How many volcanoes are in Bali?

Two active ones: Mount Agung, which last erupted in 2022, and Mount Batur, which last erupted in 2000. The Buyan-Bratan caldera around Bedugul is an older volcanic complex with no known eruption in the last 12,000 years.

Is Bali a volcanic island?

Yes. Bali lies on the Sunda Arc, Indonesia's chain of volcanoes, and the mountains across its north, from Batukaru to Agung, are volcanic.

Is Mount Batur still active?

Yes. It is an active volcano that last erupted in 2000, according to the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program. Indonesia's volcano agency, PVMBG, monitors it and publishes the alert level on MAGMA Indonesia.

Is a jeep tour on an active volcano safe?

Tours run only while the area is open at the normal alert level, on set tracks with a local driver. If the authorities close the area, jeeps stop and we move your date or settle it in rupiah.

Can you do a jeep tour on Mount Agung?

No. Mount Agung is climbed on foot only, on a long and steep night trek. Bali's volcano jeep tours run on Mount Batur.

Which Bali volcano tour should I book?

The Batur jeep for a sunrise and lava fields without hiking, a Batur trek guide to stand on the summit, and an Agung trek only if you are a fit, experienced hiker.

Volcano

Is there a volcano in Bali? Batur, Agung, and the volcano jeep

Updated 16 October 2026 · By the Bali Activity Tours desk in Ubud

Short answer

Yes. Bali has two active volcanoes: Mount Batur in Kintamani, which last erupted in 2000, and Mount Agung, Bali's highest peak at about 3,000 metres, which last erupted in 2022. The older Bratan caldera around Bedugul has no known eruption in the last 12,000 years. Volcano jeep tours run only on Batur; Agung is climbed on foot.

How many volcanoes Bali has, which are active, why the jeep tours run on Mount Batur, who decides when it is safe, and what a volcano jeep costs.

Sunrise over the Batur caldera, the volcano Bali's jeep tours climb

How many volcanoes does Bali have?

Bali is a volcanic island on the Sunda Arc, the chain of volcanoes that runs along Indonesia from Sumatra through Java and Bali to the east. The mountains along its northern half are volcanoes.

The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program lists two Bali volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, and a third, older complex:

Mount Agung, about 3,000 metres, Bali's highest peak. Its last eruptions were in 2022, after an episode that began in 2017.
Mount Batur, about 1,700 metres, inside the Batur caldera in Kintamani. Last eruption: 2000.
Buyan-Bratan, the caldera around Bedugul with three crater lakes, including Mount Batukaru to the south-west. No eruption is known in the last 12,000 years; its cones are covered in forest.

Batur or Agung: which volcano?

Bali has two volcanoes visitors ask about. Only one has jeep tracks.

Mount Batur and Mount Agung compared for a volcano tour
	Mount Batur	Mount Agung
Height	Just over 1,700 metres	About 3,000 metres, Bali's highest
Last eruption	2000	2022
Jeep tour	Yes: tracks to a crater-rim viewpoint and the lava fields	No
Sunrise hike	About two hours to the summit	A long, steep night climb for fit hikers
Best for	Sunrise without a hike, families, photographers	Experienced trekkers

How active is Mount Batur?

Batur is one of Indonesia's active volcanoes. The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program records its last eruption in 2000, after a moderate eruption in 1974 and a run of smaller ones in the 1990s. The Batur geopark counts at least 22 eruptions between 1804 and 2000.

Thin steam from vents near the summit is normal for Batur. The lava you drive across is the visible record of that history: flows from eruptions in 1963, 1968, and 1974 still lie bare on the caldera floor.

Who decides when it is safe

Indonesia's volcano agency, PVMBG, monitors Batur and sets an alert level from Level I (Normal) to Level IV, the highest. It publishes the current level on MAGMA Indonesia. When the level rises, the agency closes a radius around the crater, and jeeps and treks inside it stop.

If the area is closed on your date, we tell you on WhatsApp and move the date or settle it in rupiah, case by case.

What the jeep shows you

The outer caldera wall, about 10 by 13.5 kilometres, formed about 29,300 years ago
Lake Batur, a crescent-shaped crater lake about 7.7 kilometres long
Black lava fields from the 1963, 1968, and 1974 eruptions
Mount Abang, the highest point of the caldera rim, and Mount Agung beyond it
Naturally warm springs at Toya Bungkah on the lake shore, where you can add a soak

A protected landscape

Batur joined UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network in 2012 and is now a UNESCO Global Geopark of about 370 square kilometres, covering both calderas, the lake, the lava flows, and the hot springs. Lake Batur and the temple Pura Ulun Danu Batur are also part of Bali's UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, inscribed in 2012.

Stay on the tracks, take rubbish back to the jeep, and leave lava rocks where they are.

Volcano jeep tour prices

Our Batur jeep is private. Sit-in is Rp 2.000.000 for two guests; tracking, with a short guided walk, is Rp 1.800.000 for two. From three guests, both are Rp 750.000 each. Hotel pickup, the entrance fee, breakfast, and insurance are included, at sunrise or sunset.

Sources

Ready when you are

Drive the lava fields of an active volcano

Private 4×4 on Mount Batur with hotel pickup, the entrance fee, breakfast, and insurance in one rupiah price. Choose sunrise or sunset when you reserve.

From Rp 750.000 per guest

Hotel pickup included
No card online: you pay in rupiah after we confirm the seat
Change the date up to 24 hours before pickup, if the seat is free

Check the rupiah total Ask on WhatsApp