.
That said, this is a great place to experience for first time visitors to the Ubud area. My wife and I hired a car through our resort requesting a visit to the Bali Swing. While we did not make it to that location, I think we found the less crowded option.
Here's what we didn't expect. When you arrive an employee of Uma Pakel Agro will meet you and act as a "guide." You will be escorted through a small plant area as they introduce local fauna. Then you will be led into the "coffee plantation." It really is nothing more than a 40' x 40' area that shows how coffee is roasted, ground and the famous luwak coffee cats. We had seen this all on another tour and kindly asked to skip it. I think that surprised our guide, but why waste 20 minutes looking at a staged tourism coffee plantation.
From there you're continued to be escorted into the swing area. There are three main swings, two "nests," and a small covered area. We visited at 11AM on a weekday. If you're not from the southern hemisphere, you will roast in the sun. I wish we would have gone a little earlier. The lines were 3-4 deep per swing, but the nests were 7-10 deep. The cost is per swing: facing forward and then backwards for about 8 rotations. I think it was roughly $15 USD per adult, not bad for the experience. I will give our guide kudos, he was excellent in taking photographs for us and he acted as a line placement if we tucked into the shade. Our advice, go early in the day or later in the evening to avoid the sun and lines.
At the conclusion our guide offered us coffee at least 3 more times. Having sampled coffee at an actual coffee plantation and the heat was exceeding 90 degrees we politely declined each time. From start to finish with bypassing the coffee exercise, allow a hour for two adults to swing once and visit the nest. There are some great photo opportunities here, and overall we were pleased with the experience.
Written March 10, 2018
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Mariehamn, Finland130 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
On the way to the Tegalalang rice terraces.
Nice views for photos if you do the swings. Civets looked sad, we didn't want to try/buy the kopi luwak since it was produced from civets in cages.
Nice views for photos if you do the swings. Civets looked sad, we didn't want to try/buy the kopi luwak since it was produced from civets in cages.
Written December 17, 2018
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cl41r3
Nottingham, UK394 contributions
Our private driver suggested here for coffee and the swing. And we had a great experience doing both.
We first went through how the coffee is made and was able to have a go an grinding the coffee beans.
Next stop was the swing. With various options but reasonable priced. I opted to hire a dress for the photos too but again this wasn’t expensive and made all the difference to the photos. Our guide too pics and videos on my phone so no extra cost there.
Lastly we had free coffee samples and paid for a lewak coffee as it’s special to Bali.
We had a great couple of hours here. And would highly recommend going.
We first went through how the coffee is made and was able to have a go an grinding the coffee beans.
Next stop was the swing. With various options but reasonable priced. I opted to hire a dress for the photos too but again this wasn’t expensive and made all the difference to the photos. Our guide too pics and videos on my phone so no extra cost there.
Lastly we had free coffee samples and paid for a lewak coffee as it’s special to Bali.
We had a great couple of hours here. And would highly recommend going.
Written July 6, 2019
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iazzy1013
Metro Manila, Philippines8 contributions
Dec 2017
We went here as per our recommendation of our driver since we told him we wanted to try the swing in ubud. I must say that it's a lot cheaper than the other place. There are three levels of swing and we decided to try the highest one for 150K IDR. They would push you for several times (20 facing forward and another 20 facing backward). Just enough to get your instagram shots and superb videos. I totally enjoyed the experience. Afterwards, we were able to sit and taste the teas and coffees for free. I ordered luwak coffee on the side so that's an additional 50k. I don't mind the price. I mean people pay more than that for a Starbucks's frap, so I thought it was pretty reasonable and would help their agri business. I must say, the teas were all good.
Written December 15, 2017
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Mittal M
Mumbai, India3 contributions
Nov 2022 • Family
Uma pakel gives good experience for Bali swing..
Also the complementary tea coffee testers were excellent.. Staff is good
Also the complementary tea coffee testers were excellent.. Staff is good
Written November 10, 2022
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Asia B
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia6 contributions
Oct 2022
Regretted buying coffee at Uma Pakel souvenir shop, it's too expensive. Just go buy at Duty Free Shop at the Airport, it's so much cheaper and probably better quality.
Written October 18, 2022
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tom s
Caledon, Canada77 contributions
Mar 2020 • Couples
Stopped in to see the swings and had a lovely guide take us on a brief tour of the coffee process and explain about luwak coffee and as an added bonus they bring you a flight of about 20 different teas and coffees to sample. ( free! ) Also tried a cup of luwak coffee as well.
