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Review Author: Katrina Moore-Pettersson
Review Date: 05 Dec 2025
Review Body: I highly highly recommend a visit here. I wanted to check out and organic farm while in Indo and I'm so grateful I found Saifana. Right away, we were greeted with the warmest welcome. The host rememebered and referred to us by name throughout the day we were there. We wanted to stay overnight but they were fully booked and I now understand why. We did a cooking class with a young girl who spoke excellent English and together we created the yummiest meal with super fresh and organic ingredients. We couldn't finish it so they put it in the fridge for us and heated it up for us to have for dinner. THey have a little "shop" and a library and some board games in the cafe. Everyone was so so lovely and the whole farm just has really good vibes. I would go back to Lombok just to go to this farm!
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Florian Lafay
Review Date: 05 Dec 2025
Review Body: What a lovely place! Great cooking class! We heard about this place through a friend, and we are glad we have been there! The atmosphere is very relaxing and very friendly, we feel that is much more than just a business, but a big family wanting to share. The staff is lovely, products are excellent with very fair price. We took part of the cooking class and we loved it ! Thanks to the lovely staff !
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Fiona Hanlon
Review Date: 05 Dec 2025
Review Body: Its magic on every level, a beautiful space, people and food. The Sasak Cooking experience is fabulous in the outdoor kitchen cooking over fire. Nia and her assistant walk you through some of the local Sasak customs around life and food and by the end a veritable feast is produced. It’s very special, come hungry!
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Gregoire Olivia
Review Date: 05 Dec 2025
Review Body: Thank you very much to the whole team for the warm welcome at Farm ! The place is gorgeous and peaceful ! The cooking class with Nia and Rinda is delicious. I really enjoyed staying here :)
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Lina
Review Date: 09 Dec 2025
Review Body: A fascinating experience to learn about bees, and especially the stingless trigona bee, native to tropical areas. Juli is a super knowledgable guide who's enthusiasm and curiosity for bee keeping and farming is infectious. This close up encounter with the bees, learning about their ecosystem and lives (think Game of Thrones level of palace intrigue) makes this typically threatening creature a truly admirable point of interest. Highly recommend!! Walking around the farm and seeing all super interesting and tasty plants (cashew nuts, mulberries, bananas!) around is a bonus!
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Putri
Review Date: 10 Dec 2025
Review Body: Such a great experience! 🐝 Juli was super informative guide and somehow made me way more interested in bees than I ever expected. Learning how important they are to the farm’s ecosystem was eye-opening. Tasting honey straight from different hives was honestly a core memories, each colony tastes different, which felt like a honey tasting flight 😄 Seeing how they harvest the honey without hurting the bees was really cool too. At one point it genuinely felt like watching a National Geographic episode… but live. Highly recommend!
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Kayla Andra
Review Date: 05 Dec 2025
Review Body: Friends and I went on a weekend trip to saifana and participated in their garden tour and cooking class. I can only recommend the place! Their knowledge and passion for regenerative farming is incredible. You learn so much. The family and staff have the happiest vibes. The food is all fresh from the garden. And the animals (along with all of their personalities) are the icing on the cake. ☺️
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Nanou
Review Date: 12 Feb 2026
Review Body: Hidden gem with great staff and delicious organic food straight from the garden. We definitely enjoyed our stay a lot with our family of four. Kids played the whole day in the garden, guesthouse and with the kittens. We did a couple of workshops and learned a lot about gardening and the trigona bees. We recommend this place if you like to live close to nature.
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Marlene
Review Date: 04 Dec 2025
Review Body: Saifana is a magical place. The food was some of the best we’ve had in Lombok. The team here is warm and welcoming and had so much knowledge to share about the garden, the bees and the cooking. It was very special to share this experience with our family who was visiting Indonesia for the first time. Thank you to everyone at the farm.
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Livia Sybal
Review Date: 04 Dec 2025
Review Body: Loved our stay at Saifana we did workshops had amazing food and loved the garden. A family friendly place where you feel at home
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Zeyang
Review Date: 12 Feb 2026
Review Body: Extremely friendly staff, unbelievably amazing food. A beautiful farm. Herna was so attentive. Will stay again.
Review rating: 5
Review Author: Mo
Review Date: 12 Feb 2026
Review Body: Amazing place to stay! Food, staff, everything is nice!
Review rating: 5

