Amandari Resorts, nestled above the Ayung River Gorge, offers a tranquil escape just an hour’s drive from Bali’s international airport in Denpasar and a mere 10 minutes from Ubud, the island’s artistic hub. Designed as a Balinese village, the resort features an open-air reception reminiscent of a wantilan, a traditional meeting place. Thirty-one detached, thatched-roof suites are linked by winding paths leading to the main swimming pool, restaurant, bar, library, and boutique.

Each suite is cocooned within paras-stone walls for privacy, with some providing sweeping valley and rice paddy vistas, a duplex layout, plunge pool, and extra rooms. All suites boast a garden courtyard, indoor living area, and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that invite the lush surroundings indoors. Bathrooms offer twin vanities, a separate shower and toilet, and an outdoor sunken marble bathtub.

For those craving more seclusion and space, the villa, nestled amidst rice terraces, is a mere minute’s drive away. This Balinese-style compound features three bedrooms, a living room, fully-fitted kitchen, landscaped deck, and an expansive two-tiered swimming pool overlooking the Ayung River Gorge.

Amandari’s open-sided restaurant serves up Western and Indonesian cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all with a backdrop of the resort’s 32-meter swimming pool, located near the gorge’s edge. In the evenings, local gamelan players and dancers entertain from the music pavilion behind the pool. The adjacent bar, with its terrace seating, offers the same breathtaking views.

Surrounded by a lotus pond, the Aman Spa at Amandari boasts two open-air treatment bales, a beauty salon, gym, sauna, and marble steam room. Guests can also partake in a game of tennis at the resort’s private court.

Here are several villa listings available at This Resorts:

Village and Valley Suite (1 Bedroom)

Sorrounded by tropical foliage, Village suite offers views of the green resort garden, and Valley suite offers view of the Ayung Valley or rice paddies Both Suites provice King size beds and have a private courtyard garden with a sunken marble.

Pool Suite (1 Bedroom)

Views of the Ayung River valley or the rice fields, Pool Suite provides an 8 meter private swiming pool with a private garden and outfoor living area with a dining table for 4 guests and an ourdoor sunken marble bathub.

Asmara Suite (1 Bedroom)
Views of Ubud’s slush rice paddies. Expansive dubplex configuration with a private 9 meter pool, a large terrace, a garden, and an outdoor living area with a dining table for 4 guests.

Ayung Suite (1 Bedroom)

Private 8 meter pool with views of the Ayung Valley. Expansive Duplex configuration with a garden and an outdoor living area with a dining table for 4 guests.

Amandari Suite (2 Bedroom)

Private 12 meter infinity pool in a spacious tropical garden and pictures que views og the Ayung valley. Outdoor dining bale with a separate living room pavilion that can be used as an additional bedroom. A Two-bedroom Amandari Suite can be created by connectionng with a valley suite.

Villa (3 Bedroom)

Three bedroom villa comprises five pavillions, a glass-walled living room, and a fully-fitted kitchen with a garden and landscape deck with a marble-floored dining bale. Expansive 14 meter two tier swimming pool finished in pale green tiledm serviced bye two staff with a driver on call. A Balinese style compound, less than a minute’s drive from the resort.