Two hours, lunch at the base
Gorilla Cave quad ride and lunch near Ubud
★ 4.8 · Reviewed by 2,202 riders
- Pricefrom $29
- Time2 hrs
- Free cancellationIncluded
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The practical part
Inside the price, in your bag, extra on the day
Included4
- A guide who rides ahead of the group
- A safety briefing and riding gear
- Lunch at the base restaurant
- The choice of a single or a tandem quad
Bring3
- Clothes you can get muddy
- A dry set to change into
- Cash for tips and extras
2hours
the listed length of the whole ride
2,202reviews
guest reviews of this ride
24hours
free-cancellation window before start
20minutes
drive from Ubud to the Tegallalang terraces
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Four rides, same rows
This 2-hour Gorilla Cave ride, a longer Gorilla Face outing with lunch, a tunnel and waterfall ride, and a river-track ride.
Each ride's starting price as its booking platform shows it today; per rider or per quad varies by listing, so confirm the unit at checkout.
Reviews
How the ratings fall
4.8
★★★★★2,202 rider reviews, checked
the ride itself
What happens between the briefing and lunch
You start at the base with a safety briefing and your gear, then ride a trail that the listing describes in landmarks: the Gorilla Cave, hidden waterfalls, jungle trails, rice fields and river crossings. A guide leads the way, so you follow a line rather than find one, and the whole outing is listed at 2 hours.
The cave is the moment people remember. The tunnel mouth is carved into a stone gorilla's face, and you drive through it on your quad into the dark. Photographs of it are on this page and the trail guide opposite, and the rest of the track is the muddy, wet, green kind that a quad was made for.
Afterward lunch waits at the nature-side restaurant at the base, overlooking green rice terraces. It is the reason the ride feels like a complete morning: you arrive muddy, you clean up, you sit down to eat, and the day still has its afternoon.
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A gorilla's mouth, mud and green rice terraces
Photos from the Gorilla Cave trail
ground and scenery
Green hills a short drive from the town
Ubud lies in the central part of Bali, and the name comes from the Balinese word for medicine, ubad, after the herbs and plants of the area. The hills above it are where a Bali ATV ride finds its best country, with the bases hidden in the rice and jungle that surround the town.
The country is terraced. The Tegallalang rice terraces follow the Balinese subak irrigation system, and Indonesia Travel puts them a 20-minute drive north of Ubud. Rice fields appear on the trail and again at the base, where lunch is served with a terrace in front of you.
The town itself is small and hilly, and Indonesia Travel says it can be explored on foot or by hired bicycle or motorbike. A quad base sits outside it, so a day in Ubud is easy to build around the ride: the morning in the mud, the afternoon in the town.
See dates, cancel freeWeather
Ubud's seasons in numbers
Mid-month highs and lows from the 1991 to 2020 record at the Denpasar airport station, 29 km away on the coast; Ubud is inland and higher, no rain-day count is given, and day length is worked out by us.
Touch a month to see its temperatures.
Typical afternoon heatNOAA's NCEI archive 1991 to 2020 · Station Ngurah Rai airport, Denpasar
choosing a seat
Your own quad, or a seat behind a friend
The listing lets you ride single or tandem, so the first decision is made at booking. A single quad gives you the throttle and the line, and a tandem quad shares one machine between a driver and a passenger.
The terms of other operators vary: one tandem table starts at age 5, another lets children aged 3 to 4 ride as passengers under their parents' responsibility, uninsured. This listing's own age and weight terms are on its booking page, so check them before you book a child's seat or a heavy pair.
The full reading of those rules, with a table, a weight chart and a seat-by-seat decision helper, is on the tandem guide. For a party with an odd headcount, many Bali listings say the odd rider goes solo for an extra charge on site, so check what this operator does before you arrive.
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Your Gorilla Cave day
Ride through the gorilla's mouth.
