8 weddings

Real Bali weddings

How other couples did it: the venue, the setting, the details and the team behind each day.

Bride and groom exchanging vows on the Glass Stage beneath hanging paper cranes, with the bridal party either side

Rachel & Yugo · Tirtha Uluwatu

Paper cranes over the ocean on Tirtha’s Glass Stage

A multicultural clifftop wedding at Tirtha Uluwatu: a kimono and a kebaya, hundreds of paper cranes over the Glass Stage and a disco after-party in an indoor forest.

Bride and groom walking hand in hand across a clifftop lawn above turquoise sea at AYANA Resort Bali

ClifftopPhoto by Terralogical

Kaylynn & Alvin · AYANA Resort Bali

Golden hour on the cliffs at SKY, AYANA

A sunset clifftop wedding at SKY at AYANA Resort Bali, planned by Luxury Weddings Indonesia, with photographs by Terralogical and a film by Leura Film.

Bride and groom laughing together after their chapel ceremony, the bride holding a bouquet of pink and white roses

ChapelPhoto by Gusmank Photography

Rose & Heinz · Tirtha Uluwatu

A wedding built around roses in the Tirtha Uluwatu chapel

A chapel wedding at Tirtha Uluwatu in dusty rose, white and beige, with live violin for the vows and fireworks over the cliffs at night.

Aisle of Aksari's bamboo chapel lined with purple and pink flowers and scattered petals

JunglePhoto by Gusmank Photography

Matthew & Golrokh · Aksari Resort Ubud

Jewel-toned flowers in a bamboo chapel above the Ubud jungle

A jungle wedding in Aksari Resort’s bamboo chapel near Ubud, with purple and fuchsia flowers and a Persian knife dance at the reception.

Bride and groom standing at the altar of the glass-walled Infinity Chapel at Conrad Bali, decorated with white flowers

ChapelPhoto by Iluminen

Ben & Wonhee · Conrad Bali

When it rained: a chapel wedding at Conrad Bali

Heavy rain was forecast two days out, so the cocktails and dinner moved indoors. The vows stayed in Conrad Bali’s glass Infinity Chapel, and the rain made it feel all the more private.

Couple embracing in front of a pampas-grass arch on an oceanfront lawn at Soori Bali

BeachPhoto by Gusmank Photography

Sara & Chris · Soori Bali

A sunset elopement by the sea at Soori Bali

Just the two of them: an elopement on an oceanfront lawn at Soori Bali, with a pampas-grass arch, vows at sunset and a walk along the black-sand beach at dusk.

Guests showering the newlyweds with petals after the ceremony

ClifftopPhoto courtesy of Bali Flower Decor

Jessie & Julian · The Ungasan Clifftop Resort

A crescent-moon arch on the cliffs at The Ungasan

An intimate clifftop wedding at The Ungasan Clifftop Resort in blush, lavender and cream, framed by a crescent-moon floral arch.

Bride in a red embroidered qipao standing in a carved wooden doorway

VillaPhoto by Namasa Weddings

Taylor & Xin Nuo · Khayangan Estate

A private clifftop estate for the weekend: Khayangan

A whole-estate wedding at Khayangan Estate in Uluwatu, among antique Javanese houses on the cliffs, photographed on digital and film.