Ubud Private Guided Tour: Monkey Forest, Tegenungan Waterfall, Tegalalang Rice Terraces, Goa Gajah

Explore Ubud’s key waterfalls, temples, crafts and rice terraces in comfort with an English-guided, private-car full-day tour.

Getting started

Meet your expert English-speaking guide at the agreed departure point and board your comfortable private car with AC. After a short introduction to the day’s route and safety notes, your entrance fees to all attractions are taken care of so you can move directly into each site. Bottled drinking water is provided in the vehicle, and a sarong for temple visits is ready for use when needed.

What to expect

Tegenungan Waterfall

This stop introduces you to one of Ubud’s most famous cascades, set amid dense jungle. You have time to walk to the viewing points and feel the spray from the water.

Features

• Views include the powerful cascade surrounded by lush greenery, where you can pause for photos or simply listen to the sound of the water.
• Your entrance fee to Tegenungan Waterfall is included, so you follow your guide straight to the paths and viewing areas without separate ticket purchases.

Celuk Village

Celuk Village is known as a center for Balinese silver and gold crafting. Here you explore local workshops that focus on handmade jewelry and metalwork.

Features

• You observe skilled artisans at work, watching how intricate rings, bracelets and other pieces are shaped and finished by hand.
• Your guide helps you navigate Celuk Village, answering questions about techniques and materials while your private car with AC waits nearby, with parking fees already covered.

Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave)

Goa Gajah is an ancient archaeological site featuring a carved cave entrance and surrounding meditation grounds. The visit offers insight into Bali’s spiritual and historical landscape.

Features

• At the cave entrance, you see the detailed stone carvings that frame the narrow passage inside, then walk through the surrounding gardens and bathing pools.
• A sarong for temple visits is provided for Goa Gajah, and entrance fees are included, so your guide can lead you directly into the complex without extra on-site payments.

Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary

The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary immerses you in a natural habitat for macaques, paired with old temple structures and high-canopy trees. You stroll through shaded paths while the monkeys move freely around you.

Features

• Along the trails, you encounter curious macaques, moss-covered statues and ancient temples that rise between towering trees, creating a distinct forest atmosphere.
• Your expert English-speaking guide explains how to move safely around the macaques, and your admission to the Monkey Forest is already covered as part of your entrance fees to all attractions.

Tegalalang Rice Terraces

At Tegalalang Rice Terraces, you see one of Bali’s most recognizable agricultural landscapes. Terraced hillsides form layered patterns across the valley.

Features

• The walkways take you alongside vibrant green terraces, giving clear views of the stepped fields that show how water is managed across the slopes.
• Your guide is on hand to point out the best vantage points while your private car with AC, including its parking fees, is waiting nearby for a smooth continuation of the tour.

Coffee plantation

The coffee plantation stop focuses on how local brews and teas are produced. You follow a simple route around the grounds and learn about coffee processing.

Features

• You see coffee plants up close and trace the path from bean to cup, ending with complimentary tastings of several local coffees and teas.
• Bottled drinking water remains available throughout the day in your private car, and your visit to the coffee plantation is included in the planned route alongside all other entrances.

Wrapping up

The tour concludes after your coffee plantation visit, when your guide returns with you to the original departure area by private car, leaving you free to plan the rest of your time in Ubud.