Half Day Hikes

Great Bali Trail ~ Stage 14b

Batur Contour Hike: Toya B.-Songan

At a Glance

Distance: 8 km
Difficulty: 2.5 / 5
Trail Time: 4 hours
Duration: 1 day

Schedule: Private, Any time
Guide Ratio: 1 for 4 guests
Trek start time: 8:00 am
What’s Included?: View Details

Highlights

A private half day hike exploring Kintamani’s volcanic landscape and highland livelihoods away from crowds, undertaking a contour trek around Batur, not up it, along Great Bali Trail Stage 14.

For those of you who want to explore the vast Kintamani Crater on foot, away from crowds, with a great mix of easy wide-open backroads and single-track with incredible views and every turn.

Ideal for:

trail-fit beginner-intermediate hikers
experienced hikers & trail runners
those who want to explore Kintamani on foot, away from crowds.

This trail adventure requires 2 days / 48 hrs advance booking time.

To avoid crowds descending off Batur’s summit, we have programmed this half day hike to start relatively later in the day, at the 8-9am time slot. Kintamani’s elevation ranges 1000-1900m asl, allowing for all-day exploration in the relative cool to coastal Bali.

By 9am, we have the crater mostly to ourselves, with Kintamani’s local communities resuming their daily farming lives after the “normal” tourists have left Batur and departed Kintamani.

A Note about Great Bali Trail Stages 14 & 15, and our “Batur Kintamani Trails” private hike route collection:

GBT 14 is The Great Bali Trail’s Kintamani Crater Batur stage, and GBT 15 is the onward stage northwards onto and along the remote North & east crater rim to Trunyan Village.

GBT 14 is divided into 4 sub-stages to allow for different ways to explore and experience this amazing landscape free from crowds:

GBT 14 is the 16km Full Day Batur Contour Hike traversing Kintamani crater South to North.
GBT 14c is the 18km Full Day Batur Summit Hike as a traverse from Kintamani to Songan Serongga.
GBT 14a & GBT 14b divides stage 14 into two, 8km Half Day Hikes, contouring Batur.
- GBT 14a Half Day Hike from Kintamani South Rim via Black Lava and Pura Jati Batur to Toya Bungkah
- GBT 14b Half Day Hike from Toya Bungkah to Serongga Songan.
GBT 14d is the 10km Half Day Batur Summit Hike:
- Circuit option: from Toya Bungkah-Summit-return via different route to Toya Bungkah
- Traverse option: from Toya Bungkah to Songan Serongga.

IDR 995.000

per adult

Highland Farms
Landscape & Livelihoods
Temples
Volcanos & Lava

Half Day Hike ~ indicative timings:

05.45-06.00 Depart from hotel or villa

07.15-07.30 Arrive Kintamani Crater Rim

Optional 10′ Coffee & Lavatory stop at Jezeera Cafe/Caldera Hotel & Restaurant, Kintamani
Onward 30′ drive down to Trek Start at Toya Bungkah.

07.45-08.30 Est. Arrival time at Trek Start

Meeting Point: Batur Trek & Toya Bungkah Natural Hot Springs, Kintamani
Meet your idGuides Trail Guides
Check-in (with your GBT Trail Pass booking code)
Lavatory available
Re-Fill own water bottles (available at Start & Finish)

08.00-08.45 Briefing, Warm-up & Start

Trek Poles offered to adults

08.30-09.00 Set-off from meeting point

12.30-13.00 Estimated Finish time

13.00-14.30 Option to enjoy lunch at a lakeside cafe (own bill)

13.30-14.30 Depart from Kintamani

15.30-17.30 Estimated arrival at own villa / hotel

This Price includes:

GBT Trail Pass *
Batur GeoPark permit
idGuides Community Trail Guide (1 English-speaker)
Drinking water refills (Refill own bottle at start & finish)
Young coconut, herbal/black tea or coffee
idGuides Bookings Customer Service
Trekking Poles
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 & support during booking
- Centralised GBT hiker support
- While Checked-in, on trail

Transport is not included in this program.

Should you need transport?

Transport is available as an add-on, 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)

Meals are not included for this trek program.

We welcome and encourage you to:

bring own trek snacks
bring lunch for a picnic
buy from local shops and warungs along this trail stage
order a meal, a la carte by own bill, post-trek.

We recommend the following places to eat locally in Kintamani:

- Warung D’Pondok Mujair (Fresh Roasted Lake Fish) – Northern Lakeside, Songan
- Jezera Cafe/Caldera Hotel & Restaurant, Kintamani Crater Rim

*This trek finishes at Songan at the northern end of the lake.

What to Wear & Bring:

- Trail shoes / run trainers
- Socks (to avoid blisters)
- Shorts (village-appropriate)
- T-shirt (dri-fit, village-appropriate)
- Water Bottle (Full, min. 1.5 litre)
- Personal Trek Snacks
- Personal medication /plaster kit
- Small daypack

Optional & Recommended

- Hat / Cap (for sun & rain)
- Lightweight rain gear
- Personal Trekking Poles
- Sunblock
- Mosquito spray
- Swim-wear & Small Towel
- Sarong (temples / sacred places)
- 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