IDJimbaran and the Bukit, Bali, Indonesia
The cliffs at Uluwatu
A temple on a cliff, and the sun going into the Indian Ocean behind it.
When the light is best
May, July, June
Computed from five years of daily cloud, rain and temperature at -8.81, 115.09. Some cloud is what makes a sky burn, so this is not the same as the driest month and often disagrees with one.
- Cloud then
- 59%
- Wet days
- 18
- Daytime high
- 29°C
When to actually go
April to October is the dry season. The wet season from November brings enormous skies and half the prices.
This is the window for the reason you are going, and it is a different question from the light. Where the two disagree, this one wins. An empty river under a perfect sky is still an empty river.
- Nights
- 8
- Getting in
- Denpasar, forty minutes south
- From, per person
- $2,600
Why here
The Bukit peninsula is limestone cliff the whole way round, facing west, with a sea temple on the edge of it. Sunset at Uluwatu is the single most reliable spectacle in Bali and the reason the whole south of the island fills every evening. Eight nights lets you also get north to the rice terraces and away from all of it.
What you actually do
- Uluwatu temple at sunset, with the kecak performance after
- The beaches under the cliffs: Padang Padang, Bingin, Balangan
- Ubud and the terraces, two hours north, for the second half of the trip
- Sidemen instead of Ubud, if you want the version without the crowds
However many of you
On your own
One of the most solo friendly destinations on earth, with an enormous long stay community and easy transport.
Two to six
A villa on the Bukit with a pool costs less than a hotel room in most of Europe. Four people, one driver on call.
Seven or more
Large villas with staff are the standard product here. Ten to sixteen people is entirely normal and the per head cost drops sharply.
Book it
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