Mount Ijen Crater Tour From Ubud Bali
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Ubud, Indonesia
- 1 day (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
The Ijen Crater is famed for the blue fire that flickers on its crater lake, which you can only see after dark. Rather than drive yourself through the night, leave driving to your personal chauffeur on this private tour, which departs from your hotel in Ubud in the early evening and arrives back in the mid-afternoon. A seasoned local guide leads the way and provides a flashlight and protective gear, with breakfast also included.
- Capture magical photos of the blue fire, as well as sunrise from Mt. Ijen
- A private vehicle with hotel pickup gives you space to rest during the long night drive
- Get personal attention from your guide on this private tour
- Round-trip transportation makes continuing your day a breeze
What's Included
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- All Fees and Taxes
- Gas Mask, Torch
- Breakfast
- Experience Local Guide
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Lunch
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
Itinerary
1
Blue Fire Ijen Crater
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Minimum booking 2 person is required
- What to bring : Jumper/jacket, little snack,cash
- Need to bring your picture of passport and vaccine certificate
- Please bring healthy letter from doctor or clinic.Or you pay in java 50k for the healthy check up
- 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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Featured review
kiah_b
We had the sweetest driver Dewa, who took us from Canggu to the harbor. Awesome guy with awesome taste in music.
Zai was our guide for the hike up Ijen, and he was also amazing. He took sooo many pictures and videos for us and made a video at the end compiling everything. He’s got TALENT. If you’re wanting to have your own personal professional photographer, go with Zai! Highly recommend this tour and these lovely people.
Reviews
4.8
based on 60 reviews
kiah_b, Apr 2026
We had the sweetest driver Dewa, who took us from Canggu to the harbor. Awesome guy with awesome taste in music.
Zai was our guide for the hike up Ijen, and he was also amazing. He took sooo many pictures and videos for us and made a video at the end compiling everything. He’s got TALENT. If you’re wanting to have your own personal professional photographer, go with Zai! Highly recommend this tour and these lovely people.
Mariana_C, Oct 2025
This tour was awesome! It is a tiring experience, as it takes like 24h from start to finish, but the way up and down Ijen is okay. There's diferente drivers and a guide, all were great and on time. Zai was our guide there and helped a lot!!! He was super attentive, helping me not to fall and making sure I was able to follow up and he let me take breaks whenever I wanted on the hike. Besides that, he was super friendly and funny, making the hike more fun! Down at the volcano crater, sometimes theres wind and so the toxic smoke can be directly in your face. Zai made sure we didnt panick and let us know If It was safe or not. Great overall!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Dear Mariana,
Thank you so much for shared your experience. We are really happy to organised your mount ijen tour from ubud.
Have a good holiday in bali.
Warmest Regards,
Wayan
Edoardo_D, Oct 2025
The experience was absolutely amazing! I booked for me and my wife as soon as we got to Bali and all was perfectly scheduled in order to have an awesome tour to the Ijen and see the blue flame! Wayan was our driver from the hotel in Bali to the Gilimanuk port, he drove us perfect on time despite terrible traffic jams. We managed also to have a quick dinner on the road, amazing Mie Goreng. Once arrived in Giava the second driver took us to a quick medical check and to the base camp where we met Ikrom, a young and super nice guide that took us on the top of the mountain and then to the blue flames safely, giving us every information and explanation we asked for. The base camp can provide hot drinks and food, and you can rent also a jacket (it’s pretty cold and windy on the top, better get ready with hiking shoes and proper clothes). The hike started at 1.30 am and was pretty intense (about 800 meters of difference in height from the base camp to the top) but the night was beautiful and the sky was full of stars. Ikram set the right pace for us so we managed to go up quickly and get to the blue flames before the sunrise. That’s not obvious because there are a lot of people and traffic jams form along the way down to the lake. Ikrom is also a great photographer and took wonderful photos and videos of us. After the sunset we start to descend and we got to the base camp at 6.30 am. We had a tasteful typical Balinese breakfast and we got on the car again towards the port, took the ferry and reached Bali again, where Wayan was waiting for us to take us back to the hotel. For the return Wayan followed the waterfront road north of the island, we stopped for a great lunch on the beach and to see the lakes from above in the village of Monduk and finally arrived at the hotel perfectly on time. It was an amazing trip and we really hope to see Ikrom and Wayan again!!
