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Nusa Penida in March
Mixed month: March is outside the recommended season (April – October). Plan around: Nyepi: Bali Closes for 24 Hours. Nyepi (Balinese Day of Silence) and the ogoh-ogoh parades can fall this month.
The season opens in April, next month. Rough Seas: Fast Boats Cancelled usually starts in December, 9 months away.
2 days in Nusa Penida in March · from ₹8,803 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book March
Closures, crowds and rules at Nusa Penida this month.
Plan around this
Nyepi: Bali Closes for 24 Hours
⚠️ On Nyepi (Monday 8 March 2027, from 06:00 to 06:00 on 9 March) all of Bali stops: Ngurah Rai airport is closed to every flight, roads, beaches and shops shut, the internet is switched off, and visitors must stay inside their hotel. Don't book a flight, boat or transfer for that day, and allow for full flights and boats on the days either side.
What’s on in March
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Nyepi (Balinese Day of Silence) and the ogoh-ogoh parades2027: 8 Mar (silence 06:00 8 Mar to 06:00 9 Mar; ogoh-ogoh parades the evening of 7 Mar)
The Balinese New Year. On the eve, villages parade huge ogoh-ogoh demon effigies through the streets and burn them, worth seeing in Ubud, Kuta and Denpasar. Then for 24 hours the whole island stops: Ngurah Rai airport closes, no traffic, no lights, beaches shut, and visitors must stay inside their hotel (hotels keep serving guests indoors). Do not plan to land, leave or travel in Bali that day.
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
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 March
Instead in season this month.
- Raja Ampat · great month
Nearby in Nusa Islands:
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