Bali: Barong Dance and Kintamani with Mount Batur View Lunch

About this tour

This seven-hour tour weaves together three dimensions of Balinese culture: a live Barong Dance performance depicting the eternal struggle between good and evil, the sacred spring temple at Tirta Empul where locals make ritual ablutions, and a drive up to Kintamani's volcanic plateau. Lunch happens at elevation with Mount Batur and its crater lake sprawling below you. It's a solid arc through the island's artistic, spiritual and geological story.

Highlights

• Watch masked Barong dancers enact mythological combat
• Walk through Tirta Empul's spring-fed temple courtyards
• Ascend to Kintamani's cooler mountain air
• Lunch with unobstructed views of Mount Batur
• See volcanic lake and cultivated ridge terraces
• Small-group or private transport options available

What to expect

You'll start with the Barong Dance—a hypnotic performance blending theatre, music and storytelling that reveals how Balinese Hinduism blends animism with classical mythology. The dancers move in synchronised bursts, their elaborate costumes (often gold and crimson) both comic and menacing. Next is Tirta Empul temple in Tampaksiring, where you'll witness Balinese worshippers bathing in natural spring pools fed by underground sources; it's genuinely active, not a museum piece. The drive northeast gains altitude steadily until Kintamani reveals itself—a highland village sitting above the caldera. Your lunch spot offers genuine elevation perspective: Mount Batur dominates the view, and on clear days you'll see the lake's mirror surface below.

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