Efata Homestay

What to say about Efata Homestay? It is a small place run by the owners Ika and his wife, a wonderful couple who make you feel at home. It is an accommodation that is well worth staying for one night, it is like staying with a local family. The accommodation is very close to the temple, so you can get up early to take a walk around the temple at 6:30 when they open and no one is there. Many places to eat around. Stay at Borobudur, a small town and not in Yogyakarta! Stay at Efata Homestay! ¡Stay with a beautiful family, Ika and his wife, you won't regret it!

Really kind people that helps us when we arrive late because we had to leave our previous hotel that was not ok at all. The breakfast was really good. The room quiet and clean. They also offered to help us for driving and visits Highly recommended!

Bathroom a little bit old

The hosts, Pak Ika and Bu Yani, are incredibly kind, gentle and supportive. Breakfasts can be both western and Indonesian - do choose the latter, because they are not spicy and beautifully made and varied. The bed is great, as is the shower and other facilities. The homestay is in a small street just off the main road, and therefore quiet. The garden is great to sit and relax. The entrance to Candi Borobudur is just a few hundred meters away, places to eat everywhere. And going out to smaller candis and into the countryside is easy, as bicycles are available for a very modest rent at the homestay. Pak Ika has all the info you need to go to the best places.

use heart service guest

It was great homestay to stay, super strategic location near Borobudur (just walking 4 minute) Great hospitality by the host Mr ika 🤗 Thx u for your warm kindness during our stay. Very recommended place to stay when you are in magelang, the room was clean and comfortable, clean bathroom with water heater, the service was amazing thx u so much 🙏

We had a very enjoyable 4 night stay, from May 5 (the weather was good, only had a bit of rain one afternoon). Ika and Yani were very hospitable hosts. The homestay only has 3 rooms - to maintain a family like atmosphere. The location was quite convenient, only a few minutes to the entrance to Borobudur temple park, about 10+ minutes walk from the bus terminal, lots of food stalls nearby along the main street. The double bed was comfortable, wifi strong, the air con and shower were good. The garden surrounding the courtyard provided a relaxing setting. Ika provided prompt responses to our early inquiries regarding buses, etc. to Borobudur from Yogyakarta airport (we were able to catch a big DAMRI bus directly from YIA airport, every 2 hrs, IDR 100K) and from Borobudur to Yogyakarta (we caught a DAMRI minibus to Yogyakarta to Malioboro St (to Bank of Indonesia (B.I.), IDR 20K). Ika drove us to the bus terminal. We had a choice of western or local breakfasts. Since we stayed so many nights, Ika provided us with bicycles for free. (If you cycle out past the junction for Punthuk Setumbu to the next junction and turn right and cycle for a bit you can see Borobudur temple from a distance through the rice fields, and a bit further still towards the pottery viilage you can see Merapi volcano if the sky is clear or the clouds clear later in the afternoon). All in all, we would stay again.

excellent breakfast, strategic location

The best part of Efata Homestay cannot be seen in any photo or description. It is the big heart and the great hospitality of the hosts. It was a great stay with a very clean room and we would have loved to stay longer. I recommend everyone to stay several nights and also to explore the area. I can only recommend the accommodation to anyone who would like to stay in a lovely, authentic homestay.

Nothing, everything was brilliant.

I had a wonderful stay at Efata Homestay and highly recommend this place. The room was nice and clean and nextdoor you find everything you need, like restaurants or a supermarket. Also the Borobudur temple is very close, you can walk there. What the stay makes it really special to me was Ika and Yani, they are lovely hosts. If you have any question they’ll help you. They gave me so many good advices and they even drove me to places around, like the coconut sugar place. Yani‘s breakfast was also very delicious. So if you come to Borobudur, stay at Efata Homestay.