Great stay at Batukaras thanks to the good team of d’Jarwo! Batu karas is not difficult to reach by local transport or shuttle and it’s totally worth it. Good spot to surf, chill and enjoy the calm. The house is good vibes most solo travelers so easy to make friends

Stayed in August 2025

Nice staff and guests. Wonderful village. Everybody was so kind and friendly.

Stayed in August 2025

The hostel is simple, but clean and the incredible views of the rice fields and the great staff more than make up for it. It's super social and easy to meet people. They will help you to organize anything you want like busses, surf lessons or a bike. I booked 2 nights and stayed 9

Stayed in June 2025

The property is for me amazing, really basic but such a good vibe! The view on the rice fields make it wonderful.

Stayed in June 2025

Maybe not for everyone, specially if you have high standard of accommodation or cleanliness. But if it's okay for you, be careful with what we call here the " BK whole". You are supposed to stay 3 days and boom you are here for 3 weeks...

D'jarwo is a small place but super chill and peaceful. Sometimes a calm atmosphere and sometimes more lively, depends who stay there. It's super easy to connect with people, playing guitare, chess or card or just watching the sunset. You are just in front of a great surf spot. Beds are comfortable, I slept very well. Hesa is the best, thank you for everything.

Stayed in April 2025

Stayed for a month and loved every minute. Great location and facilities and extremely kind and helpful staff!! Extremely good value for money for the area.

Stayed in May 2025

Cleanliness could use improvement

Staff was fantastic, ended ip staying for almost a month and had a great time with them. Fun & genuine people.

Stayed in April 2025

Amezing staff, beautiful location and the best people ! Even warm water in the shower :)

Stayed in May 2025

Nothing

I really loved my stay at D’Jarwo house. It immediately felt like a little family from the first day I arrived. Hesa was a lovely host, and was always accommodating for the needs of the guests - laundry, scooter hire, etc he’s the man to ask. The hostel is super close to the reef break, just a one minute walk to the surf. You can walk 15 mins to the point break, or rent a scooter to get there. The facilities are basic - no hot water or AC but there are little fans in each sleeping pod which was enough to keep cool. But the view of the rice fields was amazing ! Overall, i can’t recommend this place enough. A great social and relaxing atmosphere. Thanks Hesa 💕

Stayed in April 2025

No AC and minimal privacy

Essah is the best host you can imagine. There are bananas and toast and free water always available. He took care of the laundry, arranged surf lessons, scooters for rent, trips to the green canyon and drivers out of the town. The common area is comfy and everybody who arrives is part of the family within hours, including two cats and a kitten.

Stayed in April 2025

Good place and worth it for low budget

Stayed in February 2025

The bed area could be a little bit cleaner, same as for the kitchen

Good value, OK kitchen, ideal location. The guy who works there is super friendly and helpful

Stayed in December 2024

I didn't like leaving :'(

D'Jarwo is like staying with family! It's the second time I've visited Batukaras and I wouldn't want to stay anywhere else. Highlights include cooking a seafood feast with the host and his friends.

Stayed in October 2024

Brilliant, small, open hostel made from Bamboo with an amazing view. This hostel was exceptionally clean everyday and the staff were lovely! This is a perfect hostel for solo travellers looking for the local experience. We had such a great time cooking with Kentung, talking about Indonesian culture and being shown the local spots. The staff in this hostel will definitely treat you like family. Thank you so much for a brilliant brilliant stay.

Stayed in September 2024

Maybe a little too basic for some travellers

I like it. Very basic little hostel down a dodgy looking alley. Nice and secluded and very quiet. The beds were comfy and the price was right. The staff were friendly and answered all my questions about the area. Green Canyon body rafting tour can be booked for rp250k which seems to be the cheapest on offer that I found. 100m or a 2 minute stroll to the surf beach and a 15 minutes walk to some nice warungs. Free tea and coffee, and some toast in the morning. Definitely worth staying if you just want to chill

Stayed in July 2024

Very calm and peacefull place in the rice fields. The owner is very nice and help you with everything. Excellent stay !

Stayed in April 2024

The dorm gets very warm, there are small fans provided but then they are quite loud

Beautiful common area with sunset view, very helpful staff and social guests

Stayed in May 2024

I'm pretty sure the neighbour tortures his dog. You can hear the poor animal several times during the day for half an hour or longer each time and also at night. I woke up at 3 AM from a screaming dog (yes, screaming! Not barking or whining). When I went there at 11:30 PM the next night, the neighbours next to the house it was coming from called him on the phone and it stopped. Well, what a coincidence ... At first they didn't seem to realise what I meant, even though it was so noisy. Please take care of this poor animal. I really enjoyed my stay, but that part was unbearable, both as a guest and as a person that just doesn't want animals to be tortured. Showers and toilets could be a little bit cleaner on one side, the other side was good. My bed was comfortable, but at some points the material on the sides and on top can crumble a little bit. You may have some animals very close to you since it's really in nature. I hope it was only Geckos. :D Didn't have any direct encounters, though.

Hesa is a great host, the view, hostel, and cats are great too! The sounds of nature at night are very atmospheric

Stayed in April 2024

N/A because everything was perfect!

A lot! Super nice hostel, view is amazing and literally few mins from the beach. Hesa is the perfect host, honestly the best host I’ve had in my whole trip - always available to help!! Thanks Hesa for everything, won’t forget how kind you have been!!

Stayed in February 2024

Very peaceful and quiet place I was looking for. Close to the beach and surrounded by rice fields and palms. Always clean and even with breakfast included. I like the quiet village too.

Stayed in February 2024

I can't say nothing bad of this hostel.

The owner Hesa is really amazing. We do love him and he is already in our heart. We made a friend for life and for sure I Will come back to this place to come visit hom again. I only wanted to stay 1 night but at the end i stood 5 nights here. Very Nice hostel <3

Stayed in December 2023

Atypical hostel

Stayed in November 2023

The laundry machin could be better

Nice place to stay in Batu K, close to everything, Hesa is really helpfull, and also very nice. There is also a kitchen you can use to make family dîner at night Time. The place is clean, confort, and really safe with 2 security cats who stay at the hostel all day long to take care about the place.

Stayed in November 2023

Nice, traditional place to stay! Location close to the beach, but quite.

Stayed in October 2023