Private Full-Day Tour: Balinese Temples and Rice Terraces
Recommended by 98% of travelers
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Ubud, Indonesia
- 10 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visit Bali’s ancient temples and terraced rice fields on a full-day private door-to-door tour through the island’s most remarkable places. See the 11th-century shrines at Gunung Kawi (Mt. Kawi), and choose to join a ritual purification at Tirta Empul Temple. Enjoy lunch at a jungle restaurant, stroll in a lush rice paddy, and spot the long-tailed macaques in Ubud Monkey Forest before returning to your accommodation.
- Discover Balinese culture at local temples and take part in a traditional blessing
- Spot macaques and walk through the Tegalalang Rice Terraces
- Enjoy a restaurant lunch with lush jungle views
- Two-way private transfers from your Ubud or south Bali accommodation
What's Included
- Scenic lunch
- Private tour
- Transport by air-conditioned private vehicle
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Driver/guide
- Alcoholic drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We include complimentary pick-up & drop-off at your hotel/apartment/villa. These areas include Ubud, Sanur, Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Canggu, Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, and Uluwatu. Please let us know prior to the start of your tour.
Itinerary
1
Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Mount Kawi
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
3
Tirta Empul Temple
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
4
Tegalalang Rice Terrace
35 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
5
D Alas Warung Restaurant
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infant seats available
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- There will be some amount of stairs to Gunung Kawi Temple
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.9
based on 246 reviews
Woo_L, Aug 2024
We had an amazing day with Agos. We went to two temples, the rice paddies, an Artist Village and had an authentic Indonesian lunch. We even stopped at a coconut stand where Agos taught us how to enjoy coconuts the Balinese way. He shared his love for Balinese culture and life as well as history. He was always so warm, funny and engaging. My teenage kids adored Agos and his stories. He was so good with kids. If you are lucky enough to visit Bali, I highly recommend you find a
Day to spend with Agos
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Dear Woo_L,
Expressing gratefulness is the only thing we could do after receiving such a wonderful comment about your memorable day in Bali. Your driver/tour guide, Agus, is one of our precious assets and it brings us happiness that he can be a help in your tour. As a tour company, we will always give our best in creating the most enjoyable trip for our guests and we are glad that our efforts have made your holiday in Bali become full of memories. Thank you for choosing us as a part of your trip and we would be very grateful if we can assist you again in the future.
Regards
Wayan
Marcel_N, Mar 2024
Very worthwhile excursion. Our guide was great. Explained everything and was very knowledgeable about local religions and traditions. Temple visit was very impressive
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Dear Marcel_N,
Allow us to thank you for your wonderful feedback of your trip with Hire Bali Driver. It was an honor for us to be able to assist you during your holiday in Bali and we are happy to learn that you are enjoying your vacation. Here in Hire Bali Driver, we will always try our best to create the most memorable trip which is full of enjoyment for our guests. We would sincerely thank you for the review and we will look forward to serving you again in your next trip in Bali.
Regards,
Wayan
Paul_D, Mar 2024
Suryi was a great guide: excellent English, very knowledgeable, kind and responsive. The car was clean and comfortable and Suryi was a very safe driver on the crazy Balinese roads. The most impressive sight was the monuments of Gunung Kawi - worth all the steps. The monkey forest was a nice finale - beautiful forest/jungle and well-behaved monkeys! The coffee plantation was a worthwhile option with much information and fun tasting. Overall, the tour was varied very enjoyable, good value and we can thoroughly recommend it.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Dear Paul_D,
Thank you very much for writing such a thorough and positive review. We are glad to know that you have a pleasant time with us. It is a great pleasure to know that you had a pleasant and satisfying experience with one of our driver or guide Surya. Our Teams were thrilled to receive your feedback which serves as an encouragement as we intend to provide superior services to all guests. Thank you again for sharing your experience of Hire Bali Driver – Day Tours. We look forward to welcoming you again in Bali.
Regards,
Wayan
Robert, Jan 2023
Highly recommend and ask for Ma-de!
Winding down after a few weeks in SE Asia we decided to spend a few days in UBUD and added in this tour to break free of the busy downtown UBUD streets. Although our hotel, Westin Element, offered a free shuttle to the monkey sanctuary, having this as part of the package - made for a perfect start of the day. This wasn’t’ initially on the top of my list but turned out to be a wonderful experience - the monkeys are well taken care of and roam free, yet I never felt as if they were a threat to our young child.
