Full Day Hikes

Great Bali Trail ~ Stage 20

Hike Agung’s highlands Sebudi to Sibetan

At a Glance

Distance: 12 km
Difficulty: 4 / 5
Trail Time: 6 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

One of Bali’s most remote highland treks, descending 1000m through Agung’s lava gorges and Sebudi Community Forest, to the arabic coffee farms also famous for Indonesia’s sweetest Salak snake-fruit, all the way down to the padi fields of Sibetan.

A highlight of GBT Stage 20 is Bukit Cemara, a unique hill feature with a stunning viewpoint looking back at Agung and the route you have travelled, and across the whole of south east Bali.

Stage 20 starts high on Agung’s volcanic slopes and traverses the wild ridges of Sebudi Community Forest (Hutan Desa Sebudi), which serves an important highland conservation function and is managed by the people of Desa Adat Sogra, who are your idGuides GBT Community Trail Guides.

A main purpose for including this stage into the Great Bali Trail is to directly support Sogra’s community foresters for their stewardship of Sebudi Community Forest through trail ecotourism. Thus, by simply hiking this stage, you are compensating local community foresters for their ecosystem services with the IDR 200,000 per person GBT Trail Pass impact allocation which pays for the Hutan Desa Sebudi “payment for ecosystems services” fee.

Ideal for:

medium-experienced hikers & trail runners
those seeking more remote & wild treks with stunning views
ideal traverse hike to do en route* to stay in Amed/Candidasa/Sidemen.

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

* If you have a driver, then this hike is ideal to plan to do on your journey to Bali’s eastern destinations, such as Sidemen, Candidasa, Virgin Beach or Amed/Tulamben. This way, you maximise your Bali travel day, and break up the long car journey with a superb day on foot.

You can start your hike in Sebudi at 8am, and our Field Coordinator will escort your driver to your Trek finish point in Sibetan. You’ll be picked up off-hike at 2-3pm, and continue on towards your destination for check-in.

IDR 1.195.000

per adult

Challenge Trek
Coffee Farms
Community Forest
Highland Farms
Landscape & Livelihoods
Learn from Locals
Temples
volcanos
Volcanos & Lava

Full Day Hike ~ indicative timings for 8am trek start:

06.00 Departure from hotel or villa (time depends on pick-up location)

08.00 Est. Arrival time at Trek Start (Desa Adat Sogra, Sebudi)

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

08.00-08.15 Briefing, Warm-up & Trek Start

Trek Poles offered (recommended 2 per trekker)

08.15 Set-off / Trek Start

14.00-15.00 Estimated finish time / Arrival at Pondok Alit, Sibetan.

14.30-15.30 Depart from Sibetan

16.30-17.30 Estimated arrival at own villa / hotel (time depends on destination)

This Price includes:

GBT Trail Pass * (incl. IDR 200,000 pp for Sebudi Community Forest**)
idGuides Sebudi Community Trail Guide(s) (1 English-speaker)
Drinking water refills (Bring own bottle to reduce plastic)
Hot tea/coffee & breakfast snacks (fried bananas, cookies & chocolate)
idGuides Bookings Customer Service
idGuides 24hr Expedition Base Support (real-time)
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 & expedition base support during booking
- Centralised GBT hiker support
- While Checked-in, on trail

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

Transport Add-On can be selected 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 are not included for this trek program.

We welcome and encourage you to:

bring own trek snacks (to cater for your personal nutrional needs)
bring additional packed lunch
buy from local shops and warungs upon completing descent.

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

If you are heading towards Ubud, Denpasar, Sanur, Canggu or Nusa Dua;

What to Wear & Bring:

- Trail shoes / trekking boots
- Socks (to avoid blisters)
- Shorts (ideal mid-thigh length at least)
- T-shirt (dri-fit)
- Warm sweater or fleece (coolish at this altitude range)
- Cap (for sun & rain)
- Lightweight rain gear
- Warm wind-proof lightweight jacket
- Water Bottle (Full at start of trek, min. 2.5 litres)
- Personal Trek Snacks (rec. 1000 kcal)
- Personal medication /plaster kit
- Cell-phone, fully-charged
- Daypack (min. 10 litres recommended)

Optional & Recommended

- Sunglasses
- Removable leggings / long pants
- Gloves
- Personal Trekking Poles (we do provide these)
- Sunblock
- Mosquito spray
- Small Towel for changing afterwards
- Sarong (if you wish to visit temples / sacred places)
- Full Change-of-clothes (for drive home/onward destination)
- Plastic Bags (your rubbish / rain-proofing phones etc.)
- (Covid 19-kit: Mask, Hand sanitizer)
- Some cash in small bills to buy from village shops

Optimal Season & Time-of-Year

Year-round

Optimal Trek Start times

7am Trek Start (ideal for hikers who want to take things slow, by request)
8am Trek Start (standard booking time-slot)
9am Trek Start (for fit experienced hikers, fastpackers & trail runners, by request)

Accommodation is not included for this trek program.

If you would like to stay in the village / nearby your trek, we welcome you to: