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Nusa Penida in January
Better avoided: January is outside the recommended season (April – October). Against it: Rough Seas: Fast Boats Cancelled. Galungan and Kuningan and Christmas and New Year peak can fall this month.
The season opens in April, 3 months away. Rough Seas: Fast Boats Cancelled: usually over after February.
2 days in Nusa Penida in January · from ₹8,803 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
The weather in January
What the season does to Nusa Penida this month.
Worth knowing
Rough Seas: Fast Boats Cancelled
In the wet season the Lombok Strait and Badung Strait can be rough for days, and fast boats to the Nusa islands and the Gilis are delayed or suspended (they stopped in February 2026 in 4 m waves). Book a flexible ticket, keep a spare day before your flight home, and consider flying to Lombok for the Gilis.
What’s on in January
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Galungan and Kuningan2027: Galungan 13 Jan, Kuningan 23 Jan; Galungan 11 Aug, Kuningan 21 Aug
Bali's biggest Hindu festival, every 210 days: ten days when the ancestors are believed to visit. Every street is lined with tall bamboo penjor poles, families in temple dress fill the temples, and the island looks its most beautiful. Some shops and drivers take the main days off, and temples are crowded; wear a sarong and sash to visit.
Christmas and New Year peak
Bali's dearest fortnight: villas and resorts set minimum stays and gala dinners on 24 and 31 December, and Indian, Australian and Indonesian holidays overlap. Book rooms and the Gili and Komodo boats by October, and expect rain: it is the wet season.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹8,803 for two
- Room a night₹2,390
- Food a day, each₹1,105
- Main sight entry, each₹130
Mid-range
₹20,812 for two
- Room a night₹5,830
- Food a day, each₹2,550
- Main sight entry, each₹130
Luxury
₹52,478 for two
- Room a night₹18,550
- Food a day, each₹5,950
- Main sight entry, each₹130
What January does to prices
- Bali's dearest fortnight: villas and resorts set minimum stays and gala dinners on 24 and 31 December, and Indian, Australian and Indonesian holidays overlap.
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Indonesia yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Kuta (DPS), 41 km away
Then: Ferry · 2h 18m (Shuttle to Sanur + fast boat to Nusa Penida)
Flights from India: from 8 cities, one way from ₹14,000
Fly into Jakarta (CGK), 1002 km away
Flights from India: from 2 cities, one way from ₹15,000
Entry rules
Visa on arrival for up to 30 days, about ₹2,650
- Before you fly, buy the e-VOA (visa on arrival) at evisa.imigrasi.go.id: IDR 500,000, about ₹2,700, valid for 30 days. You can also pay at the visa-on-arrival counter in Bali or Jakarta, but the queue is long.
- Within 3 days before landing, fill in the free All Indonesia arrival card at allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id. It replaces the old customs (e-CD) and health forms. Save the QR code. Do one card per traveller.
- Going to Bali, Nusa Penida or Lembongan: pay the IDR 150,000 (about ₹810) Bali tourist levy per person at lovebali.baliprov.go.id and keep the QR voucher. It is checked at the airport and at some attractions.
- To stay longer than 30 days, extend once by 30 days (IDR 500,000) on the same portal before the visa expires. The first extension may need a visit to an immigration office.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive, with blank pages; Confirmed return or onward ticket out of Indonesia; e-VOA approval (printout or PDF), or a card or cash for the visa on arrival; All Indonesia arrival card QR code; Love Bali levy QR voucher, for Bali; Hotel bookings for the stay.
India is not on Indonesia's visa-free list, so you need the visa on arrival or e-VOA. India was proposed for visa-free entry in June 2026 but left off the July 2026 list. Indonesia proposed in August 2026 raising the fee to IDR 750,000 online and IDR 1,000,000 at the counter; as of October 2026 it is still IDR 500,000 with no start date, so check evisa.imigrasi.go.id before paying. Use only the .go.id sites: look-alike sites charge extra for the e-VOA, the arrival card and the Bali levy.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Indonesia in January
Instead in season this month.
- Raja Ampat · great month
Nearby in Nusa Islands:
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