Catimor Homestay is located in the middle of beautiful coffee plantations, which are absolutely worth exploring. The rooms are of standard budget quality, as everywhere in Indonesia when travelling outside the main tourist track. The staff is friendly and helpful and speak some english. A good dinner is served at 7pm and comes with nasi, mee, chicken, vegetables, egg and... More

We had a nice resort booked for our trip to Ijen. We listened to recommendation of a tour operator Nomad tours based in Jogja selling package of Nirwana Tour and Transport based in Probolinggo. We ended up having a 3 day nightmare trip around east java including one night stay in Catimor. They never hear the word hospitality there. They... More

We arrived here pretty late, coming in from Bali. Food at the little cafe was good and the free coffee and tea they served was WONDERFUL! The coffee was from their own plantation and I purchased several bags. As we arrived and departed both when it was night time we did not get the full effect of the hotel. The... More

The homestay is one of a limited number of accommodation options for visitors to Kawah Ijen and provides reasonable accommodation at acceptable prices. However there are a few problems of which prospective visitors should be aware. Firstly there is a real lack of organisation on the catering front! The actual choice of food was seriously limited and exceedingly unimaginative. Be... More

Just came back from East Java for a 5D/4N trip. We are a group of three independent travellers from Malaysia. When I enquired about accommodation around Kawah Ijen, a local recommended Catimor Homestay at Blawan, Sempol, Bondowoso. It is located approximately 266km from Surabaya (7 hours drive), 13km from Paltuding (Pos PHPA) Ijen i.e. the place where you commence your... More