TETEBATU TOURS with lombok heritage team

Engrave Your Bamboo Story - Write on Bamboo Cup duration 45 minutes

✍️ Craft Your Travel Memory on a Cup

🎋 Design Your Own Bamboo Art

🌍 An Experience You Can Take Home

🍃 A Souvenir You’ll Never Forget

🧳 45 Minutes to Meaningful Memories

Engrave your travel memory on a bamboo cup in Tetebatu, Lombok. A 45-minutes cultural workshop that turns your story into handmade eco art.

🌿 Engrave Your Bamboo Story: Tetebatu’s Most Personal Travel Experience

Have you ever brought home a souvenir that truly meant something?

In Tetebatu, a peaceful village on the slopes of Mount Rinjani in Lombok, Indonesia, there's a humble 45-minute experience that could become the highlight of your trip.

Forget postcards. Forget keychains.

Here, you’ll create a bamboo cup, hand-crafted and engraved by you, telling your story.

This is “Engrave Your Bamboo Story” — a quick, mindful, and meaningful cultural workshop that gives you a one-of-a-kind souvenir: a cup that holds not just tea… but your travel memories.

🧭 Why Join This Bamboo Cup Experience?

Most travelers rush through destinations. This experience slows you down — even if just for 45 minutes — and invites you to connect deeply, reflect, and create something personal.

Here’s why it’s a must-do:

  • ✍️ You get to create your own bamboo cup.

  • 🌿 It’s sustainable, eco-conscious, and plastic-free.

  • 🎨 Personalize it with your name, a quote, or your travel dates.

  • 🌍 Supports Tetebatu’s local artisans and communities.

  • 🧘 Offers mindful reflection during your fast-paced travels.

In just 45 minutes, you’ll make a keepsake that feels like part of you — designed by your heart, shaped by your hands.

🛠️ What You’ll Do

This is a guided creative session hosted in a simple bamboo hut or outdoor garden, surrounded by the peaceful Tetebatu landscape. You’ll work with a local craft mentor who will walk you through each step — no experience needed!

💬 Step 1: Quick Welcome (5 min)

Arrive at our bamboo hut and enjoy a traditional herbal welcome drink (lemongrass, ginger, or tamarind). Your host will introduce you to the process and show examples of engraved bamboo cups.

🎋 Step 2: Choose Your Bamboo (5 min)

Pick your pre-treated bamboo cup — each one is sanded and cleaned, ready for engraving. You'll learn where the bamboo was harvested (usually from Tetebatu’s surrounding forest).

✏️ Step 3: Sketch Your Idea (10 min)

You’ll be given pencils or charcoal to sketch a word, quote, name, symbol, or message onto your bamboo. Want it in Sasak language or Bahasa Indonesia? We’ll help with translations!

🔥 Step 4: Burn or Engrave (20 min)

Using a traditional wood-burning tool or manual etcher, you’ll slowly trace over your sketch. Our artisan will assist if you need help with the finer details — but the work is yours.

🧴 Step 5: Finishing & Wrap (5 min)

Finally, add a finishing touch of organic bamboo to bring out the grain and give it a soft shine. Then, your finished cup is wrapped — perfect for gifting or taking home.

🧘 It’s Quick, But Deep

Though it only takes 45 minutes, many travelers leave with a feeling of calm, reflection, and connection. It’s not just about the craft — it’s about being fully present, even briefly, in a village that still moves at the rhythm of nature.

🏷️ What’s Included

Included Item Description🧑‍🎨 Guide & Materials Local artisan + tools and support🎋 Bamboo Cup Pre-treated and ready to engrave✏️ Design Sketching Tools Eco-pencil or charcoal🔥 Engraving Tool Manual or electric wood-burner🍵 Welcome Drink Local herbal tea🎁 Pouch Packaging Traditional Tetebatu's wrap

🧭 Itinerary (Duration: 45 Minutes)

Time Activity

08:00–08:05 Welcome drink & short introduction

08:05–08:10 Bamboo cup selection & preparation

08:10–08:20 Sketching your story or message

08:20–08:40 Burning or carving the design

08:40–08:45 Finishing + wrapping souvenir

🌍 Perfect For:

  • Solo travelers seeking meaningful moments

  • Couples wanting matching souvenirs

  • Families with kids (safe tools available)

  • Digital nomads escaping their screens

  • Eco-conscious tourists

  • Creatives, writers, and artists

No artistic talent required — only your presence and intention.

🛍️ LIMITED OFFER only 2 days ahead:
Enjoy this experience for just IDR 150K per person ( regular IDR 300K ) (Maximum 4 people) — includes welcome drink, tools, and your finished bamboo cup to take home.

The best memories aren't made in rush hours or big crowds.
They're made in quiet corners, on hillsides, beside rice fields — in places like Tetebatu.

In 45 minutes, you’ll make something beautiful that you’ll carry for a lifetime.
Not just in your bag — but in your heart.

So come. Sit. Sip your tea. Sketch a little. Burn your name into bamboo.
And when you drink from it back home, remember what it felt like to slow down.

📍 Available Daily in Tetebatu – Reserve Your Spot Now
📩 Book now at: www.tetebatutour.com

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