Danu Enterprises

06/01/2026

05/14/2026

Not only are our Summer months the best time weather-wise to visit Bali, there are also numerous religious ceremonies that visitors are generously invited to take part. Festooned in a riot of color and decoration, and accompanied by music and dance, don’t miss them.
There’s still room in both our trips coming up: Yoga and Traditional Healing June 17-July 1, and A Taste of Bali August 17-30 with culinary artist India Joze Schultz. Our website will give you the details: danutours.com. Yes, there are still flights.

05/07/2026

Not only are our Summer months the best time weather-wise to visit Bali, there are also numerous religious ceremonies that visitors are generously invited to take part. Festooned in a riot of color and decoration, and accompanied by music and dance, don’t miss them.
There’s still room in both our trips coming up: Yoga and Traditional Healing June 17-July 1, and A Taste of Bali August 17-30 with culinary artist India Joze Schultz. Our website will give you the details: danu tours.com. Yes, there are still flights.

03/12/2026

Thursday March 19 is the Balinese New Year, Nyepi. The night before there is a purification by fire, where processions of giant (11-11.5 ft) (demonic images are paraded through the villages, scaring away pesky low spirits, and cleansing the island for the next day. Created mostly of natural materials, the images are designed and created by the youth organizations, who carry and accompany them by torchlit with cacophonous walking gamelan orchestras. Last year the creations reached an extra high level of creativity & excellence—this year even more so.
This one illustrates the iconography of Bali island, which rests on a great turtle Bedawang Nala, and on its back sits the dragon Besukih, representing the earth. In the heavens is the goddess Saraswati, sitting on a demons shoulder, and alarmed by the pollution she sees in the waters below.

09/27/2025

The silk weavers of Laos are perhaps the world’s best, starting from scratch, spinning their silk threads on archaic spinning wheels, creating stunning works of art—watch them work their magic with us this January: Lost Kingdoms Rediscovered, Laos and Vietnam Jan. 8-28, 2026 www.danutours.com

09/06/2025

The horrible bombings of 9/11 resulted in innumerable tragedy, and put the nail in the coffin of world tourism. One year later, the Bali Bombing on Sept. 12 cleaned up any vestiges of what might have been left. Surya and I were left with no way to keep going, and found ourselves sinking into a huge debt hole.
“We need to find a place to organize trips that people are not afraid to go-where are they not trying to killl each other…..”
Our instincts led us to Buddhist countries, his neighbors that Surya had studied in school: Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. But I was terrified of residual anger from the Vietnam War. Although I had spent the duration actively protesting, there had to be resentment from the Vietnamese people for what we did.
Finally persuaded to go on a familiarization trip, I discovered the American War was but a small blip in their history, unlike years of colonialism by France, and on-going attacks by China.
Now many years later I have fallen so in love with these countries it would be painful and miss a visit, and I urge you to join me Jan. 8-28, 2026 to discover why.
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08/28/2025

Bali and Healing with Erika James

08/10/2025

Ever wonder where these beautiful silk lanterns come from? A magical seaside village with lovely architecture and history called Hoi An in central Vietnam. We spend 4 nights there on our tour coming up January 8-24 2026, Lost Kingdoms Rediscovered Laos & Vietnam, read more: danutours.com