Stay with a local family from Lombok, in the village of Kotaraja and learn about the rural lifestyle. During your stay you’ll get to do activities, such as:
-Cooking and eating together with your host family
-Practicing the livelihood of the family
-Visiting a local market for fresh produce
-Learning to breed fish in the rice field
Sustainability
The village experience is especially socially sustainable because the locals benefit directly from the travellers’s stays. The locals are also free to choose themselves what part of their culture they show to the travellers, instead of having a readymade touristic program to follow. Finally, no special tourism infrastructure is built in the village and the food and water consumption is only according to the locals’ needs. To maintain the carrying capacity of the village, only individual travellers can visit the area at once and no groups are accepted.
What’s Included
-Private room in a local home and bed sheets included
-Home made breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
-Shared toilet and washing facilities
-Activities
What’s Not Included
Transportation for getting to the village
Trip Itinerary
1st day: Arrival to the village in the afternoon, meeting the english speaking local contact person who introduces you to the host family. Getting familiar with the house and the hosts. Cooking and eating dinner together with the hosts. Depending on the time of arrival, small activites in the village can happen.
2nd day: Breakfast with the host-family, getting familiar with the livelihood of the hosts, for ex. farming or keeping a local shop. Cooking and having lunch with the hosts. Afternoon freetime for walking around the village, talking with the hosts and the neigbors, and playing games with the locals. Helping to cook the dinner with the hosts.
3rd day: Breakfast with the hosts, visiting the local market or learning how to breed fish in the rice fields. Cooking and eating lunch and dinner with the host family.
4th day: Breakfast with the hosts, last activities and maybe meeting the savings group of the village. Leaving from the village before lunch time.
Please note that the activities mentioned are not final, and are suspected to change according to the season or the weather.
Program And Price
3 nights / 4 days: 130 eur / adult. Children between 5-15 years old – 50 %, children between 0-4 years old Free.
Awards/Testimonials
French travellers, October 2017:
“Staying in Kotaraja was the best experience we had in Indonesia ! We went to a traditionnal wedding, we visited a school, we learnt to plant rice, we went to the local market etc. The food we ate there was delicious and they took care to not cook spicy for me. Faiz and our host Amenk were the nicest persons we’ve met so far, they even bought a birthday’s cake for Paul’s birthday ! Thank you so much for everything !!!”
