The village where our founder was born — a cave that predates memory, a forest route to a weaver's loom, and a community that decided tourism should build a future here, not just visit one.
See the ExperiencesAmpel sits on the quiet east side of Nusa Penida, a twenty-minute drive and a world away from the viewpoint circuit. There's no queue here — just a trail the village helped design, a cave with a history most guidebooks have never reached, and a handful of families who now guide, weave, and host for a living instead of leaving the island to find work.
Every Ampel Experience is co-designed with the people who live here. Group sizes are capped on purpose. The route was built with the village, not for it.
A trek to Goa Gede's dramatic limestone formations and secluded natural surroundings — plus two coastal routes toward Tanjung Juntil and Atuh Beach, for a sunrise escape or a daytime walk.
View Full Details →Three gentle downhill routes exploring Nusa Penida by bicycle — sunrise, cultural, or coastal — each ending with a scenic cliffside walk and a comfortable car return to Base Camp.
View Full Details →Snorkeling at Suana Reef, Manta Bay, or Manta Point, West and East Nusa Penida island tours, and a Nusa Lembongan village & mangrove experience — flexible start and finish points across Bali, Nusa Penida, and Nusa Lembongan.
View Full Details →Meet Men Sruti, and learn traditional weaving using natural dyes passed down through generations. Guests can purchase directly from the artisan — no middleman, no markup.
View Full Details →Our authentic Ampel programs in one unhurried stay: Goa Gede trekking, Diamond Beach and the Tree House, an evening and dinner with a local family, sunrise coastal cycling, Atuh Beach and Rang Rang weaving. Optional Day 2 upgrades: private snorkeling or a West Penida tour.
View Full Details →Men Sruti has spent decades at the loom, working with natural dyes drawn from the same forest guests walk through on the way to meet her. Rang Rang weaving is slow by nature — a single cloth can take weeks — and Men Sruti teaches it the way it was taught to her, not a shortened version built for a schedule.
"Guests don't just watch me weave. Some of them leave better at it than when a tourist bought my last piece off a shelf and never asked how it was made."Read Men Sruti's Story
Villagers employed full-time in guiding and hosting roles
Families currently benefiting from Ampel Experience
Of Goa Gede revenue paid directly to the community
Families — the goal for the next phase of growth