Koman gave an informative introduction to the cleansing ceremony & the Temple. I have seen many options to visit Tirta Empul Temple but this one ticked all the boxes for me as I wanted to have some quiet time in the afternoon. Pick up at Ubud Palace was easy. It was a small group. We arrived at The Temple early, so no long queues for the cleansing ceremony. Koman provided details of each stage took great photos & was available to give prompts if needed. Lastly, we toured The Temple with details being shared on its history & importance in current day. We had great conversation too. Many thanks Koman for sharing your knowledge
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Locker
- Offerings, Flowers, Incense sticks
- Admission fee
- Pickup and drop-off from/to Ubud Palace
- Licensed English-speaking guide
- Insurance
- Balinese traditional attire (sarong & sash) for temple visit and purification
- Assistance with photos & videos using your phone
Excludes
- Pickup and drop-off to/from your hotel
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Meet your guide in front of Ubud Palace, the designated meeting point for this experience. Your guide will be waiting with a black Toyota Avanza (license plate DK 1696 KO).
Return
- Meet your guide in front of Ubud Palace, the designated meeting point for this experience. Your guide will be waiting with a black Toyota Avanza (license plate DK 1696 KO).
Itinerary
Meet your guide in front of Ubud Palace. Your guide will be waiting with a black Toyota Avanza (license plate DK 1696 KO). After a brief welcome, enjoy a scenic 30-minute drive through the Balinese countryside to Tirta Empul Temple.
Explore the three areas of Tirta Empul Temple—the outer courtyard, middle courtyard, and inner courtyard—while your licensed guide explains their history, purpose, and spiritual significance. You will then take part in the traditional spiritual cleansing ritual (melukat), guided step by step. In Balinese Hindu tradition, this ritual is believed to cleanse negative energy, remove spiritual obstacles or curses, and purify the body, mind, and soul.
Following your visit to Tirta Empul Temple, you will travel approximately 30 minutes back to the original meeting point at Ubud Palace, where the experience concludes. During the return journey, your licensed guide may provide additional insights into Balinese culture and Hindu traditions, as well as answer any remaining questions related to the experience.
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Reviews
What an absolutely incredible and meaningful experience at Tirta Empul Temple in Bali! From beginning to end, this excursion exceeded our expectations. The temple itself is beautiful, but what truly made this experience exceptional was our amazing guide. He was incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and thorough in explaining the history, traditions, and spiritual significance behind each ritual. He took the time to walk us through every step, ensuring we understood not only what we were doing but, more importantly, why these sacred traditions are so meaningful to the Balinese people. We never felt rushed, and his genuine passion and respect for the culture made the entire experience even more special. Participating in the water purification ritual was something we will never forget. It was peaceful, humbling, and deeply meaningful. As someone who loves traveling and experiencing different cultures, I truly appreciate excursions that go beyond sightseeing and allow you to connect with the traditions and people of a destination. We honestly could not have asked for a better guide or a more memorable experience. This was undoubtedly one of the highlights of our time in Bali. Highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting Bali. It is so much more than a temple visit, it is an opportunity to experience the heart of Balinese culture and spirituality.
Koman was an exceptional guide, giving us so much insight into the history of the temple, purification ceremony, and springs that feed the temple. We really valued his attention to detail and took awesome photos for us. Thank you for such an unforgettable experience!
The whole experience is wonderful. This was my 2nd time here ( but 1st with a guide). I would highly recommend Koman, i learnt to much and grounding into the experience and cleansing made it more powerful. The pick up was on time, journey less than 30mins from Ubud Central, the pace of the whole experience was perfect, so relaxed, never felt rushed. The cleansing and blessing was amazing, it is a MUST DO! for your Bali Trip. My next visit i will choose Koman
The tour guide, Koman was so knowledgeable and helpful throughout the tour! Him and his team ensure that you’re safe, comfortable, and well educated in Balinese culture. They provide everything you need and even help with taking quality photos! I had a very memorable and special experience at Tirta Empul Temple because of the guidance from this tour. Book this tour for an amazing time!
Koman was such a kind tour guide! He was very informative and my girlfriend and I had a great time. The purification ritual was wonderful too.
The instructions for pick up were accurate and Gede arrived bang on time despite the Ubud traffic! The early start meant we had the Temple to ourselves for the most part, no queuing or waiting and made for a more tranquil experience. Gede was very informative and taught me a great deal about Indonesian and Hindu culture. Thank you!
KOMAN IS THE BEST! He gave me the best and most friendly experience. Traveling solo, we met in a group and headed to the temple. KOMAN went in depth of the traditions and importance of ritual and gave us an amazing tour. After my day with KOMAN , I was left feeling pure happiness and beyond grateful for booking with him . 100/10 experience.
Koman was so joyful and open. He talked us through the experience step by step and explained why each step is completed in perfect english. It was a lovely day and an amazing experience that opened my eyes to balinese culture. We wouldn’t change anything about the trip it was perfect!
This tour was a meaningful and memorable experience. Koman is such a great guide - very willing to share his knowledge about the temple and the purification ritual, and he expertly guided us through the process. We had a lot of laughs, too. Very enjoyable. I highly recommend this tour.