Ralph_J, Aug 2025
The tour was 10/10 - the highlight of our trip to Bali!
The transport was seamless - from the driver in Bali, to the escort across to Java (in the boat to make sure we arrived safely), then the driver in Java - it was an easy experience.
Our guide for Ijen was Zai. He was very sweet and supportive. Zai spoke good English and was very knowledgeable about Ijen. We had climbed Batur a few days before so we were tired - Zai was encouraging but very patient and went at a pace suited to us and listened to how we were coping with the climb. He knew the best spots to rest and the best spots to take photos, and he took lots of photos / videos of us and even edited a video of our experience getting us through crowds which we wouldn’t have been able to do ourselves. My partner did struggle with the climb on the return part and he was exceptional with his advice and always made sure we were safe as some parts of the decent into the crater are quite dangerous.
Simply put, our experience wouldn’t have been the same without Zai.
We would highly recommend this tour!
Edward_D, Jan 2025
The tour company was excellent. Great communication before the tour. Great communication about pick up. Constant attention by personal drivers and tour guides. Hand held figuratively and literally as I descended the crater.
Service was excellent. All issues, such as me forgetting my jacket or rapidly resolved.
The location was otherworldly. Seeing the blue flames, being in a different type of volcano cauldron, with sulfuric acid clouds and elemental sulfur precipitation on the ground. It is a geologist’s dream. The walk up and down the volcano were also beautiful. Going up was in the dark with a flashlight. Very unique. Coming down you had beautiful vistas and fog shrouded mountains. The guides and the other travelers were all extremely friendly.
The travel was long. Stops were made when I asked for them or they needed to gas up. They stopped briefly at some temples and Lake Vistas. But the travel was long, so there wasn’t a lot of extra time for other stuff. We did have a local meal, that was very good. And we stopped at a cute boutique coffee shop in the Highlands.
This was a bucket list travel for me. My three other companions decided to stay in their hotel in Bali. I have to say that the travel was arduous. From mid Bali it was six hours to the ferry. One hour crossing. Two hours to the volcano. Two hours up the volcano. 45 minutes down the volcano then on the way out reverse that. The whole travel took about 24 hours. This was on the go. I caught sleep in the back of a bouncing vehicle. Most people visiting the volcano were 20 year olds. Either from China, other Asian countries, and a few Germans. About 1000 people descended into the volcano on the weekday that I went. I took many breaks on the ascent. But I am a bit out of shape. It was an option for a “DeLorean” ride. Which was a wheeled sled that was dragged up the mountain. Several people took this option. Mostly people out of shape. The descent into the volcano was narrow and torturous. Everyone wants single file. Everyone watched every step. But all this was doable, and part of the experience.
The day that I was there, the air was not bad. I put my respirator on when I was standing in front of the sulfur vents, at the bottom of the creator. Otherwise it was unnecessary. But as the wind shifted, your eyes would burn. And those who took their respirator off to get better pictures quickly put it back on. I felt no danger from the Sulphur clouds or the vented sulfur steam. Everything was extremely well controlled. The worst part of the air was all the sulfur miners smoking as they carry their product to the surface. All the guides or chain smoking the whole time too. I had more of a cough from the tobacco than I did from the sulfur.
I have given it an unusually long description of my experience. Hopefully it will help you decide whether you want to meet this challenge. For me it was a dream come true. And this company and the guys were exceptional perfect so if this is on your list of must dues. You will definitely earn the right to say you visited this sulfuric volcano. An alternative to think about is to come by from your travels in Java. Possibly stay overnight in one of the hotels at the volcano. Enjoy the experience and then move on. Travel to this location was definitely the hardest part. I hope this helps future readers.
Again this company was top notch, excellent, attentive. They were perfect in every way. Highly recommend them if you choose to do this travel. I can’t imagine a better experience or company. My driver was Gade (good Day). The tour guide for the drive was Suka and my personal hiking guide was Sugi. All excellent.
Julien_F, Jul 2024
It was a great experience; the crater is a beautiful trek and the blue flame quite mesmerising. But I would not recommend doing this specific activity all the way from Ubud. There were sone confusion with our driver who arrived 2h late, and the whole journey to Ijen is exhausting. We didn't feel safe with our drivers who were recklessly driving and looked exhausting, theor eyes kept closing.
