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After a traditional Lombok welcome dance, you'll board your motorcoach for a full-day journey into the culture of Lombok. En route, you'll drive through scenic villages, lush green tropical plantations and rice fields.

You'll travel to the Nusa Tenggara Barat Province Museum, where you'll witness exhibits on the geology, history and culture of Lombok and Sumbawa. You'll marvel at a traditional Dongson drum, handwoven songket collections (silver or gold-threaded cloth), and intricately detailed Kris knives, asymmetrical daggers indigenous to Indonesia and the Malay World for at least 500 years. One awe-inspiring showcase holds "mystical" paraphernalia with amulets used to acquire supernatural force, immunity from weapons or to foretell the future. Refreshment of traditional cakes are provided in the Museum

Next, you'll stop at Narmada Water Palace (also called Taman Narmada or Narmada Park). Sparkling fountains, pools and artificial lakes dot the property in the city of Mataram, the capital of the province of West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat). Its central artificial lake resembles Segara Anak in the caldera of the Rinjani volcano. The palace was built in 1805 by the raja of Mataram after he became too old to climb Rinjani to deposit offerings in its sacred lake. The replica of the volcano's lake served for the raja's offerings, but rumor has it that he built the palace to watch the village girls bathe.

Next on your itinerary is Lingsar Temple, an important symbol of unity among the islands' faiths. Built in 1714, this Hindu shrine also welcomes Buddhists and Muslims worshipers. Many of the island's Sasak people adhere to Wekku Telu, a less orthodox form of Islam that has fused with native animist beliefs and practices. The northern, elevated part of the temple is the Hindu section, while the Wektu Telu worship in the southern section. Lingsar is famous for a pool of water in the Wektu Telu area, sacred to the deity Vishnu. The pool is home to eels that feed on hard-boiled eggs tossed to them by worshippers. Together with your guide, you'll venture inside the temple, and explore its outer buildings and purchase eggs from stalls outside the temple to feed the eels yourself.

Continue heading north, you'll arrive at Senggigi, Lombok's oldest and most famous resort area dotted with white sandy beaches, as well as trendy bars, restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops. Here, you'll enjoy a sumptuous Indonesian buffet lunch, served at an international restaurant inside one of the local resorts.

On the return drive back to the port, you'll make a stop at Banyu Mulek, a village known throughout the international art world for enormous, elaborately decorated pots. You'll climb aboard a Cidomo (traditional horse cart) for a tour around the village, where you'll spy skilled craftsmen processing clay into beautiful export quality pottery. A visit to a large pottery gallery invites you to buy a stunning pot or two, and makes a perfect way to call it a day.