Kintamani volcano tour with Penglipuran Village and temple visits

Walk through a thousand-year-old temple's sacred spring, then stand at a viewpoint where Mount Batur rises above a caldera lake.

A full-day tour of Kintamani and surrounding cultural sites in Bali, with private car, English-speaking driver, and all entrance fees and lunch included. The itinerary moves through Goa Gajah Temple (an ancient cave with Hindu-Buddhist carvings), Tirta Empul Temple (where a sacred spring feeds stone pools used for purification), Kintamani village (for views of Mount Batur and Lake Batur from a viewpoint), a coffee plantation where you see how Luwak coffee is made, and Penglipuran Village, a traditional settlement with houses arranged in a line that has stayed largely unchanged. Lunch is Indonesian buffet eaten with a view of the volcano.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit temples, volcano, coffee, and village

• Visit Goa Gajah Temple
• Visit Tirta Empul Temple
• See Mount Batur and Lake Batur viewpoint
• Enjoy lunch with volcano view
• Tour Bali Coffee Plantation
• Explore Penglipuran Village

The Experience

The day starts at Goa Gajah Temple, an archaeological site built into a cave face where the Pangkung River runs through a ravine. The cave holds Ganesha carvings and a Lingga Yoni, relics of a place where Buddhist and Hindu Shiva beliefs merged centuries ago. From there you move to Tirta Empul Temple, built around a sacred spring at Tampak Siring that Balinese worshipers have visited for over a thousand years. The main draw is a long rectangular stone pool fed by 12 fountains from the spring, filled with koi; the water is traditionally used for self-purification and is believed to have curative properties.

After the temples, the route climbs to Kintamani village, situated on a plateau with cool daytime air and cold nights. From the viewpoint there, you see Mount Batur (an active volcano) and the expanse of Lake Batur in the caldera below, ringed by black rock. Lunch is a buffet of Indonesian food eaten at a restaurant in the Kintamani area, with the volcano and lake visible from your table; vegetarian options are available. The coffee plantation stop comes next, where you walk through rows of arabica and robusta coffee plants, pineapple, and Balinese snake fruit. The main attraction is seeing the civet cat (called Luwak) and learning how its digestive process creates the smooth, complex flavor of Luwak coffee — the beans are processed traditionally on-site.

The final stop is Penglipuran Village, located about 6 kilometers from Bangli. The village is a traditional settlement of around 700 people where ancient houses are lined up in neat rows, preserving the layout and character of centuries past. Walking through it feels like stepping back in time. The whole tour runs 8 to 9 hours and includes the private car, driver, all entrance fees, mineral water, and lunch.

What’s included

• Private car with air conditioning.
• English-speaking driver.
• mineral water (one bottle per person).
• Indonesian buffet lunch with vegetarian options.
• entrance fees to all temples and sites.
• petrol and parking fees.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Bali Golden Tour

Is this one for you?The 8- to 9-hour span lets you move through five distinct stops — temples, volcano viewpoint, coffee plantation, and village — without rushing any one of them, though it leaves little room for a second activity elsewhere that day. Book this if you want to see both cultural and natural Bali in a single outing with everything arranged and paid for upfront.

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Top questions

What is Goa Gajah Temple and what will I see there?

Goa Gajah Temple, also called Elephant Cave Temple, is an ancient archaeological site built into a cave face at the edge of a ravine where the Pangkung River flows. Inside the cave are Ganesha carvings and a Lingga Yoni, relics showing the blending of Buddhist and Hindu Shiva beliefs that took place there centuries ago.

Can I swim or bathe in the sacred spring at Tirta Empul Temple?

Tirta Empul Temple has two bathing places fed by the sacred spring via 12 fountains. The main attraction is a long rectangular stone pool filled with koi, traditionally used by Balinese worshipers for self-purification and believed to have curative properties. Visitors can enter the pools if they wish.

What will I see at the viewpoint in Kintamani?

From the Kintamani viewpoint, you see Mount Batur (an active volcano) and Lake Batur spread across the caldera below, surrounded by black rock. The plateau sits at a cool elevation, and the view is visible from the restaurant where you eat lunch.

What is Luwak coffee and how is it made?

Luwak coffee is made from beans that have passed through the digestive tract of the Asian palm civet (called Luwak). The process chemically alters the proteins in the bean, creating a smoother, more complex flavor than conventional coffee. At the coffee plantation, you see the civet cats and watch the traditional process of making Luwak coffee on-site.

What is Penglipuran Village like?

Penglipuran Village is a traditional settlement of around 700 people located about 6 kilometers from Bangli. The houses are arranged in neat rows and preserve the layout and characteristics of ancient Balinese architecture, giving the village the feeling of stepping back in time.