Sacred Monkey Forest & Jungle Temples

The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud is both ecological and spiritual. Banyan trees tower, vines drape, moss blankets stone shrines where macaques dart and play. The forest hums with cicadas, the air thick with incense from temple altars. Walking its pathways, you encounter guardian statues covered in moss, bridges arching over streams, shrines where locals still pray. Monkeys, bold and mischievous, leap across branches, reminding you that this is their home as much as a sanctuary. Beyond the monkeys, the forest’s temples — Pura Dalem Agung and others — embody Bali’s philosophy of harmony between human, nature, and spirit. Rituals here are not staged but sustained, carried out quietly under banyans as they have been for centuries.