Three days, one driver and one car - Ubud's rice terraces and temples, the Gates of Heaven and Besakih in the east, then Taman Ayun and the Tanah Lot sunset in the west.
The stepped rice fields north of Ubud, still watered by the thousand-year-old subak system. Next door is a working coffee plantation where you can see how the beans grow and taste kopi luwak. Tastings are free.
Bali's main spring temple, where the melukat purification ritual has been performed for more than a thousand years. You are welcome to take part - we arrange a sarong and explain the etiquette first.
Ten shrines cut into a river-valley cliff in the 11th century, and much quieter than the better-known temples. It is a long staircase down through the rice fields and back up again, so tell your driver if you want it added.
An 11th-century meditation cave with a carved demon face around the entrance, plus bathing pools uncovered in the 1950s. A short flight of steps down, and a quick stop.
The first day closes in the middle of Ubud, in a forest temple complex with more than 700 long-tailed macaques living in it. Keep a firm hold on bags and sunglasses and give the monkeys room. Overnight in Ubud.
Bali's most photographed split gate, with Mount Agung behind it on a clear morning. We arrive early because the queue for the photo gets long, and we handle the ticket, the sarong and the mirror shot.
A former royal garden of tiered fountains and koi pools, with stepping stones you can walk across the water on. Green, quiet, and easy walking - and less busy than most of East Bali.
The Karangasem royal family's water palace: reflecting ponds, bridges and hillside pavilions, with Mount Agung on one side and the sea on the other. Flat, easy walking.
Bali's largest and holiest temple complex, built in terraces up the slope of Mount Agung: more than 20 temples in one sanctuary, still the island's spiritual centre after a thousand years. Sarong included. Back to Ubud for the second night.
A grove of tall nutmeg trees on the way to Tanah Lot, with a resident troop of long-tailed macaques and a small temple. Quieter than the Monkey Forest in Ubud, and the paths are just as easy.
The state temple of the Mengwi kingdom, founded in 1634 and UNESCO-listed. Its rows of tiered meru shrines sit on an island inside a wide moat. Flat paths run around the outside, which is where the photos of the towers are taken from.
A sea temple on a rock offshore, cut off by the tide as the sun drops behind it. We arrive with time to walk the cliff path and pick a spot before the light goes. Drop-off after sunset.
Private car, driver and fuel. You pay entrance tickets at each gate as you go - handy if you like to skip a stop.
The whole day prepaid, with entrance tickets for the listed stops included. Nothing to pay at the gates.
We pick you up from your hotel or villa in the Ubud area at the time you choose. Your driver shares their details the day before.
Comfortable shoes, sunscreen and a hat, and some cash for entrance tickets (Standard) and lunch along the way.
Temples ask for a sarong, arranged at the gate. A few stops have stairs or a short walk. The route is flexible - linger or skip as you like.
Book and pay online by card or PayPal; a $10 deposit holds your date and you settle the rest at the end of the day. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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