Bali travel guide for Indians

Preparing for Bali trip

Bali weather

The best months to travel Bali are:

• July
• August
• September

Other months can seriously ruin your holiday experience. A day spent waiting for rain to stop is a day wasted from your holiday.

Delhi to Bali flight

You can affordable return flights to Bali from New Delhi and Mumbai both. Just use Google Flights to see which date has the cheapest flight. If you want to book a cheap flight, be flexible with your travel dates. For those who are price conscious like me, fly with VietJet Air. Even though it doesn't offer a direct flight to Bali, it's a lot cheaper than direct flights.

Visa for Bali

Though Indonesia provides facility to apply for e-visa for Indian citizens, it is not mandatory. You can simply get visa on arrival at the airport. You need to pay 500,000 IDR for visa on arrival either via USD currency notes or via credit/debit card.

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Day 1: Kuta

Kuta is a destination near the airport. You can enjoy walking on the beach, or visiting Beachwalk Shopping Center. You might think what can be so special about a shopping mall ? well they have designed the mall aligned with theme of Bali. Hence its unlike any other mall you have visited in India. You can also try out Arabica cafe which is a Japanese coffee chain. Their white themed cafe is great for Instagram photos.

What is the budget food option available?

You can enjoy some good food within the Beachwalk Shopping Center. They have a food court with a variety of options. We went for Padang kurin Restaurant. We had chicken and rice dish for 61,000 IDR each.

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Kuta has multiple beach clubs that you can visit in the evening time. We visited Azul Beach Club. You can enjoy the sunset view from the beach club.

What is the budget drink option available?

Since you need to buy a drink to sit at a beach club, you can try out Bali Cider. We had a bottle of Bali Cider for 49,000 IDR each.

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Day 2: Seminyak

Raya Seminyak is a street which offers boutiques, art shops. you can also enjoy great cafe's and restaurants. Also, if you are looking for cash, there is an abundance of ATMs on this street.

What is the budget food option available?

We had a Margherita pizza at a restaurant on Raya Seminyak for 93,000 IDR. The place is called The Shisha House.

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By the evening, as the sun sets, you can visit the beach. There are multiple coconut vendors there but you can go with the one who offer free chairs to sit and enjoy the sunset. The coconut water costs 30,000 IDR but you can bargain and get it for 25,000 IDR.

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By the night, within Seminyak beach, you can enjoy the beach clubs. Beach clubs here are pretty much right on the beach unlike Kuta where they are across the road. This makes the experience even more special.

Day 3: Canggu

In day time you can visit Tanah lot temple. You can take a taxi via Grab app. it's best to visit this place when in Canggu cause it's the closest from here. The enterance fee to the temple costs 75,000 IDR/person

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Canggu has the amazing beach clubs for late night partying in Bali. One of the most popular one is FINNS Beach Club. The best part is that club has zero entry fee. You have to only pay for the food and drinks you order.

Day 4: Ubud

How to reach Ubud?

Ubud is relatively far from Canggu hence we couldn't go by scooter. You can also book a Grab taxi like us. It had cost us 351,000 IDR for the trip.

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You can visit Alas Hurum where you can experience mountainous rice fields. An amazing place for couple photoshoot.

The entrance fee to Alas Hurum costs 50,000 IDR/person

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What is the budget food option available?

We had a Smoked Bbq Chicken at the Cretya Club. . It had cost us 125,000 IDR and buying that food also gives you access to their pool.

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Day 5: Ubud

Tirta Empul temple is the Hindu temple where you take bath in the holy water. We travelled to this temple by renting a scooty cause its a lot cheaper than taxi. The entrance fee to temple is 75,000 IDR/person

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Day 6: Ubud

Tegenungan waterfall comprises of an experience where you get to walk down the stairs of a mountain eventually reaching the waterfall. The entrance cost to waterfall is 20,000 IDR/person

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Omma Club is the fun part which gives you access to pool with a view of the waterfall. You can have certain sittings in the club and access to the pool for free, if you order food or coffee.

Day 7: Uluwatu

We went for Uluwatu to see the Uluwatu temple. Also being close to the airport, we planned it for our last day

Uluwatu temple has a scenic view of sea from the mountain. Be precautious, a lot of monkeys in the temple and nearby areas. The entry fee of the temple is 50,000 IDR/person

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Hotels we stayed

Here is the list of hotels in which we stayed

but its important you don't blindly go for the same options. Instead check on Google Map with hotel filter to see the budget hotels that exist around you when you're in Bali.

Money saving tips

Avoid using ATMs with mark-up fee. The ATMs will most likely inform you before cash withdrawal

If you would like to further save money, but at the cost of less convenience, you can bring USD currency notes from India and get them converted to IDR at a forex dealer. By using a forex dealer, not only you save on the mark-up fee, but you also get better conversion rates.

Grab Taxi is a relatively more expensive option to commute in Bali. Instead, rent a scooter to travel. We got a scooter at a cost of 75,000 IDR per day, which already had 1 litre of petrol.

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Book hotels which have free breakfast included with the booking. Free breakfast for couples saves decent money every morning.

Bali trip cost from India for couple

Despite being fairly detailed about the cost, still consider significant variation in cost for your own trip since personal preferences vary.