Sekumpul Waterfall Bali is a huge twin waterfall in Singaraja, Bali. It has two 80-meter-high (260-foot-high) streams that flow out of the jungle trees.
If you want to see Bali’s biggest and best waterfall, this is probably it. On top of that, you can see some of the most beautiful jungles and rice fields on the island while hiking to these falls.
The Sekumpul Waterfall is no longer a secret, but it’s still not too crowded because it’s in the far north of the island and pretty far from town.
This Sekumpul Waterfall blog will tell you how to get there, how to hike without a guide, what kind of entrance ticket to expect, and everything else you need to know before you go!
What to Expect at Sekumpul Waterfall Bali
The walk to the Sekumpul waterfall Bali is pretty easy, but I would rate it as moderate.
It’s not dangerous, but the steep walk up and down to the falls is a great workout, and depending on where you park, it takes between 30 and 60 minutes to get there.
You’ll take a lot of pictures before you even start the hike. In north Bali, the views are amazing. There are steep green mountains and rice fields everywhere you look.
Basically, you’re going down into a big gorge in the jungle, and the views along the way will blow your mind.
At Sekumpul, there are two places to look at the waterfall: one from above and one from below.
Don’t just look at the first point of view; you should look at both. The shot above shows the view from the top.
Near the end of this walk, it gets VERY muddy, so you’ll want to wear old shoes. Watch out for the slippery rocks at the bottom of the stream, too.
Fiji Waterfall
Near the end of the walk, you’ll come to a place where there are signs for two different waterfalls.
If you want to see “Grombong Waterfall,” the main Sekumpul waterfall Bali shown on this page, you should turn right and walk for 5 minutes.
Then go back to the sign and walk 5–10 minutes in the opposite way to reach Fiji Waterfall, a cool triple waterfall in the same canyon.
Sekumpul Waterfall Without Guide
At Sekumpul Waterfall, a group of locals have set up a number of fake, but convincing, “registration” checkpoints along the road. This is an annoying scam.
If you stop at one of these, they will try to get you to pay 450k IDR ($30 USD) per person for a guide. They’ll say it’s dangerous and necessary, and they might even show you a fake ticket to get in.
Tell them you don’t need a guide, or even better, just keep going. Obviously, this is easier to do in a car.
You can fully avoid the scammers, the fake registration, and the fake entrance ticket if you just drive through without stopping.
Next, you’ll need to stop at Lemukih village and hike from the south entrance, NOT from the north entrance at Sekumpul village, which has a metal gate where they WILL stop you.
At first, the area is a little hard to understand, but the pictures and map below should help.
Keep in mind that this is a very poor, far-away part of Bali where people don’t have many legal ways to make money.
Think about things from their point of view, and then decide for yourself if you want to use the “mandatory” local guide or not.
I’m sure the guides are helpful for taking pictures and other things, but the road is safe and easy to follow even without one. Most people definitely don’t need to do it.
If the price was fair, I might pay it just to help the people in the area. But I don’t think it’s fair that each person has to pay $30 for a short walk.
How to Get to the Sekumpul Falls
The Sekumpul Waterfall is in North Bali, about 2.5 hours by car from Ubud or 1 hour from Singaraja.
The best way to get there is to take a scooter or hire a private car and driver, both of which can be done online.
You can use the map below to get to the Sekumpul Waterfall in Bali, or you can just click for GPS and go straight to Warung Fiji. This little warung is where the hike starts from the south.
Scooters can go all the way to Warung Fiji, but cars will need to park a little bit earlier. Make sure you stop at the last parking lot, which is much closer to the falls and will save you a lot of walking.
From the last parking area, also called Warung Fiji, it only takes about 30–45 minutes to walk down a narrow road to the falls.
Water slide at Lemukih
If you want to see another waterfall at Sekumpul, you can have fun on the Lemukih water slide, which is near the town of Lemukih.
It’s a 50-meter-long water slide, kind of like a natural slip-and-slide, and you can get there quickly and easily from Lemukih village. From Sekumpul waterfall, the hiking distance is also pretty short and easy to handle.
The Best Time to Go
You can go to Sekumpul Waterfall Bali and take great shots at any time of day or year.
This waterfall doesn’t dry up as much as some other waterfalls in Bali during the dry season, so you can still visit it from May to November, though it may start to get smaller in the later months (especially after August).
The pictures in this travel guide of Sekumpul Waterfall were taken in July, when there was still a lot of water flowing and a nice rainbow in the late afternoon. We’ve seen the rainbow here twice in July, both times in the afternoon. In July, the rice terraces will be new and wet, not green, but that can still make for nice shots.
The bright green rice terraces in this guide were taken in March, which is still the rainy season in Indonesia. However, we didn’t have any problems with rain, and the waterfall was still as photogenic as usual!
