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Both adults and children dream of visiting a real chocolate factory. This opportunity is provided by the island of Bali, within which there are as many as two workshops for the production of chocolate. You will have the opportunity not only to see the production process of chocolate products, but also to taste them and buy your favorite delicacy. Therefore, if you are a chocolate lover, then do not miss this opportunity.

Charlie's Chocolate Factory

Located on the ocean coast among palm groves, Charlie's chocolate factory is one of the most interesting and visited places in Bali. It got its name in honor of its founder, Charlie, who arrived on the island from California itself. He was so amazed by the beauty of the tropical region that he decided to rent land here and open his own business.

The fabulous design of the factory territory will appeal to both adults and children. Here a feeling of another reality is created, which is why time flies simply, imperceptibly. Near the factory there is a soap factory, within which soap is brewed using coconut and aromatic oils.

The territory of the factory is thought out to the smallest detail. Fairy-tale houses, reminiscent of hobbit dwellings, are surrounded on all sides by tall coconut palms.

At Charlie's factory, chocolate is made from only natural ingredients, making it one of the tastiest chocolates around. There is nothing superfluous in the composition, no dyes or flavor enhancers. At the entrance to the territory there is a cafe where you can order chocolate and coffee drinks, the average cost of which starts from 35 thousand rupees.

Near the coast there is a wooden ship, which serves as an excellent decoration and goes well with the dark volcanic sand. Everyone can walk along the deck of the ship or look into its cabins.

It is best to visit the factory on weekdays, as the number of tourists increases significantly on weekends. The entrance to the territory is only 10 thousand rupees, and this is if you do not plan to purchase anything in factory stores. If your goal is to bring some memorable gift with you, then you can get to the factory for free. It is open from 9 am to 5 pm.

What can be bought?

The range of chocolate products that are produced at the factory is presented in a local cafe. There you can buy several types of chocolates or enjoy a glass of aromatic coffee. The establishment sells:

• chocolate bars with cashew nuts;
• chocolate paste;
• hot and cold chocolate;
• various types of coffee;
• coconut syrup and milk.

Note! Chocolate Charlie can be bought not only at the factory, but also in company stores located in Ubud. The cost of products in such shops is sometimes lower than in the factory itself. The cost of production starts from 35 thousand rupees.

soap factory

On the territory of Charlie's factory there is a workshop for the production of soap. Soap products are also completely natural, no artificial additives are used. Soap from Charlie's factory is especially popular not only among tourists, but also among the local population. Balinese often come here to purchase proven natural products.

The assortment includes about 10 varieties of soap. Each product is different both in smell and in weight. Due to the fact that only natural dyes are used, all soap products have a certain shelf life. The following products can be purchased at the soap factory:

• soap with a variety of flavors, including chocolate, coconut, cinnamon, various herbs;
• sun protection creams;
• oils and lotions.

All purchased products are wrapped in organic packaging. The only drawback of the soap factory is the relatively high cost of the goods.

How to get there?

Charlie's factory is located in the eastern part of the island. That is why the road to it will be long. From Denpasar on your own transport to get at least 1.5 hours, from Kuta - about 2-2.5 hours. Guided tours are organized here daily. To go on such a journey, you can book an excursion to the east of Bali on this site.

See the location of Charlie's factory on this map.

Chocolate Factory Pod

The Pod Factory is located in the midst of a tropical forest, which is why a quiet and calm atmosphere is always preserved here. There are never many people here, which allows you to fully explore the territory and get acquainted with the process of chocolate production. You can observe this procedure through the glass. You will witness what ingredients are added to chocolate, how it is all mixed and poured into molds. During the tour you will have the opportunity to taste 4 types of chocolate. The most interesting thing is that on each tasting jar it is indicated what and in what quantities is included in the composition of the chocolate bar.

There is a cafe in front of the chocolate factory, where you can not only taste various types of products, but also buy the option you like. There is also an aviary with a bear and a cage with birds. Another interesting service of the factory is elephant riding. It is provided, of course, not for free, but it is guaranteed to give a lot of positive emotions.

