Our hiking tour was amazing and the views were gorgeous, a great experience overall! Our guide, Mangku, was fantastic and the best best tour guide I have had, he... read more was friendly, helpful, and took amazing photos for us when we reached the summit. best guide...More

  Jata mangku He a guide near kintamani...he took me just us two up for sunset. He was real nice polite and helpful. Sunset best time...no people around on mountain very... read more peaceful beautiful experience. Thanku jatu!!

  We started out with a little stumble out of our beds as we were late for the pickup. But our driver was very patient and asked us to take our... read more time to get ready. We reached a coffee hut at 3.20am for coffee and banana crepe. It was getting cold as we were closer to the peak. We met up with Wayan Suar, our guide and set off at 3.40am. It was a gradual hike at first. Until we reach a steeper point where it's loose rocks and gravels. A stick would be good to help with stamina and balance. After 1 hour 40 minutes, we reached the peak of Mount Batur. Wayan guided us to a hut that was installed at the peak and we had hot coffee and breakfast there while waiting for the sunrise. The view was breathtaking and we were above a sea of clouds! We moved higher towards the crater rim of the mountain to get beautiful pictures. Wayan has many creative ways to take photos and also explained to us about the terrain of the mountain. He also showed us the natural gas steaming out from the side of the mountain. Wayan decided we could take the medium track back and we were so happy to walk along the crater rim to see the different sites of the area. We could also see a slightly smoking Mount Agung and Mount Rinjani from where we... We started out with a little stumble out of our beds as we were late for the pickup. But our driver was very patient and asked us to take our time to get ready. We reached a coffee hut at 3.20am for coffee and banana crepe. It was getting cold as we were closer to the peak. We met up with Wayan Suar, our guide and set off at 3.40am. It was a gradual hike at first. Until we reach a steeper point where it's loose rocks and gravels. A stick would be good to help with stamina and balance.

After 1 hour 40 minutes, we reached the peak of Mount Batur. Wayan guided us to a hut that was installed at the peak and we had hot coffee and breakfast there while waiting for the sunrise. The view was breathtaking and we were above a sea of clouds! We moved higher towards the crater rim of the mountain to get beautiful pictures. Wayan has many creative ways to take photos and also explained to us about the terrain of the mountain. He also showed us the natural gas steaming out from the side of the mountain.

Wayan decided we could take the medium track back and we were so happy to walk along the crater rim to see the different sites of the area. We could also see a slightly smoking Mount Agung and Mount Rinjani from where we stood. The sky was very clear that day!

As we descend we came upon the gravel loose rocks again and Wayan helped to "slide down" without tripping. We passed a forest and down to tomato, spring onion and chilli plantations! The view was spectacular! We also saw a pigsty at the side.

We reached the car park at 9am and we really appreciate the guidance given by Wayan. We bid our goodbyes and went to Sekumpul Waterfall.

It took us about 1.5 hours to reach the place as it is up north. The place was secluded and we were greeted by a young man who lived in the village. He guided us the way down, all 230 steps to the waterfall. The waterfall is 90 meters drop, and there's about 4 waterfalls at the same area. The view is unobstructed and amazing!

As we didn't bring our swimwear or sandals, we took off our shoes and just waddle and wash up at the shallow streams. But it would be nice to swim as it is only about 1 meter deep. We came back up for lunch at 12.30pm and bid our goodbyes to the young guide and head back to Kuta.

It took about 2 plus hours to get back to Kuta. Our driver was very kind to bring us chilli hunting at local supermarket, and we managed to find the small red and green chillies!

It was a very enjoyable trip for us and thank you for all the arrangements made! More

  Waking up early was definitely worth it for this trek. The staff were all very hospitable and helpful, our tour guide took so many pictures of us with the best... read more views and got all the angles! The trek was quite hard but doable and worth...More

  Amazing experience! Early pick up by nice and funny driver Adi. Delicious pancake and coffee at 3am before driving to the bottom of Mount Batur, where we met our guide... read more Jata. This kind and supportive man took his job of getting us up (and down)...More

  AMAZING experience thanks to Wayan Suar! This was the highlight of our holiday and enjoyed every minute from start to finish! Highly recommend this trip!

  We did the sunrise hike with breakfast and hotel transfer last Friday September the 27th and had an unforgettable experience and it all had to do with our amazing guide... read more Mangku is amazing!!! We started out at our hotel in Ubud at 2:30 AM with...More

  We have incredible view point on the top thanks to our guide Mangku. Also he made amazing photos like pro.
U definitely should try it!

  I was on a 8 day guided tour and we stopped overnight at a hotel by Mount Batur. Our guide knew someone at this hiking/sunrise escort and made it... read more available as a "add on". The rep from the sunrise hike came to our hotel and...More