Bali Tour Packages from Nepal

Most of what you will do in Bali depends on where you sleep, because the roads are slow. Kuta, Legian and Seminyak are the busy beach strip near the airport, with shops, restaurants and nightlife. Kuta is the cheapest, Seminyak the smartest. Nusa Dua and Sanur are quieter, with calm, shallow water, and suit families.

Ubud is inland, about an hour and a half from the airport, among rice terraces and temples. It is cooler, greener and has no beach. Jimbaran is a quiet bay close to the airport, known for seafood dinners on the sand, and a good place for a last night.

A trip of six nights or more is better split between Ubud and one beach area than spent driving between them every day. If you are not sure which kind of trip suits you, read how to choose a Bali tour package from Nepal.

A Nepali passport cannot get a visa on arrival in Indonesia. You need the C1 tourist e-visa before you fly, and you apply for it on the Indonesian e-Visa portal. Indonesia has no embassy in Kathmandu, and none is needed, because the whole application is online.

The application asks for a passport valid for at least six months, a recent colour photo, and a personal bank statement showing at least USD 2,000 over the last three months. The fee is IDR 1,000,000, about NPR 8,600, paid online by international card. The visa lets you stay up to 60 days.

Most visas are issued within five working days, but it can take longer if immigration asks for more documents. Apply two to three weeks before you fly, and not more than 90 days before, because the visa expires if you have not entered Indonesia by then. Do not pay for a ticket you cannot change until the visa is approved.

Our article on the Bali visa for Nepalese goes through each document and each step.

Every traveller fills in the All Indonesia arrival card within the three days before landing. It is free. It joins the immigration, customs and health forms into one, and gives you a QR code to show at the airport. Each person needs their own, children included.

Every foreign visitor to Bali also pays the Bali tourist levy of IDR 150,000, about NPR 1,300, once per visit. Pay it on the Love Bali site before you travel and keep the QR code it sends you.

Both forms are only on those two government sites. Search results show look-alike sites that charge for the arrival card, which is free, or add their own fee to the levy.

There is no direct flight between Kathmandu and Bali. You change planes once, most often in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok or Singapore, and the journey takes most of a day each way. That is why we suggest at least five nights.

Try to buy both flights on one ticket. If the first flight is late and you miss the second, the airline then has to put you on the next one. With two separate tickets, that cost is yours. Fares rise sharply around Dashain and Tihar, so book early for those weeks.

You cannot buy Indonesian rupiah in Nepal, and you cannot change Nepali rupees in Bali. Nepal Rastra Bank's exchange rate list does not include the rupiah. Take US dollars, which a bank in Nepal sells you against your passport, ticket and visa, and change them at a licensed money changer in Bali.

Do not rely on your Nepali debit or credit card. International spending on Nepali cards is limited to USD 500 a year across all your cards, and the visa fee and any hotel deposit come out of that. Ask your bank how much of the limit you have left before you travel.

In Bali, temple gates, small restaurants, boat harbours and markets take cash only. Hotels and larger restaurants take cards. For what the whole trip costs, flight and visa included, see Bali trip cost from Nepal.

Distances in Bali look short on a map and take a long time by road. Allow an hour and a half from Ubud to the beach areas, two hours from Ubud to Uluwatu, and two to three hours from the south to Lempuyang in the east. Our itineraries are planned around those times.

Temples ask visitors to cover their shoulders and knees, and the larger ones lend a sarong and sash at the gate. At Uluwatu and in the Monkey Forest, monkeys take sunglasses, phones and food from visitors, so keep them in a closed bag.

Fast boats to Nusa Penida and the Gili Islands are stopped by the harbour when the sea is rough. We never plan an island crossing for the day of your flight home.