Dragons, volcanoes and untamed islands
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10 nights in Indonesia — day by day, fact-checked
Land at Denpasar, clear immigration, and transfer to your Bali hotel to settle before the domestic flight and boat leg ahead.
Clear immigration at Denpasar with your Visa on Arrival and your pre-filled All Indonesia declaration ready. A package driver meets you and transfers to the Bali hotel; the road time varies with heavy Bali traffic. Check your arrival time and plan the rest of the day around it.
Denpasar (DPS) is the arrival hub; a package driver handles the airport-to-hotel transfer, which varies with heavy Bali traffic.
Complete the free online customs and health declaration on the official All Indonesia arrival card app within 72 hours of arrival; paper cards are abolished.
Visa on Arrival at Denpasar costs 500,000 Indonesian rupiah, payable in cash or by card, valid 30 days and extendable once.
Break large 50,000 and 100,000 rupiah notes into smaller denominations at a Bali ATM now; the boat leg has effectively no ATM access.
Pay the 150,000 rupiah Bali tourist levy online via the official Love Bali platform in advance and keep the emailed QR voucher; non-payment means denied access to attractions.
Do not hail an unregistered taxi off the street outside arrivals; use your package transfer or a registered company such as Bluebird, Silverbird or Express.
Change money only at licensed exchanges showing a Bank of Indonesia logo and a QR code; do not call any phone number stuck on an ATM.
A guided day in Ubud, Bali's cultural centre, taking in the Monkey Forest and a temple visit under the island's dress and conduct rules.
A guided visit to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, home to semi-wild macaques. Keep a firm hold on your possessions, do not stare the monkeys in the eyes, and avoid carrying loose bags. The sanctuary opens at 09:00, with last entrance at 17:00.
Official hours are 09:00 to 18:00, with last entrance at 17:00.
The macaques are semi-wild: hold on to your possessions, do not stare them in the eyes, and avoid carrying bags; incidents outside the guidelines are at your own risk.
The official site directs to a third-party page for pricing, so buy your ticket through your guide rather than assuming a walk-up fee.
Do not carry food or dangle a bag in front of the monkeys; incidents outside the posted guidelines are at your own risk.
A managed conservation forest with semi-wild macaques and clear posted conduct rules, walkable from Ubud centre.
Lunch in Ubud on your own or with your guide. Bali's suckling pig, babi guling, is the local signature, and Ubud has long-running warungs serving it as a daytime dish. For a high-end evening later on the Bali nights, tasting-menu restaurants here need advance reservations.
At warungs and market stalls pay in rupiah cash; cards are widely accepted only in hotels, large restaurants and large stores.
Babi guling is a daytime dish; the well-known warungs open around 11:00 and stop when the meat runs out, so go for lunch, not dinner.
Ubud's tasting-menu restaurants require a reservation for dining; arrange any high-end dinner on the Bali nights well in advance.
Babi Guling Ibu Oka on Jalan Suweta is inexpensive by UK standards at 30,000 to 80,000 rupiah per serving; arrive by midday before the queues.
Reviews for Babi Guling Ibu Oka are split (about 3.5 out of 5) and it is a famous, long-established spot rather than a hidden find, so treat it as a known lunch stop and judge it on the whole.
A named, currently trading warung for Bali's signature suckling pig, listed by the official tourism board with a set price range.
A hyper-local tasting-menu restaurant for a high-end evening on the Bali nights.
A long-running gastronomic fine-dining room serving multi-course seasonal tasting menus for a special Bali evening.
A guided day on Bali's southern Bukit Peninsula, ending at the clifftop Uluwatu temple for the sunset Kecak fire dance.
A guided visit to Uluwatu, a Hindu temple set on a cliff edge on the Bukit Peninsula, timed for the sunset Kecak fire dance. A sarong and sash are required and provided at the entrance, and you must cover your knees and shoulders. Non-worshippers may not enter the innermost sacred zones.
At Balinese Hindu temples a sarong and sash are mandatory and are provided or rented at the entrance; cover your knees and shoulders to enter.
The temple is famous for its sunset Kecak fire dance; your guide times the visit to the late afternoon.
There is no verified official Uluwatu website, so treat any third-party hours, entrance fee or Kecak ticket price as unconfirmed and pay through your guide.
Bali's binding 2025 rules require modest, respectful clothing at sacred sites; carry your own sash so you are covered before you reach the gate.
Do not climb sacred monuments or take inappropriate photos at the temple; violations carry legal consequences under Bali's tourist rules.
