Bali Eco Tours
Bali Eco Tours
4.5
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
Join us for a sunrise trek to the summit of Mt.Batur (1717 meters) and experience the awesome beauty of an active volcano. Trekking in the cool, early morning darkness (torches, hiking sticks and wet weather gear supplied, if needed), we begin the one to two hour ascent to arrive in time to witness a glorious sunrise and experience the stunning morning views of the surrounding crater.
Duration: More than 3 hours
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maurizia.m.
408 contributions
Jul 2023
I booked a private tour of Uluwatu Temple at sunset and Kechak dance. The driver/guide explained something about the temple; in the evening we ate on the beach, in a restaurant in Jimbaran. The driver was supposed to wait for us outside the restaurant but he couldn't be seen, we even checked in the car park. We waited more than 20 minutes, this thing is not good. He also didn't even give his phone number so we couldn't trace him.
Written August 18, 2023
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Maisie
Melbourne, Australia9 contributions
Oct 2022
We did the sunrise trek up to Mt Batur with a visit to hot springs, a lovely lunch and a visit to a tea&coffee plantation. Our guide Marley and our driver were lovely and helpful. Marley helped us up and down the mountain and prepared a lovely breakfast for us while we were enjoying the view!. Marley was also very informative throughout the day and taught us lots. The views from the lunch restaurant were stunning also!
A pleasant and professional experience with Bali Eco Tours :)
A pleasant and professional experience with Bali Eco Tours :)
Written October 17, 2022
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Storyteller632337
13 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
Getting started on a trip of a lifetime! We are so happy to recommend Bali Eco Cycling! The whole day tour was a revelation of THE Bali! The staff and everyone we were introduced to were so friendly and helpful in understanding each part of the day’s activities, such as stopping at rice paddies, visiting a host family compound with a tour of their farm, a coffee plantation, and an ancient banyan tree. A great breakfast buffet with a view of Mount Batur, weather permitting, and a delicious lunch at the end of the ride. Bikes and gear were provided as well as rain ponchos and refreshments. Very informative and pleasant! You are going to be amazed! A special thanks to our guide Wayan!
Suksma! Lynne and Keith Andree
Suksma! Lynne and Keith Andree
Written October 21, 2022
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Isobel B
3 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
Our Tour was a really great experience, our guide Shandy and driver Buddy were very good at their jobs, nothing was too much trouble and if we wanted to miss something out, that was ok too. Our lunch was good and not rushed. Very enjoyable.
Written September 3, 2023
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Ida Bjørhovde
1 contribution
Aug 2022 • Couples
Chose the 3-in-1 Mt. Batur tour. Fantastic view of Mt. Batur and it's brother at sunrise at a cafe. Got some Indonesian cake for breakfast as well. Started hiking the black lava field afterwards, which gave us a feeling on being at another planet. After the hike, we biked around Mt. Batur through all the villages. Fantastic views and an all right bike tour. Stopped at the water temple for the last bit; to cross the lake in kayaks. Wonderful! Got to visit the water temple and also a coffee plantation with taste samples as well. Our guide was Gentur, he really made an awesome day for us. He could a lot about everything, and gladly shared the balanece culture with us.
Written August 22, 2022
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Shani S
Christchurch, New Zealand26 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
This was so much fun! We were the only 2 on The trip so got a real private experience. Our guide (who I'm sorry, I forgot his name!) Was friendly and funny and answered all our questions around culture, even giving examples of his family. The bike was mostly easy with a few more challenging sections, though I'd say anyone who's been on a mountain bike before and doesn't mind picking up a bit of speed downhill could manage it. Defo a tour I'll reccomend to others. Thank you!
Written January 11, 2020
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Tamara M
Gold Coast, Australia10 contributions
Dec 2019 • Couples
This tour is highly reccommended. The day is so diverse, riding through the villages, trying coffee, breakfast with an amazing view & finished with a beautiful lunch in the rice fields. You don't have to be an athlete to enjoy this day. I have done this tour a 3 times now, and I have loved each time.
