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I Accommodation Foto: Dok Destinasi Indonesia Destinasi Indonesia | 44 Activities 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. 45 Accommodation Photo: Dok Destinasi Indonesia Destinasi Indonesia | 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.