Jl Puri Bagus, Samuh, Candi Dasa, East Bali 
+62 363 41127
Boutique hotel & eco resort in Candi Dasa, Bali
Candi Dasa boutique hotel & eco resort, East Bali
In the heart of the Bali seaside village of Candi Dasa, Aquaria boutique hotel and eco resort offers a peaceful oasis where you can relax and revitalise in simple luxury.
12 rooms frame the aquamarine, crystal-clear pool and all are just metres from the ocean's edge.
Choose an ocean front room to enjoy the waves 10 metres from your terrace edge or a poolside room for an ocean view when you step out onto your terrace, no more than 50 metres from where the ocean meets the shore.
Every room at this boutique hotel and eco resort is elegantly and tastefully furnished to provide light, airy, comfortable and spacious accommodation.
Aquaria Eco Resort's seaside restaurant offers daily organic taste sensations
Our food marries the freshest of local Balinese ingredients with the delicate spices and delicious flavours of Asian fusion cuisine, drawing inspiration from around the Pacific Rim.
In the centre of Candi Dasa, Bali yet away from it all
Venture down Aquaria's cool, palm tree-lined driveway and a sense of peace pervades your soul.
It’s a magical place that let you leave the worries of your world behind and truly unwind.
Enjoy life’s simple pleasures soaking up the sun, sipping a fresh juice and swimming chemical-free in the natural stone, ionised pool - cool, clean and aquamarine.
Soothe your mind and body with Balinese spa treatment
Restore your equilibrium and enhance your wellbeing with a blissful massage and natural body, face, hand and feet rituals at Aquaria's Inner Temple Spa.
And when you’re tired of relaxing, traditional East Bali awaits you with its magical temples and water palaces, ancient villages and colourful ceremonies.
A Balinese eco resort and hotel like no other
Aquaria Eco Resort considers every detail, so all you need to do is enjoy every moment of your stay.
Aquaria's water is so pure and clean that you can drink it without relying on purchased bottled water.
Linens are laundered with natural cleansers so they stay soft and comfortable. Rooms are cleaned without the use of chemicals, so the environment stays clean and clear.
Fresh, mouthwatering breakfast platters change daily to excite your senses and are served on oversized terraces overlooking the pool.
Come on in… and experience the magic of Aquaria Eco Resort, Bali.
welcome to our November Blog
Welcome to our November 2020 Blog
It’s wedding season in Bali!
Yes, you may recognise Made Doglar from housekeeping, he and his fiancee (wife now) look like movie stars. So romantic!
Ceremonies planned long ago will still go ahead.
Yuni (reception) was married on 29 October 2020
Aquaria is empty!. No guests, staff are bored without you.!
Life goes on in Bali, still ploughing the fields the old way.
Bendy Palm trees are considered lucky in Bali, maybe break their fall if they slip down whilst cutting coconuts?
The team are waiting for you
The Aquaria team are so grateful to receive their monthly food packs, which have only been made possible by the VIP Memberships.
Our VIP members have now received 6 months newsletters, recipes, photos and gifts. Thankyou to all of you for your Donations and support. We hope our VIPs have enjoyed the recipes and the newsletters to keep up to date with Aquaria. VIP support has helped me to keep the team together and to ensure that our staff get monthly food packs. Just contact us to continue your membership and receive more recipes for another 6 months.
Yes, Candi Dasa is going downhill without guests!.... We are all at sea!
"The meaning of life is to find your Gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." Pablo Picasso
We have an idea for the perfect Christmas Gift for your friends and family. We will send them by email our Digital Flip Cook Book “A Taste of Aquaria”. The book is 50 pages, filled with photos and poems and quotes as well as the recipes. (We hoped you would be able to pick up this book on your next visit, but that may be longer away than we first thought, so we have put the printing of physical books on hold for a while.) If you have experienced difficulty with postal services since Covid, as I have, then you may find this book to be the perfect answer for your friends and families, whether near or far. And of course, you will be helping to support the Aquaria family.
elaborate decorations for a Baby ceremony in the family home
On the way to a ceremony
"If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be" Maya Angelou
There are 18 recipes in “A Taste of Aquaria” Cook Book. Would you like to continue with your VIP membership for another 6 months and receive 6 more recipes and newsletters?? We would love to send these to you. If you wish to continue your membership, please go to the Aquaria website Appeal page on the April/May Blog and click on Paypal. AUD$50 for 6 months VIP membership.
welcome to our July blog (2)
Welcome to our July 2020 Blog
The world is in chaos *
So much doubt, fear, confusion.
We have free will, we make choices. Did you know that?
Have faith in trust, shared knowledge and unconditional support.
The Aquaria Office Team have been busy sending out Newsletters to all of our recent guests.
We’ve had some teething problems as we are working from a distance,
but we hope that it’s all in process now.
If you havn’t yet received yours, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
I am overwhelmed and so grateful by the support we have received from the Appeal we launched in June .. We have received enough to be able to support staff for one or two months, or to give them food parcels. The staff have chosen food parcels, and the first ones went out on 1 July. In return for the support we have received, we have sent out our first month’s recipe with some news, to all donators. Krisna, one of our chefs, is the cook as well as the model for this year’s recipes, and Yuni is the recipe gatherer and photographer. I hope you will love Krisna’s welcoming face & Yuni’s photos as much as I do. Working via Whatsapp with these two has given me so much pleasure, and kept me going thru this dark time. Most of our guests from the Facebook Appeal have requested to be included in The Aquaria VIP Membership Club. This has proved a huge success, and I am so pleased to give a little piece of Aquaria back in return for the donations. Each month for 6 months, Aquaria VIP members will receive another recipe from “A Taste of Aquaria” cook book, together with news, and poems, and photos, for a one-off donation of AUD$50.00
This month we sent out over 70 recipes for our well-loved Pumpkin soup, and we want to thank all those supporters from the bottom of our hearts.
