Hot springs
The Mount Batur hot springs are the warm pools on the shore of the lake at the bottom of the caldera, and they are the reason so many of the listings on this site run longer than five hours. Water heated underground comes up beside a lake with a volcano standing over it, and you sit in it after a night that began at two in the morning. Most sunrise trips here include entry. Where a listing does not, the ticket is sold on its own at $8.
Quick answer
The short answer. If you are climbing, book $36 — the guided ascent with the Mount Batur hot springs written into the same fare, 10,176 reviews at 4.8. If you are not climbing, book $45, our top pick, which reaches the sunrise by vehicle and finishes in the same water. And if you are travelling under your own steam, the entry ticket at $8 gets you in with no tour at all.
The basics
Geology first, briefly, because it explains the whole thing. The caldera holds a lake, the ground beneath it is still warm, and water surfaces hot on the shore. Pool complexes have been built around those outflows, looking straight across the water at the mountain. That is what people mean by the Batur natural hot springs: warm water at the bottom of a volcanic bowl with a very good view.
They are the second half of the morning, not a separate day. Almost nobody travels up here only to swim. The Mount Batur hot springs are where a sunrise morning ends: you climbed or you were driven, you watched the light, you came back down, and the water is what your legs were hoping for. That is why listings such as $36 and $36 are listed at seven to eleven hours while the plain ascent is five.
Entry is a real, separately priced thing. $8 buys entry with no tour attached, and it carries 130 reviews at 4.1. It is the listing to book if you have your own driver, or if half your group went up the mountain and the other half would rather spend the morning in warm water.
Most tours already cover it. Twelve of the twenty-three listings on this site name the water in the fare. Before buying a ticket, read your own booking: the commonest small waste of money in this niche is paying twice for the same pools.
Every trip, current fare
Twelve listings name the Mount Batur hot springs in the fare. Sorted by kind: jeeps first, then the climbs, then the wheels, with the entry ticket at the end of the story rather than in the table, since it has no listed length.
| Tour | Length | Price | What is included | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bali/Mount Batur: Private Sunrise Jeep Tour & Hot SpringOur top pick — the viewpoint without the climb | 5 - 9 hours | $45 | A private jeep to the sunrise viewpoint, then the hot spring by the lake | $6.43 | 4.8 · 4,664 |
| From Ubud: Mount Batur Shared Jeep Sunrise & Hot Spring TourOur fare from — shared jeep from Ubud | 5 hours | $20 | A shared jeep from Ubud to the viewpoint, with the pools afterwards | $4.00 | 4.8 · 3,857 |
| Bali: Shared Mount Batur Sunrise Jeep Tour with Hot SpringsShared jeep, 501 reviews | 4 - 12 hours | $20 | A shared sunrise jeep with the warm pools written into the fare | $2.50 | 4.8 · 501 |
| Bali: Day/Sunset Mount Batur 4WD Jeep and Natural Hot SpringTwo hours in daylight | 2 hours | $20 | Two hours by 4WD in daylight, finishing at the warm pools | $10.00 | 4.7 · 575 |
| Bali/Mount Batur: Classic VW Volcano Safari & Hot SpringClassic VW around the caldera | 8 hours | $60 | A classic VW safari around the caldera, with a soak at the end | $7.50 | 4.6 · 1,209 |
| Bali: Mount Batur Sunrise Guided Hike and Natural Hot SpringThe climb and the pools, 10,176 reviews | 7 - 11 hours | $36 | The guided climb, then the natural pools beside Lake Batur | $4.00 | 4.8 · 10,176 |
| From Ubud: Mount Batur Hiking With Hot SpringFrom Ubud, the climb and a soak | 7 - 10 hours | $36 | Pickup in Ubud, the climb, and a long soak afterwards | $4.24 | 4.8 · 2,457 |
| Bali: Mount Batur Sunrise Hike with Breakfast & Hot SpringThe short version, four hours | 4 hours | $34 | A four-hour version of the climb, with breakfast and a warm soak | $8.50 | 4.7 · 148 |
| Bali: Mount Batur ATV Sunrise with Breakfast and Hot SpringRated 4.9 — ATV at first light | 4 hours | $21 | Sunrise by ATV on the lava field, with breakfast and a soak | $5.25 | 4.9 · 185 |
| Bali: Mount Batur Quad Bike Tour and Natural Hot SpringsThe highest fare here — quad and pools | 4 hours | $88 | A quad bike tour across the lava, with the natural pools afterwards | $22.00 | 4.7 · 215 |
| Mount Batur: Black Lava Cycling Tour w/ Natural Hot SpringDownhill across the lava field | 6 hours | $40 | A downhill ride over the black lava field, ending at the warm water | $6.67 | 3.7 · 65 |
Four ways in
The pools are the same in each case. What differs is what you did in the four hours before you got into them.
