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Nusa Dua
Pristine beaches & all-inclusive luxury (South Bali)
About Nusa Dua
Nusa Dua is Bali's most manicured resort enclave, with pristine white sand beaches, calm turquoise waters, and grand international hotel chains. The gated resort complex offers a polished, family-friendly atmosphere with Bali's water sports hub a short drive away in Tanjung Benoa.
Best for: Families, all-inclusive seekers & business travelers
- White sand beaches
- Water sports
- Beachfront promenade
- Convention center
Nusa Dua at a glance
- Beach: Excellent (5/5). White sand on a reef-protected lagoon: calm water, best for swimming at mid to high tide.
- Nightlife: Poor (1/5). Mostly resort bars and shows; very little outside the hotels.
- Prices: $$$$ · Expensive. Expensive inside the resort enclave; cheaper food in Bualu village outside the gates.
- To the airport: 13 km · 20–30 min. By road to Bali airport (DPS), in usual traffic.
- Climate: Hot & humid · coast
Ratings
- Calm-water swimming: Excellent (5/5)
- Surfing: Fair (2/5)
- Diving & snorkeling: Fair (2/5)
- Sunsets: Poor (1/5)
- Restaurants & cafés: Good (3/5)
- Culture & temples: Poor (1/5)
- Nature & landscapes: Poor (1/5)
- Yoga & wellness: Very good (4/5)
- Family-friendly: Excellent (5/5)
- Peace & quiet: Very good (4/5)
- Remote work: Fair (2/5)
- Walkability: Very good (4/5)
Rated from 0 (none) to 5 (excellent), compared with Bali's other areas.
Resorts in Nusa Dua
- Samabe: Nusa Dua, from about $500 a night
- The St. Regis Bali Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $650 a night
- Apurva Kempinski: Nusa Dua, from about $300 a night
- REVIVO Wellness Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $200 a night
- Paradisus by Meliá Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $300 a night
- Hilton Bali Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $250 a night
- SOL Benoa Bali All Inclusive: Nusa Dua, from about $150 a night
- The Laguna, A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa: Nusa Dua, from about $250 a night
- Grand Hyatt Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $200 a night
- Conrad Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $250 a night
- Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Beach Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $200 a night
- Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa: Nusa Dua, from about $150 a night
- The Westin Resort Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $200 a night
- The Ritz-Carlton Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $250 a night
- Grand Mirage Resort & Thalasso Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $400 a night
- Amnaya Resort Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $100 a night
- Renaissance Bali Nusa Dua Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $100 a night
- The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas: Nusa Dua, from about $250 a night
- Waldorf Astoria Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $500 a night
- Ayodya Resort Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $150 a night
- MERUSAKA Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $150 a night
- Aman Villas at Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $2,810 a night
- Kimpton Naranta Bali: Nusa Dua
- Club Med Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $390 a night
- Amarterra Villas Resort Bali Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $330 a night
- Courtyard by Marriott Bali Nusa Dua Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $110 a night
- The Balé Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $290 a night
- Novotel Bali Benoa: Nusa Dua, from about $70 a night
- Sadara Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $70 a night
- The Royal Santrian: Nusa Dua, from about $350 a night
- The Ayodya Palace: Nusa Dua, from about $170 a night
- The Sakala Resort Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $85 a night
- Mercure Bali Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $43 a night
- Tijili Benoa Hotel: Nusa Dua, from about $44 a night
- Holiday Inn Resort Bali Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $89 a night
- Grand Whiz Hotel Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $52 a night
- Bali Tropic Resort & Spa: Nusa Dua, from about $84 a night
