As strange as its people and culture are, Baduy Village offers a unique adventure opportunities for you who enjoy the outdoors. Explore the virgin rainforest, alpine terrain, terraced hamlets and some more scenic considerations. Adventure the humble, simple and innocently smiling people who resist unshiveringly your modern lifestyle for centuries. Experience the abundant wildlife and cultural opportunities.

Though the villages are almost hidden from the outside world and their taboos prevent the villagers from modernity, the Baduy are  sociable and engaging. They will always welcome you heartedly. It's easy to put together a unique experience that will satisfy the adventuring hopes of just about any traveler.

Learn the wisdom

Baduy village provide far richer experience than simple adventures, for its people forces travelers to open their eyes and become immersed in the silent, unspoken merits and wisdoms handed down from generation to generation, only to prove that the Baduy are steward and guardian of our 'holy' forest on Earth. Here is the land where no room for hatred, no room for fusing and fighting. It is the land where a solitude peace awaits you.

Most visitors immediately learn that the Baduy are one of the friendliest and most naturally curious people of the world. They quickly find the Baduy welcoming and eager to share their homes and traditions --- despite rumors of their backwardness, illiteracy and rejection to modern lifestyles. You would never guess it --- not from the graciousness and openness of those in the villages, nor by the brightness of the eyes and minds of the Baduy children who are long for their education. Trekking the village pathways a few hours, you might produce a dozen invitations to stay in the homes of the Baduy and at the end of the line, you can make an instant friends.

In essence, the advantage to visiting this 'weird' people and villages is that it opens as wide as variety of opportunity as you have the energy and time to enjoy. This is the fascination of the other side of Indonesia.

A bit of preparation

When traveling through Baduy Village, keep it mind this is a unique village in Indonesia, a village of old taboos, in which you have no choices but to obey and respect their sacred taboos, to interact with the people and their ways of life. Expect stares and questions, and be open to them, unprepared visitors can often turn callous and term these characteristics annoying, or even aggressive.

Whether you are traveling on your own or arranging travels for others—the Earth is your homeland. Give it the care and respect it deserves; learn about its environment and geography; spend time getting to know its people and their art, culture, history, and livelihoods. While you derive pleasure, knowledge, and understanding from your encounters, hold close the importance of preserving these treasures for those who may follow in your footsteps.