Volcano Tours in Bali: Mount Batur and Mount Agung
56 listings on two volcanoes, from a 500 m walk before dawn to a 1,500 m night climb. Either way the pickup is between 01:30 and 02:30.
Bali sells volcanoes in the middle of the night. Every product on this page, apart from a handful of daytime jeep runs, starts with a driver at your hotel between half past one and half past two in the morning, because the thing being sold is the twenty minutes after first light and the mountain is two to three hours from the beach hotels. That single fact explains the prices, the reviews and most of the complaints. The island has two volcanoes worth the drive, and they are nothing like each other.
This page compares the two mountains and the five ways they are sold. The operational detail sits one level down: what time each group leaves, what is included, which route reaches the real summit and which stops short of it.
Worth knowing before you read anything else. Of the nine listings attached to this page rather than to one of the groups below, eight never go up a volcano at all. Six are Ubud day trips where Kintamani is a lunch stop with a view across the caldera, and two are downhill cycling routes that begin near the rim and coast away from it. They are good days out. They are not volcano trips, and they are sold with the word volcano in the title.
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Sunrise Trekking
The Mount Batur sunrise trek: a two-hour climb in the dark to reach the summit as the light comes up over Lake Batur.
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Jeep Sunrise
Mount Batur by jeep at dawn: the same sunrise as the trek, driven instead of climbed.
12 experiences -
Jeep Tours
Batur by 4x4 outside the sunrise slot: the caldera floor, the lava field and Kintamani.
10 experiences -
Mount Agung Summit
Mount Agung, Bali's highest and most sacred volcano at 3,142 m: a night climb from Pura Pasar Agung or Besakih.
7 experiences -
Black Lava Field
The black lava field left by Batur's 1968 eruption, crossed on foot or by jeep.
6 experiences
Volcano Travel Experiences in Bali
Batur to the 1,717 m Peak from Toya Bungkah, then the Hot Spring
The trek starts at Toya Bungkah, the peak is 1,717 metres, and the morning ends in the Batur natural hot spring before an 11:00 drop-off at your hotel.
Kintamani Downhill Cycling from Bayung Gede: School, Compound, Temple and Lunch
The descent from Bayung Gede breaks at a village school, a family compound and the temple, then ends with lunch at the Amertha Restaurant in Tampaksiring.
Kintamani Geopark by 4WD: Black Lava Desert, Forest Tracks and a Brunch with the View
A daylight run rather than a sunrise one: the black lava desert, forest tracks off-road, a hot spring facing the lake, and brunch looking over the Geopark.
Mount Agung by Moonlight from Besakih: Midnight Start, Crater Rim at Dawn
The walk begins at midnight by flashlight and turns slippery past halfway, with bread and a hot drink on the rocks at the top and the crater rim after.
Mount Agung by Night: the 3,142 m Summit or the 2,900 m Route
Two heights on the same mountain, the true summit or the stop at 2,900 m, both walked in the dark over dirt and loose rock with the town lights below.
Mount Agung Sunrise: a 22:30 Pick-Up and Four Hours to the Summit
The pick-up is at 22:30 and the climb to the top runs four to four and a half hours, so the operator asks for real fitness. Breakfast comes with it.
Mount Agung Sunrise: Short Hike or Long, with Safety Gear Provided
Two ascents on one booking, a shorter route for first-timers and the full climb for the rest, with safety gear provided and hotel transfers included.
Mount Agung Sunrise with a Guide Who Sets the Pace to Reach the Top in Time
The guide's job on this one is pacing: getting a fit group onto the summit of Agung before dawn, safely, and with stops for photographs on the way up.
Mount Agung: Three to Four Hours from Pasar Agung, Five to Seven from Besakih
The route decides the night: three to four hours up from Pasar Agung Temple, five to seven from Besakih, on a trail that needs a permit and a guide.
Mount Batur Sunrise: a 3:30 am Start, Torchlit Climb and a Coffee Plantation After
Eight to ten hours starting at 3:30 am, climbed by flashlight after a pick-up in Kuta or Ubud, with a traditional coffee plantation stop on the way back.
Mount Batur Sunrise by Private Jeep: No Hike, and the Black Lava Field After
A private jeep to the Batur viewpoints for sunrise and out over the black lava field, with the option of a Kintamani café or a hot spring afterwards.
Mount Batur Sunrise from Toya Bungkah: Base Camp at 3 am, Breakfast at the Top
The trail starts at Toya Bungkah on the lake shore, inside a caldera 10 by 13 km wide, and the guide walks it from a 3 am meeting to breakfast on the summit.
Mount Batur Sunrise Hike with Breakfast and the Hot Springs on Lake Batur
The springs in this package are the ones on the shore of Lake Batur, mineral-rich and warm, reached straight after the pre-dawn climb and breakfast on top.
Mount Batur Sunrise Jeep Tour
Sunrise on Batur reached by jeep instead of on foot, the black lava field after it, and the choice of a hot spring soak or a café stop in Kintamani.
Mount Batur Sunrise on the Quieter Local Trails, with or without Transfer
The climb uses local paths away from the busy route, breakfast at the top is steam-cooked, and both the transfer and the hot springs are booked separately.
Mount Batur Sunrise, Private, with the Crater Rim Walk to the 1974 Cone
After the sunrise the guide can take the rim rather than the car park, past the craters of 1926, 1963 and 1974, with breakfast at a restaurant below.
Mount Batur Sunrise: the Full Two-Hour Climb, or a Jeep to 1,450 m
Two ways up to the same sunrise: about two hours of walking from the bottom, or a jeep to the halfway point and 45 to 60 minutes on foot to the summit.
Mount Batur Sunrise Trek with a Long Soak at Segara Healing Hot Spring
The soak afterwards runs a full one to two hours at Segara Healing, a spring near the trailhead, so the descent does not end with a long drive across Bali.
Mount Batur Sunrise with Steam-Cooked Breakfast and a Money-Back Guarantee
Breakfast is cooked at the summit over the volcanic steam, hot spring admission is included, and the operator refunds the fee if the morning disappoints.
Mount Batur Sunset Trek: the Summit in the Evening, Not at Dawn
The same volcanic trails and the same summit, walked in the afternoon instead of before dawn, with Lake Batur below and almost nobody else on the path.
Private Agung Summit from Besakih, or the Crater Rim from Pasar Agung
The temple you start from decides the finish: Besakih reaches the true summit, while Pasar Agung is shorter and stops short of it, at the crater rim.
Private Batur Jeep Sunrise and the Black Lava Field of the Last Eruption
The jeep does the climbing, and after dawn it drives out across the black lava sands left by an eruption several hundred years ago. Private, hotel pick-up.
Private Batur Jeep Sunrise: Hidden Viewpoints, Black Lava and a Coffee Plantation
The viewpoints on this one are the ones the trekking crowd misses, and the route home runs across the black lava and through a coffee plantation.
Private Batur Jeep Sunrise with a Balinese Breakfast, and What to Bring
A classic 4x4 from the hotel, a traditional Balinese breakfast at the top, and a short packing list: warm clothes, a camera, shoes for light walking.
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