Written January 11, 2020
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LuciLu12
Rugby, UK71 contributions
Sept 2016 • Couples
Late picking us up (arrived at 3am instead of 2.30am).
Late leaving coffee point.
Late arriving at start point.
Ended up having to get up to the top with no guide, in order to make it by sunrise.
Our so-called "guide" never made it to the top. He had our paid for "breakfast".
Stateed our dietry requirements on booking - NOT CATERED FOR AT ALL.
After a two hour hike to the top, we had a couple of bananas.
We then had another three hour hike down, we were offered chicken or fish and had to explain everything all over again.
Their website, which we used to book, said as the first 5 to book we were entitled to an hours full body massage instead of the standard 20 minute foot massage. This was not honoured. The guy we had just shrugged his shoulders and said he was just the tour guide - zero responsibility taken.
The foot massage we did receive was... awful. To be honest. Worse I've had and actually re-injured my healing ankle slightly, they were that rough (I had recovered from tendonitis after a bad sprain earlier this year, having to have several physio sessions!)
This company is a bunch of jokers. Don't use them - take your money else where!
Late leaving coffee point.
Late arriving at start point.
Ended up having to get up to the top with no guide, in order to make it by sunrise.
Our so-called "guide" never made it to the top. He had our paid for "breakfast".
Stateed our dietry requirements on booking - NOT CATERED FOR AT ALL.
After a two hour hike to the top, we had a couple of bananas.
We then had another three hour hike down, we were offered chicken or fish and had to explain everything all over again.
Their website, which we used to book, said as the first 5 to book we were entitled to an hours full body massage instead of the standard 20 minute foot massage. This was not honoured. The guy we had just shrugged his shoulders and said he was just the tour guide - zero responsibility taken.
The foot massage we did receive was... awful. To be honest. Worse I've had and actually re-injured my healing ankle slightly, they were that rough (I had recovered from tendonitis after a bad sprain earlier this year, having to have several physio sessions!)
This company is a bunch of jokers. Don't use them - take your money else where!
Written September 25, 2016
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Andris Sipos
Budapest, Hungary168 contributions
Jul 2015 • Couples
We had a great time with Bali Eco Tours! They made a special package for us that included a Mount Batur sunrise tour and a cycle tour in one day. Organizing all this was really easy and fast via email.
Mount Batur tour:
I think most people don't realize how hard it will be to climb a volcano in the dark. We are a couple in our late twenties, we are very fit but it was pretty exhausting! Many people climb up there every day on tours like this and I think many of them don't not know what they have signed up for. It is not at all impossible but I think it is "relatively easy" - as the website say - only for experienced hikers, even if you only go up to the sunrise point. It was not a problem for us since we are young but it could be for some - anyway, this is not as bad to loose a star from the review! :)
The tour started during the night, they picked us up at 2:15 in Ubud, we had an almost 2 hour car ride (with one stop at The View restaurant) and than a 2 hour hike up to the top. First, there was about an hour of pretty fast walking then another hour of hiking on the mountain, all in complete darkness with flash lights. We had some nice tour guides that helped us but the pace was pretty fast. The last 20 minutes were optional to get to the top instead of the lookout point. We were the only people to sign up for it and it was the hardest part thanks to the terrain and the inclination. Unfortunately it was very foggy, we did not have a clear view of the sunrise or the area but it was worth it - challenge completed! :) The hike down was of course easier but still, a two hour trekking after climbing a volcano.
If you are fit, a regular hiker and someone who likes a good challenge then go for it!
Don't forget to bring warm clothes as it can be really chilly on the way up, around 13-15 degrees Celsius.
Cycling tour:
After the descend we went for a breakfast at the wonderful View restaurant and joined a group for the bike tour. We really enjoyed the tour as it was really easy (after the hiking we needed that), informative and fun. The bikes were in very good condition and our guide was the best guide we had in all Bali. We visited a plantation, rice paddies and a local home, as well. I recommend it to everyone!
