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Tabanan, Bali · Indonesia

Sarinbuana Eco Lodge.

Photography: Sarinbuana Eco Lodge's published media

6.1All 8 pathways noted · ListedFrom public sources, not confirmed directly

What this place offers

  • Tree House, 2 levels, sleeps 2 to 5
  • Jungle Bungalow, sleeps 2 to 5
  • Monkey Bungalow, sleeps 1 to 2
  • Rumah Manis Bungalow, sleeps 1 to 2
  • Orchid Bungalow, sleeps 1 to 2
  • Cosy View budget bungalow, sleeps 1 to 2
  • Off-site rainforest cabin
  • Wood-fired steam sauna
  • Natural living swimming pool
  • Private river pools and waterfalls
  • Treetop yoga bale
  • Massage bale beside the koi pond
  • Balinese massage, 1 hour
  • Healing massage, village healer, 1 hour
  • Lomi Lomi massage, 1 hour
  • Aromatherapy massage, 1.5 hours
  • Hot stone massage, 1.5 hours
  • Reflexology foot massage, 1 hour
  • Couples massage, 1 hour
  • Meals from the organic gardens
  • Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, raw
  • Homemade bread, pizza and ice cream
  • Meals can be served to your bungalow
  • Permaculture edible garden tour
  • Guided rainforest and rice paddy treks
  • Private river pools with waterfalls
  • Bird watching, 108 species recorded
  • Fire pit and clay pizza oven

Visits without a stay: open for wellness (spa, treatments, classes or a day pass), says the property.

Their own accounts: Instagram

A closer look at Sarinbuana Eco Lodge

Six bungalows at 700 metres on the southern slope of Mount Batukaru, in the same fold of Tabanan as Bali Eco Stay, whose founders learned the trade here. Norm and Linda vant Hoff built the first house in 1990 as a family getaway and have been adding to it, slowly and by hand, ever since. It is a small place and it publishes a long list, which is the right way round. The list is below, sorted into what is named and what is not.

The bungalowsSix, each different, built by village carpenters from timbers the property names: bamboo grown on site,…

Six, each different, built by village carpenters from timbers the property names: bamboo grown on site, coffee, coconut and jackfruit. Floors are local terracotta tile. There is no air conditioning anywhere, because at this height there is no need, and the rooms are made to be slept in with the windows open. The Tree House, the original house, has two bedrooms each with its own lounge, an indoor garden bathroom and a bamboo bed on a timber floor. The mattresses come from Nornnorn, a subscription supplier that takes them back for recycling. A named species and a named supplier both reach the specified tier. What is not named is what the bed is filled with and what the timber is finished with, apart from the tung oil on the yoga bale floor.

Where it is

Tabanan, Bali, IndonesiaAsia-Pacific

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The recordSpecified · current as of 6 Sept 2026
Current as of
6 Sept 2026
Last reviewed
17 Oct 2026
Coverage
Documented across 8 of 8 pathways.
Strongest evidence
Specified

Evidence

Wellness Score 6.1, last changed 6 Sept 2026 when the newest evidence was read. It moves only when evidence does. How the score is made

Low-toxin materialsNamedFiltered drinking waterNot publishedCooking oils namedNot publishedOrganic foodNamedorganicMould and damp addressedNot publishedEMF consideredStated

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.

Sarinbuana Eco Lodge

The evidence, area by area

Sources for this page

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.

  • No air conditioning

    On their website

    No air conditioning anywhere on the property, published as unnecessary at 700 metres, with the bungalows described as rooms to sleep in with the windows open. A stated ventilation route for the room a guest sleeps in, with no outdoor air reading, filter or air change figure.

    Source

  • Sleeping with windows open

    On their website

    The bungalow page describes sleeping with the windows open on mountain air. A condition of the site rather than a specification.

    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?

Water3 notes

  • 3 named

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.

  • Mountain water, filtration unstated

    On their website

    Drinking and shower water is published as mountain water only, and the tree house shower as fresh mountain spring water; the About page describes the site as having a mountain spring fed river. A named natural source, with no filtration, treatment or chemistry panel published.

    Source

  • Natural living pool

    On their websiteSwimming pool

    The swimming pool is published as a natural living pool designed by the owners and run without any chemicals, which is a documented treatment method and a direct statement on chlorine.

    Source

  • Vegetated leach field wastewater

    On their website

    Sewage and wastewater are published as treated through vegetated leach fields, with the policy document committing to grey and black water systems that return nutrients to plants. Wastewater treatment, not the water a guest drinks.

    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 & sleep2 notes

  • 1 named
  • 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.

