Omah Jegok

It's in the wood, with lots of wooden parts

The name's in Javanese, literally means "Barking Home". Yes, a must-love-dogs home, well, must-love-cats, too. When we built the house [borrowing money from my dad, and we still owe him a lot, I hope he'd always have too much important stuffs to think about other than my debt], there were no cats so we didn't name it a "Meow Home", but we keep getting d

iscarded kittens around. There's no options available but to look after them, we cannot eat them, of course, because we're vegans. Some of the cats are up for adoption, as well as (for now) two dogs we foster: Dorayaki & Rossie. The homey accommodation is in an enviromental retreat, in natural surroundings supporting the vital work of Animal Friends Jogja (AFJ). Animal-friendly guests, visiting artists, and eager volunteers who are traveling to Jogja and looking for a homey-friendly-tranquil lodge instead of a basic hotel room are welcome. Our dawgz-stylee accommodation is located around 8 km to the north of Bantul City, in a setting of a riverbank, right before the meeting point of two running rivers at the end of the road. It's a hidden sanctuary in the southern part of Jogja, but only minutes away by motorbike or push bike to art scenes and tourism areas. You'll be neighbored with a living-legend painter; Djoko Pekik. You'll be spoiled with a lot more birds chirping, frogs singing, cats meowing, gamelan & dangdut sound, dogs barking (of course), and me yelling to the wildlife hunter wannabes than the annoying noise of the traffic. For you who enjoys stage-musical-theatrical art, 5 mins-ride further to the west will take you to Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja. You crave for nature tourism? No worries, Tourism Village Kasongan is not going anywhere far. The D.I.Y. is in your blood? Find Survive Garage, a grass root visual art community runs by our friend Bayu. Fulfill your needs for the best damn thing under your skin: it's a pleasure to take you to Skin Art Tattoo Supply & their workshop at Jogja Body Art Shop, they can arrange the ever lasting tattoo project you've been dreaming of at reasonable price. Hello you all contemporary photographers! Let's hang out with the MES Boyz at MES56! If you wish to make your stay more meaningful by sharing your love in your spare time for the rescued animals looked after by AFJ, you can inform us in advance and arrange a volunteering time fiesta for you at AFJ's base camp ;)

Find more interesting-artsy-lively-lovely-relaxing-creative-fun-alternative-you name it activities while you're here. Guest Access:
Cold beers at the mini bar! And liquors are available upon request. Interaction with Guests:
Me and my husband live at the main house at the upper part of the sloping land with the cats and the dogs. You'll be seeing us almost daily, often surrounded by our fans (or masters, sigh...) the cats and dogs. My husband, Bandizt, usually goes out of town with his ska band for a tour. As Animal Friends Jogja Program Manager (or that we usually call my position is for the organisation), I work mostly at home and at Animal Friends Jogja's base camp when I'm not out to go where and about around Jogja or out of town for the sake of the animals :)