Mount Batur tour:
I think most people don't realize how hard it will be to climb a volcano in the dark. We are a couple in our late twenties, we are very fit but it was pretty exhausting! Many people climb up there every day on tours like this and I think many of them don't not know what they have signed up for. It is not at all impossible but I think it is "relatively easy" - as the website say - only for experienced hikers, even if you only go up to the sunrise point. It was not a problem for us since we are young but it could be for some - anyway, this is not as bad to loose a star from the review! :)
The tour started during the night, they picked us up at 2:15 in Ubud, we had an almost 2 hour car ride (with one stop at The View restaurant) and than a 2 hour hike up to the top. First, there was about an hour of pretty fast walking then another hour of hiking on the mountain, all in complete darkness with flash lights. We had some nice tour guides that helped us but the pace was pretty fast. The last 20 minutes were optional to get to the top instead of the lookout point. We were the only people to sign up for it and it was the hardest part thanks to the terrain and the inclination. Unfortunately it was very foggy, we did not have a clear view of the sunrise or the area but it was worth it - challenge completed! :) The hike down was of course easier but still, a two hour trekking after climbing a volcano.
If you are fit, a regular hiker and someone who likes a good challenge then go for it!
Don't forget to bring warm clothes as it can be really chilly on the way up, around 13-15 degrees Celsius.
Cycling tour:
After the descend we went for a breakfast at the wonderful View restaurant and joined a group for the bike tour. We really enjoyed the tour as it was really easy (after the hiking we needed that), informative and fun. The bikes were in very good condition and our guide was the best guide we had in all Bali. We visited a plantation, rice paddies and a local home, as well. I recommend it to everyone!
Written August 12, 2015
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FionaTFN
Singapore, Singapore4 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
We stayed at the foot of the mountain and the hike starts just outside our guest house but we were still charged 60USD per pax. We were handed hand held torch light but no hiking stick. Breakfast excluded too.
During the hike , our guide was most of the time nowhere in sight. He was always way ahead of us. Our group consists of only three people and it’s always the three of us waiting for and checking on one another.
At one point of the hike, I had difficulty with the steepness, it was another hiker who lent a hand, instead of our guide ( don’t know where he was).
The hike ended also at our guest house and from there we were driven to the hot spring. There, the guide told us he has to leave early as the other guests had requested. My friend and I were given the option to leave early with them or walk back to our accommodation on our own. By now, we were really frustrated with both eco and the guide. We don’t know the way back and the guide would only point in a direction and said walk 10mins. The car ride earlier was already near 10mins.
We let him leave. We’ve had enough. Thankfully staff at the hot spring were helpful, assisted us in contacting our guest house management for transport back to our accommodation.
Sunrise at the summit was spectacular. I’d want to do it again someday. Just not with this company. I wouldn’t recommend it.
During the hike , our guide was most of the time nowhere in sight. He was always way ahead of us. Our group consists of only three people and it’s always the three of us waiting for and checking on one another.
At one point of the hike, I had difficulty with the steepness, it was another hiker who lent a hand, instead of our guide ( don’t know where he was).
The hike ended also at our guest house and from there we were driven to the hot spring. There, the guide told us he has to leave early as the other guests had requested. My friend and I were given the option to leave early with them or walk back to our accommodation on our own. By now, we were really frustrated with both eco and the guide. We don’t know the way back and the guide would only point in a direction and said walk 10mins. The car ride earlier was already near 10mins.
We let him leave. We’ve had enough. Thankfully staff at the hot spring were helpful, assisted us in contacting our guest house management for transport back to our accommodation.
Sunrise at the summit was spectacular. I’d want to do it again someday. Just not with this company. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Written October 25, 2018
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Dear FionaTFN,
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We really need this kind of review to highlight any problems we might have, be it from our own operators, or to protect customers from possibly irresponsible staff members or possible illegal operators pretending to be us.
Normally if we have people request our services when already staying at the base of the mountain, we offer a 5-10 US dollar discount (we are now gearing towards charging in rupiah only, to use an Indonesian internet payment system). It sounds like this guide did not give you the discount you deserve, so we would dearly love to know his name, or possibly the name of the reservation staff who did the booking for you. It would really help us get to the bottom of this, and ensure it never happens again to our future or repeat customers. It is very unfair that they treated you differently to the other customers.
