Ungasan Center Hostel · Bukit, Bali

Top spot19-unit basecamp for nomads, surfers & long-stay travellers

Pepito across the street. Melasti in twelve minutes.

Sixteen capsule beds behind 360° blackout curtains, three handcrafted wooden Lumbungs, and split-inverter AC that runs cold all night on a residential street with no bar and no bypass traffic. Wake up, cook fresh from the supermarket 70 metres away, ride downhill to the cliffs. Book through Wayan and keep the 17% the platforms take.

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  • 4.7 Google
  • 8.5 Booking.com
  • 10/10 Hostelworld
  • −17% booking direct
Host Wayan with travelers and Ninja the cat under the mango tree at Ungasan Center Hostel
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Host with Ninja the orange cat at Ungasan Center Hostel
Ninja The CatChief Happiness Officer

Sarah just booked 14 nights

Nomad guest petting Ninja the cat in the garden at Ungasan Center Hostel
Ninja & GirlsCourtyard therapy daily
Private teak Lumbung interior with king bed and ambient lighting
Private Teak LumbungFrom Rp 250k, king bed & AC
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Pick your dates. The message writes itself.

Room, dates, add-ons and your direct total arrive pre-written in WhatsApp. Wayan checks the real bed list and confirms. No account, no card, no 17% platform cut.

Liam: “Fiber WiFi hits 187 Mbps steady”

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Long stays cost less: 5% off from 7 nights, 15% off from 28. Applied automatically.

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Your direct quote 3 nights · 1 guest
1 capsule bed × 3 nights
Rp 300,000
Same stay on Booking.comRp 361,500
Total, booked direct Rp 300,000
You keep Rp 61,500 vs Booking.com 0% platform fee

Opens WhatsApp to +62 821-4646-4456 with your dates already written

“Dropped a review, got a cold fresh coconut”

Why people book three nights and stay a month

A supermarket at 70 metres and a super cool kitchen.

Bali's real cost isn't the bed — it's three cafe meals a day at Canggu prices. Pepito Ungasan sits directly opposite the gate with organic produce, a fresh bakery, cold cuts, oat milk and imported fruit. The open kitchen and shaded coworking yard are just steps from your bunk on the same ground level. That single loop is worth roughly Rp 3,900,000 a month.

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Pepito, 30 seconds on foot

Jl. Pura Batu Pageh No. 38, directly across the road. Proper groceries — not a warung shelf. Fresh bakery every morning, cold cuts, real cheese, oat milk, imported fruit and organic vegetables.

  • Open daily 07:00 – 23:00
  • Pharmacy and ATM inside
  • 70 metres, gate to door
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Open guest kitchen & coworking

Gas stove, large shared fridge with labelled shelves, blender, pans, chopping boards, a French press and unlimited filtered water. Everything on one easy level right by the courtyard desks. No sign-up sheet, no closing time, no charge.

  • Cleaned and sanitised daily
  • Cook at 2am if that's your rhythm
  • Spices and cookware stocked
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Downhill to the water, no bypass

Laundry is next door at Rp 10k a kilo. Strap the board on, drop down the Melasti road and you're on white sand in twelve minutes — while Canggu is still sitting in the Jalan Raya queue.

  • Melasti Beach in 12 minutes
  • Kanana Gym 2 min by scooter
  • Free secure scooter parking
Honest economics

Run your actual month. Not the nightly rate.

Everyone compares bed prices and then bleeds out on food and transport. Move the slider, pick how you'd really eat and get around, and watch the number that actually leaves your account.

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Rooms & rates

Two ways to sleep. Both of them cold, dark and quiet.

Sixteen capsule beds for solo travellers and three private wooden Lumbungs for couples and deep-work stays. Fresh towel, clean linen and daily cleaning in both.

