Curated family stays in Bali — a season of three months, or a year of twelve.
A curated family year in Bali — prepared and accompanied, from your first decision to your last.
Somewhere in most families lives a quieter ambition — to step out of the ordinary year and give the children, and themselves, a season they remember. Few ever act on it. Rarely for want of means; more often because the work of building a life in another country, and building it well, is simply too much to take on alongside the life you already have.
Bali is where that year becomes possible — and not the Bali of a fortnight in a resort. Beneath the beaches sits one of the oldest and most layered cultures on earth: a thousand years of trade, faith and craft, still lived in the language, the temples and the daily rhythm of the village. A place where a family can live simply, learn deeply, and be part of the community around them — not sealed away from one. You need never have set foot here — few families picture a year abroad before they see what one could be. We, however, knew Bali. What we had not found was a single team able to take on the whole move for a family.
The Annum takes on the stay as a whole. A curated stay of three months or twelve—the school, visa, villa, household, healthcare and hundred smaller details, coordinated by one team, with the practical ground prepared before your family arrives. The same team remains alongside the family throughout the stay: it is held, not handed over.
A month abroad is a beautiful holiday. A year, held well, is something else entirely: it changes how a family understands home, time and the world. The Annum is built for families who could arrange all of this themselves, given enough time — you would be paying us not to.
Three ways to take the time in Bali — a season, a year, or the year held closer — and the Atelier, for the occasions worth gathering for.
The Annum’s events house — weddings, celebrations, private dinners and larger gatherings, curated on the island with the same hand and the same taste. For our families, and for others who come for the occasion alone.
Explore The AtelierA thousand years of trade, faith and craft — still lived, in the daily rhythm of the village.
We are based on the south-west coast, but the work is island-wide — and we place each family where the fit is best, from the surf of Uluwatu to the rice terraces of Ubud. A broad choice of international and internationally oriented schools, private healthcare used by international families, and a region for every kind of family.
On place, in full
Choose a region — on the map, or in the index — for a short note on how it lives, and who it may suit.
The regions families consider, in their real relative positions — Ubud inland to the north, the south-west coast at Seseh, Cemagi, Canggu and Seminyak, Sanur on the south-east coast, and Uluwatu at the tip of the Bukit peninsula.
A year abroad turns on the unglamorous parts — the villa, the household, the visa, the money. These are the standards we hold them to, and they do not change from one family to the next.
The same standard for every family — whether a season or a year.
Twelve months in Bali, properly held, can change a family in ways it did not plan for.
We’re Oscar and Lydia. Oscar lived in Bali for several years, and together we returned often with our children before making the island home again. Across those years we built deep relationships throughout Bali and learned first-hand what makes family life here work — and what makes it unnecessarily difficult. The Annum is the single, considered team we would have wanted beside our own family.
More about usThe most common worry about a curated year in Bali — and an honest look at how a year is built to open outward, not seal a family in.
What a family year in Bali costs — international school fees, a villa, household staff, healthcare, visas and travel, and what swings the number.
Is Bali safe for a family year? A clear look at the real risks — traffic, water, petty theft — and the simple habits that manage them.
Long-term villa rental in Bali for a family — how yearly leases work, what to check before you commit, what it costs, and the mistakes to avoid.
How families stay in Bali legally for a year — the KITAS routes, dependent visas, the second-home and remote-worker options, and the end of visa runs.
Moving to Bali with toddlers — daycare and early-years options, the regions that suit little children, health and safety, and why the under-fives travel best.
How families take a sabbatical year with children — what the year is for, how long it should be, the fears that hold parents back, and how to spend it well.
The first month in Bali is slower than any family expects — what’s normal, what not to try to fix, and why the second month is the one that turns.
A practical guide to Bali’s international schools — Green School, Canggu Community, Bali Island School and more — and how to think about fit.
A short note on Galungan, Nyepi and the village ceremonies — what to wear, what to bring, and how families are welcomed back the next year.
An opinionated guide to the five regions of Bali families consider for a year, and the questions that should narrow them.
An illustrative itinerary showing how The Annum might shape one family journey through the region.
Three questions, and we’ll sketch where a season or a year might begin for your family. A starting point, not a rule — you take it from there.
There is no obligation in it. Each note is read personally and answered within one to two working days; where it feels a fit on both sides, a conversation follows, and only then does the work of the year begin. Introductions are welcome — and so are considered direct enquiries.
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