Lake Tamblingan
Good to know
- Best time to go
- May to September
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The most remote and least developed of Bali's three northern crater lakes, Lake Tamblingan lies within a dense montane forest at 1,100 meters in the Bedugul highlands. The lake and surrounding forest are considered sacred and undeveloped for tourism infrastructure, with access via a short walk through old-growth jungle from Munduk or Gobleg villages. Dugout canoe crossings from the lakeside shrine at Pura Gubug are part of trekking routes that link Tamblingan with the adjacent Lake Buyan.
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