The mount itself is gorgeous, it's an easy but demanding trek. You don't need super pro hiking gear. You may need a thick jacket or layer up as it gets quite cold while waiting for the sunset.
Response from Host, Jul 2024
Dear Julien,
Thank you for taking time to leaved your experience. On that day our driver cancel it on short notice then the first driver calling his friend..I don't have time to hire my team cause very last minutes. Normally we don't have any problem like this.
Hope you understand on my situation also. This is make me streesfully.
Thank you
Kindly Regards,
Wayan
Isabella_F, Jun 2024
What a trip! Started with pick up at Ubud with our amazing driver Komang which was very attentive to our needs all the way to the boat. It is a long drive but traffic was on our side around 4 hours. Once there we were helped by a lady to cross to Java. Once there we had the friendly Andrew and Ismail who were the best! They took us to get the medical letter and to the mountain tracking start point. we had some coffee and we begin the tracking with our guide Reza. The tracking is more difficult than expected but 200% worth it. Even if not a weekend day it was busy but thanks to our guide we got ahead and had time to see the blue fire as well as the sunrise on top of the mountain. Our guide was so attentive as the way down to the blue flame can be challenging. If you listen to him no issues safety was. He took some nice pictures and we had a really good time. The return down is not easy. I think you need a good fitness level but some people offer carry up and down service for people that struggles so everyone can access.
Overall we had everything included from breakfast (they gave us vegetarian but you need to ask before hand) to water and coffees and entry fees and boat ride. I recommend the private tour like we did for a better experience. Terima Kasih to all the amazing guides and drivers that gave us this experience.
Denisa_H, Mar 2024
Normally I don’t write reviews but this time I really feel like I should write it. I bought package from Bali included driver from Bali to ferry, someone who will take care of me on ferry Bali to Java, driver on Java, guide on Mt Ijen and breakfast.
Driver who took me 4 hours from Ubud to Bali and back was lovely polite guy, he was on time both ways, I wish all good to him.
Then some lady took me on ferry from Bali to Java at night time, on ferry there was a lot of men who kept harasing me, taking pictures and video of me, getting close to me, I felt the worst I felt during my two months in indonesia, the lady was sitting in front of me and she could hear everything but she was pretending like nothing is going on.
When we arrived to Java new driver picked me up and we went to pick up other 10 people from hostels in Java to mt Ijen, all good, he was sometimes confused where to pick up people but I can totaly understand it can happen, soon we arrived to Mt Ijen base camp.
We got our guide Suki who should be our guide to Mt Ijen, but he didn’t care at all. He was explaing important things about gas masks when some people were in toilet (he knew they were on toilet), he kept saying what is not his responsibilies and soon we start to hike. From the begining he push very very fast tempo, I am in very good shape and I couldn‘t catch them. Imagine hundreds of people climbing same way and your guide starts almost running, me and some other people got totaly lost. Yes of course there is milion people so you know which way you should go, but you could see others guides making sure that they have all of theirs people from their group, taking breaks, taking care of them, but not our guide, he was just running like we are in some race, then we havent seen him for realy long time. We met him only in crater where he pushed us to take picktures with blue flame and than we saw him again on the top of the mountain when he pushed us again to take pictures. During all track we have no idea when to put masks on or not, because we dont have our guide, it was very stresfull. Since I arrived to indonesia I was suprised how awesome and caring these tour guids are, but not this one.
I had breakfast inclued- they gave me noodles and chicken, I am vegetarian so I couldn’t eat it, again it can happen, no bad feelings about it. Just info for vegetarian to bring your own food.
Overall organisation good, drivers good, Mt Ijen guide and ''ferry lady'' horrible. Mt Ijen is beautiful and everybody should do it one time.
Trekking poles cost 25 000/per one, glasess 25 000/ per one, before you start you can use toiletes for 5 000, and buy some tea, coffee, food.
Hike is not easy but I would say it is also not so difficult as some people say, if you are used to do hikes no worries. If you are not uses to hike it can be difficult espesialy part when you go down to see blue fire, you can also take ‚‘taxi‘ and they can také you on the top of vulcano.