| Route | What happens first | Listed length | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climb, then soakthe classic pairing | Two hours up in the dark, sunrise, breakfast, then down to the water | 7 - 11 hours | $36 |
| Jeep, then soakno climbing | A vehicle to the viewpoint, sunrise, then straight down to the shore | 5 - 9 hours | $45 |
| Wheels, then soakthe lava field | Sunrise, breakfast, an ATV run across the black lava, then the pools | 4 hours | $21 |
| Straight to the waterno tour | Nothing at all — you arrive, you pay, you get in | Entry ticket | $8 |
The verdict
Twelve listings include the water and one sells it on its own. Four honest answers.
If you are walking up, take $36. The guided ascent and the pools in one fare, 10,176 reviews at 4.8, and the reason it is listed at up to eleven hours is that the soak afterwards is not hurried. Legs that have just come down a volcano have strong opinions about this booking.
If you are not walking up, take $45. Our pick on this site: a private vehicle to the sunrise viewpoint and then down to the same water, 4.8 across 4,664 reviews, listed at five to nine hours so there is room to stay in.
If you want the lowest fare that still includes the water, take $20. Shared jeep from Ubud, viewpoint, pools, 3,857 reviews at 4.8.
If you already have transport, take $8. Entry to the Mount Batur hot springs with nothing attached. It is the plainest listing on this site and it exists for people who have already solved the driving.
Book direct
The climb with the pools, our top pick by jeep, the shared jeep from Ubud, the Ubud climb, the ATV morning and the entry ticket on its own.
★ 4.8 · 10,176 reviews
★ 4.8 · 4,664 reviews
★ 4.8 · 3,857 reviews
★ 4.8 · 2,457 reviews
★ 4.9 · 185 reviews
★ 4.1 · 130 reviews
The variables
None of these will change your mind. All of them will change how you pack.
Bring a swimsuit and wear it early
Changing facilities exist, but the simplest thing is to have it on under your clothes from the start of the morning. Nobody wants to queue at nine in the morning on three hours of sleep.
A towel of your own
Some complexes hire them. Your own means you are not deciding about it while dripping.
Time in the water
The listings that include the pools are the longer ones for exactly this reason. $36 runs to eleven hours because of what happens after the descent.
It is busy after sunrise
The whole mountain comes down at roughly the same time. Later in the morning the pools quieten again, which is an argument for the listings that are in no rush.
The ground
Everything in this section happens on one strip of shoreline. The road drops from the rim down to the lake, the pool complexes sit along the water, and the mountain stands directly opposite. When people describe the lake Batur hot springs they are describing that view from chest-deep in warm water, usually at about nine in the morning.
These are not the only warm pools on the island. There is a well known set in the north, and a search for banjar hot springs Bali brings up those rather than these — a different corner of Bali entirely, a long drive from the caldera, and nothing to do with the sunrise morning. People comparing banjar hot springs Bali Indonesia against what is on this page are comparing two different days out.
