Ubud Half-Day Private Tour: Monkey Forest & Rice Terraces

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Duration6h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · DE +3

PickupAt your hotel

Three Ubud landmarks in one half-day loop, with transport and entry sorted.

A half-day private tour in Ubud covers the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, Tirta Empul Temple and Tegalalang Rice Terrace with hotel pickup, an English-speaking driver and entrance tickets included. The itinerary runs from 8 AM to 2 PM, with lunch built in and time to walk the town center on your own. Choose the option with entrance fees included to avoid separate ticket lines at each stop.

Step-by-step itinerary

Ubud cultural and natural highlights

Pick up at hotel
Visit Monkey Forest
Visit Tirta Empul Temple
Lunch time
Visit Tegalalang Rice Terrace
Visit Ubud art village
Return to hotel

The Experience

Ubud's best sights spread across the surrounding countryside, which is why this tour includes private transport from the start. The driver picks you up at your hotel around 8 AM and takes you first to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, a nature reserve and temple complex home to over 1,260 long-tailed macaques. You'll have time to move through the forest and the temple grounds before heading to Tirta Empul Temple, the holy water temple near Tampaksiring. The temple is a large complex—plan on 30 minutes to an hour to walk it properly—and sarongs are available at the entrance for a small donation.

Lunch happens around noon, then you move on to Tegalalang Rice Terrace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with terraced rice paddies that rise and fall across the hillside. The stop is shorter here, usually around 30 minutes, but it gives you the landscape Ubud is known for without the drive taking up the whole morning. If time allows, there's a brief visit to an Ubud art village before the driver takes you back to your hotel around 2 PM. The whole loop is built to fit a half-day window, so you keep the afternoon free.

The tour comes with an English-speaking driver throughout, and the vehicle is air-conditioned. Entrance tickets to Monkey Forest, Tirta Empul Temple and Tegalalang Rice Terrace are included if you choose that option at checkout; if you skip the tickets, you'll buy them separately at each site. Water is provided, and parking fees are covered. The exact pickup time varies depending on where your hotel is in the Ubud area or south Bali.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in the Ubud area or south Bali.
private air-conditioned transport with an English-speaking driver.
entrance tickets to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, Tirta Empul Temple and Tegalalang Rice Terrace (if you choose that option).
parking fees.
and a bottle of water.

Good to know

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

Operated by Bali Local Host

Is this one for you?Pick this if you're based in Ubud or south Bali and have a half-day window—the fixed morning schedule and included pickups from your accommodation mean you can see the Monkey Forest, Tegalalang Rice Terrace, and Tirta Empul Temple without coordinating separate transport between scattered sites.