Air-conditioned capsule dorm bed with blackout curtain at Ungasan Center Hostel 16 beds See photos

Capsule bed

Rp 100,000per night−15% from 28 nights

One person per bunk behind a full 360° blackout curtain for complete privacy. Orthopedic mattress, private reading lamp, universal power socket, lockable gear trunk for a 70L backpack, and access to hot showers.

360° blackout Inverter AC Lockable trunk
Private handcrafted wooden Lumbung bungalow master bed at Ungasan Center Hostel 3 bungalows See photos

Private Lumbung

Rp 250,000per night, for two−15% from 28 nights

Handcrafted traditional Balinese wooden cottage in real timber. Queen pillowtop bed, private ensuite bathroom with hot shower, dedicated remote work desk, and a private garden balcony.

Private ensuite Queen bed Work desk
Nightly rates by length of stay
Length of stay Capsule bed Private Lumbung You save
1 – 6 nights Rp 100,000 Rp 250,000 17% vs Booking.com
7 – 27 nights Rp 95,000 Rp 237,500 5% off, plus the 17%
28+ nights Rp 85,000 Rp 212,500 15% off, plus the 17%
Life on the property

A cat in charge. A coconut for your words.

Ninja the resident ginger cat in the courtyard at Ungasan Center Hostel 🐈 Chief Happiness Officer

Ninja the Orange Cat runs the show

His name is Ninja, and he genuinely believes he holds the title to the property. Girls absolutely adore him, and he shamelessly flirts back. If you feed him a treat or give him a proper chin scratch, he will happily wander into your room and crash on your duvet for an uninvited 3-hour power nap. He’s a hilarious super-cat: at sunrise he sprints across the lawn hunting tropical butterflies and tree frogs, and by midday he’s asleep on somebody’s bed. A total legend.

Ninja-approved courtyard: butterfly hunter and certified bed-nap expert

Chilled young coconut and cappuccino offered for guest reviews 🥥 A coconut for your words

Leave a review, take a coconut

Reviews are how a nineteen-unit place on a residential street stays visible next to hotel marketing budgets. Post one on Google, show it at the desk, and it's a chilled young coconut or a cappuccino on Wayan and the cleaning team.

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Before you book

What's here, and what deliberately isn't.

Half the bad reviews in Bali are expectation mismatches. Here is the whole picture, including the parts that might send you somewhere else — which is fine.

Included, every stay

  • Fresh towel and clean linen for every guest
  • Split inverter AC in every capsule and bungalow, running cold
  • Shared kitchen with gas stove, cookware and a large fridge
  • Unlimited filtered drinking water, refill any time
  • 187 Mbps fiber Wi-Fi, tested — stable enough for video calls
  • Universal socket and reading light at every bed
  • Free secure scooter parking inside the property
  • Garden courtyard, shaded work tables and one ginger cat named Ninja

Not here — which is why it costs less

  • No swimming pool. Melasti is twelve minutes downhill and free
  • No bar and no party nights. People sleep here
  • No on-site restaurant. The kitchen and the warungs cost a fraction
  • Not walkable to the beach — you'll want a scooter or a Grab
  • Reception is staffed 07:00 – 21:00; later arrivals by WhatsApp
  • No outside pets, and no smoking in the rooms
Where this actually is

Jl. Pura Batu Pageh No. 37 — the middle of the Bukit.

Residential, quiet, and equidistant from everything. You walk to groceries and Humans cafe, ride 2 minutes to Kanana Gym, and drop down to the cliff beaches without ever joining the Uluwatu bottleneck.

