Bali Cycling Tour

You reserve your spot for free and pay nothing to join. Once enough travellers have signed on, usually around 10, we confirm the departure and email you a confirmation with an invoice for the full trip price. You pay it by bank transfer within 7 days, in US dollars, pounds, euros, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, New Zealand dollars or Indian rupees, whichever you choose. The price shown for each date is what you pay.

Yes. A road bike and helmet for the trip come from a local rental partner, and they're fitted to you on Day 1. You don't need to bring or ship your own bike.

Solo travellers aged 18 to 40, including people who don't cycle often. Most people come on their own, and some come with a friend. The maximum for each departure is shown with its dates, and it's kept small for comfortable group riding.

The Trip Host rides with the group for all five days, sets the pace, and is the person you go to if anything goes wrong. A licensed local agency and licensed local guides deliver the ground services, including the support van and bike rental.

We run this trip in Bali's dry season, April to October, when the roads are driest and the Kintamani crater rim is clearest. In the wet season the rim is often in cloud and the rice terrace roads can be slippery.

Most visitors, including those from the UK, US, EU, Australia and India, need a visa on arrival, which you can buy online in advance as an e-VOA. You also fill in the free All Indonesia arrival card within 72 hours before you land, and pay the Bali tourist levy online. Rules change, so check our Bali visa guide and the official Indonesian immigration site before you book flights.

Guesthouses picked for location: central Ubud for three nights, and near the beach in Canggu on Day 4. You share a twin or small dorm room with travellers of the same gender.

Yes, some. Pay in rupiah, in cash or by QRIS, and change money only at licensed money changers.

The bike, helmet and a repair kit come from us. Bring padded cycling shorts if you have them, comfortable trainers or your own cycling shoes and pedals if you use clip-ins (flat pedals are fitted as standard, so you don't need them), sunglasses and reef-safe sunscreen. For off the bike, pack light clothes, something that covers your shoulders and knees for temples, a swimsuit for Canggu, a warm layer for the crater rim in the early morning, a refillable water bottle and a phone pouch you can wear while riding.

Yes, it's a condition of joining, and it must cover you for guided cycling touring as well as medical treatment and evacuation. Check your policy before you book. Most standard travel insurance covers organised, guided cycling, but it's worth confirming with your provider rather than assuming.

Not very. The longest ride is about 25 km, mostly flat or downhill, and there's no climbing day. You don't need previous cycling experience, though you should be comfortable on a bike for a couple of hours at a time. Bali's roads are shared with scooters and cars and can be uneven in places, so we ride as a group at an easy pace on village roads and the paved Jatiluwih ring road. Everyone wears a helmet on every ride.

That's fine. The support van follows the group on the Kintamani and Jatiluwih rides, and you can hop in at any point and rejoin further on.