A clifftop Hindu temple with a well-known sunset Kecak fire dance, a common escorted-tour inclusion.
A short domestic flight from Denpasar to Labuan Bajo on Flores, the embarkation port and gateway to Komodo National Park.
The package flies you from Denpasar to Labuan Bajo on Flores, the closest airport and primary gateway to Komodo National Park. This is where the boats depart. Draw and break rupiah cash before you go: from here on the remote leg, cards give way to cash.
Labuan Bajo is the closest airport and the primary gateway to Komodo; all boat trips depart from its harbour.
For remote Flores and Komodo, exchange and withdraw enough rupiah beforehand; local branches hold limited foreign currency.
Carry small-denomination rupiah for tips, drinks and market stalls; the boat leg has effectively no ATM access.
Do not assume cards work in Labuan Bajo and on the islands as they do in Bali; market stalls and villages are cash-only.
Free time in Labuan Bajo before or after the boat leg. The waterfront has sit-down seafood restaurants and a local food centre where stalls grill fresh fish to order. For a sunset drink, a hilltop restaurant-bar on Waecicu Beach looks out over the Komodo islands.
At the local seafood food centre, stalls are cash-only; carry small rupiah notes, as cards are not the norm at market stalls.
Kampung Ujung is a designated halal culinary zone where most stalls do not serve pork; grilled fish, squid and prawns come with rice and sambal.
Dapur Tara, the genuine Flores farm-to-table table, is reservation-only about 40 minutes out of town in Melo; it cannot be a spontaneous walk-in lunch and must be arranged in advance.
For alcohol, buy only from reputable outlets: there have been deaths from methanol-tainted drinks, and even small amounts can kill.
A trading seafood and homemade-pasta restaurant in the heart of town, corroborated by the official tourism board, good for a sit-down dinner around the boat leg.
A hilltop sunset restaurant-and-bar overlooking the Komodo islands, with a viewpoint and private jetty.
A community-based, reservation-only wood-fire table serving genuine Flores and Manggarai cooking.
The cash-only, eat-with-locals option where waterfront stalls grill the day's catch to order.
Board the liveaboard at Labuan Bajo harbour and cross into Komodo National Park for the first ranger-managed island landing.
The boat times the Padar landing early, at sunrise, to beat the heat and crowds. The viewpoint hike is short but steep, about 30 minutes up a 45-degree slope, rewarding a panorama over bays of white, pinkish and black sand. Follow your guide on the climb.
Go at sunrise: the official advice is to arrive very early in the morning waiting for the sunrise, and to avoid midday because of sun exposure.
The viewpoint hike is short and steep, around 30 minutes up a 45-degree slope.
Padar is reached by boat from Labuan Bajo, roughly 3 hours by speedboat; the park has no roads.
The daily park cap is 1,000 visitors and entries are passport-linked and pre-booked; your operator has secured the timed permit, so keep your passport details to hand.
Do not push the climb at noon; the official advice warns against a midday visit because of the sun exposure on the exposed slope.
A signature liveaboard sunrise stop with a short, steep climb to a panorama over three differently coloured bays.
A ranger-led trek on Komodo or Rinca to see wild Komodo dragons, the trip's defining wildlife landing.
A ranger leads the trek to see wild Komodo dragons, timed for the cooler part of the day when they are most active. A licensed local guide is mandatory here for safety; you cannot walk the islands alone. Stay with the group and follow every ranger instruction.
A licensed local guide is mandatory to trek and see the dragons; the tourism board states it is mandatory for safety, and each trek is led by a ranger or forest police officer.
Rinca is reached by a roughly 2-hour ferry ride from the Labuan Bajo terminal to the Loh Buaya pier, where you meet the ranger who guides the trek.
Dragons are most active in the cooler parts of the day, so treks are ranger-led and time-windowed.
If the itinerary offers a choice, the official advice is not to visit Rinca in June and July, its mating period, and afternoon hikes there suit sunset.
Do not wander off from the ranger or approach a dragon for a photo; walking the islands independently is not allowed and the guide requirement is non-negotiable.
A main dragon-trekking island reached by ferry to Loh Buaya pier, where a compulsory ranger guides the walk.
A calmer boat day inside the park, with a snorkelling and beach stop at Pink Beach and a manta-viewing site.
A calmer landing at Pink Beach, where white sand mixed with eroded red coral gives the sand its colour and the clear water suits snorkelling. The boat also runs manta-viewing sites; September to November is prime season for manta rays and whale sharks. Follow the crew on entries and exits.
Pink Beach is a snorkelling and relaxation stop; the clear water with blue and green gradations suits snorkelling, and the pink sand comes from eroded red coral mixed with white sand.
The dry season gives calmer seas and best visibility, with September to November prime for manta rays and whale sharks.
The pink colour comes from white sand mixed with red coral fragments eroded by the waves; it is at its most obvious where wave action concentrates the coral.
Do not treat this as a self-guided free-swim day; landings are ranger and crew managed within site quotas, and same-day additions are not guaranteed.
A calm boat-access snorkelling stop where wave-eroded red coral tints the sand pink and the clear water suits swimming.
A final full day cruising the park's named landings and reef sites before the boat turns back toward Labuan Bajo.
A day among the park's legitimate landings, which the tourism board names including Manta Point at Makassar Reef, Taka Makasar, Kanawa, Kelor, Gili Lawa and Kalong islands. You visit them as a passenger under the ranger-led schedule. Movement is entirely by boat; the park has no roads.
The park has no roads and is reached only by boat from Labuan Bajo; movement between sites is by vessel throughout.
The named park sites include Manta Point at Makassar Reef, Taka Makasar, Kanawa, Kelor, Gili Lawa and Kalong islands, all legitimate ranger-managed landings.
Keep small rupiah cash to hand for tips and any island or village purchases; there is no ATM access on the boat leg.
Do not expect to add a spontaneous extra landing on the day; permitted entry fits within site quotas and sessions can sell out.
One of the tourism board's named park sites and a manta-viewing reef, reached as part of the ranger-led boat schedule.
The liveaboard crosses back to Labuan Bajo harbour, ending the boat leg with free time in the gateway town.
The boat returns to Labuan Bajo harbour, the crossing running around 3 to 4 hours depending on the vessel and sea conditions. This multi-hour sea leg is built into the product, not a routing error. Free time in town follows; draw fresh rupiah now the ATMs are back within reach.
The Labuan Bajo to islands crossing runs around 3 to 4 hours depending on the vessel and sea conditions; this is inherent to the liveaboard product.
Withdraw any rupiah you need back in Labuan Bajo; on the boat leg there was effectively no ATM access.
For a sit-down dinner in town, Baccala in the heart of Labuan Bajo serves Flores-style seafood such as grilled fish and seafood platters with local spices.
Do not buy cheap or home-made spirits to celebrate the end of the cruise; methanol-tainted drinks have caused deaths and cannot be identified by taste or smell.
A trading seafood and homemade-pasta restaurant in the heart of town for the last Labuan Bajo dinner, confirmed by the official tourism board.
The town's local seafood food centre, a cash-only halal culinary zone where stalls grill fresh fish to order.
A domestic flight back to Denpasar for the final Bali night, with time to settle bills and repack before departure.
The package flies you from Labuan Bajo back to Denpasar for the final Bali night. Spend any remaining large rupiah notes here where they are easy to break, and keep small notes for tips. A package driver handles the airport transfer at both ends.
Spend or break large 50,000 and 100,000 rupiah notes in Bali, where they split easily, rather than carrying them home.
A package driver handles the Denpasar airport transfer; road time varies with heavy Bali traffic.
Use your last Bali evening for a booked dinner; Ubud's tasting-menu restaurants require a reservation, so arrange it ahead through the hotel.
Do not save a scooter or self-drive trip for the last day; you cannot drive on a UK licence and Bali has seen a large rise in motorbike accidents, some fatal.
A long-running fine-dining room with seasonal tasting menus for a final Bali evening.
Transfer to Denpasar airport for your return flight home, timing the morning around your departure.
A package driver transfers you to Denpasar for your return flight. Count back from your departure and allow generously for heavy Bali traffic to the airport. Settle any hotel bills in rupiah and keep small notes for final tips.
A package driver handles the airport transfer; allow generously for heavy Bali traffic when you count back from your departure.
Settle final bills in rupiah and keep small notes for tips; break any large notes before you reach the airport.
If your dates touch Nyepi on 19 March 2026, Denpasar airport closes entirely for about 24 hours, so confirm your departure date clears it with the operator.
Do not carry any cannabis or CBD product in any form; Indonesia has a zero-tolerance policy with long prison sentences or the death penalty.
Practical details verified 23 July 2026. Prices and opening hours change — we re-check them monthly, but confirm anything critical before you travel.
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