Ubud Private Tour: Monkey Forest, Tegallalang Rice Terrace, Tirta Empul Temple & Ulu Petanu Waterfall

Explore Ubud's Sacred Monkey Forest, Tegallalang Rice Terrace, Tirta Empul Temple, and Ulu Petanu Waterfall in one private tour with tickets included.

Getting started

Begin your day by meeting your private English-speaking driver and settling into your dedicated vehicle for the tour. Once you are on the road, your driver handles all logistics and tickets for the visited attractions. With transport taken care of, you can focus on the experience as you head toward Ubud’s first stop.

What to expect

Sacred Monkey Forest

The Sacred Monkey Forest introduces you to Ubud’s lush tropical sanctuary, where long-tailed macaques move through the trees around temple ruins and shaded paths. This is your first immersion into the area’s mix of nature and spirituality.

Features

• Tickets for the Sacred Monkey Forest are included, so you head straight into the sanctuary without arranging entry on your own.
• Observe the monkeys in their forest habitat and walk through greenery that frames moss-covered statues and shrines, giving you a feel for Ubud’s tropical landscape.

Tegallalang Rice Terrace

Next, you continue by private transportation to the iconic Tegallalang Rice Terrace. Here, layered paddies shape the hillside into a traditional agricultural landscape that Ubud is widely known for.

Features

• Entry to Tegallalang Rice Terrace is covered in your tickets for visited attractions, and your private driver manages the practicalities while you explore.
• Walk along viewpoints that look across the stepped rice fields and see how the terraces follow the contours of the land, reflecting Bali’s irrigation traditions.

Tirta Empul Temple

Your route then leads to Tirta Empul Temple, recognized as one of Bali’s most important sacred water temples. The complex centers on spring-fed pools and courtyards used for purification rituals.

Features

• With tickets included for Tirta Empul Temple, you can enter the temple grounds directly as part of your private tour.
• Take time to observe the clear water emerging into the pools and the stone spouts that line them, experiencing how this active temple is integrated into Balinese spiritual life.

Ulu Petanu Waterfall

From the temple, your driver brings you to Ulu Petanu Waterfall, set within Ubud’s lush jungle scenery. The sound of falling water and the surrounding vegetation shift the pace from temples and terraces to a quieter natural stop.

Features

• Your private transportation with an English-speaking driver gets you down the route to Ulu Petanu Waterfall without needing to arrange separate transfers.
• Spend a while viewing the waterfall against the greenery, noting how the water flows through the forested setting that characterizes this part of Bali.

Local coffee plantation

Before the tour concludes, you visit a local coffee plantation included in this variant. This final stop connects the landscapes you have seen with one of the region’s key crops.

Features

• The visit to a local coffee plantation forms part of your private tour, so there is no separate planning or ticketing required.
• Walk through the plantation area and see how coffee is grown and processed locally, rounding out a day that combines culture, nature, and agricultural landscapes in four Ubud attractions in one tour.