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A 36-key eco-resort on a working organic coffee plantation in the North Bali highlands, with a famous clifftop infinity pool, mountain views and a wholly Balinese-run team.
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Need To Know
- 36 suites and villas, opened in 2009
- On a working organic coffee plantation at around 1,200 metres
- A clifftop infinity pool over the valley
- No air-conditioning — the highland cool makes it unnecessary
- Yoga three times daily; trekking, cycling, horse riding, tennis
- Several restaurants; a spa, sauna and gym
- In Gobleg, North Bali — around 2.5 hours from the airport
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:30; check out before 11:30.
We Love
- The pool — a clifftop infinity pool that appears to spill into the valley below, set against misty mountains; among the most photographed pools in Bali, and rightly so.
- The plantation — a genuine working organic coffee estate at 1,200 metres, where you can follow the bean-to-cup journey from the trees to the roasting and a morning cup.
- The team — wholly Balinese-run, the present chief executive having started as the resort's local nature guide; the community and sustainability commitments here are real, not decorative.
- The views — staggered misty mountains and rolling green canopy in every direction, the cool highland air making air-conditioning genuinely unnecessary.
- The food — estate-grown rice, vegetables and coffee across several restaurants, with cooking classes that start by picking your ingredients from the garden.
Key Features
Book Your Stay at Munduk Moding Plantation Nature Resort
€122.50 for 1 Night
Location
Address
Jl. Raya Asah Gobleg, Br. Dinas Asah, Desa Gobleg, Kec. Banjar, Kab. Buleleng Singaraja 81152, Bali - Indonesia
Travel Info
Munduk Moding is at Gobleg, in the Buleleng highlands of North Bali, around 2.5 hours from Denpasar airport — the point being how far it sits from the south. The resort arranges collection; the Munduk waterfalls and Tamblingan lake are close.
Last Updated: 2026-06-23
Expert Review
Origins
The land at Munduk Moding has been a coffee plantation for generations, and still is — which is the starting point for everything here. The resort grew out of it in 2009, in the cool central highlands of North Bali at around 1,200 metres, an area the Dutch planted with coffee in the nineteenth century and that was once among the island's most productive.
The ownership story is the one worth telling. The team is wholly Balinese, and the present chief executive began as the resort's local nature guide many years ago before rising to run it — which tells you something about how the place is staffed and how seriously it takes the surrounding community. The commitment to sustainability and to the Gobleg and Munduk villages is extensive and, unusually, more than marketing: a working organic coffee operation, a community foundation funded from coffee sales, estate-grown food.
What guests come for, beyond the coffee, is the setting and the pool. The clifftop infinity pool over the valley is among the most photographed in Bali, and the views of staggered misty mountains and green canopy are the genuine article. There are 36 suites and villas across sprawling grounds, from one-bedroom pool villas to a five-bedroom and a presidential suite, yet it keeps a boutique feel. Several restaurants serve estate-grown rice, vegetables and coffee; cooking classes begin in the vegetable garden; yoga runs three times a day; and there is trekking, cycling, horse riding, tennis, a spa and a gym. There is no air-conditioning — at this altitude the cool highland air makes it unnecessary, which catches some southern-Bali expectations off guard.
Top Secret
Take the swing. Just below the fire pit there is a Bali swing — strap into the harness and you are out over the valley on thirty-foot ropes, the green canopy dropping away beneath you. It is the kind of thing that looks alarming and turns out to be the highlight, and at this one you swing out over a coffee plantation rather than the usual tourist scrum.
The Review
Munduk Moding Plantation is unlike anything else we list in Bali, for two reasons: it is the only one on a working coffee plantation, and the only one in the cool highlands of the north. That second point matters — North Bali is rugged and far less developed than the south, and finding somewhere this considered out here is rare.
The appeal is the combination: a genuine organic coffee estate at 1,200 metres, a clifftop infinity pool that ranks among the island's most photographed, a wholly Balinese team with real community roots, and estate-grown food across several restaurants. It draws an adventurous, healthy, eco-minded crowd — bamboo straws, three daily yoga sessions, horse riding and trekking — but the hot tub and fire pit booked for sunset are pure romance, and couples are well served. With 36 rooms over big grounds it keeps a personal feel, and it is also among the better-value places we list.
The honest notes are about distance and expectations. It is a real 2.5 hours from the airport, so this is a settle-in destination, not a base for island-hopping; there is no air-conditioning, which the altitude justifies but is worth knowing; and the highland weather can turn cool and misty. But for travellers who want the unspoilt north, a serious sense of place and one of Bali's great pool views, Munduk Moding is a singular choice — and the strongest argument we know for leaving the south behind.