Itinerary

Itinerary Day 1
Itinerary Summary: Cook Bayan dishes with garden harvest, learn Sasak traditions, and enjoy a farm meal together
Itinerary Description: Pick fresh ingredients from the organic garden Cook authentic Bayan, North Lombok dishes using traditional firewood, including 2 vegetable dishes, 2 protein dishes, and a traditional local dessert. Use traditional kitchen tools passed down through generations Learn about Sasak traditions such as tubruk coffee, sarongs, and betel nut Share a home-cooked meal together at the farm while hearing stories and cultural insights from your hosts
Sasak-style rice and vegetable dishes on banana leaves at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, served during the cooking experience
Thatched-roof deck with wooden seating and banana leaves overlooking the farm landscape at Saifana Organic Farm, Lombok
Cook stirring food at a stone counter beside wood stoves at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok during Sasak cooking
Bamboo basket of farm vegetables, with spring onions, chillies, tomatoes and herbs, at Saifana Organic Farm in Lombok
Clay cooking pot steaming over an open wood fire at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok, set on a traditional stove
Aerial view of Saifana Organic Farm’s permaculture plots, ponds and pathways surrounded by greenery in Lombok
Woman stirring a pot over a wood fire at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, during an authentic Sasak cooking experience
Sasak-style rice and vegetable dishes on banana leaves at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, served during the cooking experience
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Sasak-style rice and vegetable dishes on banana leaves at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, served during the cooking experience
Thatched-roof deck with wooden seating and banana leaves overlooking the farm landscape at Saifana Organic Farm, Lombok
Cook stirring food at a stone counter beside wood stoves at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok during Sasak cooking
Bamboo basket of farm vegetables, with spring onions, chillies, tomatoes and herbs, at Saifana Organic Farm in Lombok
Sasak-style rice and vegetable dishes on banana leaves at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, served during the cooking experience
Thatched-roof deck with wooden seating and banana leaves overlooking the farm landscape at Saifana Organic Farm, Lombok
Cook stirring food at a stone counter beside wood stoves at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok during Sasak cooking
Bamboo basket of farm vegetables, with spring onions, chillies, tomatoes and herbs, at Saifana Organic Farm in Lombok
Clay cooking pot steaming over an open wood fire at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok, set on a traditional stove
Aerial view of Saifana Organic Farm’s permaculture plots, ponds and pathways surrounded by greenery in Lombok
Woman stirring a pot over a wood fire at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, during an authentic Sasak cooking experience
Cook in a patterned dress tending pots at an outdoor cooking station under a thatched roof at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok
Group sharing a meal at a long wooden table under a carved roof at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok
Visitors tending seedlings inside covered raised beds, planting in rows under mesh at Saifana Organic Farm in Lombok

Woodfire Cooking with Local Sasak Women

Cook & Connect: Sasak Traditional Cooking on a Farm in North Lombok
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Group size
Up to 6 guests
DURATION
2.5 hours
Booking type
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Spend a slow afternoon in the Lombok countryside cooking with local Sasak women
This is a lovely way to experience Sasak culture through something very everyday: food. You’ll harvest ingredients from the organic garden, then cook with local women using the same family recipes, traditional tools and firewood stoves they grew up with.You’ll make two vegetable dishes, two protein dishes and a traditional dessert, but the best part is everything that happens around the cooking. Over tubruk coffee and conversations, you’ll learn about Sasak customs including sarongs and betel nut traditions, and hear stories about village life that you wouldn’t get from simply following a recipe.It’s relaxed, hands-on and very personal — less about mastering Indonesian cooking techniques, and more about understanding where the food comes from and the people and traditions behind it. Your visit also directly supports local women sharing these skills and keeping them part of village life.What to ExpectHarvest ingredients from the organic gardenCook five dishes over a firewood stoveLearn traditional Sasak tools and techniquesShare tubruk coffee and local traditionsSit down together for a communal mealTake the recipes home with youGood to KnowJoin-in experience, around 2.5–3 hoursBeginner-friendly; no cooking experience neededTransport isn't included but can be addedRecipes are provided after the classWhat to ExpectHarvest your own ingredients from a peaceful organic gardenCook two veggie dishes, two protein dishes, and a traditional dessert over open fireUse age-old kitchen tools and techniques passed down through generationsLearn about Sasak traditions like betel nut, sarongs, and tubruk coffeeEnjoy a communal meal at the farm

