Ubud: Private Waterfall, Rice Terrace & Temple Day Trip

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Duration10h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Ubud’s wild monkeys, sacred springs and green rice terraces in a single day

You’ll feed monkeys in Ubud’s forest, walk muddy paths through Tegalalang rice terraces with your local guide, sip Balinese coffee overlooking jungle valleys, and watch prayers at Tirta Empul Temple before feeling the spray of Tegenungan Waterfall on your skin—all with hotel pickup and drop-off so you can just let Bali happen to you.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Ubud's nature and culture

Meet driver at hotel lobby
Visit Sacred Monkey Forest
Walk through monkey forest temples
See Tegallalang Rice Terraces
Tour Bali Coffee Plantation
Visit Tirta Empul Temple holy springs
Explore Tegenungan Waterfall area

The Experience

The first thing I remember is the sound — not water or birds, but monkeys. We’d just stepped into the Monkey Forest in Ubud and there they were, everywhere, tails flicking, some old guy with a tired face watching us from a low branch. Our guide Wayan grinned and handed me a peanut (for the monkey, not me) and warned me about my sunglasses. There’s something about seeing temples half-swallowed by roots while macaques squabble around you that makes you feel like you’re in someone else’s story. Maybe you are.

Tegalalang Rice Terrace looked almost fake at first—so green it hurt my eyes. Wayan explained how the subak irrigation system works; I barely followed but nodded anyway because he was so earnest about it. We walked along the narrow edges between paddies, mud sucking at my shoes. I tried to say “terima kasih” to an old woman working nearby; she smiled and corrected my pronunciation with a laugh that made her shoulders shake. The air smelled like wet grass and something sweet I couldn’t place.

After coffee at a tiny agrotourism spot (the civet cat was sleeping—honestly kind of relieved), we headed to Tirta Empul Temple. The holy spring was crowded with locals bathing, some quietly praying as water poured over their heads. I felt awkward watching but Wayan said it was okay to observe if we were respectful. The stone underfoot was cold and slick; incense drifted everywhere. I still think about that moment—the hush under all those voices, people hoping for something better.

Tegenungan Waterfall was last. You hear it before you see it—a dull roar behind thick leaves—and then suddenly you’re standing above this wild curtain of water crashing into mist below. Some folks went down for photos but honestly, I just stood there for a bit breathing in the damp air. My legs were tired by then but in that weird way where you don’t mind being tired because it means you actually did something real that day.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off anywhere around Ubud or central Bali, an English-speaking local driver who knows every shortcut (and probably everyone along the way), gasoline for all transfers between stops like Tegalalang Rice Terrace, Tirta Empul Temple, Bali Coffee Plantation, Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary and Tegenungan Waterfall—with entry fees covered if you select the all-inclusive option when booking.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Dulbali Tour&Travel