Pick a date and a seat type; cancelling stays free until 24 hours out.
wet and dry
Muddy in every month, wetter in some
Indonesia Travel says Bali has a rainy and a dry season only, with the dry stretch running April to October across most of Indonesia and the wet stretch from November to March. It adds that seasons have become less predictable.
Rain at Denpasar, the nearest station with published normals, runs from 350.7 mm in January down to 27.6 mm in July, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Ubud stands inland on higher ground, so read those figures as the shape of the year rather than a forecast for the trail.
A quad ride copes with rain better than most outings. Listings for ATV rides near Ubud say the activity runs rain or shine, and the tracks simply get muddier. The listing for this ride does not state a weather policy, so ask the operator about heavy rain through the booking page if the forecast looks severe.
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2,202 riders have rated this ride
4.8
Excellent★★★★★
- 5-star ratings90%
- 4-star ratings6%
- 3-star ratings2%
- 2-star ratings1%
- 1-star ratings1%
The bars split all 2,202 ratings by star, as Viator counts them. The overall score across 2,202 ratings is 4.8.
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star by star
How riders scored it, star by star
The ride is rated 4.82 from 2,202 reviews, and the split shows where the score comes from: 1,985 five-star ratings, 122 four-star, 45 three-star, 17 two-star and 33 one-star. A heavily positive spread with a small tail is normal for a ride that is mostly about fun.
We cannot quote riders for you. The Viator record behind this page carries the star counts but not the review texts at our level of access, so no guest's words appear here, and we do not invent any. If you want the texts, they are on the booking page.
Read the lower stars on the booking page before you pay, as you would for any activity. The one-star tail is small beside the five-star count, but it is made of real people, and what they complain about is the best preview of what could go wrong for you.
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FAQ
Asked about the Gorilla Cave,answered without fluff.
How long is the Gorilla Cave ride?
The full outing is listed at 2 hours.
The listing gives the activity as 2 hours, with lunch at the base afterward.
Is lunch included on this ride?
Yes, at the base restaurant.
The listing says lunch is served at the nature-side restaurant overlooking green rice terraces.
Can I ride on my own, or only tandem?
Both are offered.
The listing says you can ride single or tandem.
Is there an age or weight limit for the quad?
Terms sit on the booking page.
Ask the operator through the booking page if a child or a heavy pair is joining.
Which languages does the live guide speak?
Nine are listed.
German, Portuguese, Japanese, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Korean and Arabic.
Where do I meet the group without a transfer?
At the base on the listing.
Choose No Transfer and meet at the base called Dadi Bali Adventure.
Can I cancel if the plan changes?
Yes, cancel a day ahead.
The listing offers a full refund for cancelling up to 24 hours in advance.
What does the ride pass through?
Cave, waterfalls, rice and rivers.
The Gorilla Cave, hidden waterfalls, jungle trails, rice fields and river crossings are named.
What does the Gorilla Cave ride cost?
From a starting price.
It starts from $29, and the booking page gives the figure for your date and party.
What if the weather turns bad on the day?
Quads run in rain, but ask.
Similar Ubud listings say the activity runs rain or shine, and this listing states no weather policy, so message the operator.
mud and clothes
What to wear and what to keep dry
You will be splashed whatever the season. Wear clothes that you are happy to see brown, closed shoes with a grip, and long sleeves if you dislike branches. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission wants a helmet and more: eyewear, boots, gloves, trousers and sleeves that cover you.
The base supplies the safety gear according to the listing for this ride. Bring a change of clothes in a bag, because the tracks are wet, a towel if you like your own, and a plastic bag for the muddy things. Other Ubud listings say lockers, towels and showers exist at their bases, and it is reasonable to ask about the same here.
Phones and cameras are the hardest things to protect. A lanyard helps, and a zipped pocket helps more. Water on a lens is fixed by a wipe, but mud in a charging port is not, and the splash zone around a quad is wider than it looks from the seat.
