Australian Financial Review: The hippy hotelier upping the ante in Bali luxury
Bambu Indah, Press - July 16, 2024
“Concrete and steel are two of the most destructive industries on the planet. They’re a scourge on the environment,” he says. “With bamboo, you get your first harvest in eight years and endless harvests after that. You never need to replant it. In the Philippines, it’s now being turned into plywood.”
Bambu Indah, which means beautiful bamboo in Indonesian, was initially used to host family and friends. Then, in 2012, the Hardys turned it into a hotel. They added a series of spring-fed interconnected pools at the riverfront base of the property, and a bamboo restaurant that serves organic food, much of it sourced from the permaculture gardens and rice paddies that carpet the property.
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