A Hidden Rice Field Walk Near Ubud: Kelabangmoding Village to Jalan Cinta
Not every rice field walk in Ubud ends up on a map. This one hasn’t, yet — and that’s exactly why it’s worth writing about. This is the first in what’s going to be an ongoing series here on Melali: quiet rice field walks around Ubud that most visitors never hear about, because the people who use them are the ones who live along them. No ticket booth, no Instagram geotag with ten thousand posts, no queue for a photo spot. Just a path between rice paddies that happens to connect two villages — in this case, Kelabangmoding village and Jalan Cinta. How this walk works I started from home in Kelabangmoding village, walked past Paddy Spa , and continued through the rice fields until I came out onto the main road in Jalan Cinta. The whole thing — from home to Paddy Spa to Jalan Cinta — took about an hour and 10 minutes at a normal walking pace, with no stops. This isn’t a loop, and it isn’t a designated trail with signage. It’s a working path through active rice fields that happens to ...