From there, Ma-de bought us to a less visited temple, then a wonderful stop for lunch, followed by a stop over at a interactive coffee plantation - another highlight. After a full sampling and a nice dose of caffeine, we visited the Pura Tirta Empul (lots of tourists wanting to be cleansed - well, at least for their Instagrams -but worth the stop), and then onward to a beautiful rice field viewing. For me, the key to these tours is having an interactive driver to help explain the history of the sites along with adding in local knowledge while in transit. Ma-de helped to create the perfect day! Thanks!
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Dear Robert,
Thank you for using our service and we truly appreciate your feedback and your compliment to Made as our driver or tour guide. We have always tried our best to make your experience memorable. Our Teams will be thrilled to receive your feedback which serves as an encouragement as we intend to provide superior services to all guests. Thank you again for sharing your experience. We look forward to welcoming you again in Bali.
Regards,
Wayan
Virut_H, Aug 2022
We had Sunarta as our guide. He was quite helpful in trying to explain about the different things we saw during the trip. Overall, the main sites we visited were great and not too far from each other, reducing the transportation time between different places. Sunarta also managed to add an additional stop at a coffee plantation (not originally in the itinerary) to our day trip. I quite enjoyed the stop there too, since we got to taste different coffees and teas.
Response from Host, Aug 2022
Dear Virut_H,
Thank you for using our service and we truly appreciate your feedback and your compliment to Sunarta as our driver or tour guide. We have always tried our best to make your experience memorable. Our Teams will be thrilled to receive your feedback which serves as an encouragement as we intend to provide superior services to all guests. Thank you again for sharing your experience. We look forward to welcoming you again in Bali.
Regards,
Wayan
shajeff1, Jan 2020
Great sites and the tour guide (Surya) was so informative and made the tour fun. I over all the temples and rice terraces
Response from Host, Jan 2020
Dear shajeff1,
We are very appreciating your compliment about your trip with one of our driver/tour guide, Surya. It brings a lot of happiness to us knowing that our services become a great help in making your trip in Bali become memorable. Thank you for sharing your trip experience with us. Hopefully we can meet again in your next trip in Bali.
Regards,
Wayan
LAITH_A, Jan 2020
Great perfect trip highly and perfectly organised, the tour guide and the driver is great did more than his best to make perfect . I highly recommend this tour worths the time and money . Great hospitality and care
Response from Host, Jan 2020
Dear LaithD9,
Thank you for having chosen our company and we are all happy to know that you had a wonderful time with us.
I am also delighted to learn that you were impressed with the service we provided. Your positive feedback will be shared with the entire team to motivate them and to continuously deliver the art of discovering Bali.
It will be our privilege for having the opportunity to have you back for the next trips in the near future.
Regards,
Wayan
Extraordinary167876, Nov 2019
Our driver was very polite and helpfull. We had even more stops on our way. Get a chance to visit a local painting school for childrens. Even saw his traditional house :)
Madison_W, May 2019
My husband and I were gifted this Bali Tour for one of the days during our honeymoon, and we were so impressed with the driver, as well as each of the tours we did!! We felt like we really got to see different parts of Ubud, and even with just driving around. With each tour we learned about various parts of Balinese culture, while seeing the land, and learning about the most popular island religion, Hinduism. We would recommend doing this tour to a group of friends, honeymooners, solo travelers, and anyone on vacation in Bali who really wants to see the land.
Our driver was wonderful in explaining where we were driving, where we were going, and was very timely. Thank you Desna for an awesome day!!!!
Yuri_L, Apr 2019
Very nice, Came on time. Dropped us in a cruise port. Worth the time and money. Good level of English.
Vanessa_W, Apr 2019
A fabulous tour! We had Sakha as our guide and he made the day fun and enjoyable. Definitely recommend a blessing at the holy temple spring - such a beautiful experience. Kris and Vanessa, Australia.
Christina_L, Oct 2018
This tour was great, especially you have limited time. Our tour guide Risma was very personable and knowledgable. Overall, a great experience. Highly recommend this tour!