Getting there without a tour. The drive up from the south takes most of a morning, which is why anyone searching for hot springs Bali Ubud is usually looking for something closer to base than this. From Ubud itself the caldera is a reasonable run, and it is the town most of these listings collect from.
A note on the names people search for. The pool complexes have their own names on the shore, and Toya Devasya hot springs Bali is the one that turns up most often in searches. The listings gathered here name the water rather than the operator, so the sensible thing is to read what your own booking includes rather than to chase a particular complex.
And the searches that all mean this place. Readers arrive here typing mt Batur hot springs, or Batur hot springs Bali, or hot springs Bali Mount Batur, or simply Batur hot springs, and they all mean the same shoreline. Broader searches — hot springs Bali, hot springs in Bali, natural hot springs Bali, natural hot springs in Bali, or best hot springs in Bali — cover the whole island, and this page is only the ones under the volcano.
What the reviews keep saying. The pools are warm rather than scalding, the view of the mountain from the water is the thing people photograph, the complexes get crowded when the mountain empties, and an hour in there after a descent is the part of the morning people describe most fondly.
Mistakes
Five of the six are decided before anyone leaves the hotel, not at the water.
They are the end of a sunrise morning. Almost every listing here arranges them that way, and the few hours between the light and the water are what the fare covers.
Twelve of the listings here already include entry. Read your own booking before buying $8 on top of it.
You are collected in the middle of the night and you will not be back before the pools. Whatever you want to swim in has to travel with you.
The plain ascent at $27 is five hours and does not include the water. $36 is the same climb with it, and the extra hours are the difference.
Almost nobody drives two hours each way only to swim. It works as the end of a sunrise morning, which is how every tour here arranges it.
The mountain comes down all at once. If quiet matters, the longer listings that arrive later are the better bet.
Checklist
One minute on the listing page is the difference between a soak and an argument.
The single line that matters. $36 includes it; $27 is the same climb without it.
Seven to eleven hours means a proper soak. Four or five means the morning is built around something else.
Swimsuit and towel, from two in the morning, through the sunrise, to the water. Plan the bag around that.
$8 is for people with their own transport or their own plans. On a tour that already names the pools it is money spent twice.
Shown across the listings gathered here, which matters on a morning whose first half depends entirely on the sky.
Most people reach the water after a sunrise. The versions with no climbing at all are on their own page.
See the sunrise without the climb→Common questions
The entry ticket on its own is $8, with 130 reviews at 4.1. Most sunrise listings on this site already include entry in the fare.
Twelve of the twenty-three here, including $36, $45, $20 and $36. The listing page names it explicitly when it is included.
On the shore of Lake Batur, at the bottom of the caldera, with the volcano directly opposite. The road down to them leaves the rim road near the viewpoints.
Yes. $8 is entry with nothing attached, which suits anyone with their own driver or car.
Mid to late morning, after the descent. Everyone comes off the mountain at once, so the listings that arrive a little later find the pools calmer.
A swimsuit and a towel, carried from the start of the night, since you are collected long before dawn and do not go back to the hotel first.
Warm shallow water at the end of a long morning generally suits children very well. It is the climb beforehand, not the pools, that decides which listing works.
No. The pools in the north are a different place, a long drive away, and they have nothing to do with the sunrise morning described on this page.
Go deeper
Twenty-three ways up Mount Batur, by how you get there and what it costs.
Sunrise hikeThe 2 a.m. start, the two hours up, and what you see at the top.
Jeep toursRiding to the viewpoint instead of climbing in the dark.
Without hikingFor anyone who wants the light but not the climb.
ATV & quadThe lava field on four wheels, morning or after sunrise.
From UbudPickup times, the drive up and what fits in the day.
Bali/Mount Batur: Private Sunrise Jeep Tour & Hot Spring
★ 4.8 · 4,664 reviews · Free cancellation 24 h