Summits

Mt. Agung Crater Rim Summit

Agung’s 1 Day Classic, ex-Sebudi (2866m)

At a Glance

Distance: 8 km
Difficulty: 4.5 / 5
Trail Time: 10 hours
Duration: 1 day

Schedule: Private, Any time
Guide Ratio: 1 for 3 guests
Trek start time: 2:00 am
What’s Included?: View Details

Highlights

The direct up & back route from Pura Pasar Agung temple Sebudi to Agung’s Crater Summit – the shortest in distance, but steepest, most challenging ascent trek route.

For those of you who seek a true challenge and enjoy bagging summits, Agung is a classic and never fails to inspire and exhilarate. As a one-day ascent, this volcano summit is not to be taken lightly. It is enjoyed optimally with forward planning, preparation, and Team idGuides Sebudi community mountain guides, our oldest community partnership since 2009.

Don’t be fooled from the beach-view. Agung’s weather conditions can be cold and windy at altitude above the tree-line (ca. 2300m asl). Ensure you are mountain-fit, rested, mentally-prepared and carry sufficient nutrition.

Agung’s exposed slopes and steep, well-trodden route require hiking footwear, a warm jacket & hat. idGuides supplies trek poles, recommended.

Ideal for:

those who are trail & mountain-fit with suitable footwear
experienced hikers & trail runners
those who want a 1D Agung summit

This booking requires 3 days / 72 hrs advance booking time.

Trek start time is 0200am on the date of your booking. (eg Booking Date 28th Jan 2025, 0200am)

Why select idGuides & Great Bali Trail for your Agung ascent?

idGuides is an established expedition operator and outdoor leadership educator specialising in Indonesia. Since 2009, we have been developing trails, training community trail guides to enable us to design and lead responsible adventures on foot of Indonesian volcanos, landscapes and people.

Our Founder is a female British professional expedition leader and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) with 30 years’ experience delivering outdoor programs, and who remains active to oversee standards and operating proceedures, and available to guide judgement calls. Since our establishment, with our conservative approach to risk and direct training & relationship with our community guides teams, we maintain to date a 100% safety record, having delivered 35,000+ private treks & ascents to our clients of all nationalities, ages and abilities.

The Agung Sebudi Mountain Guides Association is one of our oldest Team idGuides community partnerships – Team idGuides Sebudi. idGuides has organised Agung ascents with Team idGuides Sebudi Agung guides since 2009, periodically providing training on site of its members. This is also why we have incorporated Agung and Team Sebudi into The Great Bali Trail.

Our long-standing partnership is why our Bookings & Base Support Coordinator books and coordinates all our Agung ascents (ex-Sebudi) directly with the Agung Sebudi Mountain Guides Association, the head of which is also Team idGuides’ Sebudi Agung Coordinator). Our partnership ensures that we receive trusted information “direct from source” about route conditions, weather, and advance notice of route closures for Balinese Hindu ceremonies.

idGuides Bookings & Base Support provides real-time support to our Team idGuides mountain teams and to you – to help you prep for your trek / ascent, during your ascent/trek, and ensures that your feedback is relayed to our Team idGuides community guides and integrated into our operating procedures and systems to continuously improve. Very few, if any, agents or operators have our degree of expedition & wilderness risk management expertise in Indonesia and who provide real-time Base Support to the field for both guides and clients.

IDR 1.595.000

per adult

Challenge Trek
Summit
Temples
volcanos
Volcanos & Lava

Agung SUMMIT Ascent ~ indicative timings for a 2am summit trek start:

00.01-01.00 Midnight Departure from hotel or villa (time depends on pick-up location)

02.00 Est. Arrival time at Trek Start (Sebudi / Pura Pasar Agung)

Meeting Point: Team idGuides Sebudi Agung Base / Made Leni’s House
Meet your idGuides Sebudi Agung community mountain guide
Check-in (with your GBT Trail Pass booking code)
Lavatory available
Re-Fill own water bottles

02.00-02.15 Briefing, Warm-up & Start

Trek Poles offered (recommended 2 per trekker)

02.15-02.30 Set-off from meeting point

06.00-07.00 Estimated Summit time (Crater Rim 2866m)

06.30-07.45 Start descent /retrace ascent route

10.00-12.30 Estimated finish time / Arrival at Pura Pasar Agung.

10.30-13.00 Depart from Pura Pasar Agung/Sebudi

12.00-15.00 Estimated arrival at own villa / hotel (time depends on location)

This Price includes:

GBT Trail Pass * (incl. IDR 200,000 pp for Sebudi Community Forest)
idGuides Sebudi Agung Community Mountain Guide(s) (1 English-speaker)
Agung Sebudi Community Tourism Association (PokDarWis) entry ticket
Drinking water refills (Bring own bottle to reduce plastic)
Hot tea/coffee & summit breakfast snacks (fried bananas, cookies & chocolate)
idGuides Bookings Customer Service
idGuides 24hr Expedition Base Support (real-time)
Trekking Poles
Head-torch
Parking fees

What is not included:

Tips & gratuities
Porters & porterage
Transport, transfers & pick-ups
Personal snacks, drinks & meals

* What does your GBT Trail Pass pay for?

GBT Stewardship Village Partner contribution
- supporting local people to maintain the trails you hike ~
- for trail access, maintenance & re-verification.
GBT Impact Village Partner contribution
- supporting the villages & communities where you hike ~
- for local social, environment & village development projects.
Team idGuides Village Partner operating personnel:
- Stage Check-in & Check-out
- Safety-monitoring
- Real-time coordination with idGuides Bookings & Base Support
idGuides Bookings & Base Support
- Customer service & expedition base support during booking
- Centralised GBT hiker support
- While Checked-in, on trail

Transport is not included – but available as an Add-on.

You can add transport during your check-out.

We can help with arrangements, once you have made your booking.

Please arrange details of pick-up location with our Bookings Team
Transport is a private, dedicated driver & car for the day.
Transport duty time limits:
- 9hrs (Family Adventures)
- 12hrs (Half & Full Day Hikes; Trail Runs)
- 18hrs (Agung Summit ascents – pick-up 23.45-00.30 for 2am start)

Main meals (except summit breakfast snacks, tea/coffee, water) are not included for this trek program.

We welcome and encourage you to:

bring own trek snacks (to ensure your p
bring additional packed unch
buy from local shops and warungs upon completing descent.

We recommend the following places to eat locally on your return drive.

What to Wear & Bring:

- Trail shoes / trekking boots
- Socks (to avoid blisters)
- Head torch with batteries
- Shorts worn with removable leggings / long pants
- T-shirt (dri-fit) worn with long-sleeve mid layer
- Warm sweater or fleece (cold at altitude)
- Warm Hat
- Cap (for sun & rain)
- Lightweight rain gear
- Warm wind-proof jacket / mountain jacket
- Water Bottle (Full at start of trek, min. 2.5 litres)
- Personal Trek/Mountain Snacks (rec. 1500 kcal)
- Personal medication /plaster kit
- Cell-phone, fully-charged
- Daypack (min. 15 litres recommended)

Optional & Recommended

- Sunglasses
- Gloves
- Personal Trekking Poles (we provide these, too)
- Sunblock
- Mosquito spray
- Small Towel for changing afterwards
- Sarong (temples / sacred places)
- Full Change-of-clothes (for drive home)
- Plastic Bags (rubbish / rain-proofing)
- (Covid 19-kit: Mask, Hand sanitizer)
- Some cash in small bills to buy from village shops