Tabanan Regency, Bali
Jatiluwih is a UNESCO World Heritage rice terrace landscape in Tabanan Regency, on the slopes of Mount Batukaru. The ATV ride here costs IDR 400,000 (about USD 24) per person for 90 minutes — the cheapest ATV tour in the range — and follows the terrace edges and the jungle below them.
The lowest-priced ride in the range, through the UNESCO-listed Jatiluwih rice terraces and the jungle below Mount Batukaru.
FromIDR 400,000approx. USD 25per person
Jatiluwih is the rice terrace that people who know Bali recommend instead of the famous one. It is vast, it is a working agricultural landscape rather than a photo stop, and its subak irrigation system — the cooperative water management Balinese farmers have run for around a thousand years — is why UNESCO listed it as World Heritage.
The ATV route threads the tracks at the edges of those terraces, following the subak channels that feed them, then drops into the forest on the lower slopes of Mount Batukaru, the second-highest volcano in Bali.
It is the gentlest ride of the six and the least expensive, which makes it the usual choice for families and first-time riders who want scenery rather than mud. It is also the quietest — Jatiluwih sees a fraction of the traffic that Ubud does.
The Jatiluwih ATV base is roughly 90 minutes by car from Ubud and about 90 minutes to two hours from Canggu or Seminyak. The final mountain road up from Tabanan is narrow and slow, so allow more time than a map estimate suggests.
Morning, without much question. Jatiluwih sits at around 700 metres and catches more rain than the coast, particularly in the afternoon, and the clearest views across the terraces are early.
| Activity | Type | Duration | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jatiluwih ATV | ATV | 90 minutes | IDR 400,000 |
Jatiluwih is a UNESCO World Heritage rice terrace landscape in Tabanan, far larger and much less crowded than the terraces near Ubud. The ATV ride there costs IDR 400,000 per person and is the cheapest in the range.
Subak is the cooperative irrigation system Balinese farmers have used for roughly a thousand years, sharing water between rice fields through a network of channels and temples. It is the reason the Jatiluwih terraces are UNESCO-listed.
The Jatiluwih ATV route follows tracks along the edges of the terraces and the subak channels rather than crossing the planted fields, which are working farmland protected as a World Heritage site.
Jatiluwih is roughly 90 minutes by car from Ubud and 90 minutes to two hours from Canggu or Seminyak. The last stretch is a narrow mountain road, so allow extra time.