Private Tour Baduy Village

Dear potential Badui tribe interest, A few days ago we joined a new but very experienced travel agency (name travel agency) for a one-day-trip to the Baduy tribe. One word to describe our day: amazing! We were picked up by our private driver, Risky. Who gave us immediately a warm and safe welcome. His company during the whole trip was a big plus! His mind was very sharp, he shared knowledge about other tribes, life in Indonesia, picked up our interests and went deep into it. And all in perfect English. Our guide Freddie, is the captain of the travel agency. Luckily both Risky and Freddie accompanied us, even though it was their holiday (end of Ramadan). Really appreciate it! We started the drive to the Baduy tribe with some good coffee. Either at Starbucks or at a local cafe. Freddie made sure we had enough water. During the drive, Freddie started to explain about the Baduy tribe, religions, advice about our trip in Indonesia, and we talked about life. We passed rice fields, nature and villages on the way. We also stopped at a local village to buy some delicious local snacks. To be honest, the drive itself was already much fun. When we arrived at the village close to the Baduy tribe, we bought some candy for the kids and noodles for the elderly, to give as a donation. This was not an obligation of course, you can decide yourself. We met the translator for the Baduy tribe and started our hike together. Be aware to sweat a lot because of the tropical weather and hike. So take a lot of water with you. If you want, you can take some extra clothing to change to feel more comfortable in dry clothing. Anyways, 5 minutes later you will sweat again ;) My husband is a man who is super interested to learn and could ask as many questions as he wanted with Freddie being patient to explain everything. He took us to places in the village with a beautiful view, to pass by houses and to have conversation with the inhabitants of the outer Baduy tribe. If you are luckily you will also see inhabitants from the inner Baduy tribe walking by. At a certain moment we arrived at one of the houses. Where a lady prepared the local food for us. What gave us comfort, was Freddie telling us it was not the full food experience. Since we ordered the trip the evening before and it was end of Ramadan, they couldn’t prepare the full ingredient meal. Even though it was super delicious, we appreciated the honesty of Freddie. There was time to ask questions to the lady of the baduy tribe. Freddie would be translating everything of course. It was super interesting to be in one of the houses with a local outer Baduy tribe inhabitant. Great experience! Then it was already time to head back. Even though we were tired because of the hike and heat, it was still enjoyable. Freddie had a great positive energy and was smiling and joking around a lot. Back in the village Risky was waiting for us in the car to bring us safely back. We were super tired and comfortable to take a nap in the car on the way back. Freddie and Risky brought us safely back to our hotel. I think now it’s not fully corrupted by tourism yet. Great day trip to do today. Also not necessary to do more research at other travel agencies, just take this one for one day or two-day trip. It’s all worth it! Thank you Freddie and Risky for this amazing experience. We will not forget it.