Mount Batur volcano rising above Lake Batur in the Kintamani caldera, Bali

Kintamani · Attractions

Top attractions in Kintamani

Mount Batur and the lake below it, Pura Ulun Danu Batur, and the Penelokan viewpoint along the crater rim.

Kintamani is the highland district around the Batur caldera in Bali's volcanic centre, cooler and greener than the coast. The rim viewpoint at Penelokan looks down over Mount Batur and its crater lake, the starting point for the pre-dawn sunrise trek up the volcano. On the lake shore stand hot springs and the water temple of Pura Ulun Danu Batur. Most visitors come for the sunrise climb or the caldera view, often on the way between Ubud and the north.

4 sights

Kintamani at a glance

1 of the 4 is within 2 km of Penelokan; 2 more are within 10 km by road; Lake Batur is the farthest, 8.7 km by road. Sort the table by distance, by the time each stop takes or by the entry fee.

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Sight	By road from Penelokan	Time needed	Entry	Getting there
Mount Batur	On foot from the trailhead	About 6 hours door to door from so…	Rp 100,000 entry for foreign visitors	Hotel pick-up between 1am and 2:30am; treks start from Toya Bungkah, Pura Jati or Pura Pasar Agung
Lake Batur	8.7 km	Half a day for the shore and a hot…	Free to see	A steep, winding road drops from Penelokan on the caldera rim to Kedisan on the south shore
Pura Ulun Danu Batur	5 km	About an hour for the main temple	A gate charge or donation	In Batur village on the caldera rim, northwest of Penelokan along the rim road
Penelokan Viewpoint	Under 2 km	An hour for the view and a coffee	Kintamani area levy Rp 50,000 per fore…	About 57 km and 1.5 hours from Denpasar; the road from Ubud climbs all the way to the rim

Distances by road from Penelokan, routed with OSRM. For the time it takes, read "Getting there": Bali's traffic, and the islands' broken roads, make a routed time far too short. Time needed and entry are each sight's own figures, in full on its page.

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