Ubud Private Tour: Sacred Monkey Forest, Rice Terrace, Temple & Waterfall

Explore Ubud on a private guided tour by air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Getting started

Your expert English-speaking guide-driver picks you up from your hotel for round-trip hotel transfers in a private air-conditioned vehicle. After a quick overview of the day, you travel toward Ubud as your guide outlines the stops. Entrance fees to all visited attractions are handled for you, so you can move straight into each site on arrival.

What to expect

Traditional Balinese house

Begin at a traditional Balinese house where you are introduced to local daily life and culture in a residential compound setting.

Features

• This stop focuses on Balinese culture, with your guide explaining the layout of the traditional Balinese house and its role in community and family life.
• Your private Ubud tour by air-conditioned vehicle and included entrance fees ensure direct access here, with bottled water available as you explore and ask questions.

Batuan Temple

Continue to Batuan Temple, one of the key cultural highlights of the itinerary.

Features

• At Batuan Temple, your guide shares context about Balinese Hindu worship while you observe the temple courtyards and carved stone structures.
• A traditional Balinese sarong for temple visits is provided, and your expert English-speaking guide-driver manages all entrance fees so you can focus on the experience.

Monkey Forest Sanctuary

Next, visit the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, home to Ubud’s famous long-tailed macaques.

Features

• Walk through the Monkey Forest Sanctuary and encounter playful long-tailed macaques in a forested temple setting, with your guide advising how to move around them.
• Access to the Monkey Forest Sanctuary is included as part of the private tour, with your guide-driver staying close by and bottled water on hand during the visit.

Coffee and tea tasting stop

Travel onward to a plantation-style stop for local coffee and tea tasting.

Features

• Here you taste local coffee and tea while learning about Bali's coffee-processing, from bean to cup, through on-site explanations and demonstrations.
• The coffee and tea tasting with coffee-processing insights is built into your route, with your private air-conditioned vehicle waiting nearby before you continue toward the rice terraces.

Tegalalang Rice Terrace

Head to Tegalalang Rice Terrace, Ubud’s most iconic stepped rice landscape.

Features

• From viewpoints around Tegalalang Rice Terrace, you admire the layered fields and irrigation patterns, with time to take photos along the paths.
• An optional Bali Swing experience is available for purchase on-site if you wish to add it, while your guide-driver coordinates timing so you stay on track for the next stop.

Tegenungan Waterfall

Finish your route at Tegenungan Waterfall, one of Bali's most visited natural attractions.

Features

• At Tegenungan Waterfall, you experience the force of the falls from designated viewing areas, with opportunities for closer observation depending on site conditions.
• Your visit to Tegenungan Waterfall, including entrance fees, is covered within the tour; your private vehicle waits nearby, and your guide ensures a smooth return transfer back to your hotel with round-trip hotel transfers included.