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Everything you need before & during your trip.

Rice terraces · temples · Bali’s cultural heart

🐒 Monkey Forest 🌾 Rice Terraces 🗺️ Explore Map ✨ Plan My Trip

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Today in Ubud — live

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Weather now

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Ubud sits higher and cooler than the coast — live reading loads above.

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Sunrise

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Terraces & ridge walks are best at first light.

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Sunset tonight

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Catch it from the ridge or a rooftop.

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Exchange rate

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Rates shift daily — see the exchange guide below for tips.

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Before You Go

Ubud in ten seconds

Ubud is Bali's cultural heart — jungle, rice terraces, temples and the famous Monkey Forest, about an hour and a half inland from Kuta. It's my most-requested day trip; here's how to do it right.

Worth knowing before you land

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Start early

Terraces & temples before 9am.

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Bring a sarong

Required at every temple.

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Watch the monkeys

They really do take things.

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Cooler & greener

Evenings are mild inland.

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~1.5 hr from Kuta

Best done as a driver day trip.

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Respect ceremonies

You’re a guest at living temples.

Event images are illustrative — AI-generated or Wikimedia Commons (CC) · Nyepi photo © Andrew Bali

Local guides by Andrew

Most-read Ubud guides

Honest, practical local guides to help you plan your trip.

Activities & Adventure

Best Ubud Waterfalls: 8 Worth the Trip (2026 Guide)

East of Ubud the land drops into river gorges, and most of them hide a waterfall within an hour's drive. This guide picks eight worth the trip: Kanto Lampo, Tibumana, Goa Raja, Tegenungan, Suwat, Goa Rang Reng, Sumampan and Tukad Cepung. For each it covers how to reach it, the entry fee, the walk in and whether you can swim. It also explains when to go (8 to 10am in the dry season, April to October), what to wear, and how to link a few falls in one day without spending it all in the car.

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Food & Drink

TIS Cafe Ubud Menu, Prices and the Rice Terrace Pool

A view café above the Ceking rice terraces at Tegallalang, with a pool that hangs over the fields. What it's like, what to order, what coffee and food cost, and how to fit it into an Ubud day from Kuta.

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Activities & Adventure

Ubud Day Trip from Kuta: Monkey Forest, Palace & Rice Terraces

How to do Ubud in one day from Kuta: the Sacred Monkey Forest first, then Ubud Palace and the market, the Tegalalang rice terraces and a local lunch, with entry prices, timings that beat the traffic and tips for the monkeys.

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Activities & Adventure

Sebatu Holy Spring & Ubud Waterfalls: A Bali Day Trip from Kuta

A calmer day north of Ubud: a melukat water cleansing at the quiet Pura Dalem Pingit Sebatu spring instead of busy Tirta Empul, then a jungle waterfall swim, with what the ritual involves, what to wear and what the day costs from Kuta.

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