Climbing Mount Batur, Bali's most famous active volcano, at the crack of dawn is an exhilarating, challenging, and rewarding experience on the Island of the Gods.

Mount Batur, located northwest of Mount Agung, boasts a unique "double caldera" structure, featuring a crater within a crater. The first recorded eruption of Batur was in 1804, and it has been frequently active since then, with the last major eruption occurring in 1963.

The southeastern side of the larger 10-kilometer-diameter caldera contains a caldera lake, Danau Batur, which is the largest crater lake on Bali and an important source of fish.

The inner crater is a classic volcano-shaped peak that reaches an elevation of 1,717 meters. The caldera is populated and includes the two main villages of Kedisan and Toya Bungkah.