  • Skylights and glass tiles

    On their website

    Skylights and glass roof tiles are published as the daylighting provision, a documented daylighting device. Which buildings carry them is not stated, and no daylight figure is published.

    Source

  • LED lighting throughout

    On their website

    Lighting is published as LED throughout, which is a lamp class rather than a product, with no colour temperature, lux or flicker figure. Rooms carry rechargeable torches, and night lights are published over the fish pond to draw insects away from the buildings.

    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?

Wireless & wiring1 note

  • 1 stated

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.

  • Scheduled Wi-Fi in restaurant

    On their website

    Wi-Fi is published in the restaurant from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., with none in the two budget bungalows and guests otherwise on their own phone connection. Whether the four other bungalows carry wireless is not stated, and no access point placement or field reading is published. A scheduled cut off is an operational control, not a named switch.

    Source
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?

Materials5 notes

  • 3 named
  • 2 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.

  • Bamboo, coffee, jackfruit timbers

    On their website

    The building and furniture timbers are published by species: bamboo, coffee, coconut and jackfruit, harvested from the property or nearby, with bamboo grown on site for construction, and floors in locally made terracotta tile. No finish or emission result is published.

    Source

  • Nornnorn mattresses, filling unstated

    On their website

    The mattresses are published as supplied by Nornnorn, a named mattress subscription company. No filling, cover fabric or flame retardant statement is published.

    Source

  • Tung oil floor finish

    On their websiteYoga bale

    The yoga bale floor is published as finished with tung oil, a named natural finish, on giant bamboo and local timber.

    Source

  • Natural cleaning, brands unnamed

    On their website

    Cleaning is published as natural products only, laundry as natural soaps, and guest soaps as natural and locally produced. No product, brand or ingredient list is named, and the policy document allows highly restricted chemical use in exceptional circumstances.

    Source

  • Woven bamboo walls

    On their websiteJungle Bungalow

    The Jungle Bungalow is published with woven bamboo walls and the tree house bedroom with a bamboo bed on a local timber floor. Classes of material, already covered by the species list above.

    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?

Food3 notes

  • 1 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.

  • Organic gardens, fertilisers named

    On their website

    The property's own organic gardens are the named grower, published with more than 150 edible and medicinal plants, and the fertilisers named: homemade seaweed concentrate, cow and goat manure, biochar, lime and ash. Coffee comes from the owners' son's garden nearby. No share of the kitchen's supply is published.

    Source

  • Palm oil excluded

    On their website

    Palm oil is published as excluded from the cooking. The oil that is used is not named, so the seed oil line is not answered.

    Source

  • No red meat menu

    On their website

    The menu is published as no red meat, with probiotic chicken, line caught pelagic fish and organic hormone free bacon as the animal options, and meals cooked to order without microwaves. Categories, with no supplier named.

    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?

Nature3 notes

  • 2 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.

  • Windows open onto garden

    On their website

    The tree house is published with indoor and outdoor living areas, an indoor garden bathroom and a two level plan; every bungalow is published as a private space in nature with windows that open onto the garden. Outdoor access and operable openings from the room a guest sleeps in.

    Source

  • Building footprint rule published

    On their website

    The policy document publishes a rule a reader could check: building on no more than 10 per cent of the land, with the rest kept vegetated, native species selected and riparian zones maintained. The sustainability page adds that the housing follows the natural lay of the land.

    Source

  • Traditional Balinese design

    On their website

    Traditional Balinese designs are published as featured in the buildings, and the yoga bale as a circular bamboo pavilion raised into the treetops. Intent and description, not a method.

    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?

Quiet1 note

  • 1 stated

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.

  • Pool quiet hours stated

    On their website

    With no air conditioning on the property there is no plant noise at the bed, and the pool publishes quiet hours from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m., which is a conduct rule and is not credited. No background level, separation rating or acoustic provision is published.

    Source
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

  • Eco Climate Badge

    Issued by Eco Tourism Bali

    Gold Verified Badge

Sarinbuana Eco Lodge

Certification details

Eco Climate Badge

Issued by Eco Tourism Bali

Property

Awarded: Not stated · Valid until: Not stated

Gold Verified Badge

Scope, dates & supporting details
Issuer
Eco Tourism Bali
Scope
Property
Level / version
Gold Verified Badge
Awarded
Not stated
Valid until
Not stated

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Sarinbuana Eco Lodge · Photographs

The natural swimming pool from above, a curving pool with a pale beach entry set among tree ferns, palms and dense planting, with a thatched roof at its edge.

Photography: Sarinbuana Eco Lodge's published media

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