Kelingking Beach, Nusa Penida8°45′S 115°28′E

Kartu Pos

Four hundred steps down a cliff before breakfast, then a whole beach to ourselves. I haven't stopped smiling since. Wish you were here!

  1. The railing. Coffee and the briefing.
  2. Steps, ridge, switchbacks. 150 m in fifty minutes.
  3. Breakfast on the sand. Then nothing, all day.
  4. The jukung, round the head to Toyapakeh.

US$ 240/ walkerSix a morning · April to October

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Nusa Penida, Bali

000Raising the headland

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The walk06:10

Six walkers.One guide.

06:10The railing, 150 m
You are hereThe ridge93 m
07:00The sand, 0 m

About 400 steps, fifty minutes. You carry water. We carry the rest.

The beach07:10 to 17:40

Then a wholeday of nothing.

07:10Breakfast on the sand
All dayShade under the overhang, and nobody else
17:40The jukung, round the head and home

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8°45′07″S115°28′24″E1,096 m06:10

Time of day

Most people stop at the railing.

They take the photo and go back to the car park. The beach is another 150 metres down. We walk you there at first light, and a boat brings you out.

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The railing150 m above the sand

This is where everyone turns back.

The photo gets taken from this platform. Then it's the car park and the fast boat home. You're going the other way.

06:10The steps · 130 m

We leave at first light.

Before the day boats land and the heat sets in. Six walkers, and a guide who has done this a thousand times.

17:40The cove · 88 m

Stay until
the light turns.

By half past five the cove has gone gold. That's when the boat comes for you.

The switchbacks55 m

Then it gets steep.

Packed earth and bamboo rails, about four hundred steps of it. This is the part that keeps the beach empty.

The sand2 m

Nobody else
is here.

No sunbeds, no speakers, no day trippers. Just the surf doing the talking. Nobody swims, the break is too heavy. You came for the quiet.

17:40Past the break

And you don't climb back up.

A jukung waits off the beach at golden hour. It takes you round the head and home, with the cliff you walked down going pink behind you.