Marselino Bacpacker's Room

Emilia is friendly and helpful. Room is comfortable, hot shower is good, as Bajawa can be chilly at night. Breakfast is awesome. Love the Bajawa coffee! ☕

Good if you’re on a tight budget

After we finally managed to find the homestay with the help of another guesthouse owner, as there are no signs and on Google maps the place is called Marcelino's Homestay we were greeted very nicely by the family. As it's a bit colder in Bajawa we were very happy to hear that they can turn on the warm water so that you can take a hot shower. In the morning we went on the trip to climb Mount Inerie and when we got back to the homestay around noon we were very surprised that we were still offered to eat the banana pancake breakfast which was very yummy.

Finding the homestay is quite complicated. Sings would be helpful as you need to drive down a smaller street for some time before walking down a small path between houses which looks quite private. And matching name on booking.com and Google maps would be helpful. The restaurant which is mentioned on booking.com as the address has been closed for a very long time as it seems.

Great budget option. The owners are super sweet and look after you very well. The room is spacious and clean. WiFi worked well and good central location. Really yummy breakfast

Did not get hot water and the shower head needs to be replaced as there is little water coming out. Can be noisy early morning

I get the triple bed room it’s maybe the last room that selling in booking.com

The building structure steels was over the room , the property needs to going down with big high steps 🙏 Property owner recommends few transport saying that with aircond but it’s local public transportation instead of Gunung Mas is better than Hellieluya 😅

Nice homestay at a good location with clean rooms. The breakfast was good and diverse with fruits and pancakes. We were offered tea at multiple occasions. Marselino and his family are welcomming and accomodating.

The most negative point is finding the homestay. To help, we put a description here at the end. The shower in the room had low pressure and there were a lot of bugs around (mostly outside though). One of the dogs is not friendly to outsider and must be avoided. Definitly not recommended if you fear dogs in general. The location of the homestay on booking is (as of writing) wrong. The one on google maps is more accurate but still not helpful in finding the homestay. Also, the only sign is in the yard which is not visible from either street. To go there you have to options. From thr top street. If you followed the location on booking, this is most likely where you ended up. To reach the home stay go to this location: (-8,7930984, 120,9750368) and then walk through the yard (see 1st picture) until you reach stone stairs. Go down and you are there. From the lower street. If you followed the google maps location you will most likely end up here. Go to (-8,7936411, 120,9747783) and then head up the small stone stair and around the building (see 2nd picture).

owners were so lovely and it was in a nice location. room was clean!