Response from Host, May 2024
Dear Denise,
We do apologize what happen to you, on that day we do have more people from bali so i put you in the group java. It is hassle for us to arrange if you are 1 person book for group tour...i would like to recommend to book private tour. Now i was delete for solo traveller join in the group for this packages to reduce complining people for this tour.
Thank you
Michael_M, Sep 2023
The tour was well organized for transportation to and from the site. We had a local guide that combined our group with others to go to the blue fire and back but this location is full of mass tourism. The volcano was beautiful and blue fire was spectacular though not a very big area. On the hike back you could see Raung in the distance.
JeanSbastien_T, Aug 2023
Incredible trek to do once in your life. Impossible to describe, you have to do it and see it by your eyes. Thanks for the kindness of the guides. Watch out to the travel time if you come from ubud because it a bit far and you will take around 7 hours to go there and 7 hours to come back but the travel really worth it.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Hi Jean,
Yes sure it is amazing volcano in java island. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Kindly Regards,
Como bali
Elise_M, Oct 2022
This is a challenging but uniquely rewarding experience. The trek is difficult but we had a great guide Safi who helped us. The climb was steep and then entry into the volcano was very rocky and in places slippery- but how rewarding to accomplish this and to see the beautiful blue flames and then the crater lake.
There is an option to have a taxi service to the rim of the crater - making this more accessible.
The transfer time from Ubud is long, and as there is no sleep the night of the visit I found the return to Ubud particularly tiring, be prepared. The tour company we used didn’t give us much up front information but everything worked out. The driver was on time, and everything flowed from there.
Response from Host, Oct 2022
Hi Elise,
Thank you for join with us. We will improving the list what you mean.
Had a good day
Kindly Regards,
Wayan
Vctor_S, Nov 2024
Vale la pena, ya que el cràter del volcán es una pasada, pero es una excursión cansada el hacerse de noche sin dormir, pero como digo muy recomendable. Además nuestro chófer Dhe una maravilla!!
biffybartsch, Mar 2024
Das war mit Abstand die beste Tour, die ich je gemacht habe! Abgesehen von den unvergesslichen Erlebnissen und Momenten, die ich mein ganzes Leben nicht vergessen werden, muss ich ein großes Lob an die Organisation dieser Tour aussprechen. Alles hat reibungslos funktioniert und sowohl der Transport als auch die Tour an sich wurde von super netten und herzlichen Menschen durchgeführt! Es hat sich zu 100% gelohnt und ich kann diese Tour wirklich jedem nur wärmstens empfehlen.
DaianaAgustina_T, Nov 2023
Excelente servicio. Cumplieron con todo lo pactado. El guía fue un existo. Súper necesario.
Recomiendo ampliamente el tour y la experiencia.
Marion_M, Sep 2023
Très beau lever de soleil sur le lac d’acide et les flammes bleues sont très belles bien que nous n’ayons pas eu la chance d’en voir beaucoup. Vous aurez un masque à gaz mais à noter que les vapeurs de soufre piquent un peu les yeux si vous êtes très près. Attention à ceux qui ne sont pas habitués aux randonnées avec dénivelé, ça monte pas mal. Et après il faut descendre dans le cratère sur des cailloux. Notre guide était très patient et me tenait la main pour m’aider à avancer, avec mon sens très relatif de l’équilibre. Il nous a également pris en photos mon mari et moi. Il était vraiment adorable. Nous lui souhaitons un bon rétablissement (rien de trop grave au final, mais il a failli tomber). Pas d’inquiétude, les guides font très attention aux personnes qu’ils accompagnent, cette nuit-là, aucun touriste n’a eu le moindre souci. Pour ceux qui se demandent, comment on peut ne pas s’ennuyer entre une entrée sur le site à 2h du matin et un lever de soleil entre 6 et 7h: les photos, évidemment, mais surtout le trajet! Nous ne regrettons pas (malgré les courbatures^^). Toute l’équipe était sympathique: nos 2 chauffeurs, celui de Bali et celui de Java ainsi que la personne qui nous a aidé à prendre le ferry. Le trajet est long depuis Bali, il faut profiter des transports pour se reposer et récupérer.
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