Open Trip Mount Batur Sunrise Trekking Options

Well worth the very early morning. The highlight of my trip to Bali. I wasn’t sure about this when I booked but was not disappointed. It’s a tough trip up, definitely need a moderate level of fitness, roughly takes 1.5 - 2 hours. But so worth it at the top. The views amazing and the photos we got were wonderful. Our guide was absolutely fantastic. Hot springs a good end to the trip.recommend highly.

Great adventure.. Not to miss.. But should begin early in order to catch the sunrise from the beginning

My friends and I were planning our trip to Bali and really wanted to hike Mt Batur with a guide. I searched the internet looking for the right group, but nothing really felt right. I stumbled upon Air BNB Experiences, something I've never considered before and started searching opportunities. I found Jero's posting for the Sunrise Trek up to Mt. Batur and immediately felt a connection through the post so I booked it up for our group of 5. It looked like a fairly new posting as there weren't many reviews but it just felt right. I am extremely extremely satisfied with what we received. They did a pickup at our villa in Ubud super early in the morning and drove us to the base of Mt Batur where the hike would start. All the reviews I had read on the hike said it was "easy" and I'm not an advanced hiker by any means, I'm barely moderate. I totally recommend you do this hike even though I considered this a moderate to difficult hike. Mudi was our guide up the mountain and he was so encouraging, I wanted to quit when he told us we were only a 1/3 of the way up instead of letting me quit, he grabbed my hand and pulled me up the mountain. Encouraging me the entire way up that it would be worth it. He stopped quite a few times just to make sure I was breathing :) and so the group could take a break and he made the hike fun. We climbed up the rocky part which is a little harder than the other path ( which is mostly switchbacks) he wanted us to avoid the crowds and had better views along the way. In hindsight, I am glad he did that. When we reached the summit before sunrise (YES WE MADE IT WOOHOO), he made us breakfast of banana sandwiches, cookies, eggs and some hot tea/coffee which brought us all back to life. We were really fortunate this hike as it was right around the time Mt Agung erupted and had closed the airport a few days earlier. I had prayed along the way that we would get to see some sort of volcanic activity and sure enough about 30 minutes after reaching the summit Mt Agung blew out a bunch of ash. So rad! Even if the volcano doesn't erupt, I highly recommend Jero and his tour team, it was privately run, so we weren't with any other group and they had impeccable Customer service and satisfaction. After the hike was over, they took us to a coffee plantation where we got a tour of the different things grown on the island as well as a big tasting opportunity. Don't look anywhere else, this gives you everything you need! Happy Trekking.