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Ubud & Tanjung Benoa: Parasailing, Jet Ski & Banana Boat

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Duration4h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · JA +1

PickupAt your hotel

Four Watersports, One Beach, No Arranging Transport

You get picked up from your hotel, driven to Tanjung Benoa beach, and spend two to three hours rotating through parasailing, jet ski, banana boat and donut boat — each activity fifteen to twenty minutes, with safety briefing and equipment included. Showers and lockers are available between activities, and the driver brings you back when you're done.

Step-by-step itinerary

Get picked up from hotel
Arrive at Tanjung Benoa beach
Receive safety and equipment briefing
Choose first watersport activity
Parasailing adventure for 1 round
Banana boat ride for 15 minutes
Jet ski ride for 15 minutes
Donut boat ride for 15 minutes
Use available facilities after activities
Return to hotel

The Experience

So you're standing on Tanjung Benoa beach in the southern part of Bali, and the instructor is asking which one you want to do first — parasailing, jet ski, banana boat, or donut boat. That's the whole thing right there. You don't have to pick a beach, don't have to negotiate with vendors, don't have to figure out how to get there from Ubud. The driver picks you up from your hotel, handles the route, and you show up ready to move. Safety briefing happens before anything starts, and then you're choosing your own order.

The parasailing round takes about six minutes in the air — you're towed behind a boat, harness locked in, and the view of the coastline opens up pretty fast. After that, most people do the jet ski next, fifteen minutes of your own throttle on the water with an instructor nearby, or the banana boat if you want the chaos of a group bouncing through the waves together. The donut boat is the same idea as the banana boat but shaped different, and it's another fifteen minutes. Between activities you've got access to shower facilities, changing rooms and lockers, so you're not sitting wet in your clothes waiting for the next thing.

The whole watersports experience at Tanjung Benoa is built around back-to-back activities with minimal downtime, which means you're done and heading back to your hotel by early afternoon. Insurance is included, all equipment is provided, and the instructors are there the whole time. You need to be at least twelve years old and have moderate fitness — nothing extreme, just able to handle being in the water and moving around. If you've got cardiovascular issues, spinal injuries, or you're pregnant, this one isn't the right fit.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off, safety briefing before activities begin, parasailing for approximately six minutes, jet ski for fifteen minutes with an instructor, banana boat for fifteen minutes, donut boat for fifteen minutes, all equipment and professional instructors for each activity, insurance cover, and access to shower facilities, changing rooms and lockers.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Rukmana Bali Tour

Is this one for you?Right for travelers staying in or near Ubud who want multiple watersports without arranging transport or negotiating with beach vendors. Plan for a morning or early afternoon out — the back-to-back activities mean you're done by lunchtime, which is what fits everything in without rushing between locations.