Then on to the swing, as scary ( for me at least ) as it looked, it was quite exhilarating and fun. Also felt safe as you are seat belted in. Got 5 or 6 pushes facing forward and backwards which our guide captured wonderfully. It was a visit I won’t long forget.
Then on to the swing, as scary ( for me at least ) as it looked, it was quite exhilarating and fun. Also felt safe as you are seat belted in. Got 5 or 6 pushes facing forward and backwards which our guide captured wonderfully. It was a visit I won’t long forget.
Written March 3, 2020
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Nick
51 contributions
Sept 2019 • Couples
Great coffee and also had a tour on how the coffee is produced. You also get a selections of various teas to try. Would definately recommend. Coffee is about 65k IDR which I would say is fairly priced.
Written September 24, 2019
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Tamara O
Ljubljana, Slovenia178 contributions
Jul 2019
We visited this store, because it was recommended by our driver. He said that there is a free tasting of different coffees and teas, and at the end you don't have to buy anything if you don't want. Which is true. We did the tasting and most of the teas and aromatic coffees were so sweet it was difficult to tell if they were any good. The non aromatic coffee, both normal and luwak was very flat, but i figured it was because it was so diluted and that the coffee had to have potential if brewed correctly. So we went to the store and bought various things including 500 g of whole beans Bali coffee for 375k rp (750k/kg which is almost 50 eur/kg). At home we realised that inside the box were 3 bags of less than 440 g of coffee together. And to top it off the coffee is terrible, the lowest grade, looks and tastes like saw dust. Shame on them, Bali has great coffee that they could fairly sell it for a profit, instead of scamming people, i doubt they even grow any coffee themselves. It seems human greed is alive and well on Bali. As a tourist avoid at all cost!
Written August 8, 2019
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Hi there, i just want to ask from where i can buy your tea?.. the lemon tea specifically. i want to order, my friend brought last time and it was really good. please let me know.
Written January 26, 2021
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How much is the swing price? Can I rent a dress? And how much is the rent?
Written May 31, 2019
Hi there
Swing fee IDR 200k & Dress also same IDR 200k
Thansks
Written May 31, 2019
Hi,
We plan to visit for swing and coffee on 5/20/19, can you give me the contact email for reservation?
Thanks
Written April 11, 2019
There's no need for an advance reservation. You can just drop by during their operating hours and will be just fine.
Written April 19, 2019
Is it possible to take children with me to this place? Age 5 and 3. Not on the swing but only waiting with their dad
Written January 10, 2019
Should not be an issue if they are not participating on the swings. We saw small families walking around the grounds.
Written January 11, 2019
January 5th 2019 is Kuningan, will you open Uma Pakel ? I want to try Swing.
Written December 20, 2018
Hi Christine,
The tour is fullday tour and take time about 8 hours, swing ticket and entrance fee are excluded.
Thanks
Written November 22, 2018
chrissime
Erfurt, Germany
Hi :)
we wanna do the ubud daytrip with the waterfall, the monkey forest, the embul temple the goa gajah and the tegalalang rice teracce on thursday. The goa gajah is listed for the trip but at the informations where you can see the included things there is no entrance for the goa gajah. So is it also included or do we have to pay extra?
And how long is this trip?
Thanks in advanced!
Kind regards!
Christin
Written November 20, 2018
Hi! I don't know because we organized our day tour on our own. But if you want to go to Goa Gajah, it will cost about 1 euro/pers.
Written February 13, 2019
Hello, do we need to book in advance for the swing or can we just come for the opening time? Thanks
Written September 10, 2018
Just show up and purchase tickets on location, I don't believe they offer advanced purchases. We would recommend early morning or late afternoon to avoid the longer lines + heat. There are several swing options in Ubud area, make sure you specify which to the driver or hotel. A hour to 90 minutes is more than enough time to tour the grounds and swings.
Written September 10, 2018
christophersebas2018
Jakarta, Indonesia
hi, can i get the pack that only includes swing and coffee? if i can, how?
Written July 25, 2018
If you want to experience only the swings and coffee tour, yes. You can opt out of the coffee tour and go direct to the swing, but the guide will stay with you for the duration. Just tell the guide you are assigned what you are interested in, and don't be afraid to tell them anything you want to skip. My wife and I were asked several times to see the coffee tour, the garden, and we stood firm in saying we had already seen those items and were interested in just the swings.
Written July 25, 2018
I plan to go here with my husband but he wont try swings. How much we have to pay if only 1 person want to try swing?
Written June 12, 2018
Hi Ajeng!
Price for swing only IDR 200k/pax
Thank you :)
Written June 12, 2018
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