There's a reason the air in Munduk smells faintly sweet. This highland is one of Bali's oldest and most storied agricultural landscapes.
After the Dutch took control of North Bali in the 1890s, Munduk was established as a hill station, and plantations of coffee, cocoa, vanilla and clove were laid into the slopes. Until the 1980s, the hill stations of Gobleg and Munduk were the island's most productive coffee-growing regions.
A microclimate made for coffee
At roughly 1,200 metres, with volcanic soil and cool, humid air, Munduk's microclimate is ideal for coffee cultivation. Many plantations still grow coffee, cacao, vanilla and spices side by side, preserving heirloom trees and traditional processing.
Valleys terraced with coffee, vanilla, clove and cacao, the village air sweet with them.
Taste the highland
A morning among the plantations, a guided walk, a tasting of single-origin Munduk coffee, a look at how vanilla and cacao are cured, is one of the area's quiet pleasures. It's also a reminder that this is a working, rooted landscape, not a resort strip.
That authenticity is part of what makes The Heights Munduk a different kind of address.
Own a piece of the highlands.
Eight hillside villas above the clouds, private pool, hot plunge, sauna and fireplace in each. One hour from North Bali's new international gateway. Handover set for December 2027.
