Bali & Lombok Day Tours

Discover the 20 Best Bali Day Trips and Tours for 2024

Quickly and easily find and book the best top-rated Bali tours and day trips with our comprehensive guides. We only recommend recent 5-star rated tours from leading travel sites.

We have partnered with top-rated online tour and activity operators like Viator and GetYourGuide to give you heaps of choices to bust out and have fun!

By booking online, you get a fair price without haggling, you’ll save up to 50% compared to walk-ins, and you know your Bali driver is being paid fairly as well. Reassuringly, online prices are also regulated by travel platforms.

Our Bali day trip partners pick only the best Bali tour operators who are great at communication and reliable have extensive experience, and maintain high ratings and reviews. Currently, we recommend:

  • GetYourGuide is a trusted platform with many highly rated Bali tours and guides. See all for Bali and for Lombok

  • Viator is a TripAdvisor company, with top-rated Balinese tour guides. See all for Bali and Lombok

  • With both, you can book now, pay later (yes!), and cancel up to 24 hours before for a full refund (it’s safe to book and change your mind later!)

We regularly review our selection of tours and tour platforms to ensure we are recommending only the best and most reliable options for our readers to have an exceptional experience.

Reviewed: The Top 20 Best Day Trips on GetYourGuide for 2024

We’ve reviewed the top 20 Bali day trips on GetYourGuide, so you can pick from the best, as voted by real travelers.

This selection has both tours around Bali in a group or a private tour just for you. You’ll also find day trips from Bali to other islands such as a Lombok day trip or one of the gorgeous Nusa islands.

Read our Bali day tour feature article or click below for our detailed reviews of each Bali tour activity.

Most Popular Bali Day Trip Activities

Based on 2023 booking data from GetYourGuide, the most popular types of day trip activities booked for Bali were:

  • Cultural & Theme Tours

  • Sightseeing Tours

  • Nature & Adventure

  • Entry Tickets

  • Day Cruises

  • Water Sports

Hop Tip: Book popular tours in advance to be safe, but check last-minute availability - you can book instantly.

500 more day trips on GetYourGuide

In addition to our handpicked Top 20, GetYourGuide has 500 more Bali and Lombok tours, adventures, and activities. Here’s a selection with direct links:

Popular day trips and tours with Viator

With a vast collection of experiences to choose from, ranging from simple Viator Ubud tours and other trips in Bali to adrenaline-pumping adventures, including trips from Bali to other islands, Viator aims to make it easy to create cherished memories that will endure a lifetime. Viator is a TripAdvisor company, so there’s a huge trust factor right there.

A selection of Viator tours, activities and adventures

Questions to Ask When Booking Bali Day Tours

Based on our experience, here are some key questions travelers should ask when booking day trips in Bali:

  1. What is included (and not included) in the tour price?
    Lower-priced tours offer great value but will usually be group tours in a minibus, which is not always shown in photos, so clarify this if you are wanting a private car and driver tour. Some tours appear cheap but do not include meals, such as lunch or snacks.

  2. What languages do your guides speak?
    Most tour guides will speak at least basic English, but some have better English or speak other languages, including Japanese, French, German, and Russian. If you have a special language need, request this when booking.

  3. What is your cancellation and refund policy?
    We choose to recommend tour partners that offer cancellations within 24 hours of the tour to give us ultimate flexibility. Be careful when booking on the street because if you need to cancel, you usually cannot get a refund but will be offered an alternative date, which may not be possible with your schedule.

  4. Does the tour offer any flexibility to stop along the way?
    Group tours generally do not offer much flexibility, whereas a private tour will often allow stopping at other points of interest you pass along the way.

Best Bali Waterfall Day Tours

Discover Bali & Lombok’s best waterfalls - most can be reached in a day trip from Bali’s beach hotels and Ubud. There’s a small selection below, or you can click through to see them all! And don’t forget to read our feature article, The Ultimate Mega Guide to the Best Waterfalls & Hot Springs on Bali & Lombok.

Travel Tip: Having travel insurance for Bali & Lombok is critical. Find out why in our best Bali travel insurance feature article


Best Bali Beach and Bali Island Trips

Dive in deep and discover Bali & Lombok’s best beaches. There’s a few below to tempt you, but you can also click through to see them all!

Travel Tip: Wondering what to pack? Check out our ‘What to Pack for Bali and Lombok’ feature article.


Best Bali Sacred Sites and Temples

Go on a Bali local tour to the island’s most holy sites and temples to find out what this complex culture is all about. We can promise that a temple tour will be one of the best day trips in Bali you can possibly have because it combines scenery, spirituality, and cultural significance.

Be safe: Bali & Lombok are very safe, but we still need to take care and be aware of travel pitfalls and scams


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If you are wondering where is the best area in Bali to stay, our bumper article ‘Fresh, New, Best Areas To Stay In Bali 2023/24’ is a must read!

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FAQs: Travellers to Bali & Lombok ask us great questions and we share the answers here