Ubud Day Tour

It is safe if you follow the rules. Bites are uncommon and almost always happen when someone holds food, teases a monkey or tries to grab back a stolen item. Leave food and loose items in the car, keep your bag zipped and closed, do not touch the animals, and let the rangers intervene if a macaque takes something.

Between 1.5 and 2 hours each way depending on traffic, sometimes 2.5 hours if you leave the south between 16:00 and 18:00. That is why we recommend an 08:00 pickup and a route that works its way up through Tegenungan and Tegallalang rather than driving straight into Ubud centre.

Monkey Forest is IDR 80,000 for adults and IDR 60,000 for children. Tegallalang is a small donation at the entrance plus a fee if you walk into the terraces. Tirta Empul is around IDR 50,000 including sarong hire. Waterfalls run IDR 20,000–30,000. Budget roughly IDR 200,000 per person for a full Ubud day.

Between 07:00 and 10:00. The light is soft, the valley often has mist, the temperature is bearable for walking down into the terraces and the tour buses have not arrived. Late afternoon is second best. Midday is hot, crowded and flat for photos.

Yes. Shoulders and knees must be covered and a sarong tied at the waist is required for all temple visits. Sarongs are lent free or for a small fee at every temple gate, and your driver keeps spares in the car. Women who are menstruating are traditionally asked not to enter temple inner courtyards.

Comfortably. A typical day is one waterfall, the rice terraces, a swing and the Monkey Forest, with lunch in between. Adding all of Tirta Empul, the market and the Campuhan walk on top is too much — pick four or five stops and enjoy them properly.

Your driver explains each place, its history and the etiquette, helps buy tickets, takes photos and can walk with you at most stops. He is a licensed tourist driver rather than a certified museum guide, so for deep cultural or archaeological detail we can arrange a specialist guide for an extra fee.

Of course. Many guests do the tour, have dinner in Ubud, then take a taxi back or stay a night. If you prefer, your driver can wait for the palace dance performance at 19:30 and drive you home afterwards — just agree it in the morning so the timing is planned.

Send a WhatsApp message to +62 852 3773 9888 with your date, hotel or villa area, number of passengers and the tour you want. You get a fixed quote back, usually within 15 minutes. No deposit and no credit card are needed — you pay the driver in cash or by bank transfer on the day of the trip.

Yes. Every driver speaks conversational English, and we have drivers who speak Japanese (日本語対応). Japanese-speaking drivers are a smaller team, so please mention it when you book so we can reserve the right person for your date.

Pickup and drop-off are included from Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Canggu, Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, Sanur, Denpasar and Ubud. Pickups from Uluwatu, Amed, Candidasa, Lovina or Munduk are possible with a small surcharge for the extra distance — just ask when you book.

Bali rain usually passes within an hour, so we simply reorder the stops and wait it out somewhere dry rather than cancel. For airport pickups we track your flight number and wait free of charge if you land late. Cancelling for genuine bad weather or a missed flight carries no fee.