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Private Full-Day Tour: Balinese Temples and Rice Terraces

Name: Private Full-Day Tour: Balinese Temples and Rice Terraces
Brand: Hire Bali Driver
SKU: 11769P11
Price: 59.90 USD
Rating: 5.0 (226 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceUbud, Indonesia

Bali Holy Spring Temple Rice Terrace and Monkey Forest Day Tour

10 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Visit Bali’s ancient temples, farms, and terraced rice fields on a full-day private tour through the island’s most remarkable places. See the 11th-century shines at Gunung Kawi, and experience a holy blessing in Tirta Empul’s temple spring. Enjoy lunch at a jungle restaurant before trekking into the heart of a lush rice paddy for views of the jade-green landscape. Then spot the long-tailed macaques in a monkey forest before returning to your hotel.

Discover Balines culture at local temples and take part in a traditional blessing
Spot macaques and walk through the UNESCO-listed Tegalalang rice terraces
A private guide and vehicle ensure a personalized experience

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.

What To Expect

Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Mount Kawi

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Tirta Empul Temple

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Tegalalang Rice Terrace

35 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Gunung Kawi Sebatu Temple (Pass By)

D Alas Warung Restaurant

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Alas Harum Bali (Pass By)

Aloha Ubud Swing (Pass By)

Ubud Traditional Art Market (Pass By)

Uma Pakel Agro Tourism & swing (Pass By)

Hire Bali Driver (Pass By)

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

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

5.0

226 reviews

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Very worthwhile

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

Varied and enjoyable full day trip.

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

Perfect Day

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

Good day trip

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

Temples

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

Great Tour - highly recommended

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

Warm welcoming for a first day tour

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 :)

Awesome for any sort of traveler!!

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!!!!

Very nice

Yuri_L, Apr 2019

Very nice, Came on time. Dropped us in a cruise port. Worth the time and money. Good level of English.

Ubud at its finest!

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.

Private Bali Tour: Temple and Rices Terraces Tour

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!

This was a great tour to show us places...

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!

Very enjoyable

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

Great Tour

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.

This is a 'must do' tour for anyone...

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.

This tour was breathtaking! It would...

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.

I highly recommend this tour. Aaron...

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.

Our tour guide was Panca and he was...

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!

This tour encompasses several key...

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.

We had amazing time visiting so many...

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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️