Factory Pod is open daily, it meets its first visitors at 8 am, and at 4 pm its doors are closed. The entrance ticket costs 95 thousand rupees. And if you decide to book a guided tour of the factory, you will have to pay 250 thousand rupees.

What can be bought?

To date, the Pod factory produces more than 20 varieties of chocolate. These can be products made from cinnamon, mint, chili, cranberries, sea salt, rosella flowers, cloves and more.

The cost of chocolate products starts from 48 thousand rupees. For this price, you can buy regular bar chocolate with various fillings. The cost of the gift package, which will contain 6 different chocolate bars, is 200,000 rupees. The price of a kilogram chocolate bar is 300 thousand rupees.

The Pod factory can make chocolates according to your special order. You need to choose what kind of chocolate (dark or milk) they will be prepared from, and then decide on three types of fillings. There are a lot of them at the factory, these can be various types of nuts, marmalade, coconut flakes and so on.

Note! The entire process of chocolate production is done by hand. You will feel the difference in taste with machine devices after the first tasting of products.

How to get there?

The Pod Factory is located 19 kilometers north of Ubud. It will not be difficult to find it, as there are signs with its logo all over the city. But even if you take a wrong turn, you can always turn to the locals who will tell you the way.

You can go to the factory both as part of an organized tour and on your own. In the first case, you need to contact any tour agency and choose the date you like. During the tour, there is usually an English-speaking guide who will tell you a lot of interesting and useful things.

Traveling alone also has a number of advantages. You will not depend on anyone for time and will be able to stay at the factory as long as your heart desires. See the exact location of the Pod factory on this map.

Visiting chocolate factories can significantly diversify your leisure time in Bali. These are the places where you can taste truly delicious natural chocolate and see the process of making chocolate products with your own eyes.

All chocolate lovers will love the unusual chocolate factory, which is located in the east of Bali. This wonderful place creates the feeling of a real fairy tale, delights not only children, but also adults. What could be more beautiful - five original bamboo huts on the ocean, which make delicious natural chocolate. Just the limit of fantasy for a chocolate and exotic lover!

Small houses with conical roofs and round windows are surrounded by tall coconut trees. It is in them that the production of Balinese chocolate is located. The factory is open to the public and here you can buy any delicacy you like.

The helpful employees of the factory will definitely treat you to something delicious. The assortment of sweets here, of course, is small - chocolate, coconut syrup and honey, but this is perfectly compensated by the kind attitude, exotic setting and beautiful tropical landscapes.

It is not at all surprising that this chocolate factory has become one of the local attractions that tourists who come to Bali are sure to visit.

It so happened that this is not the first time I have been to Bali. Therefore, most of the sights there are already familiar to me. But you still need to have some fun! So we decided to experiment and go to a chocolate factory called "Pod". The factory is located under the town of Ubud. From the center it can be reached in 10-15 minutes. Theoretically, the factory can be found even without using the navigator, since in the vicinity of Ubud I often saw signs with the factory logo. And the locals will be happy to show the direction of movement with their hands, since this place is known to everyone. We arrived at the factory at about four o'clock in the afternoon. And, I must say, we were very lucky, because the last session for making chocolate starts no later than four. Knowing the Balinese, this time can be safely reduced by an hour. So, if the road is not close, you should take care of the time in advance and calculate everything so as not to come in vain.

Arriving at the place, I could not think of anything but chocolate. Its sweet aroma was everywhere! At the reception, we were shown cocoa fruits, told about their types, differences and how to prepare for making chocolate. Of course, I tried every one of them. The taste was very different from the usual chocolate, but the aftertaste remained exclusively chocolate.

Next, we were asked to fill out questionnaires and choose materials for making sweets: milk or dark chocolate and three fillings to choose from - from all kinds of nuts to coconut and marmalade. My choice was milk chocolate with peanuts, cashews and hazelnuts. And while the confectioners prepared our sets, we could watch the chocolate being made. The guys poured it on surfaces and shapes so carefully and with soul that it seemed that their chocolate would come out even sweeter and more pleasant than usual. Still, handmade goods are very different from factory ones. Having mixed the chocolate on the table to the desired consistency, the confectioner measured its temperature with a special pistol device and poured it into small bags.

