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"With its small, dripping-in-flowers footprint and thoughtful design blending Balinese touchpoints and contemporary luxuries, this intimate waterfall resort offers barefoot bliss in Tabanan Regency, hidden in a picturesque traditional village minutes from an off-the-beaten-path black-sand beach far from the tourist throngs. This tropical bolthole is in a lesser-known region, Tabanan Regency, northwest of the holidaying swarm and tucked into the little village of Kedungu, from which many of its staff hail. Beside verdant rice fields and with its very own waterfall—the resort’s name means “waterfall” in Sanskrit—it’s on nearly five acres, and the room types are delightfully distinctive. Couples tend to enjoy one of the seven intimate Canopy Suites, which feel like timber treehouses and reveal panoramic views from the roof patio where a two-person tub is perched. Nirjhara delivers a lot for its approachable rate, and while the fabulous spa, vast saltwater pool, satisfying restaurant, and gratis programming entice you to stay and relax, the resort and its enthusiastic team expertly incite you to head out and explore a region of the island with blissfully far fewer tourists than is often the reality on this popular isle." - Chris Schalkx, Kathryn Romeyn