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Tabanan, Bali · Indonesia

Bali Eco Stay.

Photography: Bali Eco Stay's published media

6.46 of 8 pathways noted · ListedFrom public sources, not confirmed directly2 pathways still unconfirmed

What this place offers

  • Open-air yoga bale
  • Natural rock pool

A closer look at Bali Eco Stay

Eight open sided bungalows in a valley on the southern slopes of Mount Batukaru, about 450 metres up, an hour and a half from Ubud. Bali Eco Stay is a small family run place, founded by Cath and John Blundstone with the landowning family who still host it, and it publishes the things this index looks for more plainly than most resorts ten times its size. Water from a spring. Food from the land around the bungalows. Electricity from the river. The gaps are just as plain, and they are named below.

The bungalowsThere is no air conditioning here and no fans, because the bungalows are open on their sides and the mountain…

There is no air conditioning here and no fans, because the bungalows are open on their sides and the mountain air is five to ten degrees cooler than the coast. Adjustable bamboo blinds are what stands between the bed and the rice paddies. That is the whole ventilation strategy, and for a guest room it is a real one: air that changes on its own has no filter to clog and no duct to grow mould in. What is not published is the air itself. No outdoor air reading, no mould protocol. The bed is dressed in bamboo sheets under a mosquito net, with a comforter for the cool nights. Bamboo is a fibre class rather than a named textile, so it sits at the claimed tier until the sheets have a maker.

Where it is

Tabanan, Bali, IndonesiaAsia-Pacific

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The recordSpecified · current as of 17 Oct 2026
Current as of
17 Oct 2026
Last reviewed
17 Oct 2026
Coverage
Documented across 8 of 8 pathways.
Strongest evidence
Specified

Evidence

Wellness Score 6.4, last changed 17 Oct 2026 when the newest evidence was read. It moves only when evidence does. How the score is made

Low-toxin materialsNamedFiltered drinking waterNamedspringCooking oils namedNot publishedOrganic foodStatedorganicMould and damp addressedNot publishedEMF consideredNot published

Publishing something is not the same as it being good. Every line below was read and placed by a person, not scored by a machine. What each rung means

Verified in person means a Human Garage Certified Spaces assessor saw it on site. Named means the property published something you can look up: a brand, a product or a number. Stated means it says so with nothing behind it. Not published means we looked and found nothing, which is a gap in our reading and not an answer about the building.

Bali Eco Stay

The evidence, area by area

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Air2 notes

  • 1 named
  • 1 stated

The air in a closed room is what you breathe for eight hours. What decides it is the filter grade, the fresh air rate, and whether damp has ever been looked for.

  • Open-air bungalows, no AC

    On their website

    The eight bungalows are published as open air structures with no air conditioning and no fans, cooled by the mountain air at about 450 metres. That is a stated ventilation route for the room a guest sleeps in, with no outdoor air reading, filter or air change figure alongside it.

    Source

  • Open on all sides

    On their websiteRestaurant

    The restaurant is published as open on all sides to the breeze crossing the valley. This is a communal building rather than a guest room, and no airflow figure is given.

    Source
What to ask them
  • What filter grade is fitted to guest room air handling, for example MERV 13 or HEPA H13?
  • What is the fresh air supply rate per person in a guest room?
  • Are carbon dioxide, particulate or volatile organic compound levels measured, and are the readings published?
  • Is there a mould inspection and remediation protocol, and when was it last run?
  • Are there gas cooktops, fireplaces or other combustion sources inside guest rooms?

Water4 notes

  • 3 named
  • 1 stated

You drink it, cook with it and stand under it. What is in it depends on the source and on what, if anything, filters it, and both are things a property can name.

  • Filtered Batukaru spring water

    On their website

    The water source is published as a spring on Mount Batukaru, filtered, and supplied to the taps and showers of every bungalow as well as a drinking water dispenser in each. The filtration is not named and no chemistry panel is published.

    Source

  • In-room filtered water dispenser

    On their website

    Unlimited filtered spring water is published as provided by a dispenser in each bungalow, under a no plastic bottle policy. The dispenser and its filter are not named.

    Source

  • Wastewater garden, septic tanks

    On their website

    Wastewater from each toilet and shower is published as treated in its own septic tank and a planted wastewater garden, with ornamental ginger named as the nutrient hungry planting. This is wastewater treatment, not the water a guest drinks.

    Source

  • On their website

    The guest swimming area is published as a natural rock pool that is not chemically treated.

    Source
What to ask them
  • What is the water source, and what treatment is applied before it reaches a guest room?
  • Is there a published contaminant test panel, and which laboratory ran it?
  • Is shower and bath water filtered, and to what specification?
  • How are pools and spas sanitised, and is the chemistry published?
  • How is drinking water delivered, and is it treated on site?

Light & sleep1 note

  • 1 stated

Light is what tells a body the time of day. The part a building controls is what its fittings emit and when, which a named product or a colour temperature makes checkable.

  • Bamboo blinds, no blackout

    On their website

    The bungalows are published with adjustable bamboo blinds on their open sides. A blind is a daylight control rather than a blackout provision, and no lux level, colour temperature or lighting product is published for any room.

    Source
What to ask them
  • Is guest room lighting tunable or circadian, and what specification is published?
  • What colour temperatures are used in the evening, and are fixtures flicker free?
  • Do sleeping areas have full blackout, and is it specified?
  • What daylight access does a typical room have?
  • Is exterior lighting shielded or reduced overnight?

