Ubud: Private Custom Tour With Local Driver-Guide and Hotel Pickup and Drop-Off

Design your private Ubud day with a local driver/guide, from temples and rice fields to waterfalls, wellness, and local life.

Getting started

Get picked up from your hotel in a private vehicle and meet your English-speaking local driver/guide. Share your interests, from culture and wellness to adventure or local life, so your Ubud itinerary can be customized before you set off. Your route and pace are then adapted to local conditions as you drive into the Ubud area.

What to expect

Ubud temples

Balinese temples are often the cultural backbone of a Ubud visit, especially if you choose a purification, sunrise, or temple-focused route.

Features

• If you select the crowd-smart option, your driver/guide times your temple purification visit to help you avoid crowds and experience the ritual in a calmer setting.
• A traditional Balinese sarong for the temple visit is provided so you can enter and move around the sacred areas in line with local customs.
• On the sunrise, temple, coffee, waterfall, and hot spring option, the early temple stop is combined with morning light and quiet surroundings before the day gets busy.

Ubud rice fields and terraces

Rice fields and terraces around Ubud highlight traditional agriculture and village life and are a core part of several route styles.

Features

• Choose an itinerary with rice fields to see layered terraces and small traditional villages that sit between the paddies as you drive or walk short stretches.
• On the crowd-smart purification, rice fields, and palm reading private tour, your route includes both rice fields and time for a palm reading, planned around traffic and visitor flow.
• The monkey forest, swing, zipline, rice terrace, and waterfall option includes a rice terrace visit paired with swing or zipline access if you want more active viewpoints.

Ubud Monkey Forest

The Ubud Monkey Forest is a key stop if you select the wildlife- and activity-focused itinerary.

Features

• With the monkey forest, swing, zipline, rice terrace, and waterfall private tour, your driver/guide brings you directly to the Monkey Forest so you can explore the sanctuary at your own pace.
• Private transportation with an English-speaking local driver/guide makes it easier to move on from the Monkey Forest to your next stop without negotiating local transport.
• Bottled drinking water in the vehicle lets you rehydrate between outdoor visits in the Ubud area.

Rice terrace swings and zipline

Swings and zipline activities around the rice terraces give a different perspective if you choose a more adventurous route.

Features

• Selecting the monkey forest, swing, zipline, rice terrace, and waterfall option adds access to swing or zipline spots near the terraces, combining landscape views with short activity bursts.
• Your driver/guide coordinates the order of swing, zipline, rice terrace, Monkey Forest, and waterfall visits so you spend more time at each stop and less time waiting in lines.

Waterfalls around Ubud

Waterfalls feature on several variants, either as part of an adventure day or combined with wellness experiences.

Features

• On the monkey forest, swing, zipline, rice terrace, and waterfall tour, a waterfall stop is built into your route so you can experience a change from temples and villages.
• If you pick the sunrise, temple, coffee, waterfall, and hot spring private tour, the waterfall visit is scheduled alongside your coffee stop and hot spring time for a mixed nature and relaxation day.

Sunrise viewpoints and coffee stops

Sunrise outlooks and coffee visits are central if you opt for the early-start variant.

Features

• The sunrise, temple, coffee, waterfall, and hot spring option starts your day at a sunrise location before continuing on to a temple, making use of quieter early hours.
• A coffee stop is included on this variant, and your driver/guide incorporates it between temple and waterfall visits so you can pause and reset mid-route.

Hot springs and wellness

Hot springs fit naturally with the wellness and relaxation aspect of the customizable tour.

Features

• When you choose the sunrise, temple, coffee, waterfall, and hot spring private tour, time at a hot spring is planned after the more active parts of the day so you can unwind.
• Your private hotel pickup and drop-off, combined with air-conditioned transportation, keeps transitions comfortable between hot spring, waterfall, and other wellness or temple stops.

Local markets, villages, and artisan communities

Local markets, traditional villages, and artisan areas help round out the day for guests interested in culture and local life.

Features

• Depending on your interests, your driver/guide can integrate local markets, coffee plantations, or artisan communities into your route alongside temples, rice terraces, and waterfalls.
• Travel at a flexible pace, adjusting time in villages or markets as you go, while your English-speaking local driver/guide manages navigation and logistics throughout Ubud.

Wrapping up

Your private custom tour ends back at your hotel with drop-off included, and you can choose from the crowd-smart purification, rice fields, and palm reading; monkey forest, swing, zipline, rice terrace, and waterfall; or sunrise, temple, coffee, waterfall, and hot spring variants when booking.