Surf, smoothie bowls & sunsets
Bali
🇮🇩 Indonesia · ~5,200 nomads based here
Bali is still the spiritual home of nomading in Asia — Canggu for surf and scene, Ubud for jungle calm, Uluwatu for cliffs and quiet. The community is huge, the cafes are built for laptops, and the sunsets do a lot of heavy lifting.
What it costs
Comfortable budget ≈ $1,600/mo. Ubud runs cheaper than Canggu or Seminyak; villas with pools start around $500–800.
- Rent (1BR / studio)
- $700
- Food & drink
- $350
- Coworking
- $150
- Transport
- $70
Comfortable monthly budget$1,600
Visa
30-day e-VOA (extendable once). Longer stays: the E33G remote worker visa covers a year for higher earners.
Best time to go
April–October (dry season)
Internet & work
Fibre in the main hubs runs 30–50 Mbps, faster in coworking spaces. Outages happen — keep a Telkomsel SIM as backup.
Coworking spots
- BWork
- Outpost Canggu
- Tropical Nomad
Where to base yourself
- Canggu
- Ubud
- Uluwatu
The honest take
- + Huge, welcoming nomad scene
- + Surf, yoga & cafe culture
- + Great value villas
- − Canggu traffic is brutal
- − Internet dips outside hubs
- − Visa runs or paperwork for long stays
Meet people in Bali
Find Bali nomad meetups via Nomads.com meetups — join before you land and arrive with plans.
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