- Hotel Nikko Bali Benoa Beach: Nusa Dua, from about $76 a night
- Plagoo Holiday Hotel: Nusa Dua, from about $34 a night
- TanaDewa Villas Nusa Dua Bali by Cross Collection: Nusa Dua, from about $105 a night
- Bali Relaxing Resort & Spa: Nusa Dua, from about $38 a night
- Marriott’s Bali Nusa Dua Gardens: Nusa Dua, from about $123 a night
- Bali Nusa Dua Hotel: Nusa Dua, from about $88 a night
- Peninsula Bay Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $55 a night
- Kayumanis Nusa Dua Private Villa & Spa: Nusa Dua, from about $359 a night
- The Grand Bali Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $62 a night
- Ulu Segara Luxury Suites & Villas: Nusa Dua, from about $125 a night
- Peninsula Beach Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $59 a night
- La Berceuse Resort and Villa Nusa Dua: Nusa Dua, from about $36 a night
- Marriott’s Bali Nusa Dua Terrace: Nusa Dua, from about $216 a night
- Benoa Sea Suites and Villas: Nusa Dua, from about $47 a night
- Giri Bhagawan Villas & Spa: Nusa Dua, from about $117 a night
- Luxotic Private Villa and Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $76 a night
- Kiara Beachtown: Nusa Dua, from about $89 a night
- Novotel Bali Nusa Dua Hotel & Residences: Nusa Dua, from about $89 a night
- Amayi Resort Nusa Dua Bali: Nusa Dua, from about $145 a night
- Glamp Nusa: Nusa Dua, from about $107 a night
- Taman Dharmawangsa Suites: Nusa Dua, from about $71 a night
- Avala Nusa Dua, Bali, a Tribute Portfolio Resort: Nusa Dua, from about $375 a night
Sights in Nusa Dua
- Water Blow (nature). Water Blow is a jagged limestone point on the Nusa Dua peninsula where ocean swells are forced into a narrow crevice and shoot upward in plumes of spray. A short path through a park in the resort area leads to a fenced viewing deck over the rocks. The spray is highest at high tide on days with a strong swell, and anyone near the rail can get soaked.
- Puja Mandala (landmark). Puja Mandala is a complex just outside Nusa Dua where a mosque, a Catholic church, a Buddhist temple, a Protestant church and a Hindu temple stand side by side. Built in the 1990s, it is a statement of the religious tolerance Indonesia promotes. Visitors can walk between the five buildings outside service times; covered shoulders and knees are expected.
- Museum Pasifika (museum). Museum Pasifika is an art museum inside the Nusa Dua resort area with paintings, sculpture and carvings from Indonesia, Asia and the Pacific islands, and works by European artists who painted in Bali. Its collection fills eleven rooms spread over a group of pavilions. A visit takes one to two hours and suits a hot afternoon or a rainy day.
Beaches in Nusa Dua
- Nusa Dua Beach (beach). Nusa Dua Beach is the long run of pale sand in front of the big hotels of the gated resort area, sheltered by an offshore reef that keeps the water calm. A paved beach walk follows the shore past small stone breakwaters with pavilions. At low tide the lagoon drains to shallow sea-grass flats, so swimming is best around high water.
- Pandawa Beach (beach). Pandawa Beach is a long white-sand beach on the south coast of the Bukit peninsula, about 20 minutes' drive from Nusa Dua. The road down to it is cut through tall limestone cliffs, where statues of Kunti and the five Pandawa brothers from the Mahabharata stand in niches carved into the rock. A reef offshore breaks the swell, so the water is usually calm enough for swimming and kayaking.
- Geger Beach (beach). Geger Beach is a public white-sand beach at the southern edge of Nusa Dua, with the Pura Geger temple on a clifftop headland at its south end. Warungs and sunbeds on the sand are run by a local cooperative. A reef far offshore keeps the east-facing water calm and shallow, good for swimming and canoeing, and surfers take boats from the beach out to the powerful breaks on the reef.
- Gunung Payung Beach (beach). Gunung Payung Beach is a strip of white sand at the foot of tall cliffs in Kutuh, on the south coast of the Bukit Peninsula below the Gunung Payung temple, and it is quieter than nearby Pandawa. It is reached by about 300 steps or by a shuttle bus down a steep road cut into the cliff. The reef breaks the swell well offshore, so the clear water by the sand is usually calm; kayaks can be rented and there are caves to explore, but the shallows are coral at low tide.