Your journey supports the people who call Bali home.
We wanted to know where your money really goes, so we followed it: 21 months of receipts, payroll and ingredient registers, across 93 trails and 501 pilgrims. Here is what we found.
Connected work, shared impact
Healthy landscapes depend on more than one kind of change. We connect travel, farming, food, education and research so that each supports the others.
Give rice. Support farmers. Help restore the land.
Through Grains of Change, your contribution buys rice from farmers transitioning to regenerative practices. We deliver it to partner charities in Bali, helping nourish communities while giving farmers a reliable market.
Where your booking goes
Your booking supports our Bali-based team, local hosts and the farms and villages along the route. The breakdown below shows how the report allocates trail revenue.
The farmers we support along the way
You eat at their tables, walk their fields and forest gardens, and learn what they grow. Every stop along the way is a family or a farm we know well and pay directly.
A school garden in Desa Tua
Near the ancient banyan tree in Tua village, our farming team joins students at SMPN 3 Marga to turn 3,000 square metres of school land into a productive garden.
Walking lightly on the island
Walking between village stays shapes the footprint of your journey. Below, we compare estimated trail emissions per guest-night and water use per guest-day with published hotel figures.
Carbon: 2025 assessment across 45 departures, using DEFRA, Climatiq, IPCC and WRI Indonesia factors. It covers food, accommodation and supplies on the trail. Our support vehicles add 10.6 kg per guest-night and are left out, as the hotel figures do not count transport either. Water: Trails Impact Report, July 2026, against 800 to 4,000 litres per guest-day in resort tourism.
The footprint of each trail
Our 2025 assessment estimated the footprint of 45 departures, including food, accommodation, supplies and support transport. The table below shows how the trails compare.
Village stays and walking routes shape how we use water. We compare our estimated use with published hotel and resort figures, with the scope of each figure explained below.
kg CO2e per guest-night, 2025 departures. "On the trail" covers food, accommodation and supplies. "With vehicles" adds our support car: luggage, supplies and the drive back. On short trails that drive is most of the footprint.
Food that connects you with local farms
Our ingredient register covers 472 entries across 10 host kitchens. It helps us understand how much food comes from partner regenerative farms and where we can strengthen local sourcing.
Meals on the trail create demand for local food, from rice and vegetables to herbs and eggs. Our hosts source from partner farms and village markets.
Your farm visit supports the work
Your visit supports our Bali-based team and local farmers, and helps keep the farm open as a place to learn.
The farmers behind the food
The trails help sustain our work with rice farmers. Our data bank follows changes in farming practices, costs, harvests and the environment so we can learn what works and improve the support farmers receive.
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How we counted
This report comes straight from our own books: receipts, payroll and ingredient registers from September 2024 to May 2026.
The carbon figure comes from a 2025 assessment across 45 departures, using DEFRA, Climatiq, IPCC and WRI Indonesia emission factors. We share the method along with the numbers, so anyone can check them.