Watching this process was so unbearable that I ran to a local cafe-shop where you could buy everything that could be made from chocolate. Armed with choco-chocolate and a mug of hot chocolate, I returned to waiting for my tools.

After a couple of minutes, my molds arrived and I began to carefully place the nuts in the molds and pour everything with chocolate, periodically tapping them on the table. The activity is incredibly simple and fun at the same time. And if you take into account the fact that from time to time chocolate got into my mouth, then I would generally do this at least all day!

We had one child with us and, it is worth noting that this entertainment captured him with his head. With the rest of the chocolate, we drew each other's mustaches, beards and smeared our hands. And now the forms are filled, the fillings are eaten and it's time to give the candies to the freezer. Despite the fact that the freeze lasted only 15 minutes, we disappeared from sight for half an hour, or even more. The fact is that there are wonderful places for walking around the factory.

Do you think hobbits live here? But no! Dark chocolate is brewed here and soap is not hobbits at all ... And the smells are such that you want to gobble up both!

This fairy tale for adults and children was created by the enterprising American Charlie. His name is Charlie. All his life he was looking for something and when he got to Bali, he found it. He fell in love with this place and built here 15 years ago, first a small soap factory, about 5 years ago he started making chocolate from the fruits of the chocolate tree grown on the island. Then coconuts from palm trees began to fall into his hands, and he set up the production of coconut body butter and “delicious creams”. But, they say that he fell in love, for the most part, with a beautiful surf spot in the Ocean))

And this is a fairy tale not only because it is delicious, but because there are houses of bizarre broken shapes around: either huts, or spaceports made of dark wood. Charlie himself calls it BAMBOO PYRAMIDS. You don't immediately know where you are. Friends helped him build the first pyramids, now he is building a cafe-ship to pamper tourists with hot chocolate overlooking the waves.

Fabulous, because every respectable uncle, even with a big belly, can jump from a swing between palm trees and fly towards the waves !! The swing is just huge! To climb them, they even made special steps. I was forced to ride twice in order to overcome fear and have fun. Happened.

Unlike the swing on the lookout over the Buyan and Tamblingan lakes, where I posed, frozen over the cliff, here you are doing, as we called it in childhood, “Moon”. Swing 180°. And one boy in the yard was doing “Sunshine” and broke his hands, but that’s a completely different story ...

It’s nice that no one is arguing here, but they willingly show the production of chocolate with 65% cocoa content, talk about “my Nutella-Nuteresa”, and the workers knock with hammers, tearing off architectural patterns.

Soap from Charlie In my hands is the fruit of the chocolate tree The same chocolate

It is a pity that Charlie himself was not at home - he went to Jakarta. I was very interested to know how he came up with packaging soap in this romantic story. "A Soap Story By Salvador BALI" It would seem that there is no bigger pop - handmade soap in Bali, but all the supermarkets are filled up! And he managed to present it so subtly and creatively! And the prices are quite reasonable.

You can see not only how soap is made, but also how it is packaged. The factory employs 14 people in total. And it seems that half of them are Balinese, who manually pack each piece of fragrant, and their babies crawl around. Very epic, very homely.

On Christmas we decided to go to one of the most famous (advertised) sights of Bali - Pura Tanah Lot. This is one of the seven water temples that protect the island from evil spirits. The temples are located in a chain in such a way that they are visible to each other (only I didn’t notice the neighboring temple). Usually tourists are brought here closer to sunset, because the view immediately becomes much more picturesque, and at dusk they put on a performance, you can watch Balinese folk dances. We wanted to come during the day so that it was not so crowded. We were wrong, there are always crowds of not only travelers, but also the Balinese themselves from all over the island, because the temple is very revered.