Please let us know when you are in Bali again, so we can offer you a discount and make sure you have our best trekking guide who will take care of you properly. In case it wasn't really our staff (we have discovered that other operators at times pretend to be us, as our product and prices are at a premium level—hence we work hard to maintain our quality standards) we apologise as a people, that you have been treated unkind by our fellow Indonesian, they gave us a bad name. You were willing to pay the full price without bargaining, yet you were shortchanged in the activity as well as inclusions such as breakfast etc.
Our guide normally have great reviews as they take care of our guests very well. Normally the compulsory local guides will accompany the fast guests, and our own guides stay back with the guests who need to take their time. Occasionally the guests are a large group ranging from too fast to too slow, in which case we recommend they keep up with the fastest, or stay back with the slower ones.
We normally keep the numbers down per guide to make it easier for the guides to handle the guests. The local guides require us to hire one of them for every maximum 5 guests, in which case 10 guests would have 2 local guides and 1 of our guides. This would mean there are 3-4 guests per guide. If it were less than 5 guests, there would be 2 guides, one local, one our own. This would mean 2-3 guests per guide, and they are required to stay with the guests, and the guests are required also to stay with our guides, as we provide insurance and need to ensure accountability. I have never heard of our guides leaving their guests to fend for themselves. So please if you have their name, let us know so we can make sure this never happens again.
Best regards,
Trishna
Written October 15, 2019
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Are the bikes only adult size? I have a 7 year old I would like to take along...
Written June 24, 2019
We have bicycle for children as well, from 5 years old.
Written November 23, 2019
Good day
I am interested in finding out about doing this tour volcano bike tour in Ubud next week. Could you kindly give me more information about it. Is there a tour group that I could join?
Thank you.
Written January 21, 2019
Hi ,
You can contact Bali eco tour via email on website, or call them on +62 813 374 20420 . Almost every day they have cycling tour starts with breakfast at volcano, and downhill cycling.
Thank you.
Written January 23, 2019
Hi I read under About, it says trekking to Mount Batu in the morning. But the reviews are all day bicycle tours.
I’m looking for the details for Mt Batu or nice hiking/trekking tours half day. Where do I find details?
Written December 23, 2018
Hi
We do have Mt Batur trekking.
For further details, you can contact bali eco tour on +62 813 3742 0420
Thank you
Sitha
Written December 24, 2018
KB7711
London, United Kingdom
Hi, how much does it cost for the sunrise Batur tour and hot spring? Do i need to pay online in advance or pay when we get to Bali? Thanks
Written August 25, 2018
Hi, it costs 60$ and yes you have to pay at least 50% in advance. I paid through pay pal the whole amount. It was easy and safe process. Beat wishes!
Written August 26, 2018
zakarlyukina74
Chelyabinsk, Russia
How much does it cost to cycle by batur or agung?
Written June 11, 2018
Our regular educational cycling tour takes you from the Mt Batur area to Ubud, and it costs $48 per adult (there is an earlybird discount making it $40/adult if you book direct ahead of time).
If you are staying at a decent hotel in Batur area, it shouldn't cost you anything as the good hotels have bicycles for free use. Agung is a huge mountain and there is no cycling on this mountain. It is also still erupting, so there is a 4km radius no-go zone from the Agung crater.
Written June 12, 2018
jdoelman
Ede, The Netherlands
Eind oktober vertrek ik naar Bali en wil 1 dag fietsen in de omgeving van Ubud. Word je ook opgehaald vanuit Tubar?
Written October 1, 2017
Ja, we halen ook uit Tuban.
Yes, we also pick up from Tuban.
Written October 2, 2017
hey !!I I am also planning a trip to bali. Wanted to know more about clycling tour.Which cycling tour you selected ? I s it easy and comfortable ?
Written March 26, 2016
The 'easiest' cycling tour is the Bali Eco Educational cycling tour, which is mostly downhill. The Ubud orientation tour is more of a challenge, while if you want to do a lot of exercise you can opt for the Ubud Adventure.
Written October 2, 2017
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