Waterfal Excursion - Bali

I woke up very early - probably because my body still hadn't adjusted to the time change. I decided to go for a pre-breakfast swim in one of the gorgeous pools. As I swam, dozens of little birds were swooping in and out, grazing across the top of the water and flying all around above me. I don't know what type they were, but it was so amazing to watch. The employees said they like the water.

After an amazing breakfast, the Poinciana drivers took us to the Yeh Mampeh waterfall. One of the drivers, Nyoman, hiked to the falls with us – and good thing because the path had washed out in a few places and we had to either go around or forge the river. It was a very enjoyable hike through the jungle. I felt like I was in Animal Kingdom – except all the gorgeous plants and trees were real. Wild fruit trees were everywhere – pineapple, “smelling” fruit, mangos, rambutan, cacao, banana and more. When we reached the waterfall it was stunning. It was very powerful because it had rained for 10 straight days about 10 days back. We were told repeatedly how lucky we were that the rains were over and we had good weather. This is still rainy season, so we could’ve been the unlucky folks who had 10 days of straight rain.

Example of morning breakfast

Our guide warned us that the waterfall was flowing so hard we needed to stay on the periphery so we didn’t get hit by rocks. We stayed on the periphery – but we still got pelted by little stones. It was pretty amazing though – probably 200 feet high and just gorgeous. In a different section we could even sit in the bubbling water like a whirlpool and get rained on from an offshoot of the waterfall above. To make it even better, we were the only ones there.

We relaxed the rest of that day – I got another massage and a pedicure for the equivalent of about $15.

Massages are outdoors at Poinciana