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The ratings, counted
1,985 of the 2,202 ratings are five-star.
A further 122 riders gave four stars, 45 three, 17 two and 33 one, which is the full spread on the Viator record for this Gorilla Cave ride.
finding the base
Reaching the base
If you book without transportation, the listing tells you to choose the No Transfer option and meet at the base, which it names as Dadi Bali Adventure. The activity provider on the listing is Ubud Trips, so the booking page shows both names.
Where is the base? The listing names the base and does not give an address, so open the base name in your maps app on the booking day and check the drive time from your hotel. We do not pin it on our map, because a pin without a source would be a guess.
A transfer option exists on the listing, and it is the simpler way to arrive for guests staying in town. If you meet at the base on your own, ask your hotel to help with a car and check the drive time from your hotel before the day.
See dates, cancel freeGorilla Cave, 2 hours
A gorilla-faced tunnel.Mud, jungle, rice fields.Lunch to finish the ride.
The Ubud ATV ride we send you to is a Viator quad trip that drives through the Gorilla Cave, stops at hidden waterfalls and crosses jungle trails, rice fields and rivers. You ride single or tandem after a safety briefing, and it ends with lunch at the base restaurant. It lasts 2 hours, starts from $29 and is rated 4.82 from 2,202 reviews.
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lunch
The meal at the end of the track
Lunch is part of this ride, served at the base restaurant overlooking the rice terraces. The listing does not name the menu, so we do not either. Other Ubud ride listings list fried rice or noodles, which gives a fair idea of the kind of base meal.
Food allergies are worth a line to the operator. Anyone with an allergy should say so when they book, because a base kitchen cooks for a large group at once, and the listing for this ride gives no allergy information.
Eat before you shower, or shower before you eat, depending on how muddy you are. The terrace view is the same either way, and a ride that ends with a table and a view is part of why guests rate it so highly, as the record's 4.82 shows.
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filling the afternoon
What else fits around a 2-hour ride
A 2-hour ride leaves room for more. Indonesia Travel suggests the Tegalalang rice fields early in the day and then the Monkey Forest, and an Ubud swing for the holiday picture. Our guide to Ubud adventures after the ride sorts rafting, tubing, swings and ziplines by the time each takes.
River options sit close. The Ayung is rafted at Kedewatan in Ubud, the widest and longest river in Bali, and the tourism ministry gives it as roughly a 20-minute trip from town. A rafting run is a morning or an afternoon commitment on its own, so choose one big activity per day.
Leave the evening empty. A quad ride, a meal and one more outing is a full day for most travelers, and the town of Ubud rewards a slow walk at dusk better than a fourth activity.
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safe riding
Safety, insurance and how to choose a base
Take safety seriously, even on a guided ride. Smartraveller advises making sure working safety equipment is available and that your travel insurance covers adventure activities, and it warns that insurance should not be assumed to cover them.
The same advice says Indonesian businesses, adventure providers included, may not meet Australian safety or maintenance standards, and advises researching providers and following all safety instructions. The CPSC recommends hands-on training from a qualified instructor, which is what a briefing at the base is for.
A good rider listens to the guide, stays in the line, and keeps hands on the bars through the cave. The listing for this ride includes a safety briefing and gear before you set off, so use the briefing to ask anything you are unsure about, and the guide's answer settles it.
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Who should book this ride, and who should look elsewhere
It suits travelers who want mud, jungle and a story to tell without a full day's commitment, and it suits friends or couples who like the choice of riding single or tandem. A first-timer is fine: other Ubud rides state no experience is required, and a guide leads.
It suits travelers who want to travel light, too. The ride includes gear and lunch, and the booking can be cancelled at no cost until 24 hours before the start, so a change of plan is free if you tell the operator in time.
Look elsewhere if you need a fixed pickup time, which the listing does not give, or if you want an outing longer than 2 hours. Our operator guide and region guide lay out the alternatives.
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