Authentique Homestay

12 reviews

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  Leila

  ID · with friends · May 2025

  9/10

  Superb

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  Matthew

  MT · solo traveller · Mar 2025

  9/10

  Unique experience of staying in a traditional Toraja house. Very basic, but good value.

  Good location, peaceful, beautiful surroundings. Unique traditional home experience

  Very basic facilities: scoop shower and no internet. Separate bathroom block. This is reasonable given the type of place, but people need to know this before booking.

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  Norata

  ES · with friends · Aug 2024

  10/10

  The best experience in Toraja

  We loved EVERYTHING. An unique place to spend a Toraja experience in the typical houses of the area. The food they offered us was delicious. The best thing was the people who run it: they are lovely and offer you everything they have. We felt in love with the experience. We felt at home and they treated us as if we were their family.

  Anything.

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  Judit

  HU · solo traveller · Feb 2024

  7/10

  Good

  Really an authentic homestay... And a very competent guide for everything!

  But the bathroom is faaar away, and has really nothing, only a WC (no shower, not even a mirror!) Is a pitty, could be an excellent place to stay for longer...

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  Stephanus

  NZ · solo traveller · Oct 2023

  9/10

  Traveling solo in Tana Toraja - Authentique Homestay

  I definitely recommend Jonny to be the guide to show you around the area. He can also act as driver at the same time which makes it more efficient and cost effective.. He can be reached at +62 821 8939 8099. The breakfast banana pancakes (included in the daily rates) and a nice dinner served for extra were delicious. The people working at the homestay don't speak English or very little , however they are very friendly and helpful.

  The following should be read from the perspective of someone who just arrived after a long travel overnight from somewhere, tired and new to the place: A guide arrived at the homestay alongside Jonny and introduced himself and quoted quite high daily fees ( he makes use of a driver and separate car as well). I did not know of any better and allthough I managed to cut back a bit on the original quote, by reducing scope of services , it was still a pretty expensive day's outing for a solo traveler covering a fairly small area around Rantepoa with not much effort. . TIps were expected on top of this. . Afterwards I come to know that this guide does not work with Jonny but just tagged along with him to the homestay , knowing that there is a tourist that he can target (me) . That definitely had an effect that I will unfortunately remember for a while.. In any case Jonny was very apologetic about this and offered his services at a discounted price the next day and taking me to an interesting funeral ceremony a fair distance out of town. . Again will recommend him. See above. It is not that I did not dislike it, but people should just know that bathroom is in process of upgrading. Currently bathroom consists of a toilet and mandi for washing with bucket for flushing.