On foot, under two minutes

  • 30 sec
    Pepito Supermarket
    Bakery, cold cuts, oat milk, organic produce, pharmacy, ATM · 70 m
    Map
  • 30 sec
    Laundry Wash, dry and fold, around Rp 10k per kilo, same block
  • 2 min
    Humans Coffee & Food Specialty coffee, wholesome brunch, smoothie bowls & workspace · 150 m
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  • 2 min
    Local Warungs & Street Food Nasi goreng from Rp 25k, fresh grilled satay, fruit juices

By scooter, real riding minutes

  • 2 min
    Kanana Gym & Wellness World-class open-air gym, sauna, cold plunge, recovery pool & day passes · 900 m
    Map
  • 3 min
    KMCR Sport Nutrition
    5.0★ supplements shop: creatine monohydrate, whey isolate, BCAAs & test boosters · 1.2 km
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  • 4 min
    Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural park and sunset viewpoint · 1.3 km
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  • 12 min
    Melasti Beach
    White sand between limestone walls, surf breaks, beach clubs
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  • 20 min
    Uluwatu Temple & Single Fin Cliff edge, kecak fire dance, Sunday crowds
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  • 25 min
    Ngurah Rai Airport (DPS) About 13 km via Jimbaran · transfer available on request
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Verified guest feedback

Clean, quiet, and someone actually answers.

From nomads, solo travellers and surfers who stayed in 2025 and 2026.

Sergey from Russia verified guest
Sergey · Russia Remote engineer · 2 weeks
★★★★★
Spotless, and the atmosphere is genuinely respectful. Wi-Fi held 180+ Mbps through video calls. The kitchen plus Pepito across the street is the best thing on the Bukit for a long stay.
Booking.com verified stay ✓
Liam from Australia verified guest
Liam · Australia Surfer · booked direct
★★★★★
Proper blackout curtains on the capsules, so you actually sleep instead of getting flashed awake at 5am. Kitchen plus the supermarket across the road is the cheat code for this side of the island.
Direct WhatsApp guest ✓
Júlia from Spain verified guest
Júlia · Spain Solo traveller · Lumbung
★★★★★
The wooden bungalow was cool, dark and completely private, with hot water that stayed hot. The cat adopted me on day one. Twelve minutes to Melasti and I never once sat in traffic.
Hostelworld verified ✓
FAQ

What people ask before they send the message.

How many beds and bungalows are there?

Nineteen units in total. Sixteen capsule beds in air-conditioned dorms — each with a 360° blackout curtain, a reading light, a universal socket and a lockable gear trunk — plus three private handcrafted wooden Lumbung bungalows with ensuite hot showers, work desks and garden balconies.

How does booking direct on WhatsApp work?

Pick your dates and room in the panel above, then tap Reserve on WhatsApp. The message opens pre-written with your dates, room type and total. Wayan checks the actual bed and confirms, usually within minutes. You settle by QRIS, bank transfer, Wise, Revolut or cash on arrival. There's no platform commission in the middle, which is exactly where the 17% comes from.

Can I really cook here and save money?

Yes, and it's the main reason people extend. Pepito is 70 metres from the gate with fresh bakery, cold cuts, oat milk, imported fruit and organic produce. The shared kitchen by the courtyard has a gas stove, a large fridge, blender, pans and a French press. Everything is on one level right by the rooms. Cooking breakfast and lunch and eating dinner at warungs runs about Rp 60,000 a day, against roughly Rp 190,000 a day for three cafe meals. Over a month that gap is close to Rp 4,000,000 — run it yourself in the simulator above.

Is the Wi-Fi good enough for calls?

Fiber, tested at 187 Mbps. There's a power socket at every capsule bed, shaded desks in the courtyard, and a dedicated desk inside each Lumbung. If your work depends on the connection, take a Lumbung — the door closes.

Is this a party hostel?

No. Nineteen units on a residential street, no bar, and quiet hours that are actually kept. Conversation in the courtyard and shared dinners happen most nights; 2am sound systems don't.

What are check-in and check-out times?

Check-in runs 14:00 to 21:00 and check-out is by 12:00. Late flights into DPS are completely normal here — message WhatsApp before you land and self check-in is arranged, with your key and directions sent ahead.

Send your dates. A human answers.

No account, no prepayment, no 17% skimmed off the top by a platform. Just Wayan, the actual bed list, and a reply in minutes.