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Ubud: Northern Bali Day Trip & Tanah Lot Temple with Pickup

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Free cancellation

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Four temples, rice terraces and a waterfall swim—one driver handles the whole day from Ubud

You get picked up from your Ubud hotel and driven through four major temples and a UNESCO rice terrace site, with a waterfall swim and traditional coffee tasting included. Lunch is part of the day. The driver handles all navigation and timing, so you just show up and move through the itinerary without arranging transport between stops or worrying about entry fees.

Step-by-step itinerary

Head to Tanah Lot Temple
Admire Tanah Lot Temple
Visit Leke Leke Waterfall
Swim at Leke Leke Waterfall
Explore Jatiluwih Rice Terraces
Have lunch
See Balinese coffee making
Visit Ulun Danu Beratan Temple

The Experience

Your driver arrives at the hotel and you're moving north within minutes. Tanah Lot Temple sits on a rock shelf jutting into the ocean, built in the 15th century by the Hindu priest Nirartha and still the spiritual center of the island—you'll see why the moment you step out of the car. The temple's perched so far out that the sea surrounds it, and the walk down to the base takes time, but that's the point. After that, you head inland to Leke Leke Waterfall, where the water's cold and the pool's deep enough to actually swim in if you want to. Most people do.

Then comes Jatiluwih, the UNESCO rice terraces. These aren't flat fields—they're carved into the mountainside in these perfect curved lines that follow the water system Balinese farmers built centuries ago to share irrigation. You walk through them, not just look from a distance. The air's different up there, cooler, and the green is the kind of green that doesn't photograph the same way it looks in person. Lunch happens somewhere in the middle of the day, so you're not starving by the time you reach Ulun Danu Beratan Temple, which floats on a lake and is probably the most photographed temple in Bali—you'll understand that too when you see it. The final stop is in Bedugul, where they show you how Balinese coffee gets made the traditional way, which involves roasting and grinding and tastes nothing like what you drink at home.

The whole thing runs on the driver's schedule, not yours, which means you're not checking your phone trying to figure out timing or transport between stops. Air conditioning works the whole way, water's in the car, and the driver speaks English well enough to answer questions without it feeling like a tour-guide script. You're back at the hotel by evening, tired in the way that means you actually did something.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and return to Ubud.
air-conditioned vehicle for the full day.
English-speaking driver.
bottled water throughout.
all fuel and parking fees.
entry to Tanah Lot Temple, Jatiluwih rice terraces, Leke Leke Waterfall and Ulun Danu Beratan Temple.
lunch.
traditional Balinese coffee tasting and making demonstration in Bedugul.

Good to know

Easy physical level

Operated by Bali Local Host

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Northern Bali's main temples and rice terraces in one day without renting a car or figuring out transport between sites—the fixed itinerary and included driver mean you just show up at the hotel and move through the day.