Amazing guide who gave the history and meaning behind the ritual. He arrived on time and was super nice. Bring towels and a change of under clothes.
Our tour guide Bayu was excellent. He walked us through everything step by step and answered all of our questions. He was very knowledgeable, kind, and took excellent pictures! We would highly recommend doing this tour in this way to get the full experience and not feel rushed on a full day tour. It was very peaceful & relaxing!
Thank you so much for this experience. Koman is really nice and a great guide. We learned a lot about Bali et Titra Empul. The purification is a good moment to connect to our inner space. :)
I’ve done Trita Empul last year too and I came again to do it this year with my mum I must say, the experiences with Koman was truly a beautiful memory. He took great pictures and explained everything with such details, which made me be able to relate to the whole ritual of purification to great depth. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone who wants to do Trita Empul.
Koman was an excellent guide. He took the time to explain everything clearly and thoroughly, including every single step to the purification ritual and how to do it properly like the Balinese people, as well as the why/intention behind each one. He took great photos and videos for us all too. Honestly, it actually seemed as though we had the best guide out of all the groups there. Hahah
Bayu was my guide and was amazing. He was very knowledgeable about the temple and Bali in general. He had lots of great recommendations as well.
This was a very special experience and our guide Koman was amazing, he was very knowledgeable and helpful. I felt totally safe and in good hands with Koman. He took great care of the whole group. I would definitely book him for any further tours he was offering.
What a refreshing, unique experience! Our guide gave an excellent and thorough overview of the temple, rituals, and cultural significance. He took the most amazing photos through the whole ritual so we didn’t have to worry about it. He speaks excellent English and was eager to answer other questions we had as well, providing lots of great recommendations for Ubud, even on the way back.
This was an absolutely beautiful experience. I appreciate how our tour guide, Koman, informed us of why the local people visit the temple here and how we can respectfully participate in the amazing purification ritual. He also shed insight on the various questions we asked. I would highly recommend doing this at least once. This temple is breathtaking and Koman and his colleague take such great pictures/videos. 10/10!
Koman is an excellent, friendly, and very knowledgeable tour operator! He managed my tour and water purification ritual at the temple, handled entry requirements, sarong hire for the temple and holy pools. It was a very frictionless experience, I’d highly highly recommend booking with him for this experience!
I had a really great experience with this booking. I was collected at the arranged time and place - communication was excellent. My guide for the morning - Putu - was truly lovely, knowledgeable and incredibly helpful. He took care of everything (entry ticket, locker, offering etc). While I was in the purification water going through the ritual, Putu took photos (some really great ones!) which was amazing. I would highly recommend this experience with this operator. It’s one of the best things I’ve done in Ubud :)
Beautiful experience. We prayed to Jesus at each spot to cleanse and pray. Our Guide difficult to hear and made fun of my husbands weight.
We had an incredible experience with Koman. He as so knowledgeable and walked us through every step of the water purification ritual, its background, and its meaning. He answered all of our questions thoughtfully and also took incredible pictures for us throughout! After the ritual he gave us a wonderful tour of the temple grounds and gave us a lot of insight into Balinese culture. This experience was a highlight of our whole trip. Thank you Koman!!
Koman was incredible. He was very attentive and really looked after me. His knowledge was outstanding and really made my experience special. He also took some incredible photos for me
Myself and my fiancé Sankofa had the absolute honor of having Dewa as our guide to the water purification ceremony at Tirta Empul. Which made our experience there an absolute blessing and transformative experience. Dewa was extremely kind, knowledgeable, friendly, shared with us exactly how to go through each fountain, took amazing pictures and video for us, allowed us to take our time at the temple and even took us to one of his favorite coffee plantation places on our way back to our drop off location. We will definitely call upon him again for other tours. I would absolutely without a doubt recommend him
Koman is very detailed in his explanation for the entire process of the purification ceremony. And as I was traveling solo, he helped me to take excellent photos and videos for my memories. An overall interesting experience. At the end, you kinda feel “zen” and relaxed
Calm and knowledgeable guide and driver. Koman’s insight and guidance made for an authentic experience. He leads you to understand why your doing this purification ritual which enhances your time and connection to the process. I highly recommend booking any excursions with him. He’s also a great driver too.
We had an incredible experience visiting Pura Tirta Empul with Koman as our guide and driver. He was absolutely amazing—extremely knowledgeable and passionate about Balinese culture. Koman explained the purification ritual and its significance step by step, making sure my husband and I fully understood each part before participating. He ensured we followed the proper customs and did everything the correct way, including providing sarongs so we were appropriately covered. He also took amazing photos and videos for us, allowing us to fully enjoy the experience. On top of that, he was incredibly patient and helpful when my husband misplaced his locker key, handling the situation calmly and professionally. Koman was also a great conversationalist, making the drive enjoyable and engaging. We felt truly well taken care of from start to finish and highly recommend Koman for anyone looking for an authentic and memorable experience in Bali.
