Top 10 Market Tours in Indonesia

1.Balinese Ubud cooking school (9 Dish Cooking and Market Tour)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 540 reviews · from $58Our pick

Meet your Balinese guide at Ubud Palace for a five-hour food and culture experience. Morning groups visit a local market and rice paddies before cooking nine dishes with a Balinese chef. Choose regular or vegetarian recipes, then eat what you prepare and take the recipes home.

“My husband and I loved our class. We made 9 different dishes and were walked through the process. There’s a veg vs non veg option. We got to eat everything at the end, and anything left we were given to option to pack it up to take back to the hotel. This was truly a great experience”

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2.Active Volcano, Rice Field, Hot Spring, Fruit market, Tea Plantation with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 513 reviews · from $110

Travel from Jakarta with an English-speaking guide to Tangkuban Perahu Volcano, Lembang Fruit Market, Subang rice fields, a tea plantation, coffee center, and Ciater Hot Springs. Guides such as Rizky, Bryan, Vincent, and Mitchell explain local life along the way. Lunch, tastings, transport, and entry fees are included.

“Incredible guide and a worthwhile effort to leave Jakarta. We learned more on this one day than many other activities because the guide was so good at talking about his country and people. I also have to command on the driver that was Read more”

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3.Balinese Cooking class with traditional morning market visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 161 reviews · from $35

Spend about six hours with local hosts Wayan, Dewa, or Putu, starting at a Ubud morning market before cooking several Balinese dishes in Laplapan village. You will also learn to make a canang offering, use traditional techniques, and eat the meal you prepare. Hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport are included.

“From the moment our driver Awan picked us up at our hotel the experience started. He told us about the sites we passed on the way, he was great. First, Wayan met us at the local market. Wow ! Such an array of fruits, which we tasted. Read more”

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4.PRIVATE Ubud Market Tour & Balinese Cooking Class with Putu

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 125 reviews · from $95

Join Putu for an early market visit, then cook two or three Balinese dishes in her family compound kitchen. You’ll shop for seasonal ingredients, learn about spices and medicinal uses, and eat lunch with three generations of her family. Private pickup from Ubud is included.

“My wife and I did this on our honeymoon and I will say it is one of the highlights of our trip. Our guide Putu was amazing. She took us around the markets and helped us cook the best meal we had on our trip. This tour is great way to get an authentic look at day to day life in Ubud.”

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5.Yogyakarta Cooking Class and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 99 reviews · from $35

Meet an English-speaking chef such as Arma or Desi, shop for fresh ingredients at a Yogyakarta market, visit a rice plantation, then cook Javanese food in a traditional village home. You prepare a starter, four main courses, dessert, and tumpeng yellow rice before eating together.

“It was really a lovely experience And I highly recommend it We were picked up from our hotel and welcomed into a traditional home Where we felt apart of the family We prepared and cooked together sharing stories And then we ate together it was truly beautiful I was not feeling well and the host made tea and offered me a comfortable place to rest I feel that they went over and above to help me and for this I truly thank them The photos on my sons face display just how happy he was Priceless !! A must do experience in my books Thank you 🙏🙏”

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6.Ubud Cooking Class with Optional Market Visit Pickup Included

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $18Best value

Meet a local chef, choose fresh ingredients at an Ubud market, then prepare traditional Balinese dishes and dessert in a small-group kitchen. You get hands-on instruction in English, hotel pickup, all dishes, and a shared meal in a peaceful Ubud setting.

“The chef was very knowledgeable about Balinese culture and cuisine and patient with each of us novice chefs. We made many delicious recipes and enjoyed eating all of them together in our group following our cooking class. We receivRead more”

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7.Balinese Cooking Class with Traditional Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $58

Start early with pickup, a local market visit, and coffee and cake in an organic garden. Guides such as Ron, Nyoman, and Yoga introduce Balinese ingredients before you grind spices with a stone mortar and prepare five dishes plus dessert in a traditional compound kitchen.

“Excellent day spent at Lesung Cooking School…Starting with Hotel pickup, morning tour of local market where Ron explained the different vegetables and fruit and some of the Balinese traditions and then onto a Commune house for a reRead more”

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8.Ubud Experience ; Swing, Waterfalls, Art Market, Rice Terrace

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · from $41

Spend 8 to 9 hours exploring Bali with an English-speaking private driver. Visit Tegalalang Rice Terrace, swing at Kumulilir, bathe at Gunung Kawi Sebatu Temple, then browse Ubud Palace and the traditional art market. Drivers such as Adhi, Dede, Ame, and Ngurah are praised for flexibility and care.

“Yanika was our guide. She arrived on time and was very helpful and flexable to our requests. Very good driver though some heavy traffic. She is very friendly and fun to talk too. My wife and had a great 9 hour tour to the temples we wanted to see. Thank You 8”

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9.Denpasar Night Market Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $39

Meet at Kafe Jago at 5 pm for a three-hour Denpasar market food tour. Local guides such as Ayu introduce you to unusual fruit, nasi goreng, nasi campur, dadar gulung, plant-based choices, and homemade desserts before a riverside picnic.

“If you love food, culture, and spending time with locals, this colourful culinary street food tour in Bali is a must.”

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10.4D3N Mount Bromo, Ijen Crater & Surabaya Night Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $325

Travel from Surabaya to Bondowoso, hike to Ijen Crater before dawn, watch for blue flames, ride a private 4WD across Mount Bromo’s caldera, visit Madakaripura Waterfall, and return to Surabaya. The private format includes transport, hotels, meals, entrance fees, a guide, gas mask, and trekking pole.

“The views and hike was beautiful, many beautiful night stars to see and waterfall experience was my highlight”

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