Hannah R, Sep 2018
This was a great tour to show us places around Ubud. Our tour guide was very nice and knew his way around. I would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to experience Bali!
Kirsteninbali, Sep 2018
Our tour guide Hendra was very knowledgeable and helpful. The stop off for lunch was amazing. Would definitely reccoment this tour. Thank you Hendra
nancyjp23, Sep 2018
Our guide was very accommodating. He picked us up from our Airbnb in Kuta and even dropped us off at our Airbnb in Ubud. He spoke good English and let us customize our tour. He also took pictures with his camera and sent them to us. Overall, a great experience. Highly recommend.
RichardMark_D, Jul 2018
This is a 'must do' tour for anyone who is short on time and is wanting to see some of the main points of Bali.
I cannot speak highly enough of our guide, Gede. Pick up was on time, he spoke excellent english and adjusted our tour to avoid the busiest times at some of the 'attractions'. He also asked us for our preferences so we avoided seeing too many temples. He was very patient when we accidentally went for an extended mountain trek at the rice terraces and remained enthusiastic and informative even though he carried out this tour several times a week. Gede, you are a star, 10/10.
Other reviewers have mentioned the various places visited so I will not. All in all, and excellent day tour.
Kandis_H, Mar 2018
This tour was breathtaking! It would not have been possible without our phenomenal tour guide Made. He was helpful, patient, and a pleasure to have with my friends and I. He went above and beyond to make our tour meaningful.
piotr_g, Sep 2017
I highly recommend this tour. Aaron, our tour guide and driver, was very friendly and knowledgeable. He was very accommodating towards our schedule: we were picked up from our hotel in Seminyak then dropped off at our hotel in Ubud at the end of the tour. We learnt a lot about Balinese culture and history throughout the day. The Gunung Kawi and Tirta Empul temples were particularly impressive, thanks to Aaron's in-depth knowledge about the sites. The traditional Indonesian lunch included as part of the tour was absolutely amazing. It was by far the best meal we had during our week-long stay in Bali. To top it off the views from the restaurant were breathtaking perched in the treetops overlooking the jungle.
Alfonso_C, Sep 2017
Our tour guide was Panca and he was absolutely fantastic! He explained every little detail along the way and answered all the questions we had during the car ride to the various places we visited and also gave us many interesting historical details about each place. Every place we visited was just so beautiful and better than any picture you take. The rice terraces are just picturesque an serene and the monkeys at the monkey forest in Ubud, so cute. You can pay a lady a few bucks while inside if you want to feed the monkeys. They are everywhere, but they usually leave you alone unless you paid to feed them. We were warned to remove any hats or earrings we had on as they may take interest in those things and take them from you. The old trees and the surroundings in this sanctuary almost look like they were taken out of an Indiana Jones file, so green and alive. We also visited a few temples, Tirta Empul and Gunung Kawi. At Tirta Empul, you can go into the water and actually get a blessing for purification, you do have to pay extra to get into the water, so if that's something you plan on doing, be prepared and bring a towel and change of clothes. The extra that you pay includes a sarong and locker. Note that you do have to wear a sarong in all temples out of respect and they are usually provided with your entrance fee. My husband and I were not prepared so we weren't able to go into the water. The lunch included in this tour was amazing. So good and the restaurant had spectacular views. After lunch, we went to Gunung Kawi which is a temple and funerary complex. Sarongs are also included so beware of the local sellers telling you you need to buy one-you don't. The walk down to the temple is pretty long so be sure to wear comfortable shoes. This was also very beautiful and were able to hear and see the local men and women playing music and singing in ancient Balinese. Very lovely, we took a few videos of them. The way back up from the temple is quite a stroll so be prepared for that. After a long day, it can be tiring, but this whole tour was so worth it! If you come to Bali-this is MUST book tour. You will be very lucky if you end up with our tour guide, Panca-he's the best!
Carlos F, Aug 2017
This tour encompasses several key must sees of Bali, taking you by private car to all of them without having to bother about getting tickets, lunch etc We had Desna as our driver and guide and had a very good experience overall, him being very good natured and helpful. The rice terraces however proved to be a bit underwhelming, having to pay donations every five steps, could be exchanged for another temple or activity.
