Kintamani and Mount Batur

People say ‘Batur’ and mean three places: the sandy summit path, the rim road at Penelokan where jeeps stop, and the black lava on the caldera floor. The desk splits them into three products so the 02:00 hike is never sold as a jeep, and the 250cc bike is never sold as a photo stop.

Mornings are cold relative to Ubud. A jacket matters for sunrise. The lake and Mount Agung are the view on a clear day. Cloud sits in the bowl often enough that we will say so if the forecast is a whiteout.