UBUD · BALI · INDONESIA
Rice terraces, monkey forest, the Mount Batur sunrise.
Ubud is the green heart of Bali. Yoga and offerings at first light, jungle swings over the rice fields by midday, a Kecak fire dance at sunset. And the wider Bali a half-day's drive in every direction.
The day everyone books
If you only have one day in Ubud.
The all-in Ubud day — Monkey Forest, jungle swing, a rice-terrace stop and a water temple — is the most-booked tour from the city. Here is the one that travellers keep coming back to.
Dawn to dusk
A day in Ubud.
Four hours that almost every Ubud itinerary makes room for. The pre-dawn volcano climb. The rice terraces in late morning light. An afternoon learning Balinese spices. The Kecak chant by firelight at sunset.
The classics
Ubud's Most Popular Tours
Monkey Forest, the rice terraces, Mount Batur, Tirta Empul, the Nusa Penida day trip. The tours travellers book most when they get to Ubud.
By place
Pick a corner of the island.
Ubud for the rice fields and the temples. Mount Batur for the sunrise. Nusa Penida for the cliffs and the manta rays. Uluwatu for the clifftop temple. Waterfalls scattered through the gorges around Tegenungan and Tibumana.
By tour type
Or pick how you want to spend the day.
eBike through the rice fields. Hike the volcano. Raft the Ayung. Cook a market lunch. Sit through a Kecak chant. Or just hire a driver for the day and string four temples together.
The shot you came for
Bali Swing, the Ubud version.
A long rope, a deep gorge, a hundred-foot arc over the rice terraces. Tegalalang invented this. Three swing setups we'd send our friends to, when the photo is the point.
On two wheels
Through Ubud, by bike.
Mostly downhill, mostly through villages and rice paddies. eBike for the easy version, mountain bike for the back roads. Our shortlist for the half-day that ends with lunch in a paddy field.
Slow the day
The Ubud spa afternoon.
Balinese massage, flower baths, the volcanic hot springs at Toya Devasya. The other half of why people come to Ubud. Three picks for the day you don't want to move much.
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