Visitors pay an entrance fee of 150,000 IDR and are then led through the temple complex by a guide. Visitors are not allowed to enter the individual temples of Besakih. Incidentally, we have the disrespectful influencers to thank for the ban introduced a few years ago. Above the temple complex, our guide took us to Pura Gelap Besakih, invited us to pray and asked us to make a donation to the priest. We were lucky that our guide was very polite and never pushy. He explained everything to us very well.
Overall, a huge business is being made out of this most important and oldest temple in Bali. For the Balinese, who are allowed to enter their temples, it is still a very important and spiritual place that everyone visits regularly.