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Tanah
Lot
Tanah
Lot
Where Bali's spirit meets the sea.
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Tanah Lot · by the numbers

Five centuries. One sunset.

Sacred grounds, sea and temple
Years since Dang Hyang Nirartha
Sea temples guarding Bali
Sunsets a year at 18:00
How a visit unfolds

Arrive in daylight. Leave by firelight.

Coast at golden hour High tide, temple silhouette Firelight sunset
15:00Golden hour begins 17:00High tide · the temple floats 18:00Kecak & fire dance
Step 01 · Daylight

Arrive by late afternoon

Park inside the 2.77-hectare lot, follow the lane of stalls and incense, and let the sea air guide you toward the cliff. Plan for at least 90 minutes before sunset — the path is long, and every stone has a story.

Step 02 · High tide

Watch the temple float

Pura Luhur Tanah Lot sits on its own island of rock. At high tide, water encircles the base and the temple appears suspended on the sea. At low tide, Balinese priests bless visitors at Tirta Pabersihan — the holy spring that wells from the rock itself.

Step 03 · Firelight

Stay for Kecak at 18:00

Fifty men chant cak cak cak in a circle of firelight as the sun sinks behind the horizon. Performed daily. No music, no instruments — only voices, rhythm, and the sea below.

Entrance tickets · harga tiket

Straight from the official price list.

Domestik · adult

Dewasa

Resident Indonesian adult ticket. Valid for the full 28-hectare grounds and all six satellite temples on-site.

IDR 30,000
Domestik · anak

Anak 5–10

Resident Indonesian child ticket for ages five through ten. Younger children enter with family at no charge.

IDR 20,000
Foreigner · adult

Adult Visitor

International adult ticket. Includes unrestricted access to the viewing platforms, Majapahit Museum, and Kecak amphitheatre.

IDR 75,000
Foreigner · child

Child Visitor

International child ticket for ages five through ten. Family photography is welcome; drones require prior approval.

IDR 40,000
Heritage · sejarah

Founded by a Majapahit priest,
kept by the sea ever since.

In the sixteenth century, the holy priest Dang Hyang Dwi Jendra — known to Bali as Dang Hyang Nirartha — crossed from the Majapahit court in East Java and walked the coast of Bali teaching Dharma Yatra. When he came upon the rocky outcrop at Segara Kidul, he meditated there and ordered a shrine built. Today, Pura Luhur Tanah Lot is one of the seven sea temples that form a spiritual chain around Bali — each in sight of the next, each guarding the island from the south sea.

Nestled amidst the majestic waves of the Indian Ocean, Tanah Lot Temple stands as an iconic emblem of Bali's spiritual and natural allure.
— Website resmi DTW Tanah Lot
Sandikala
Sandikala
The sacred hour between day and night — when the world holds its breath. Every evening at 18:00.
Kecak · fire dance · sundown

Come for sandikala.

Open daily 07:00 – 19:00 · Kecak & fire dance at sundown.
Come for a day, stay for the ritual.

(0361) 880361 @tanahlotid Desa Beraban, Kec. Kediri, Kab. Tabanan