Bali: Mount Batur Sunrise Trek with Songan Village Start

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Duration6h

GroupUp to 100

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Climb Mount Batur before sunrise with local guides from Songan Village, taste eggs cooked in volcanic steam and watch the sky change over Bali’s crater rim

You’ll start before dawn in Songan Village with a local guide leading you up Mount Batur’s quieter trail. Feel volcanic heat as you eat eggs cooked in natural steam at sunrise, sip hot tea from a summit warung, and circle the crater rim if you’re game. The early start is tough but seeing Bali wake up below you is something that sticks.

Step-by-step itinerary

Mount Batur Sunrise Trekking

03:15 – 03:30: Guide briefing
03:30 – 03:45: Start trail to Mount Batur
04:00 – 06:00: Climb to crater summit
06:15 – 06:45: Watch sunrise and eat volcanic eggs
06:45 – 07:00: Visit summit shops
07:00 – 08:00: Trek around crater
08:00 – 09:00: Descend to Bali Sunrise Villas
09:00 – 09:30: Arrive at Bali Sunrise Villas

The Experience

There’s something about standing in the dark outside Bali Sunrise Villas in Songan Village at 3:30am that makes you question your life choices. I could hear roosters somewhere (they never sleep?), and our guide Wayan was already grinning, flashlight in hand. He handed out bottled water and checked if anyone needed a rain poncho. I’d barely woken up but somehow felt wide awake — maybe it was the mountain air or just nerves. The path started right behind the villas, no minibus shuffle or anything, which honestly made it feel more real.

The first hour climbing Mount Batur is just you, your breath, and the sound of shoes crunching on black sand. Sometimes I’d catch a whiff of wet earth or see tiny lights bobbing ahead — other groups on different trails maybe? Wayan kept up this steady pace and pointed out where his family’s farm used to be before the last eruption. At one point he laughed at my attempt to say “terima kasih” (I’m still not sure I got it right). There was this moment when we stopped for fruit and I realized my hands were shaking — not cold, just excitement or maybe altitude?

The summit appeared out of nowhere. It was suddenly crowded but quiet, like everyone was holding their breath waiting for the sun. Steam curled up from cracks in the rocks; Wayan cracked eggs into a little basket and set them right over the vent. Eating those eggs with sticky fingers while watching clouds turn gold… I didn’t expect it to feel so simple and huge at once. You can buy hot tea from a warung up there too — it tasted way better than instant coffee ever does at sea level.

We walked around the crater rim after that (optional but worth it if your legs aren’t jelly). The descent back to Songan felt different — warmer light, more chatter between us, someone singing quietly behind me. By 9am we were back at Bali Sunrise Villas, dusty and tired but kind of giddy. I still think about that view sometimes when I wake up early — how small everything looked from up there.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup from Ubud (sometimes shared), all fees and taxes covered, bottled water and fruit along the trail plus eggs cooked in volcanic steam for breakfast at the summit—with flashlights provided for everyone and rain ponchos or walking sticks if you need them.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Bali Sunrise Trekking & Tours