We had a beautiful experience. The water was very cold but still very special. Our driver and tour guide Bayu was very helpful and looked after us very well. Thankyou Bayu.
Agung was amazing, shared alot of history about the temple and assisted with the proper way to conduct the cleansing. Got to feed the Koi fish after which was so fun. Would recommend to anyone staying in Ubud
Our guide was great! He was very knowledgeable about the temple history and was clear when giving instructions regarding the ceremony. He was easy to communicate with when setting up the reservation, which was great because another tour canceled our ceremony last minute. He also took amazing pictures and videos of the experience.
Guide was quite knowledgeable and guided us to all procedures that need to be followed in temple for purification. Purification itself was a good spiritual experience.
Koman was very knowledgeable and helpful. He explained everything so well and gave an excellent tour. I would highly recommend him!
Visiting the Tirta Empul Temple was a wonderful experience made better by my tour guide Koman who walked me and another visitor through the temple and explained to us each of the areas, their meaning / significance, and the proper ways to ask for permission at the beginning, the steps and process for each part of the cleanse, and the history of the area / temple itself. The two hours went by incredibly quickly; and he captured all the key moments in fotos and video!! Thank you Koman!!!
Koman was our guide and provided excellent step by step guidance to the customs and rituals involved in the water purification ceremony. He ask answered our many questions about Bali and recommended other places to see and things to do. We had an excellent tour and loved our time with Koman.
The experience was amazing! and your guide Koman was just the best. We did the purification ceremony and he explained the reason behind every step and helped us get through it. He also took great pictures and videos for memories! Then he walked us through the temple as answered every question we had about the culture of Balinese people.
Very powerful experience. Guide was very friendly and tour was fine! Next time in Ubud, definitely buy again
I was the only person signed up for the 8:30 session and felt lucky to have a private tour with Koman as my guide! He explained in detail the significance of each fountain in the purification ceremony, and more importantly, how to do each step respectfully and in accordance with tradition. He will take many photos for you, if you’d like. The entire experience lasted about 1.5 hours; morning time is best to beat crowds. Tirta Empul is a must-see temple near Ubud and I am grateful to Korman for such an enlightening experience. Thanks again! :)
It was such a beautiful experience with our guide Koman ! He explained the whole purpose of the purification. And how to do it the right way. He was so calm and had a lot of knowledge. I would recommend this guide to everyone .
It is an experience to do ! Koman was a really kind guide, and he explained us how to do the cérémonie really clearly. Then we visit the temple and Koman made us discover the culture of Balinese people. Thank you so much, we Solenn a really good expérience. Thanks to this experience, we learned a lot about balinese culture. Learning about it was our goal for this trip.
Had a wonderful experience - very informative and enlightening. Very interesting to learn about the Water Purification Cermony and experience it first hand. Koman was a great guide, very friendly and welcoming - had great knowledge about the temple. Would definitely recommend! :)
A wonderful experience! Bayu was the most respectful guide! 🫶 We were well informed on what’s was happening at each step along the way!
Our guide Koman (ubuddailytrips) was absolutely brilliant he messaged us half an hour before to confirm he was on his way. He bought us a sarong to wear to enter. He explained the correct way to do the purification and what the different spouts meant, his knowledge of the local traditions was excellent and we feel we really benefitted from having him with us, so we could have the best experience. The temple and facilities were great and it was not too busy when we went (4.30pm). WE did the temple tour afterwards and Koman took lots of really good pictures, that were natural. I would recommend a visit here if you have an interest in the cultures of Bali.
A breath taking experience. The guide was so helpful and informative. It was a spiritual journey to provide an offering.
My tour guide (Kadek) was very informative and knowledgeable, allowing us to feel like a real Bali experience.
It was an amazing tour! Our guide Kadek led us through the purification process and took our photos and then told us more about the temple and its history. He was very kind and knowledgeable and we definitely recommend him!!
Kadek was a wonderful guide! He showed us and explained everything around the temple, what an amazing experience! I recommend it to anyone!
Our visit to Tirta Empul was absolutely amazing, thanks to our guide, Kadek! His knowledge about the history, culture, and spiritual significance of the temple was outstanding. He explained every detail with passion and patience, making the experience so much more meaningful. Kadek was incredibly kind, attentive, and always ready to answer our questions. He also shared great local tips and made us feel completely at ease throughout the tour. I highly recommend this experience and Kadek as a guide! Thank you for making our day so special!
I had such a beautiful experience at Tirta Empul, thanks to my guide Koman. He explained the meaning behind the purification ritual so clearly which helped me really connect with it. He was patient, kind, and made me feel comfortable the whole way through. I especially appreciated how he guided me step by step through the water ceremony so I could be fully present without worrying about “getting it right.” It was a spiritual and cultural experience I’ll always remember. Highly recommend to anyone visiting Bali 🙏✨
Bayu was my guide and he was excellent. Very thoughtful and detail-oriented when sharing the history, guiding me through the rituals, offering and ultimately the purification. Also, he is a really good photographer, expect him to capture your best moments with precision and artistry. This is one of the most unique experiences you can have in Bali and I’m grateful to have done it under Bayu!
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