Bali: Ubud & the Nusas
Rice terraces, a sunrise volcano, and two days on Nusa Penida where the cliffs do the work.
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About this trip
Bali, arranged by someone who has been enough times to skip the parts that are not worth it. Three nights in Ubud for the rice terraces, the water temples and a genuinely good cooking class, with a 2am start one morning to climb Mount Batur for the sunrise. Then across to Nusa Penida for two nights, where Kelingking and Diamond Beach look like someone turned the saturation up, and finally one night in Canggu to end on a beach club and a proper dinner. Visa on arrival, so the paperwork is nearly nothing.
- Mount Batur at sunrise, above the cloud layer
- Two nights on Nusa Penida — Kelingking, Diamond Beach, Angel's Billabong
- The Tegallalang rice terraces early, before the buses
- A Balinese cooking class in Ubud, market visit included
- Snorkelling with manta rays off Penida, seasonally
- Tirta Empul water temple, and the Campuhan ridge walk
Day by day
7 days, written by the host who runs it.
Day 1Arrive Denpasar, on to Ubud
Airport pick-up and across to Ubud. Afternoon on the Campuhan ridge walk, then dinner on the main strip.
Day 2Ubud
Tegallalang rice terraces early, then the Tirta Empul water temple and the Goa Gajah elephant cave. Cooking class in the afternoon, market visit included.
Day 3Mount Batur
A 2am start for the Batur sunrise climb — two hours up, and worth every minute. Hot springs afterwards, then the rest of the day is for sleeping.
Day 4Ubud to Nusa Penida
Fast boat across to Penida. Afternoon at Kelingking cliff and Broken Beach. Sunset from Angel's Billabong.
Day 5Nusa Penida
East Penida — Diamond Beach and Atuh — in the morning, and an optional snorkel trip to look for manta rays. Free afternoon.
Day 6Penida to Canggu
Boat back to the mainland and across to Canggu. Beach club, sunset at Echo Beach, and a last dinner.
Day 7Out
Breakfast, then airport drop. Anyone extending gets help rearranging.
What the price covers
Included
- 6 nights — 3 in Ubud, 2 on Nusa Penida, 1 in Canggu, twin sharing
- All breakfasts and 4 dinners
- All transport in Bali, plus return fast-boat tickets to Nusa Penida
- The Batur sunrise climb with a licensed guide, and the hot springs entry
- The Ubud cooking class, and all temple entries and sarong hire
- Your host for the full trip
Not included
- International flights to and from Denpasar
- Indonesia visa on arrival, about ₹3,000, paid at the airport
- Lunches, and 2 dinners
- The manta snorkel trip, around ₹3,500
- Travel insurance, which we ask everyone on an international trip to carry
- Anything personal
Where you sleep, how you move
Stay
A pool villa or good boutique hotel in Ubud, a cliff-side stay on Nusa Penida, and a Canggu hotel walking distance from the beach. All air-conditioned with attached bathrooms. Twin sharing; a private room is ₹22,000 for the trip.
Transport
Private air-conditioned vans throughout, return fast boat to Penida, and jeeps on Penida because the island's roads require them.
What to carry
- Passport valid for at least six months beyond travel, plus two photocopies
- Printed visa or e-visa approval, and your travel insurance certificate
- A universal travel adaptor
- Some local currency for day one; cards work for most things after that
- Layers appropriate to the season — see the trip overview
- A reusable water bottle and personal medication
Who this trip is for
Open to 18–55. The Batur climb is two hours of steady uphill on loose volcanic scree in the dark. It is optional, but it is the best thing on the trip.
Cancellation & refunds
Specific to this trip, because a permit-bound Himalayan departure cannot carry the same terms as a weekend by a river.
- More than 60 days before departure — full refund, less a ₹5,000 processing fee.
- 45 to 60 days before departure — 60% refund.
- 30 to 44 days before departure — 30% refund.
- Under 30 days before departure — no refund. Air tickets and hotels are non-refundable by this point.
- Visa rejection with proof — full refund less the visa fee and ₹5,000 processing.
Full terms are in our refund & cancellation policy.
Meet your host
Kavya Reddy
Based in Goa · 3 trips led
Scuba instructor turned host, with 600+ logged dives across the Andamans and Southeast Asia. Runs our island and coastal trips and will get a nervous first-timer underwater without them noticing.
Not quite the one?
There are other departures, and we would rather put you on the right trip than the nearest one.
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