See Khim O, Jun 2017
We had amazing time visiting so many places in a day and Sakha is a great tour guide. Highly recommend this tour. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
John L, Jun 2017
This was both my wife's and my first trip to Bali and thanks to VIATOR Tours it has become a very memorable one for us. Our day tour was a private tour by an excellent guide Wayan Berata a Hire Bali Driver. Wayan collected us from our Hotel at the appointed time and with excellent English gave us a menu of local craft villages we may like to visit. We selected a visit to local art centre and were thrilled to have had a selection of excellent paintings at excellent prices without any necessity to buy. As we continued our tour Wayan answered honestly the many questions we had in relation to Bali and its local customs etc. The tour consisted a visit to a tea and coffee plantation, monkey forest, temples and the rice terraces - just as the tour descriptor stated. The lunch was first class and beautifully presented as we overlooked the rice terraces. At all times our guide was very professional knowing when to explain and when to give us time to reflect and browse about, all the time making us feel his special guests. We were exhausted when we got back to our hotel but with many positive memories of our day trip with Wayan our guide. This is a tour we could recommend to all travellers.
John and Colette from Co. Cork, Ireland.
BK group, Jun 2017
The itinerary was amended a little to suit us, very appreciated!
Excellent tour with a very good tour guide!
Many thanks to our tour guide Trisna for a great day!
Highly recommended this tour.
charlotte k, May 2017
We went on this tour last Thursday. It was brilliant. Our driver made the trip 1000 worth it! he was great. Desna spoke perfect English, explained things about Bali we wouldn't have known, taught us about the way they live. He was def the highlight of our tour. We went to the holy water temple, another temple, rice fields, monkey forest, ubud market, coffee tasting.. and a lovely forest valley for lunch. All the while helped by Desna, It was a great day. If you are looking to do the tour I would recommend our driver!
Caroline S, May 2017
We were scheduled to be picked up at 9am, but werent picked up until about 9:15am. There was a mix up with our pick-up location, and we werent called by the tour company until I emailed them in the morning. I would suggest providing the phone number of the driver before the tour is scheduled to start. Overall, our Temples and Rice Terraces Tour was great! Our Guide Wayan Berata was so kind and welcoming. He guided us in a different order than the viator tour lists. We saw the following in order: Coffee Plantation, Monkey Forrest, Lunch with the Rice Terrace View, Holy Water Temple, and Gunung Kawi Temple.
We had a few questions before going on the tour that were explained to us only when we saw our Guide. We were under the impression that we would go into the water at the Holy Water Temple, but we only toured the temple. We also thought we would learn and have more activities at the rice terraces besides lunch. Our Guide Wayan was great with setting expectations once together, but this would have been nice to know ahead of time.
Overall the tour was a fun yet affordable experience. Wayan was so dedicated in making sure we were happy with our experience-- constantly asking if we needed anything throughout the day. He also made it a point to provide us with water and local fruit as a surprise treat. He clearly is a man who truly cares about the island of Bali and sharing his experiences with the world. We had a lovely day and definitely plan on using this service again when we return to Bali. Thank you Wayan!
Daniel N, Jan 2017
We had a fantastic time. Our guide spoke english well and was very knowledgeable about the places we visited.
Jacqueline_D, Jan 2017
We had an amazing day - we were shown beautiful temples and we had the most amazing lunch view. My favorite part was visiting the monkey forrest. Our guide was able to tell us so many interesting facts about Bali and knew his way around, it was a lot of fun with him, very pleasant and easy-going personality. I would definitely recommend this tour. :
Elmar E, Jan 2017
Spectacular Temples with a very good guide, who informed us not only about the sights but also about the culture of the country, the economical situation and lats but not lest about the people of Bali. Driver and guide were very caring and friendly. Wo could ask for patronal interests und felt extremely comfortable. Better a tour can't be! Thank y'all! Highly recommended.
Christopher C, Jan 2017
Great day, well organised tour. The driver Leo was really good as well. Very knowledgeable and very friendly.
Laurel_W, Dec 2016
It was a nice tour, got taken around for the day. It was raining so we didn't really see the rice terrenes. Our driver was very knowledgeable and nice. And the place we stopped for lunch was nice, café D'alas I think. It had good food. All in all a good tour.
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