Jero Tumbuk Private Villa

If you want to be well out into the countryside and the Balinese rice paddies, this is the place. Lodges built (ours by a busy creek) around the grounds, and a full-scale temple compound where the local kids come to practice traditional instruments. Plus a restaurant and bar. Everything delightfully open air.

Warm friendly helpful staff, place surrounded by gorgeous rice paddies, views of mountains and rivers, beautiful traditional architecture.

Mosquitoes, but that’s everywhere in Bali even at the 5 star resorts

This is a very original accommodation complex with a strong connection to the local community and many activities available. The place has a lot of charm, and the hosts make everything easy for you, whatever you want to do — from providing a guide to hike Mount Agung to arranging a driver to explore the surrounding area. We especially loved the therapeutic massages; they were among the best we have ever had. Overall, it’s an excellent choice for discovering a different side of Bali, far from the classic tourist routes. Highly recommended.

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Authentic bamboo structure and the garden was amazing to walk around in.

- Bit of confusion over if the property had pool access, after seeing one in the pictures, which the garden villa does not so be warned. - No views of the mountain from this property type either or any views really due to the greenery of the garden surrounding the property and the direction it's facing Both of the above features are only accessible if you book the private villa. There are no common areas. -The food choice was very simple, and not too varied. Personally, I can't start off the day with fried noodles and rice and eggs and cake. There didn't seem to be any other healthier options, and due to the remote location (we don't ride mopeds) there was nowhere else suitable to eat at. So my body by the second day was feeling sluggish. The 2nd evening that we ordered dinner, two hours went by with no response and we were thinking about how to get some food, but the big fat rat in the ceiling above the bed helped us decide it was time to leave early. We don't mind gekos and moths and even cockroaches, we are basically in a treehouse after all, but there was just something that was too unnerving about a giant rat visibly running around above our heads as we slept! We left that evening to go to a nearby hotel and had to pay 450k for the driver to collect us.