Bali’s Mount Agung will be closed for 28 days.

For the next month, the public will not be able to access Bali’s most revered volcano. All treks and tourist trips to Mount Agung, Bali’s tallest and most spiritually significant mountain, will be forbidden due to cleansing rites.

Here at The Bali Sun, “we keep our readers informed about impending events that could affect travel plans as well as the most recent news on the island.” This also applies to Mount Agung’s impending closure. Every year, Mount Agung is closed to the public due to ceremonies and rituals that need to be carried out on the property.

According to Balinese Hinduism, which is culturally the law of the land, the land, which is Bali’s most sacred landscape, must occasionally be left alone to allow for energy cleansing and clearing.

From March 28 to April 24, 2026, there will be a 28-day ban on all activities on Mount Agung, including hiking, walking, trail running, and sightseeing. This is in observance of several significant Karya Ida Bhatara Turun Kabeh (IBTK) rites that will take place at the Agung Besakih Temple.

The Besakih Traditional Village Head, Jro Mangku Widiartha, told reporters that a paruman, or meeting with all of Pura Agung Besakih’s caretakers, was used to make the decision. Hiking guides and travel agencies have also been informed of the closure, so visitors and tourists shouldn’t even be able to make reservations for adventures on Mount Agung at that time.

“We hope that all tourists and climbers will understand and not force themselves to climb Mount Agung during the closure,” Jro Mangku Widiartha said to reporters.

In the upcoming months, the region will host a number of significant ceremonies. The Nedunang ceremony, which is scheduled for March 30, is a crucial part of the IBTK Work.

The Ida Bhatara will be “lowered” from their different houses of worship and put in the Penataran Agung Besakih Temple during this procession. Worshippers from all around Bali will participate in the event, which runs until April 2. During the ceremony period, Pura Besakih, popularly known as the Mother Temple, may have restricted access and visiting hours.

At all Bali temples, worshippers always come first. To find out if ceremonies may affect their next trip to Pura Besakih, tourists are recommended to speak with their tour guide.

Following a peninsular ceremony conducted by the local community, the hiking and climbing routes will reopen on April 25, 2026.