First of all: Don't pay the so called entrance and camera fee (55 000 rupies) that a guy from hotel will ask you for at 4 a clock in the morning. I payed but afterwards I'm pretty sure it's a scam. The "ticket" is a simple paper, nothing official and no one checked this at the crater and if they... More

IT is obvious from the many reviews that this place is here to offer visitors a few hours of rest before they ascend Ijen Crater. Catimore is all they said it was -- old, run down, expensive, basic, etc. Let me say that Ijen is definitely and without any reservation, WORTHY of a visit. And the BLUE Fire must be... More

This place is definitely on the lower end of the scale, but I've been in worse. The only reason you're going to be here is to get up early for your Mount Ijen visit. A strange little place, set on the grounds of the coffee plantation (no pun intended, hah). The staff was friendly enough but remember to ask for... More

Avoid this place! First of all: if you stay here for only one night and you go to the Ijen crater the next day, the staff will sell you tickets for the Ijen, at 03:00am. YOU DON'T NEED A TICKET FOR THE IJEN, even if the Lonely Planet tells you so. We (and the rest of our group) paid 30.000... More

Basically you would only come here to explore the ijen plateau. Very basic rooms, low on cleanliness and basic decoration. Only unexpected good thing was a hot shower! Try other home stays if you can, but for a place to rest for one night it does the job. The homestay does a set menu which is the only real eating... More

The reason I have written the tagline in this negative way is to hope that the person incharge of this homestay can really look into the most basic need of a room for staying which is the hygiene of the room. We felt uncomfortable to even stay in the room any longer due to the fact that it is pretty... More

We stay in Catimor Homestay for 1 night and all I can say the hotel is a basic accommodation. The room is clean enough. It got the hot shower which is important knowing the surrounding area temperature at nigth is very cold. We did woke up at 1.00am to go up climbing the Ijen crater and luckly for us the... More

It is perhaps the worse homestay in this region given that nothing is worth reviewing. The bed was dirty & worn. The blanket was useless. The lights were dim. The water heater was not working. The wallpapers were torn. The food were bad especially the chicken felt like rock! I should have sleep in the car.

The bathroom was filthy. I found the previous guest's soap and hair in the sink. It's a shame this place is so poorly maintained and dirty. It is an old Dutch colonial building on a coffee plantation and one of the few places to stay near the Ijen crater. If they did some renovation and cleaning, it would be a... More