Welcome back to Team Tala Travels! If you are reading this now, then it means that you are on the third part of our Surya Bintang Adventures in Ubud, Bali! If you want to read about our Bali Swings and Ayung River Rafting adventures, simply click on the activities!
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ATV Ride
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The last part of the Surya Bintang Adventures is the ATV ride. This is a thrilling activity that will bring you to rugged terrains, muddy trails, and water-filled canals while riding a quad bike, or an ATV (all-terrain vehicle).
Once you get there, the guides will greet you, prepare your boots and helmet, and ask you if you want a single ATV or a tandem ATV ride. A single ATV ride means that you will use only one ATV, which is ideal for a max of 2 people per quad bike. On the other hand, a tandem ATV means that you will use 2 or more quad bikes for your group. In our case, we chose a single ATV for all 3 of us.
Before we started the ride, the guides let Emman try the quad bike’s mechanisms first – how to maneuver, how to reverse, how to stop, and how to accelerate on sloppy parts of the route. Emman said the handlebars are heavy and hard to move from side to side. Good thing he was able to get the hang of it before our actual ride began!
During the entire ride, we were following where the ATV of our guides was going. They took photos and videos of us along the way. We passed through villages, rice fields, hillsides, and water-soaked canals!
Tips for the ATV ride
- Leave your essentials (money, keys, etc) in the crate at the meetup point. Otherwise, these might get wet or get lost during the ride.
- Opt to wear the boots provided by the guides so as to prevent your shoes from getting splashed with water or mud.
- Try the quad bike first and get a feel of how it works. You can always opt to switch to another quad bike before the ride starts if you feel that the first one you tried is a bit iffy.
- Keep a little distance from your ATV’s guide in front of you so you can see how they prepare for each turn or acceleration. Some inclined parts need great momentum from the ATV to successfully reach the top.
- Stay focused and listen to the guide at all times.
- Enjoy the ride and the view!
That’s it for the ATV! Stay tuned for the more of our adventures in Bali, Indonesia!
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