Bali Eco Stay

The food page says native fruit and nut trees were planted to encourage beneficial insects and wildlife.

“Native fruit and nut trees have been planted to encourage beneficial insects and wildlife, and to diversify our fruit harvest so that we are more self-sufficient.”

The lodge's river hydroelectric generator provides nearly 70 percent of its energy, refrigeration excepted, with generators on standby and storage expansion planned.

Filtered spring water from Mount Batukaru is supplied to the taps and is drinkable, avoiding bottled water.

Food waste goes to free range chickens or compost, guests pre-order meals to cut waste, and the lodge funds rubbish collection in five surrounding villages.

The lodge grows organic heritage rice, a large vegetable and fruit garden, spring fed fish ponds and free range chickens using permaculture without chemical fertiliser or pesticides.

The food page says the site was developed in harmony with nature and built around the existing paddies, without naming materials or building methods.

“We retained and built around the paddies to produce our own organic rice”

The energy and water pages publish specific systems, including a river hydro generator supplying nearly 70 percent of power and vegetated wastewater gardens.

“we harness the natural power of our river through a hydroelectric generator to provide nearly 70% of the energy needed to run our eco-retreat”

The water page says drinking and shower water comes from a Mount Batukaru spring, filtered, with no chemicals added.

“Directly sourced from Mount Batukaru, our filtered pure spring water is packed with minerals and nutrients”

The food page lists an organic food garden and organically grown heritage rice supplying the restaurant, but a full plant based menu is not shown.

“In our rich food garden we grow organically a diverse selection of vegetables”

The food page says no pesticides are used and insect plagues are handled with a tea, coriander and chilli brew.

“We never resort to pesticides.”

The water page says only biodegradable detergents, baking soda and vinegar are used for cleaning, with handmade natural soaps.

“We only use biodegradable laundry and detergents, sodium bicarbonate for stubborn fabric stains, baking soda and vinegar for cleaning purposes.”

Not disclosed on the stay's own pages, checked 2026-11-03.

Not disclosed on the stay's own pages, checked 2026-11-03.

The water page says the guest swimming area is a natural rock pool with no chemical treatment.

“The guest swimming area is a non-chemically treated natural rock pool.”

The story page names the Australian hosts and the Balinese landowners, but the resort is run by foreign owners on leased land, so ownership stays at the lowest level.

“Your hosts at Bali Eco Stay are Australians John & Cath Blundstone and their son Huey, and traditional landowners Agung & Mini.”

The people page says the landowners work as office and restaurant managers and describes staff benefits, but gives no share of local staff or pay level.

“Our Balinese landowners have retained ownership of their property but have also become an integral part of the business, working as office manager and restaurant manager.”

The social responsibility page lists funded school programmes and village contributions.

“Fund teachers for dance & music classes at the Kumetug primary school”

The people page says stabilised paths were built so local farmers can reach their paddies and temples across the resort.

“We worked with local farmers to build an extensive network of stabilised access paths throughout the resort to enable them to reach their rice paddies and temples”

The food page says local dishes are cooked by Balinese staff using traditional methods, without naming makers.

“75% of our restaurant menu consists of local cuisine, which is cooked by our Balinese staff using traditional methods learnt from their own mothers and grandmothers.”