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Accommodation
Sleeping, Eating
in the middle of
Rice Paddy
Mulih k Desa offered a replica of daily life
in the villages
There are various activities that
can be done during the day like, to
walk around the paddy field, to pick
velvetleaf and other edible leaves,
trivial activities that gives pleasure.
At the end the leaves can be given
to the cook to be cooked for dishes.
Children can also have different
kinds of activities such as, to know
varieties of plants or play in a field
with commonly used playthings such
as swing, see-saw. There are also
outbound equipments and traditional
playthings such as stilts.
If you come in group there will be
a lot more activities can be done.
The management will provide mud
pool to play tug of war, pillow fight
and walk on bamboo Foot Bridge.
Going under a mud hole is another
activity where you can feel the plea
sure of cleaning a fish pond, diving
into the mud and catching flounder
ing fish.
Guests lodge in the month of
November and December can expe
rience ploughing the rice field, plant
ing or harvesting rice, tracking the
surrounding villages and traditional
market or visiting tourist attraction
like Kawah Ratu and hot spring in
Cipanas, Garut.
Culinary
Other than lodging, Mulih k Desa
also offered village style culinary
adventure. Selection of menus like
organic fried chicken, nasi liwet,
salty fish, velvetleaf sauté, ongseng
leunca, fried gurami can be enjoyed
at opened grottos in the middle of
the rice paddy.
The foods are cooked in a tradi
tional way by cooking on a stove
with firewood. Eating with olden
tableware like, zinc cups and plates
matted with leaves, rice bowl and
dish plate made of bamboo.
Lodging at Mulih k Desa is not
just staying over but you are invited
to learn the farmer style village life.
Children can learn a lot from culture
and nature.
Mulih k Desa
Jl Raya Samarang,
kamojang, Garut, West Java
Phone: (0262) 542271,
4704477
Prices:
Gubuk Cikuray Rp900.000
nett
Papandayan Rp1.000.000
nett
Prices include:
- breakfast for 2
- dinner for 2
- evening snacks
- Hot Spring ticket Water
Cipanas Tirtangangga
Activities:
Outbound
Rice plant and harvest
(November – December)
Go under the fish pond
(cleaning the fish pond)
Traditional games
- pillow fight
- walk on bamboo Foot
Bridge
- tug of war on the mud
- buffalo ride
- children’s playground,
explore the villages and
traditional market.
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Accommodation
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f you look for tranquility
through a village nuance, Mulih
k Desa in Samarang, Garut,
West Java, can be an option
to stay. Mulih k Desa offered
daily activites, eating and sleeping
in the middle of the rice paddy and
plantation.
Mulih k Desa is equipped with 25
gubuk (guestrooms) with wooden
terraces stand in the middle of the
rice paddies and plantations. The de
sign of the lodging combines village
nuance and modern equipments.
At night, sit at the terrace viewing
the harmonious nature while sip
ping tea, coffee, bajigur or bandrek
(West Java special beverage) with
the traditional snack such as fried
cassava and banana. It can take you
away from the exhausting daily life.
In certain times you can hear kecapi
suling (traditional music instrument)
played by traditional music player.