Tirtha Bayu Estate

Sprawled across a clifftop overlooking the tranquil Cemagi Beach, Tirtha Bayu Estate is blessed with stunning 180-degree ocean vistas stretching to the southern tip of Bali. Extraordinarily generous in space, these two villas combine to offer 11 luxurious bedrooms. With myriad indoor and outdoor living spaces and welcoming staff including a Villa Manager and talented private chef, the estate is ideal for extended families and groups in search of a rejuvenating getaway.

Tirtha means sacred water in Sanskrit, and Bayu translates as the wind that brings life, apt given the estate’s astonishing sea views and fresh coastal breeze. While Canggu, with its buzzing beach clubs and stylish restaurants, is just nine kilometres away, Cemagi Beach is blissfully peaceful. It offers you a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in traditional Balinese Hindu culture, with a path right outside the estate leading to two ornate clifftop temples. Sunsets here are sublime, while evenings take on their magical allure with flourishing tropical gardens illuminated by spotlights and lanterns.

Modern Balinese design aesthetics meet elegant furnishings and traditional decorative features in the three-story, six-bedroom Villa I which overlooks a 14-metre infinity pool and was completed in 2022. It connects via ornate Balinese gates with Villa II, which is slightly more traditional and artistic in style, with soaring Torajan-inspired pitched ceilings, a fabulous collection of hand-carved furniture and a 32-metre expansive infinity pool framed by coconut palms and frangipani trees. Weddings and events are a speciality here, with verdant terraced lawns, expansive sun decks and a delightful self-contained honeymoon suite.

Tirtha Bayu Estate is located right above a picturesque beach in the serene Seseh-Tanah Lot region of south-west Bali. The area is blissfully semi-rural, with little development apart from a scattering of luxury villas, making it a great opportunity to glimpse traditional Balinese life. The black sand beach can be explored at low tide, but dangerous rips and submerged rocks make it unsuitable for swimming. A clifftop path just outside the villa leads to a small sea temple that clings to the craggy cliffs and is visible from the estate. Following the path around the headland, you will come to Pura Gede Luhur Batu Ngaus, a larger temple perched on a headland which makes an atmospheric spot for sunset (and a peaceful yet equally picturesque alternative to Tanah Lot). Small warungs with beanbags and rustic furnishing serve up cold beer, coconuts and local food.

While Tirtha Bayu may feel like a world away from everything, it’s merely nine kilometres from Echo Beach and all the exciting delights of Canggu.