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Family Holidays
Our team is full of family travelers, meaning we know what it takes to make sure everyone enjoys the experience just as much as each other.
Honeymoons
We’ve been crafting dream itineraries for newly married couples for years. Learn more about the ins and outs of our honeymoon service here.
Solo Holidays
Our travel experts have experienced the thrills and challenges of solo travel, all with the aim of producing some of our most immersive and exciting itineraries.
Couples Holidays
Our couple itineraries are paced perfectly for you to enjoy the very best a country has to offer whilst making sure you enjoy the quality time together you’re after.
Group Holidays
No matter what the size or the occasion, we’re well versed in taking larger groups of people away for those special adventures.
Unusual vacations
The world may be conquered, but enough secrets remain to keep us up all night, dreaming of ways to whisk you off to the most unique corners of the globe. Where first?
Remote Destinations
We’ve chosen these experiences, destinations and adventures to bring you closer to the great outdoors. This is your ticket to our wonderful world.
Adventure vacations
Hike across mountain ridgelines, scramble across glaciers and kayak down rivers – these trips are designed to immerse you in vast wildernesses and ancient cultures.
Beach Vacations
Porcelain shores, perfect seas and swaying palms; the allure of a beach break is hard to ignore. Which is why we handpick the best beachfront boltholes to offer you…
Safari vacations
With a team of experts that have worked as conservationists and wildlife photographers, we have the expertise to make your safari dreams come true.
Food vacations
Food and travel have long gone hand in hand, and we have put together some mouth-watering trips that capture the palate, of countries across the world. Bon appétit.
Slow Travel
As the world becomes busier, slow travel has never felt so fitting. Whether it’s meeting fishermen in Maine or learning the Dukha-way in Mongolia, take time to connect.
Eclipse vacations
Eclipse travel celebrates our place in the wider cosmos. Let us take you to wherever in the world the eclipse is at its most arresting, and we’ll do it in style.
Proposal Service
Found the one and want to propose in style? The moment will be a memory forever and we’re here to help you make sure it’s the most perfect moment for you and your loved one.
Train Travel
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” We’ve all heard this, haven’t we? And with these captivating luxury train journeys, we’ll show you the joy to be found travelling across the world by rail.
Set Jetting
Swapping salubrious saloons and questionable lodgings for sumptuous hotels and eye-opening experiences, each of our show-stopping journeys will take you behind scenes of some of TV’s most awe-inspiring locations.
See You in the Moment
Field Trip
Education begins in the classroom, but it’s IRL that younger generations put their lessons to the test. Field Trip is a curriculum of educational encounters around the world.
Take Me On A Story
A series of family experiences celebrating the transformative power of the books we loved when we were young, and the stories our children have come to adore.
Get Lost
Designed as a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, train with elite survival experts before traversing a polar, jungle, coastal, mountain or desert region in your mission back to civilisation.
Blink
The ultimate luxury camping retreat. From the Sahara desert to the Andean Mountains, with Blink anywhere you can envisage it, we will create it.
Bring it Back
Bring It Back will embed you in an entirely different way of thinking, and of learning about a culture directly from its experts on the ground. You may be surprised by what you discover.
Drone the World
With Drone the World, you’ll have your own personal film to show off your adventure. Filmed and edited by an international director, this is no ordinary home movie.
The Great American View
This series of breathtaking journeys culminate in some of America’s most legendary sights. They are the places you’ve always sought out, and now it’s your time to find them.
James Bond
We are proud to have been selected as the official travel partner to curate James Bond inspired trips.
Agatha Christie
We’ve been hand-picked by Agatha Christie Limited to help bring Agatha’s world-famous Grand Tour to life through a series of episodic trips across Africa, Australasia and North America, and a unique prelude in London.
Tasting Notes
Eating at a Michelin – starred restaurant is one thing. But now you can learn about the country through the lens of some of the most critically acclaimed chefs in the world, by travelling with them on the ultimately culinary experience
Eater Journeys
We’re often asked who we’d invite to our ideal dinner party. Ernest Shackleton? Amelia Earheart? The entire editorial team of Eater? Easily. So we invited our friends at Eater over to dinner and quizzed them about their favourite foodie trips and then created them for you to experience too.
Surf Air
We’re proud to launch a brand-new series of exclusive US trips with ground-breaking private air company Surf Air. Bringing our combined knowledge of ground and sky together, we’re helping you to see the world in style.
Take the Open Road with Auberge
With the iconic hotel brand Auberge Resorts, we’ve created a new series of tailormade, luxurious road trip itineraries. Emblems of America’s most iconic landscapes, regions, and people.
Remarkable Drives of Discovery with Auberge
Following on from the much lauded ‘Take the Open Road’ series, here’s five brand-new bespoke, multi-destination trips created with our friends at Auberge Resorts Collection. Delve deeper than ever before.
Indonesia is a destination hotspot for many travelers today, and as there’s so much to cover, time is of the essence. Make sure you make time for Ubud – even if it’s only a short time. Ubud, meaning ‘medicine’ in Indonesian is the cultural center of Bali and is an hour’s drive from Kuta – far removed from the party scene this part of Bali offers. Ubud is about the spirit, well-being and the surroundings, and here we have hand-picked the highlights to guide you…
Begin the day being whisked off in an open top jeep to unveil the Balinese way of living in the countryside. Passing through rice terraces and taking in the magnificent scenery, you’ll get the chance to see local villages and the many temples that encompass the area of Ubud. Stop at Mambal traditional Market where you can sample traditional Balinese cake wrapped in banana leaf, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant where the food you eat comes from the farms close by, and pass through the Holy Monkey Forest of Sangeh.
Ubud is surrounded by hills and ravines, and taking off from the foothills on a bicycle explore the lush interior of Bali is a must. A Mount Batur cycling and canoeing trip is a perfect way to experience this part of the island. Cycle alongside Lake Batur with panoramic views of the mountain in sight, followed by a canoe across the biggest lake in Bali, before arriving at natural hot springs in Toya Bungkah Village. After all the cycling and canoeing we have the perfect resting spot to satisfy that hunger. Enjoy a local fish dish and Nasi Goreng at the Crater Restaurant, set beside the water where you can keep on soaking up the stunning surroundings.
What better way to finish the afternoon of exploring than relaxing with a rejuvenating spa treatment. Ayung Spa at the Ubud Hanging Gardens is one of those places, perfect for calming the mind and soothing the body, using local ingredients and ancient techniques, you will leave feeling energised. Set in verdant gardens, the Ayung Spa is a fine setting for a luxurious treatment. We love the Coconut & rice facial treatment followed by a Revitalising Ayung Massage.
Alfresco dining by candle light does sound very appealing, but this isn’t just any dining experience. At the Samaya Ubud, you will be charmed by the scenery and the food as you dine out on a deck as the River Ayung flows right by you. The ambience couldn’t be more perfect and the choice between the al a carte menu – featuring a generous amount of fresh seafood, and the degustation menu – letting you savor small dishes slowly, will have you going back there more than once. A perfect way to unwind and enjoy this elegant side to Ubud.
Ubud hotels are all about boutique style. The Uma Ubud is set on the fringe of Ubud overlooking the blossoming Tjampuhan Valley and is a Black Tomato favorite. This intimate hotel is dedicated to relaxation, where you can choose to unwind in the quiet and comfortable spa, recline by the aqua-blue pool surrounded by frangipani trees, or simply look out over the lush tropical forest. We especially love the thatched suites, perfect for looking out over tropical gardens from your terrace, mojito in hand.
Sound like your sort of vacation? Let us take you there. Contact us today and start planning your idyllic Indonesian escape with Black Tomato.
