Planning your Bali holiday, prepare and add to your list, so you have everything you need to know before you board your flight and set off to Bali.

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There are plenty of accommodation options in Bali.

Find out where to stay in Bali.

Popular Bali beach clubs, Balinese cultural activities, the most beautiful waterfalls to explore

and the best things to do during your Bali holiday. You’re going to love it.

 

BEST AREAS TO STAY IN BALI

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In general, these are the best places to stay in Bali:

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• Ubud, great place to sleep in Bali and get around the island

• Kuta & Legian very popular areas to stay in Bali

• Seminyak, great place to stay in Bali

• Jimbaran, where to go to find some of the best hotels in Bali

• Uluwatu, Bali bukit -best accommodations with sea views

• Nusa Dua, recommended for great accommodation in Bali

• Sanur recommendation for accommodation in Bali if you like diving

• Bedugul quietest areas to stay in Bali.

• Tulamben, some of the best villages to stay north of Bali

• Tanah Lot, Tanah Lot temple, Sunset views, Cultural experience

• Canggu is a relatively “new” destination, Not even a decade ago, there was not much to discover but rice fields and a few guest houses for surfers. Lately, Canggu has evolved into the most popular destination in Bali. Y ou can get the best (almost) of everything Bali has to offer.

 

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INFO ON BALI STAY

 

Kuta is conveniently close to Denpasar airport – it’s only around 15 minutes in a taxi - and is the original Bali hub that Australians have been visiting for decades. Its long, clean white-sand beach is dotted with traditional morning offerings, the scent of incense wafts in the air and colourful kites fly overhead. With its local shopping and restaurants, surf schools and Waterbom Bali just down the road, Kuta is an easy spot to park yourself. After a day exploring, grab a seat and a Bintang from a local beach bar and watch the sunset – it’s a fabulous way to end the day. 

Just down the road, Seminyak is an upscale seaside village with coffee shops, designer stores and sunny beach vibes. It also boasts some of Bali’s best restaurants and ocean-front beach clubs. 

Sanur is more family-focused, with an abundance of family resorts, restaurants, beach front cafes and shopping, and a beautiful 5 kilometre esplanade that winds around the beach front. It’s perfect for a sunrise stroll or bike ride, and once the sun is up you can lounge at Artotel Beach Club for the day and graze, swim and relax. If you’re keen for a Bali resort holiday, then Nusa Dua is for you, with its abundance of five-star properties where you can completely relax and don’t need to lift a finger.  

If you’re too cool for school you belong in Canggu with its aesthetic cafes, coworking spaces and beautiful people. Canggu boasts some of the best new Bali beach clubs, has stunning villas and boutique resorts and is a deifinite vibe. 

Up in the mountains, Ubud is a cooler retreat where you can hike through mountains and valleys of rice paddies, check out the monkey forest, temples and giant swings, join yoga classes and enjoy vegan and vegetarian cafes. It’s where you go to chill, relax and unwind and maybe even join a yoga retreat – but if you’re after a Bali adventure you can also quad bike, hunt waterfalls and go white water rafting from here.  

Bali has some of the most incredible resorts in the world, with stunning infinity pools nestled in palm tree covered mountains, cliffside elevators to private beaches, and beautiful green tropical gardens. Try to splash out for at least a few nights – you won’t regret it.​

 

THE BEST BEACH CLUBS IN BALI 

 

Sundays Beach Club in Uluwatu is Bali’s most popular beach club, with cabanas and lounges in the white sand in front of the sparkling clear blue water, perfect for swimming and lazing the day away. Just a little further around the island at the stunning Melasti Beach, TT Beach Club has daybeds, lounges and two infinity pools overlooking the blue water and white sand.  

One of the most popular beach clubs in Bali, Potato Head Beach Club is all cool with its beachfront pool and Balinese aesthetic, and its neighbour Mrs Sippy is the club with the diving board you’ve no doubt seen on your Instagram feed. If you’re staying in Canggu you can’t miss iconic Bali beach club Finns and the new Café Del Mar with its Ibiza vibes.  

 

BEST ACTIVITIES TO DO IN BALI 

 

If you’re keen for some Bali fun make sure to spend a day at Waterbom Bali with its 22 slides in stunning landscaped tropical gardens. Book a surf lesson – we love the Quicksilver Bali Surf Academy at Kuta Beach for lots of laughs, and expert teachers who will make sure you stand up and catch a long wave all the way into shore.  

It would be a crime to leave Bali without experiencing and learning about its beautiful culture. Make sure to visit the revered Hindu sea temple, Uluwatu – it’s perched on a cliff overlooking the ocean and is completely mindblowing - and stay for the Kecak fire and dance show. Iconic Balinese temple, Pura Tanah Lot, is a picturesque sea temple on rocks above the ocean and is very popular with photographers and sunrise and sunset. Make sure to visit Ulun Danu Beratan temple in Bedugal, set in the middle of a Beratan Lake where you can be entertained by instagrammers paddling around in small boats trying to capture the perfect photo.  

If you’re a foodie you can book into a cooking class that starts with a morning shopping at the local markets for produce, before cooking up a feast. You can’t go to Bali without geetting a massage and pedicure and while some top notch spas are popular, we prefer to support the local ladies in their small stores along the streets. Ask about the Bali cream bath – an incredible traditional hair treatment.