This May Be the World’s Most Exotic

Most Exotic Hotel
Constructed almost entirely of bamboo, the property’s guest pavilions—deep in the jungle of Bali—raise the bar for eco-chic

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Posted April 12, 2017.
“I wanted to create an experience for people that was unlike any other,” says John Hardy, referring to Bambu Indah, the hotel he created with his wife, Cynthia, in Bali’s spiritual center of Ubud. “Local is so important,” Hardy continues. “Why travel if you end up in the same-old, same-old?”
The hotel is certainly one of a kind, evolving, in its early years, as more of an experiment than an entrepreneurial venture. During the years when the couple were building Hardy’s namesake jewelry company—which they sold in 2007—they purchased a block of land adjacent to their house, fearful it would be turned into another of the area’s luxury hotels. From that point forward, Bambu Indah has evolved from a place that could accommodate the couple’s visiting friends to one of the world’s most unique examples of sustainable hospitality....