Guest Houses in Rantepao

Location is lovely! I stayed in rainy season, therefore hotel wasn't crowded and was chill. Although it's rainy season it was mostly raining in the evenings, so could see much anyway. Every morning hosts offered coffee and breakfast, was very welcoming and allowed me to stay longer than one night.

Very kind and very straightforward

Fantastic view from the balcony, where you can see all the city and mountains. The owner, Sarah, gave us very good advice for everything such as finding good local restaurants, where to visit and etc. Also, Sarah kindly arranged bus booking and took us to the bus stop although she was very busy.

The place is ok, clean enough, comfortable enough, quiet enough, and I had what I thought was a good tour with Leo so I originally gave a high rating, until I learnt that Leo had been speaking with Hendrik from another guesthouse I was due to check-in into after the stay here, and apparently badmouthing me for reasons I cannot fathom. After I booked a room with H months ahead, H started to harass me with WhatsApp messages and persistently tried to get me to go with him for tour at a whopping USD150/day, for which I never agreed. (Official rate according to tourist office is IDR6000 = USD40, I found out much later.) Upon checking in, Leo quote me USD70 which is less than half of H, which of course I took, since I haven't agreed to anything with H. Leo had told me at check-in that H had been in touch with him prior to my arrival claiming that I am "his tourist" seemingly meaning hands off my cash cow. I explained to Leo I had not agreed to H to anything, and that given his exorbitant rates, I feel no obligations to go with him in any way. Leo also said that H eventually said to Leo that if L had made arrangements with me already, then go ahead. Everything seemed settled, and I went on what I felt was a normal trip with Leo for the day, meaning no disasters, no hiccups, no one being difficult, money paid and service rendered, all seemingly happy. Leo even suggested that now that I know the roads and am more familiar, I could just hire a scooter from him for the next days and drive to the places again myself thus saving money. I took his suggestion and rented for a day and paid, and subsequently renewed rental for a day (I paid upon renewing), and renewed again (which I planned to pay when I return the scooter since Leo was not around when I looked for him several times). I felt we had an understanding and trust, and since I was staying with him at the Backpackers and had to meet him to check out and return scooter anyway. (cont'd)