Experience highlights

Woman stirring a pot over a wood fire at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, during an authentic Sasak cooking experience
Cook with local Sasak women
Fresh vegetables arranged in a woven basket at Saifana Organic Farm on North Lombok's permaculture garden
Harvest ingredients from the garden
Clay cooking pot simmering over an open wood fire at Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok
Cook family recipes over fire
Open-air Sasak cooking on Saifana Organic Farm in North Lombok, with pots over a wood fire under a thatched shelter
Learn everyday Sasak traditions
Sasak-style rice and vegetable dishes on banana leaves at Saifana Organic Farm, North Lombok, served during the cooking experience
Share a meal together on the farm

What You’ll be Doing

Cook Bayan dishes with garden harvest, learn Sasak traditions, and enjoy a farm meal together
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What’s Included

Hands-on traditional cooking session
Garden harvest experience (pick fresh ingredients)
Tubruk coffee served as your drink
Recipes to take home

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Transportation (add-on available)
Personal expenses
Tips
Accommodation (add-on available)

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Double Bungalow (Rp660.123)
Family Bungalow (Rp1.436.580)
Transport from ⁠⁠North Lombok (Rp777.285)
Transport from Airport Area (Rp910.800)
Transport from Kuta Area (Rp1.036.035)
Transport from East Lombok (Rp1.036.035)
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Community Champion

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Women-led Wonder

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Where we'll meet

Start Point

Meet-up at Bayan Farm Stay, Lombok(Saifana Organic Farm, Jalan Raya Bayan, Indonesia)
  • 15 mins before selected timeslot

End Point

  • End at Start Point(s)

Transport Add-ons

Add-on 1

  • Transport from ⁠⁠North Lombok(Price: Rp777.285 for up to 4 guests)

Add-on 2

  • Transport from Airport Area(Price: Rp910.800 for up to 4 guests)

Add-on 3

  • Transport from Kuta Area(Price: Rp1.036.035 for up to 4 guests)

Add-on 4

  • Transport from East Lombok(Price: Rp1.036.035 for up to 4 guests)

Start & Ends

  • Every Monday
    11:00AM - 01:30PM
  • Every Tuesday
    11:00AM - 01:30PM
  • Every Wednesday
    11:00AM - 01:30PM
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Suitability / Accessibility

  • Vegetarian food available
  • Halal food available
  • Child Friendly (Recommended Age: 6+)

Cancellation & other policies

  • Cancellation

    Cancel 7 days before activity for a full refund

What to Pack

  • You don’t really need to bring anything — just yourself! If you want to be extra comfortable, you can bring mosquito repellent.
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Sutikno and his wife, Anne-Sophie, started their journey in Lombok back in 2013. They returned to Indonesia after years abroad where they worked in development agencies in countries as far flung as Mali and Laos. They were ready to settle down and without even seeing the land first, they bought it to help someone in a medical emergency. What they got was dry, rocky ground—but they rolled up their sleeves and slowly transformed it into a thriving farm using regenerative practices. Over the years their kindness extends far beyond growing vegetables on the farm — they now share their sustainable permaculture farming knowledge widely with community in hopes that they can improve farming practices across the island, allowing the soil to regenerate from decades of monocropping. They also work to empower local women, who face child marriage and domestic violence in northern Lombok, by giving them meaningful employment and teaching them English. Their cup is always overflowing with love and care for their community.
Experience: 13 years
Speaks: Fluent English
Acceptance rate: 100%
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