Green rice terraces with small huts and egrets under a blue sky — Jatiluwih.

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Jatiluwih Rice Terraces from Ubud: Our Scooter Day, Tickets and Tea at D’Wan

By Anna · Published October 20, 2026

Jatiluwih felt unreal to me, like stepping into a painting. We rode there from Ubud on a rented scooter, about 40 km and roughly an hour and a half depending on traffic, with my husband driving, and we ended up walking the terraces for about two hours.

This is the story of that day: what it is like to walk between working rice fields, why we bargained over a coconut, the ticket price, and a tea stop at the D’Wan tea plantation up a road that is not for beginners.

Is Jatiluwih worth the ride from Ubud?

Yes, for me it was. Forty kilometres on a scooter is a proper ride, and traffic decides whether it takes an hour and a half or longer. But Jatiluwih felt unreal, like stepping into a painting, and it was calm in a way I hadn’t expected from such a famous place, away from the usual tourist crowds.

I love days like this. I love riding with my husband, and rides like this are the reason I enjoy countries where you can see a place from a scooter. Our rented Yamaha NMAX 155 was stable on the climbs and narrow roads, even in very heavy rain (here is how we rented it and got a licence).

The day itself started slowly: a hair treatment at Inka Beauty at 10, breakfast at Ivy Café at 11, and we reached the terraces around 13:30.

Me in a red hat walking along a paved path above the rice terraces — Off we go.

It felt unreal, like stepping into a painting.

Walking the terraces, not just looking from the road

We left the road and walked, and I’d say that is the whole point. There are several signposted trails, and we followed them for about two hours, stopping whenever something caught my eye. It is a working landscape: on one terrace a farmer stood among the flooded steps, and on another level a man ploughed behind a walking tractor while white egrets followed him along the furrow.

Some terraces were flooded and shining, others already bright green. Beside the rice you can look at the mountains, and along the way there are fruit trees, a papaya for example. Guides list routes from short loops of about 30 minutes to hikes of two or three hours, so you can decide how much to walk. We also took out the drone for our video.

A man ploughing a terrace with a walking tractor while egrets follow — He ploughed, the egrets followed.

A farmer standing among flooded rice terraces — Deep in the flooded terraces.

Palm trees over stepped rice terraces — Palms over the rice.

Close view of green stepped rice terraces between palm trunks — So green it almost hurts.

Rice terraces climbing a hillside among palm trees — Terraces all the way up.

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A coconut on the terraces (and a little bargaining)

We stopped for fresh coconuts right on the terraces, next to the panoramic view. The sign said 20K, which means IDR 20,000, but we bargained it down to 15K. I drank mine at a wooden table under the palms while my husband had his handed over the fence.

It was the perfect place to rest between trails. Along the paths there were things you don’t see at home: a papaya tree with two big green fruits, a jackfruit hanging from a branch and a bright orange heliconia flower beside a tiled roof.

Me in a red hat drinking from a fresh coconut at a wooden table — Coconut break, with this view.

My husband holding a fresh coconut with a straw — Coconut #1, handed over the fence.

Bamboo bench and a sign reading Fresh Coconut 20K with terraces behind — Looks like a Pinterest photo

Four fresh coconuts with straws on a wooden table — Our table, coconuts already waiting.

A papaya tree with two green fruits above golden rice — Papaya tree and golden rice.

A large jackfruit hanging from a tree branch — Jackfruit, up close.

An orange heliconia flower in front of a tiled roof — Orange heliconia by the roof.

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Jatiluwih entrance fee, opening hours and getting there

A Bali guide updated in July 2026 lists the entry fee at IDR 100,000 per person for foreigners, with the terraces open daily from 6:00 to 19:00. Other guides still quote lower, older prices, so I’d check the amount at the gate.

From Ubud it is about 40 km, roughly an hour and a half by scooter depending on traffic. We parked in the car park across the road from the terraces.

Entry, foreignersIDR 100,000

Open daily6:00–19:00

Ubud by scooterabout 1.5 h

Listed prices per person, not what we remember paying. Hours and fees can change.

Jatiluwih guide with fees and hours ↗

Tea at D’Wan, up a road that is not for beginners

After about two hours on the terraces we rode on to the D’Wan tea plantation nearby. The road up is a mossy track through the jungle, not for beginners, so my husband rode slowly. The tea ceremony cost IDR 700,000 for our group of four, not per person.

We sat above the forest while tea was poured into small cups at the table, and the mist kept drifting over the hills. D’Wan has overnight accommodation too, and to me it is a place for being alone with nature. If you go, slow down, sip your tea and let the atmosphere do the rest.

Mist over a forested hillside beside a banana leaf — The mist kept rolling in.

A turquoise pool above a jungle valley under grey clouds — A pool above the jungle.

Hands pouring tea into small white cups on a wooden tray — Tea at our table.

A hand holding a small cup in front of a misty jungle view — Tea with a view.

Shelves of tea jars and teaware in an open wooden pavilion — So many teas.

A curved balcony beside banana palms with mountains behind — The balcony among the banana palms.

Jungle hills under heavy grey clouds — Jungle and low clouds.

A rider on a scooter on a mossy brick track through jungle — The road up to D’Wan. Not for beginners.

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We were here in 2022 too

Jatiluwih wasn’t our first time. We came to the terraces in December 2022, on our first trip to Bali. The terraces were flooded and shining, with big clouds over the mountains, and we sat at a wooden table among small huts with fresh coconuts.

On that trip we also went up to the D’Wan tea plantation. A tea master prepared the tea at the table, and from the terrace we could see the mountains and the forest.

Rice terraces with palm trees and big clouds over the mountains in 2022 — Jatiluwih, December 2022.

Flooded rice terraces reflecting the grey sky — The flooded terraces.

Small wooden huts in a garden with the mountains behind them — Huts and mountains.

A wooden table with fresh coconuts under a bamboo roof among the huts — Coconuts at our table.

A map of the walking trails on a signboard in the greenery — The trail map.

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Tea at D’Wan in 2022

The tea was served in small cups, with leaves in a bowl beside the pot. It was a quiet hour with a view.

A tea master in black preparing tea at a long wooden table in a hall with shelves of tea — The tea master.

A dark teapot, small white cups and loose tea leaves on a wooden tray — Tea on the tray.

A wooden table and chairs on a terrace looking at a volcano and forest — The terrace.

An infinity pool at the edge of a hill above the forest with clouds over the mountain — The view from D’Wan.

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Is Jatiluwih worth it, and who is it for?

If you like a calm walk through a working landscape and don’t mind a long ride, I’d say yes. This is a day for scooter lovers, couples and groups of friends, because you spend a lot of it riding and you have to enjoy that.

Jatiluwih impressed me with its scale and the mountains beside it. If I could see only one rice terrace in Bali, it would be this one.

If I did it again, I would plan where to eat in advance instead of searching on the spot, though we like trying new places so we can film them for our videos. Food usually comes to about $50–60 a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner with drinks and taxes, and petrol for the scooter was small by comparison.

For another day out of Ubud, I wrote about Sangeh Monkey Forest and Nungnung Waterfall. If you are choosing where to base yourself, see where we stayed in Bali.