A day club in Bali is a pool you can use for the day: loungers or daybeds, a bar and a kitchen, and usually a view of a river valley, rice fields or the ocean. Unlike the big beach clubs, most of the places below sit inland or on the cliffs rather than on the sand, and many are quieter, smaller and cheaper. Entry ranges from free to a day pass with food and drink credit, and the FAQ below compares fees and age rules.
Day clubs by area
- Ubud and the jungle to the north: Wanna Jungle Pool & Bar, Jinengku Pool & Bar, CP Lounge, Jungle Fish Pool Bar, Folk Pool & Gardens and the Bambu Indah day pass.
- Canggu: Alternative Beach and Le Bajo.
- Uluwatu: oneeighty°, Mana Uluwatu, Banana Lounge and El Kabron.
- Sanur and the east coast: Byrd House Beach Club and Moonstone Beach Lounge.
Planning a longer stay around the pools? See the best hotels in Ubud and where to stay in Uluwatu.
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01Wanna Jungle Pool & Bar
Wanna Jungle Pool & Bar is the pool club of The Kayon Jungle Resort, north of Ubud, and it sells day passes to outside visitors. The bar spreads across three levels of infinity pools set in the jungle, with pool beds and loungers. Live DJ sets and acoustic duos play several afternoons a week.
Cocktails, light bites and Asian-fusion dishes come from the resort's KePitu Bar & Lounge next door. The resort does not admit children under 15, older guests or anyone with limited mobility. It suits couples and adult friends looking for a quieter pool day away from central Ubud.
02Byrd House Beach Club
Byrd House Beach Club sits on the beachfront of Segara Village Hotel in Sanur and now runs as an Italian-Mediterranean restaurant with a patisserie, a lounge bar and a beach-side deck. Sun loungers line the white sand under palms, staff bring cool drinks and snacks to the pool, and the grounds add a splash pool for all ages, an ice bath, a spa and a private tennis court.
Families are well looked after, with a shaded kids' pool, a playground and a kids' club. On Friday evenings a house-music DJ plays on the Beach Deck, and Saturday evenings lean toward classic disco, so couples are as well catered for as parents with children.
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Byrd House Beach Club
03Jinengku Pool & Bar
Jinengku Pool & Bar, formerly Jinengku Day Club, is the pool and bar of Metland Venya Ubud, about 15 minutes north of central Ubud. Its infinity pool runs out toward the forest, with sunbeds and daybeds along the edge and cocktails, refreshments and light bites served through the day.
Outside visitors can walk in on a first-come, first-served basis, while groups need to book ahead. The resort does not admit children under 12, older guests or anyone with limited mobility. For couples and small groups, it is a calm, uncrowded alternative to the busier day clubs north of Ubud.
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Jinengku Pool & Bar
04Moonstone Beach Lounge
Moonstone Beach Lounge is a pool lounge on Purnama Beach in Sukawati, Gianyar, on Bali's black-sand coast. It is an extension of The Royal Purnama but operates separately from the adults-only resort, selling pool passes and daybeds to the public. It describes itself as a lounge rather than a beach club.
Local DJs play chill-out and soul tropical sets every day, with live instrumental music and a DJ on weekends; DJ parties and movie nights can be booked as private events. Children aged two and up are welcome, and a daybed takes three guests or two adults with two children. The pace is slower than at the south Bali clubs, which makes it a good fit for families and couples.
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Moonstone Beach Lounge
05CP Lounge Ubud
CP Lounge Ubud is an entertainment venue in central Ubud, open since 2009, and its pool area doubles as a day club. A turquoise pool sits on white sand among palms and greenery, with loungers around it, tropical cocktails such as Mood Yellow and Romero, and a menu of grilled steaks, tapas and handheld dishes.
An ongoing pool happy hour offers buy-two-get-three cocktails and a discount on food. After dark the program moves on to live acoustic sets, karaoke, live bands, billiards and late DJs. The venue is adults only, with no lifeguard on duty, and is best for groups who want to swim by day and stay on into the night.
