WORTH A DETOUR

Indonesia · Bali

Pandawa Beach

Six statues in a cliff, and a ticket booth.

How we rated it: up one for a sourced find, six statues carved into the cliff. Photo: Jenhan Putra · CC BY-SA 4.0

The hang

Carved into one side of the cliff above Pandawa are six large statues, each in its own niche, and the five Pandawa brothers are where the beach gets its name. It is no longer the quiet spot it was a decade ago. There is one main road down and you can drive almost to the beachfront. Seven lifeguards cover five points along the beach through the day. The entrance fee in 2026 is IDR 25,000 for an international adult, and the older prices of 10,000 and 15,000 are still all over the internet.

The real intel

Status, dated 2026-09-16: The 2026 entrance fee is IDR 25,000 for an international adult. Figures of 10,000 or 15,000 still quoted online are older prices.

Best months · warmest sea: April (29.9 °C), then March and December. Coolest: August (27.6 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: No crowd data by month. It is described as one of the more popular things to do near Uluwatu.
Getting there: One main road leads down. Gojek and Grab drivers generally cannot pick up from the main beach area, so you may need to walk to a pickup point.
Cost reality: Entrance IDR 25,000 for international adults and IDR 15,000 for children. Parking is extra.
The catch nobody tells you: Conditions can still get rough. If the warning flags are up or the lifeguards say stay out, stay out.

The year at Pandawa Beach

Warmest sea in April. Fewest wet days in April and August. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

29.4

29.7

29.8

29.9

29.5

27.8

27.6

28.1

29.2

29.5

29.8

Air (°C)

27.3

27.9

27.6

27.3

26.5

26.9

27.2

27.9

28.1

28.5

Sun (h/day)

7.6

9.1

9.5

10.8

10.4

10.3

10.8

11.2

10.3

Rain (days)

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

5 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

564 mPadang beach439 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.2 kmTimbis Beach766 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.0 kmMelasti Beach183 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.4 kmKarma Beach749 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.9 kmTaman Sari Beach1,666 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

No longer the quiet spot it was a decade ago.

The receipts

Seven lifeguards cover five points along the beach, patrolling through the day.

The facts · we measured

Length: 846 m
Mean width: 21.8 m
Area: 18,454 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 29.9 °C in Apr
Coldest sea (2025): 27.6 °C in Aug
Sea by month, °C: Jan 29.4 · Feb 29.7 · Mar 29.8 · Apr 29.9 · May 29.5 · Jun 29.0 · Jul 27.8 · Aug 27.6 · Sep 28.1 · Oct 29.2 · Nov 29.5 · Dec 29.8

Questions people ask

How much is the Pandawa Beach entrance fee?

IDR 25,000 for an international adult and IDR 15,000 for a child in 2026, with parking extra. Older figures of 10,000 and 15,000 are still quoted online.