14 Best Day Trips from Seminyak 2026: Drive Times & Fees

If you only have an afternoon, stay close: Double Six Beach, named after a nightclub that once stood on the shore, is the southern end of the 3 km Seminyak strip. It's a sunset beach with beanbags, surf schools for beginners and lifeguard-flagged swimming zones.

Swim only between the flags, as currents can be strong. From October to April, wet-season rubbish can wash up on this stretch of coast.

Often called Bali's most beautiful waterfall, Sekumpul is a cluster of falls dropping about 80 m into a jungle valley in North Bali. You can pay for the viewpoint, or go down about 320–365 steep steps with a village guide.

It's a long day: allow 2.5–3.5 hours each way, and stop at Ulun Danu Beratan and Handara Gate in Bedugul on the way. Pay only at the official counter in Sekumpul village.

On the Bukit's west coast, Balangan is a long golden beach under green cliffs, with warungs, surf schools and one of the best sunsets in the south.

The bottom is reef, so swim at mid to high tide and wear reef shoes. Leave Seminyak before 3 PM to beat the sunset traffic into the Bukit.

Bali's most photographed temple stands on a rock in the sea, reachable on foot only at low tide. Legend says the 15th-century priest Dang Hyang Nirartha meditated here; today more than a third of the rock has been reinforced to stop it crumbling.

Sunset is the classic time, but the ticket queue starts around 4 PM. A Kecak dance is staged at sunset inside the complex.

Thirty to forty minutes by fast boat from Sanur, Nusa Lembongan is the easy-going island day trip: Devil's Tear, Dream Beach, the mangroves and the Yellow Bridge to Nusa Ceningan and its Blue Lagoon.

Most boats land on the beach, so expect wet feet. Since 1 September 2026, foreign visitors pay an island levy of IDR 25,000. For manta rays, take a snorkel trip from Lembongan to Nusa Penida.

Founded around a holy spring in 962 AD, Tirta Empul in Tampaksiring, north-east of Ubud, is where Balinese purify themselves in spring-fed pools, moving from spout to spout. Visitors may join if they follow the customs.

Wear a sarong and sash and bring a change of clothes. Arrange your ride back in advance: app drivers can be hard to find here.

Kelingking's T-Rex headland, Broken Beach, Angel's Billabong and manta rays: Nusa Penida is a big day out, 45 minutes by fast boat from Sanur. Swimming is banned at Kelingking and Angel's Billabong, so stay on the paths.

Since September 2026 there's an island levy (IDR 25,000) plus IDR 25,000 at each major viewpoint. The roads are rough, so it's a 12-hour day; staying a night is easier.

Bali's cultural heart is 1.5 hours inland. Walk through the Sacred Monkey Forest, with its temples and macaques, see Ubud Palace and the art market, then head north to the Tegallalang rice terraces.

Go early and come back before 4 PM, when traffic is worst. App pickups are restricted in central Ubud and Tegallalang, so keep your driver. See our best places to visit in Ubud.

Watch the sun set over the Indian Ocean from Uluwatu Temple, on a 70 m cliff, then take your seat for the Kecak fire dance in the clifftop amphitheatre at 6 PM.

Leave Seminyak before 3 PM: the Jimbaran junction and sunset traffic can double the drive. Book a driver for the return, as app pickups are restricted. See our things to do in Uluwatu.

At Water Blow, on the Nusa Dua peninsula, big waves explode through a cleft in the limestone, most dramatically at high tide. Then swim off Nusa Dua's calm, reef-protected beach, voted one of Asia's best in 2026.

Twenty minutes south, Pandawa Beach is reached by a road cut through the cliffs, with lifeguards from 7 AM to 7 PM and canoes for rent.

About 600 hectares of subak-irrigated terraces below Mount Batukaru make Jatiluwih the heart of Bali's UNESCO World Heritage listing. Your ticket includes colour-coded walking trails from 1 to 4 hours, and guided cycling is available.

Every visitor, even driving through, needs a ticket. App drivers rarely take return orders here, so bring a driver.

In the cool highlands, the 11-tiered shrine of Ulun Danu Beratan seems to float on Lake Beratan; it was built in 1633 for the goddess of the lake. Five minutes up the road is Handara Gate, the split-gate photo spot at the entrance to a golf resort.

It's cooler and often misty, so bring a layer. The 2026/27 rains reach the highlands first, from late November.

Hotel pickup from Seminyak is around 1:15 AM; you start climbing at about 3:30 AM and reach the 1,717 m summit of this active volcano for sunrise over Lake Batur and Mount Agung. You're back at the base by about 9:30 AM.

A registered local guide is mandatory, one per four guests. Bring a warm layer: it's cold at the top before dawn.

End a day trip south at Jimbaran Bay, where dozens of seafood cafés set candle-lit tables on the sand. Choose your fish, prawns and lobster, pay by weight and watch the sun go down.

Arrive by about 5 PM for a table by the water. Earlier in the day, the Kedonganan fish market sells the catch by the kilo.