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A Tantric Voyage to Bali
With Margot Anand & Eric Grange
August 7 - 20, 2006 (w/ optional extension Aug 21 -23)
Join Margot Anand and Eric Grange for a most amazing magical mystical tour of the exquisite island of Bali. Together, we'll discover Bali's ancient temples, monasteries, and sacred sites; explore beautiful gardens, lakes, rivers, beaches, and lush forests; and tour its unique cities and friendly towns. This one-of-a-kind excursion combines a retreat in paradise, a tantric seminar led by Margot Anand and Eric Grange’s expert guided tours of Bali's sacred and mysterious sites. Plus, you have the option to add two more itineraries to Java. And we promise you'll have lots of time to rest, play, and explore on your own.
Book soon as there is limited availability on this tour!
1) Retreat: Discover the Balinese Way of Life
Where: Ubud is the spiritual and artistic capital of Bali.
August 7, 2006: In the morning, you will spend time as a group with Margot and Eric, and then you are free to try out a typical massage or a flower bath, or visit the numerous arts galleries, markets, etc.
August 8, 2006: Take a guided tour of Agung Rai Foundation, one of the outstanding Balinese cultural centers. Plus you’ll have spare time for other activities. In the evening (the night of the full moon), we will participate in a traditional ritual of purification at the sacred waters of Tirta Empul with deeply religious people and their sacrificial offerings.
August 9, 2006: Meet philosopher and mandalas artist, Dewa Batuan, founder of a Balinese artist colony in the 1970’s. Afterwards, you have the option to take part in a Gamelan workshop (traditional music), in which you will experience the entrancing performance of Kecak dancers as they imitate100 screaming monkeys hunting demons.
2) Seminar: Spiritual Joy
Where: Sidemen is in the middle of a tropical paradise dedicated to spiritual healing. Among the rivers and trees in full blossom, our Retreat Center is made from bamboo, lava, and environmentally-friendly material. Here, our bodies’ life force energy can rise naturally.
August 10, 2006 to August14, 2006: Margot Anand will teach a special program called “Spiritual Joy,” in which you will be specially prepared to advantage of all the magnificent treasures of the island. Some of the many activities you will experience include: preparing a sacrificial offering; participating in a ceremony of blessing in the Pasar Aung Temple; shamanic trance dancing; and taking part in the sacred waters ritual of Tirtagangha.
3) Round Trip Bali Tour: Beauty in Everyday Life 
Our tour itinerary includes:
August 15, 2006
• Visit the Tenganan animist village and Goa Lavah (the Bats temple).
• Spend the night at the bottom of the Batur volcano.
August 16, 2006
• Climb up the Batur volcano (about 1.5 hour walk) to view the phenomenal sunrise over Bali.
• Travelling to Lovina
August 17, 2006
• At daybreak, we may possibly be able to swim with dolphins.
• Soak in hot springs water.
• Visit Brahma Vihara Arama, the only Buddhist monastery on Bal.
• Visit Bedugul Temple with its multi-level roof on a small island in Bratan Lake.
• Spend the night in Ubud.
August 18, 2006
• Walk along a beautiful panoramic road among the rice fields to Batukau Temple, where we will watch the Tegalalang artists.
• Spend the night in Ubud.
August 19, 2006
• Visit Tanahlot, “the temple at the sea”.
• Farewell party at Kuta in the evening.
August 20, 2006
• End of trip after breakfast.
Optional Extension 1: Fire & Water – The Kawah Ijen Volcano
Kawah Ijen Volcano is of the most spectacular volcanoes of our planet! At the bottom of the crater, you will find an almost too-blue lake and on the foothills, melted yellow sulphur – a truly exceptional atmosphere!
Our itinerary includes: 
August 20, 2006
• Travel to Java from the western part of Bali.
• Take a ferry.
• Spend the night at the bottom of the volcano.
August 21, 2006
• At daybreak, climb up the Kawah Ijen volcano
(about a 1.5 hour walk).
• Return to Kuta in the evening and stay overnight.
August 22, 2006
• Breakfast, then spare time; go to the beach, shopping, etc.
Optional Extension 2: Sky & Earth – Borobudur and Prambanan
Our itinerary includes: 
August 23, 2006
• Early in the morning, take the plane to Yogyakarta, Borobudur, there you will find one of the most important Buddhist temples in the world, with mighty stone mandalas in ascending order – spirals that symbolize spiritual ascent.
• Afterwards, we will visit Prambanan and its Hindu temples of pure beauty, dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
• Travel back to Kuta in the evening.
August 24, 2006
• End of trip after breakfast.
Overnight Stays in Kuta
According to your choice of extension and your date of take-off, overnight stays in Kuta (breakfast provided) are offered at a price of 30 EUR. Note, Kuta stays are extra and not included in our services.
Payment Modalities 
Bali Round Trip Tour
Price: 1,825 EUR for a double bedroom; 2,075 EUR for a single bedroom
The price includes: Management and organization, logistics, French guides, top-of-the- line accommodations (4 or 5 stars according to local standards) which include breakfast,
the 3 lunches of the stay, full-board seminar, dinner of the farewell party (14 meals), the inner transports, entrance tickets and dance included in the program.
The price does not include: flight ticket (please ask us for advice).
Transfer: airport/Ubud (30 EUR) and Kuta/airport (2 EUR), dinners of the stay and the lunches and dinners of the tour (12 meals – average price 3 to 7 EUR), drinks, tips, airport taxes (10 EUR), visa (21 EUR), the price for the two extensions, insurance-assistance.
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Optional Extension 1: Fire & Water – The Kawah Ijen volcano
Price: 175 EUR
The price includes: accommodation in 3 or 4 star hotels – local standard; breakfast and dinner in Sempol, entrance to the volcano, bus transport, overnight stay with breakfast in Kuta
The price does not include: drinks, tips, etc.
Optional Extension : Sky & Earth –
Borobudur and Prambanan
Price: 200 EUR
The price includes: transfer, return flight, French guide, entries, lunch, overnight stay in Kuta breakfast provided in a 4 or 5 stars hotel, local standard.
The price does not include: Dinner, drinks, tips, etc.
For More Information:
In the US, Contact:
Michael Pooley,
The Art of Ecstatic Love
(Phone) 831 457-6535
(Email) info@ecstaticlove.net
www.ecstaticlove.net
Outside the US, Contact:
Eric Grange (in France)
Oasis Tantra
Tel: +33-47-802-9051
E-mail: oasistantra@hotmail.com
www.oasistantra.info
Registration Details:
To benefit from our special rates concerning flight tickets, we recommend you to register as early as possible. Please review the formalities, general conditions (with payment calendar) and then fill out our Registration Form.
• Financials, Conditions, & Formalities
• Registration Form
These forms and documents are viewable as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
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