During high tide, you cannot approach the temple, the road to it is flooded. And we arrived at low tide (accidentally happened), so we were able to take a little walk next to it, admire the crabs. They are not allowed inside, you can only walk nearby. Most of all, I liked another entertainment - to stand on the rocks and admire the breaking waves, which periodically dove over the heads of tourists who come too close to the edge.

It is impossible to walk around the temple for a long time because of the heat, and there is almost no shade, we quickly walked through the park, admired the rock, a kind of “natural arch”, the temple of Pura Batu Bolong is also located on it. In a matter of minutes, we drank all the water we brought with us and went back. In total, it took us an hour to see the sights, and the entrance, by the way, costs about 600 rubles. for two. It seemed to me quite an expensive pleasure against the background of other prices.

The next weekend we went to the east of the island to visit Charlie's Chocolate Factory. According to information from the Internet, Charlie (an American by birth and a surfer by vocation) moved to Bali and organized an environmentally friendly production of chocolate. It is obtained by cold pressing cocoa beans that grow right there. It is believed that it is raw cocoa powder that is most useful, it is rich in antioxidants and magnesium. In fact, there are 4 chocolate factories in Bali, excursions are organized on them, you can see the entire production process from the very beginning and, of course, taste the product. I chose Charlie's Factory because of 1) bamboo houses, which are somewhat reminiscent of the fabulous dwellings of gnomes, 2) a picturesque location on the ocean, near one of the most beautiful beaches on the island, 3) swings.

We drove to the factory for about 2.5 hours on a moped, the fifth point was pretty tired during this time. But we looked at the eastern part of the island, which is much quieter and cleaner than Kuta, here, it seemed to me, there are more local residents, and not immigrants from other Indonesian islands. The east side of the island is mainly chosen by those who want silence, lovers of scuba diving and snorkeling (swimming with a mask and snorkel). All major diving schools are located here. The road is quite picturesque, passes through the jungle and small villages, the construction of new houses and hotels is actively underway.

Google maps let us down a bit, we didn't turn straight to the factory, but a little earlier, we had to walk along the embankment. As it turned out, it's for the best, because cunning local guys at the entrance to the Factory stop cars with tourists and demand a bribe for the fare.

While we were driving, we were pretty hungry, and we were also late for the tour, which takes place at 9 in the morning (arrived around 11). We decided not to get upset, but to drink cold chocolate (like hot chocolate, only cold) and eat pancakes with coconut syrup. The guy, who was at the same time the supply manager, administrator, salesman and cook, quickly organized drinks and pancakes for us. And just then a local beggar began to pester us - a huge goose. This insolent fellow did not leave our table, hissed, pecked at Carimaggio's leg and tried to reach for the plates. He did not react to our indignant cries, he did not care deeply about the blows of his boot on the beak. The feathered insolent responded only to the call of the multifunctional guy, immediately ran to him, but as soon as he realized that no treats were expected, he returned to us to continue the terror.

There were a few other visitors besides us, so the guy was just torn, but at the same time he looked absolutely calm. After we refreshed ourselves, we went to taste the products. The assortment is quite small: round dark chocolate sweets with 86% cocoa content, crunchy chocolate, dried goji berries (sour), crushed cocoa without sweetener, chocolate paste with coconut syrup. To be honest, we tried plenty, it’s not in vain that we traveled so much! The chocolate is delicious, the mood immediately rose, and we went to test the swing. Complete delight!

After the chocolate factory, we went to the white sand beach or Virgin Beach. I read that this is almost the best beach on the island. You won’t be able to get to the beach itself, the road was blocked, you need to leave the bike in the parking lot, give money to the local guys (about 100 rubles) and go down the mountain. There are restaurants all along the coast that offer free sunbeds and showers if you order food from them. Prices, by the way, do not differ from Kuta, lunch and drinks for two cost us about 800 rubles. I want to say that we really liked the beach: the cleanest and, most importantly, cool azure water, sandy bottom, no waves, a picturesque rock on the side ... This beach somehow reminded us