06Alternative Beach
Alternative Beach is a pool club in Canggu that brings several things together on one site: Kos One Hostel, private rooms at Canggu Village Accommodation overlooking the pool, Eat Me Cafe and the day club itself. Days revolve around the open-air pool and its bar, with signature and classic cocktails, chill-out sessions with guest DJs and weekly pool parties.
On Monday and Thursday evenings, free movies are shown on an outdoor big screen, with bean bags to sit on. Entry is capped to avoid overcrowding, and the venue is strictly 17+. It suits backpackers and young travelers after a social, budget-friendly pool day in Canggu.
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Alternative Beach
07Jungle Fish Pool Bar
Jungle Fish Pool Bar is the pool club of Chapung Sebali Resort, north of Ubud, and non-residents can use the pool on a food-and-drink minimum spend. A large pool with a swim-up bar looks over the Wos River valley, and seating runs from dining tables, sun loungers and sofas to daybeds, caves and hanging beds.
The menu covers Indonesian and international dishes. A resident DJ plays every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and drinks deals run each afternoon. Children are welcome under parental supervision, with a children's pool but no lifeguard. Expect a calm, easygoing day by a jungle pool, well suited to families and couples.
08Folk Pool & Gardens
Folk Pool & Gardens is a garden pool club in central Ubud, reached down a lane behind Liap Liap restaurant. The pool has a full-service swim-up bar with daybeds and teepees along the water, and the grounds add pergolas, sun decks, deck sofas and the Joglo House, a non-smoking dining room serving a casual Western and Indonesian menu.
Families are welcome, with menus and pool areas for all ages, and walk-ins are accepted, though daybeds are worth reserving at weekends. There is no car parking on the street, so drivers use Ubud Monkey Forest Central Parking, a short walk or free shuttle away. It is an easy place for a swim between sights in town.
09oneeighty°
Set within The edge villa resort in Uluwatu, next to the Bvlgari hotel, oneeighty° is a clifftop day club 162 meters above the Indian Ocean. Its glass-bottom sky pool reaches six meters out over the cliff edge, fed by a series of cascading ponds, and The lagoon adds sand-bottom pools on stepped levels.
Seating spreads across a VIP deck, a sky lounge above the restaurant, a sand lounge and private cabanas, with an enclosed bar and restaurant alongside. Children are welcome on general admission at a reduced rate, though under-12s are not allowed on the VIP deck. It suits couples and families after a polished, view-led day rather than a party.
10Le Bajo
Le Bajo is a pool club, garden and dining compound in the rice fields about ten minutes from central Canggu, from the team behind Le Bajo in Labuan Bajo, Flores. At its center sits the Komodo pool, ringed by white sand and daybeds, with Biru serving brunch and dinner, Enya Izakaya open for lunch and dinner, and Le Bajo Shop on the same grounds.
Families, children and leashed dogs are welcome every day, and the weekend Family First: Splash Out sessions bring waterslides and a barbecue. Smoking is not allowed around the pool. The mood is aimed at families and relaxed groups rather than party crowds.
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Le Bajo
11Mana Uluwatu
Mana Uluwatu is the restaurant and infinity pool of Uluwatu Surf Villas, a clifftop resort above Uluwatu's left-hand surf break, and it is open to outside guests. The open-air pavilion, built from reclaimed teak and ironwood, has a formal dining room upstairs and a casual area by the pool with its own menu, from breakfast to lounge and grazing plates.
The kitchen uses sustainably sourced seafood, free-range poultry and grass-fed beef cooked with Indonesian spices, and there is a children's menu. Surfers, couples and families can spend the afternoon by the pool, then move upstairs for dinner at sunset.
12Banana Lounge
Banana Lounge is a garden pool lounge, restaurant and breakfast café in Uluwatu, a few steps from the Impossibles Beach entrance and next to Jellyfish Villas. An 18 x 6-meter pool sits on a lawn among bougainvillea, banana trees and heliconias, with sunbeds, a stone-walled restaurant cabana and an upstairs Ocean Deck looking out to the Indian Ocean.