Situation Update:
The situation…… in Bali, remains the same….
The streets are getting busier in Candi Dasa and down South, as though this is the new normal…Yet there hasn’t been an all clear yet!. Unfortunately, as I predicted, infections have risen, as the Indonesians enter or return to Bali after Idul Futri…. I feel that Bali would have remained a safer place if the borders had been controlled from Indonesia, as previously Bali had recorded minimal infection and death, proving that prayer is a powerful tool. It seems that Bali staff from the cruise ships are now being put into quarantine, and are not infecting their home villages.. One of our guests from Carolia Charity reported that her sponsor boy, on returning early from his cruise ship, was made to go into quarantine twice, due to a mix-up: the local village did not trust that the Denpasar government had already quarantined him! We hear that most village elders have taken matters into their own hands, and also have a curfew at 7pm at night, to stop social gatherings.
Aquaria family/staff remain safe and well, although we have heard of infection in a village nearby. Staff remain vigilant, using masks and washing hands….but it is getting harder to ensure safe distancing. However, Bali government is still predicting that it will open borders for tourists in July! and probably to the Chinese first.
The Aquaria staff want to work. Although I tried to keep them home and safe for the first month or so, during March/ April, it seems they are happier if they have something to do, but they are missing our guests. I think they felt more frustrated and stressed staying at home. They are still working in separate teams, on alternate days. They are busy doing some upgrading and maintenance. It would be a good idea to do some major projects and upgrades, as we have the time without guests, but it is not economic because the money we have is needed for the staff, and to pay the fixed costs at Aquaria. …
People have been asking how they can support us. ….how they can help…. And this is why I came up with the appeal. The appeal is in our June Blog on the website.
I hear that many of our staff are supporting their extended families. Their brothers and sisters who have no jobs, and no income. Ketut's small salary as well as providing for his own family and parents is also helping to support his 2 brothers (drivers with no tourists, no income, no security) and their 7 children. Sadly, I cannot support them all. The local government have given out 10kg of rice for each family, as a one-off aid. It's better than nothing, of course, but most families use 1 kg rice per day. But the Ministry of Tourism has sent out boxes of staple foods (to a value of $7.00) to all our staff (& probably to all hospitality workers). We assume it is a one-off, however the staff are very grateful for this. If this is a one-off, then Aquaria will continue with this idea for staff, using the donations we have been given.
If you would like to Donate to support the Aquaria family…….and you don’t know how, then please contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Every time you make a donation we will send one of our favourite recipes to you.
We’d love to send you a copy of our book. Our digital cook book “A Taste of Aquaria” is almost ready… but still in process, as Yuni is busy with VIP memberships at the moment. A hard copy of the book will be available for purchase at the hotel in 2021.
Honorary Members This month: we thank Duncan and Kaye Pratt for their special kindness.
This month's winner of the digital copy of our cook book “ A Taste of Aquaria “ with thanks for their kindness: Susie & Leo Van Der Leit
If you too would like a copy of the digital cook book “A Taste of Aquaria “, it will be available soon and can be purchased for a donation of :: $40.00.
We don’t have on line e-commerce, but you can donate via PayPal, from our website.
With thanks for your kindness, Jeni & the Aquaria Family.
In NZ we have moved to level 1, as we had no infections for 28 days, however, on 18 June it was announced that 2 people from uk were allowed in for compassionate reasons, and now they have Covid19, and have already been in contact with 300 people. This is a disaster. No control in quarantine, as we expected, and were promised. We wait in anticipation, whether we will need to go back into Lock Down again. We had hoped that the borders would soon open between NZ and Australia, however, this now looks doubtful.
“Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside” (Tom Peters)
Make choices that mean something
Don’t waste your talents
Fulfil your potential
Be aware, time is short.
*THE WORLD IS IN CHAOS –is one of my “poems” at the end of the cook book, but looking at the current situation I now see it might have been better placed at the beginning!? We are all overwhelmed with the confusion caused by Covid 19, the havoc created by some governments and presidents, & appalled by the riots in USA that have spread around the world, due to racism.
THE WORLD IS IN CHAOS –
a “poem” by Jeni Durrant May 2018 from
the Mindful Travellers collection (Poems that don’t rhyme are called blanks)
As I knew,
As I was told
People are coming,
Confused
Need a safe place.
Need to be heard,
Neutral ground,
Peace, no demands.
It’s happening again,
The world is in chaos,
They are searching
Needing balance,
Looking for a path,
Looking for a door,
Looking for the key.
We are the key,
We are the balance.
We are not judging,
We are undemanding
We wish to share our passion.
We are compassion.
We are a safe haven
.
The Aquaria Staff Appeal June 2020
Aquaria Eco Resort, Bali
June News from Aquaria Bali
The Aquaria Staff Appeal
We are reaching out for help
✧ Due to the devastating effects of the global Covid-19 Pandemic Aquaria Eco Resort Bali has established 'the Aquaria VIP Club Membership' a support program to financially aid our staff and their families.
April/May Blog Edition & Covid-19 Update 2020
W E L C O M E B A C K!
Welcome to our April/May 2020 Update with Jeni
First of all, may I share with you some inspirational quotes sent to me during Covid 19
isolation, from Ketut, Aquaria’s very special Manager.
* “MAY WE BE GIVEN STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE IN LIVING THIS LIFE” *
* “MAY WE ALWAYS BE GIVEN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT BY THE ALMIGHTY .” *
* MAY WE ALWAYS BE IN THE PROTECTION OF THE ALMIGHTY AND KEEP AWAY
FROM DANGER” *
* “EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY THE CREATOR” *
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