How do you combine Denpasar and Mataram?
Yes. Denpasar and Mataram combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 2 days in Denpasar and 2 days in Mataram, around 4 days in total.
How the two connect
Denpasar and Mataram are only about 99 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Denpasar is Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), about 12 km away; for Mataram it is Lombok International Airport (LOP), about 27 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Denpasar
- 2 days
- Mataram
- 2 days
- Together
- 4 days · about 99 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.