Weekly specials include Taco Tuesdays, Warung Wednesdays, Skewer Saturdays and Salty Sundays with a barbecue and live music, plus a daily happy hour. Families, dogs and surfers are all welcome, and the focus is a quiet, unhurried pool day rather than a party.
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Banana Lounge
13Bambu Indah Day Pass (River Warung)
The Bambu Indah Day Pass (River Warung) opens the riverside grounds of Bambu Indah to outside guests. John and Cynthia Hardy's eco-hotel sits on the Sayan ridge west of Ubud. More than fifteen spring-fed pools by the Ayung River, naturally filtered through volcanic rock, sit among private cabanas, loungers, hanging moon chairs and pillow-lined pods above the water's edge.
The pass includes food and drink credit at River Warung, an open-air restaurant cooking Indonesian dishes with produce from the property and nearby farms, including a babi guling (roast suckling pig) feast. There is no music program, only the sound of the river. It is a calm, restorative day out for couples and nature lovers.
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Bambu Indah Day Pass (River Warung)
14El Kabron
El Kabron is a clifftop party club and Mediterranean restaurant on the Cemongkak cliffs in Uluwatu, open since 2011 and built around the sunset. The Hedonism Lounge is its pool area, with an infinity pool over the Indian Ocean, oceanfront daybeds and sofas, a dance floor beside the DJ and an elevated Sunset Deck. The separate Sunset Theater and restaurant serve seafood, paella and steak.
DJs play daily alongside live saxophone, violin and trumpet, and themed sunset parties run through the week, with a Pool Party on Wednesdays and the Sunday Day Party. The pool area and Sunset Theater are adults only (18+); children may join only in the restaurant. Choose it for a lively sunset party with a partner or a group.
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El Kabron
Bali day clubs: FAQ
What is the difference between a day club and a beach club?
A beach club sits on the sand, usually with a DJ and a sunset crowd. A day club is built around a pool, often inland in a river valley or among rice fields, or on a cliff, and is usually calmer. For the big names on the sand, see the best beach clubs in Bali, and for after dark, the best nightclubs in Bali.
Which Bali day clubs are good for families?
Folk Pool & Gardens in central Ubud, Le Bajo in Canggu and Moonstone Beach Lounge in Sukawati welcome children, Jungle Fish Pool Bar allows children with supervision, and oneeighty° has a child rate for ages 4 to 11. Wanna Jungle Pool & Bar does not admit under-15s, Jinengku Pool & Bar does not admit under-12s, Alternative Beach is 17+, CP Lounge is adults only and the pool at El Kabron is 18+. For family stays, see the best family-friendly hotels in Bali.
How much does a day club in Bali cost?
It varies widely. CP Lounge and Folk Pool & Gardens are free to enter, and Moonstone Beach Lounge is free on weekdays. Jungle Fish Pool Bar works on a minimum spend from IDR 250,000 per person, while oneeighty° (IDR 700,000) and the Bambu Indah day pass (from IDR 700,000 plus tax and service) include food and drink credit. Daybeds at the clifftop clubs cost more: El Kabron's start at IDR 1,800,000 plus tax and service.
Can you combine a day club with sightseeing?
Yes. Jungle Fish Pool Bar and Jinengku Pool & Bar are both north of Ubud, a short drive from the rice terraces (a Tegallalang and Monkey Forest tour covers the main sights). In Uluwatu, the clifftop clubs are a short drive from the temple and its sunset Kecak dance (see this Uluwatu sunset and Kecak tour). For dinner afterward, see the best restaurants in Uluwatu or the best cocktail bars in Ubud.
Where should I stay to be near the best day clubs?
Ubud puts you closest to the jungle pools, and Uluwatu to the clifftop clubs. Compare stays in Ubud and Uluwatu.
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