Scooter rental in Ubud

Bikes and prices in Ubud

A standard 110–125cc automatic is plenty. A Honda Scoopy, Vario or Yamaha Mio handles the short town hops and the runs out to Tegallalang, Tegenungan and the temples; roads climb and dip but nothing needs a big engine. Consider a 150cc (NMAX, PCX) only if you will ride two-up on longer day trips to Kintamani or the north.

• Standard automatic (Scoopy, Vario, Mio, 110–125cc): about IDR 60,000–100,000 a day, roughly IDR 400,000–550,000 a week, and IDR 1.5–2.2 million a month.
• Larger automatic (NMAX, PCX, 150–160cc): around IDR 150,000–250,000 a day.

Ubud has plenty of long-stay renters, so weekly and monthly rates drop sharply — always ask. Shops deliver to your guesthouse, and many now skip the cash deposit and photograph your passport instead of holding it; keep it that way, and photograph the bike existing marks before you ride.

What it is like to ride in Ubud

Central Ubud is slow and fiddly. Jalan Raya Ubud, Jalan Monkey Forest and Jalan Hanoman are narrow, one-way in stretches, and clog with parked tour coaches, pedestrians and other scooters, particularly from late morning to mid-afternoon. Your map app will misread the one-ways, so watch the signs and the flow. Ride out of the centre, though, and it opens into lovely, quieter roads through the paddies — hillier and twistier than the south, with the odd rough patch, blind village junction and stray dog. Keep speeds down and wear the helmet on the wet, leafy bends.

Parking in Ubud

Do not ride into the middle to park — leave the bike at the edge and walk. Central car parks and roadside attendants charge about IDR 2,000 for the first hour and IDR 1,000 an hour after that for a scooter. The Monkey Forest, Art Market and most attractions have cheap motorbike parking (around IDR 2,000); Tegallalang roadside parking is about IDR 5,000. Carry small notes, and take your helmet with you.

How far is Ubud from…

• Ngurah Rai Airport (DPS): about 35–40 km and 1.5–2 hours on a scooter through Denpasar traffic — take a car in and rent once you have arrived.
• Tegallalang rice terraces: around 10 km north, about 20–30 minutes.
• Tegenungan waterfall: roughly 15–20 minutes south.
• Monkey Forest: 5 minutes / 1 km from the centre.
• The main temples and Campuhan Ridge: 5–15 minutes out.

It rains harder — and on a schedule

Ubud sits inland and higher than the coast, so it is noticeably wetter: even outside the wet season, short heavy downpours roll in most afternoons, typically between about 2 and 5pm, when Seminyak may stay dry. Locals ride with a cheap plastic poncho stashed under the seat, and so should you. When it hits, the paddy-road bends, the moss on shaded lanes and the painted road markings all turn slick, and the town traffic snarls further. Plan the terrace and waterfall runs for the morning, aim to be off the twisty roads by early afternoon, and if you are caught, pull under a warung awning for twenty minutes rather than braking hard on a wet camber.