If you and your family happen to be
sleeping inside a tree house, then you can imagine how big the tree is. Tree
houses do exist and it can actually be found in some places on earth. However,
there is a different kind of tree house in Java’s mountainous cool city
of Batu, Indonesia, named Pohon Inn. Unlike other tree houses, this one looks really old. In contrast with its appearance,in here right after you step your foot into
its lobby, you will be greeted by some front desk officers, to secure your
convenience in your tree stay.
Pohon Inn from a distance
Wait, we just talked about a tree house,
right? Not exactly, PohonInn is a tree-like hotel and the word pohon, whichis“tree” in English,means
this hotel tries to make your stay as green as possible. This is what make this
hotel sospecial aseverything in this hotel was made as natural as possible.
When you see the hotel from far distance,
it looks like a giant topless tree trunk and this part of the tree seems to be
a few hundred years old as it has holes that can confirm its age. Nevertheless as you get closer, this tree
trunk is actually a three-star hotel with many windows to let the cool and natural
mountain wind breezecirculate inside the hotel!
Pohon Inn is located right between two of Batu’smajor
attractions,Batu Secret Zoo and MuseumSatwa
(Fauna Museum), which are parts of JatimPark
2 (East Java Park 2). Its location makes it the best choice of
hotel when visitingJatim Park 2. Go carless! Leave your car in the hotel and
walk. It is a good way to go green and stay healthy, isn’t it?
Green
interior
In order to make you close to nature as possible, besides
its natural exterior, the hotel’s interior was brilliantly designed in such a
way that wherever you are in most parts of the hotel, you can always see
nature. Even in the hotel’s bedrooms, the bed sheets are curtains are green, which resemble
tree leaves.
Get up and go to the balcony
There is nothing better to do in the morning than going to your room’s balcony to view the city. Start your day with green
inspiration from the very best of Batu's nature!
Jungle-Themed Restaurant
Have your meal at the hotel’s restaurant of
Jungle Fast Food while being watched by tigers! Like its name, everything inside is full of real vegetation (not the fake one), and you know what? They have
something hidden in their mind. These tigers do not target you as their meal,
but your meal is their actual target!
Green sleep
Weekday rates
Superior : IDR 485,000 (around USD 37)
Deluxe : IDR 635,000 (around USD 48)
Executive :
IDR 1,100,000 (around USD 83)
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Weekend and high season rates
Superior : IDR 990,000 (around USD 75)
Deluxe : IDR 1,210,000 (around USD 91)
Executive : IDR 1,595,000 (around USD 120)
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As written
above, there are three types of rooms there: superior, deluxe and executive.
Rates for weekends and high seasons are higher from weekday rates.Besides due
to the high number of visitors,it is also because on those days paying for the
hotel room, which normally only includes breakfast vouchers for two like on
weekdays, also includes a couple of tickets to Jatim Park 2 and dinner vouchers.So
when you plan to stay in Pohon Inn on weekends and during high seasons like
Christmas and especially the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Fitr that is closing in,
make sure you don’t buy Jatim Park 2 ticket from the park’s ticket counter.
Pohon Inn’s deluxe rooms offer something
cool. Imagine sleeping at night with tigers, lions, deer and other wild animals
around. When you stay in a deluxe room, you will get that kind of sensation as
the room is facing Batu Secret Zoo and as a result you can see some animals in
the zoo and especially in the night you can hear their sound too. What a green
sleep!
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