Is it better to rent a car or hire a private driver for 1–2 days in Ubud, Bali?

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TL;DR

For short trips around Ubud, travelers often look for a private driver with a car for the whole day, especially for routes covering rice terraces and waterfalls. If everything is close together, a simpler option may work, but traffic around Ubud can make longer rides exhausting.

What the community said

To find a car with a driver in an unfamiliar area, look up local car-rental and taxi companies on Google Maps and contact them directly; local Facebook groups can also be useful.

Google Maps, local Facebook groups

For a full sightseeing day around Ubud, hiring a driver with a car is the more practical option, especially if you want to combine rice terraces, waterfalls, and several stops in one trip.

Ubud, rice terraces, waterfalls

If all the sights are close to each other, the trip is manageable, but once the route gets longer, traffic in and around Ubud becomes tiring very quickly.

Ubud traffic

For a 1–2 day trip in Ubud, renting a car is also considered as an alternative to a scooter if riding a bike is not comfortable or not an option.

car rental in Ubud for 1–2 days