Materials4 notes

  • 1 named
  • 3 stated

The things you sleep on and touch: the mattress, the sheets, the pillows, and the paints, glues and finishes around them. A named fabric, a fibre content or a certification can be looked up. A structural palette tells you about the building, not about the bed.

  • Biodegradable detergent, baking soda

    On their website

    The cleaning and laundry chemistry is published in part by name: biodegradable laundry detergents, sodium bicarbonate for fabric stains, and baking soda and vinegar for cleaning. Products are not named and no ingredient list is given.

    Source

  • Handmade toiletries, brand unstated

    On their website

    Guest toiletries and insect repellent are published as locally handmade and organic. No brand and no ingredient list is published.

    Source

  • Bamboo sheets, mattress unstated

    On their website

    Bed textiles are published as bamboo sheets with a comforter. Bamboo is a fibre class rather than a named textile, and no mattress, filling or flame retardant statement is published.

    Source

  • Local materials, species unnamed

    On their website

    The bungalows are published as built from locally sourced materials. No species, supplier or finish is named on any page read.

    Source
What to ask them
  • What are the mattresses made of, and are they treated with flame retardants?
  • What is the fibre content of the linen, and is it certified, for example to GOTS or OEKO TEX?
  • Which paints, adhesives and sealants were specified, and are they low emission?
  • What cleaning and laundry products are used, and is the list published?
  • Are there named low emission certifications on the flooring or joinery?

Food4 notes

  • 2 named
  • 2 stated

What a kitchen cooks with and where it buys are the parts of a stay you take inside you. A named oil, a named supplier or a published share is checkable; “healthy” is not.

  • 75 per cent own-grown

    On their websiteRestaurant

    The property publishes that 75 per cent of the restaurant's food comes from its own land, grown without chemical fertilisers or pesticides. A self published share with no purchasing records or third party audit behind it, and it sits below the 80 per cent line.

    Source

  • Own garden, compost fertiliser

    On their website

    The property's own food garden is the named grower, with the crops published by name: vegetables, spices, fruit, palm sugar, vanilla and cacao, and eggs from its own free range chickens. Compost is published as the fertiliser and a black tea, coriander and chilli brew as the pest control.

    Source

  • Local organic farms, unnamed

    On their website

    Chicken and freshwater fish are published as sourced from local organic farms. The farms are not named.

    Source

  • Cage-free egg commitment

    On their website

    The property publishes a commitment to cage free eggs from November 2025. No supplier is named and no cooking oil, cookware or plastics statement is published anywhere on the site.

    Source
What to ask them
  • What share of produce is grown on site or sourced locally, and is it verified?
  • Which cooking oils are used, and is the policy published?
  • What cookware is used in the kitchen?
  • Is kitchen and ice water filtered, and to what specification?
  • Is there a published position on additives, preservatives or allergens?

Nature2 notes

  • 1 named
  • 1 stated

Daylight, planting, outlook and the way a room meets the outside are what make a place feel the way it does. Named design decisions can be checked; atmosphere cannot.

  • Open-sided bungalows, named outlooks

    On their website

    Every bungalow is published as open sided, with the outlook named for each: rice paddies, the mountain stream, the waterfall, the food forests. Open air rooms with a stated outlook are daylight and outdoor access from the room a guest sleeps in.

    Source

  • Permaculture design principle

    On their website

    The property publishes permaculture as the principle guiding its resort design and construction, with a daily guided tour of the gardens, ponds and paddies. This is a stated intent rather than a design method a reader could follow.

    Source
What to ask them
  • Does every guest room have direct outdoor access or an operable opening?
  • What is the published design intent behind the natural materials used?
  • What are the typical ceiling heights and room volumes?
  • Was the landscape designed with native planting, and is the palette published?

Wireless & wiringNot published

Wiring, routers and devices put electromagnetic fields in a room. What a building decides is where they sit relative to the bed, and whether anyone has measured it.

We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.

What to ask them
  • Are guest rooms wired for data, or is access wireless only?
  • Where are wireless access points and smart meters placed relative to the bed?
  • Have field levels been measured in sleeping areas, and by whom?
  • Can a guest have wireless disabled in their room on request?
  • Is any shielded cabling or shielding material specified in the build?

QuietNot published

What you can hear at three in the morning decides whether you slept. Insulation, plant and machinery, and what sits next door are what decide it.

We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.

What to ask them
  • What is the measured background noise level in a guest room at night?
  • What acoustic separation is specified between adjoining keys?
  • How loud is the guest room air conditioning at its lowest setting?
  • Is fragrance diffused into guest rooms or public areas, and can it be declined?

Not everything is published, and an empty row is a gap in what we could read rather than a fault in the building. If one of these matters to you, ask the property before you book. Send us something that updates this record

Certifications

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An unconfirmed pathway means we have not found evidence yet. It does not mean the property is unsafe, unhealthy or poorly run.

A Wellness Score rates what a stay has demonstrated: what it publishes, what it confirmed with us and, on a Certified stay, what Human Garage Certified Spaces assessed. Pathways we know nothing about are left out, and the Evidence label beside every score says how much is known. Listings are free.

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Bali Eco Stay · Photographs

The Rice Water Bungalow at dusk, a lit open sided bungalow with a hipped roof standing on a rise above flooded rice terraces, reached by a path lined with small lanterns.

Photography: Bali Eco Stay's published media

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