About this property

Essential Facilities: Hobbit Hill in Ruteng offers a sun terrace, garden, and free WiFi. Guests can relax in the outdoor dining area or enjoy garden and mountain views from the terrace. Comfortable Accommodations: Each ground-floor unit features a private bathroom with a walk-in shower, tea and coffee maker, and a work desk. Additional amenities include a seating area, sofa, and wardrobe. Breakfast in the Room: A breakfast is served in the room, providing a convenient start to the day. Activities and Location: Hiking enthusiasts will appreciate the scenic trails nearby. Komodo International Airport is 123 km away, offering convenient travel options. Guest Highlights: Guests highly rate the location with stunning views, the convenience for nature trips, and the convenient location.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 8.5 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.6)

    • Breakfast info

    • Continental, American

    • Free private parking available on-site


Availability

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Room type
Number of guests
 
1 large double bed
1 double bed
1 double bed
1 large double bed
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Guest reviews

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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Edward
    Australia Australia
    The beautiful family accommodated all our needs. Gardens lovely. Good idea to have the thermoses of hot water so we could have tea at bedtime Yay!
  • Johannes
    Germany Germany
    Such a lovely place! Situated outside Ruteng between green rice fields near a small hill with stunning views we felt very much at home here. Udis and her staff cooked dinner and breakfast for us. Udis took us for outings to Ranamese crater lake...
  • Alex
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Our room was clean and functional. It is a great for one night. The private patio we had was incredible. The staff provide you with hot water everyday and the equipment to make your own tea or coffee.
  • Maarten
    Netherlands Netherlands
    Udis is the best. With all of her tips for trips. We did todo villages which was very nice and interesting. Even the kids loved it. She was the best help with my little accident and her connections with the docter were very helpful. Bian was the...
  • Francine
    Australia Australia
    It was a simple room, small bathroom, but worked well for us. Our front porch had seating and gave us a good view over the city. The host is very friendly and speaks excellent English having lived in Australia in the past. Our first night we...
  • Jörg
    Germany Germany
    All was great, second time staying there after our Roadtrip by Scooter
  • Jeff
    Australia Australia
    Beautiful location a little out of town which was perfect for us. Lovely family owners.
  • Sylvie
    Australia Australia
    Everything! Comforable bed, nice view of sunrise awesome night time view of Ruteng. Our hosts arranged to take us all around the Ruteng area & we saw everything & had alot of fun and laughs along the way! Thank you so much guys for a great...
  • Anne
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The property is in a beautiful spot on a hill just outside Ruteng. Seemingly female run and they are so sweet and helpful too. They provide breakfast as part of the room rate and will also provide dinner at an incredibly good price and as long as...
  • Elizabeta
    Slovenia Slovenia
    The room was simple but big and clean. Udis made us an excelent indonesian dinner. She helped us to organize the trip to rice fields and transfer to the next destination. Despite the rainy weather we had a very pleasent stay.

Managed by Udis Lawus Buchanan

Company review score: 9.5Based on 408 reviews from 1 property
1 managed property

Company information

Udis Lawus Buchanan, your host, is a true Managgarai woman who grew up in the Ruteng area. In Hobbit Hill she loves to care about her guests personally. As one of the few people in and around Ruteng she speaks English perfectly, as she has lived in Australia many years. So she can give you exclusive travel advice and organize drivers and guides for you too.

Property information

Hobbit Hill is a very special and personally run Guesthouse in a quiet area just a few minutes out of Ruteng city center. It consists of a roomy bungalow with bathroom with hot water shower and a lovely terrace in a lush garden. In the main building you find another three rooms with new comfy beds and terraces too. From here also you enjoy a very nice view to the surrounding mountains. As a new feature Hobbit Hill provides WiFi. Of course all the rooms have mosquito nets too. Free coffee and tea is offered to all the guests. People interested can have dinner at the family table at a reasonable rate. Udis is an excellent cook. For drivers who would like to spend the night at Hobbit Hill we provide a special drivers room.

Neighbourhood information

Hobbit Hill is set in the rural outskirts of Ruteng. As the name of Hobbit Hill suggests, this guesthouse is on the way to Liang Bua, the famous Hobbit Cave. Around Udis' house you find yourself in the midst of paddy fields. Udis is happy to show you the spiderweb ricefields, Ruteng is well known for.

Languages spoken

English,Indonesian

Property surroundings

House rules

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Check-in
From 13:00 to 21:00
Check-out
From 07:00 to 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

Children 7 years and above will be charged as adults at this property.

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Cot and extra bed policies

0+ years
Extra bed upon request
Rp 100,000 per person, per night

Prices for extra beds are not included in the total price, and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

The number of extra beds allowed is dependent on the option you choose. Please check your selected option for more information.

There are no cots available at this property.

All extra beds are subject to availability.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Payments by Booking.com
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Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.

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