Elsewhere Estate

How do you subtly transform a jungle-clad slice of mountain paradise into a mini nature reserve and home? That’s the challenge!

Finding Elsewhere:  Through every adventure as an  Explorer, I have subconsciously been searching for a place to call home… 

As a correspondent and filmmaker focused on nature, wildlife and tribal peoples, I have been luckier than most to have seen so much of the world, but although so many places have been remarkable,  inspiring and unique in their own way, they have all missed something… and left me feeling that home… must be somewhere else! This is that place!  So my wife and I have called it ‘Elsewhere‘  and decided to stay awhile…  

This site is a diary in a sense, one that tracks the story of Elsewhere as it unfolds, sharing key moments. Beyond friends and family, if you have stumbled here, you are more than welcome. Here’s a jump link to the blog or you can simply scroll for more details. 

There Are Two Inseparable Aims of Project Elsewhere:

(1) Building a Home: How do you build a new life in the wilds of Bali, sensitively transforming a jungle landscape into a home? Sharing the dream of creating a new life closer to nature is a big part of the story. However, it is the community, culture and way of life that makes this place so undeniable.

(2)  Become Part of & Contribute to the Community:  We haven’t come to the hills to laze around and grow old… There are a million ways we hope to apply ourselves.  PROJECTS

Here’s a fly-over video, description of the landscape, and our initial dreams laid out: 

The land covers around two hectares straddling a buckled jungle-clad mountain range…

It’s a landscape draped in mature fruit forests, lush vivid green paddy fields, palms, and giant trees.

With two natural springs supplying crystal clear waters, a chill mountain river winds its way along our western border… A stone’s throw to the north lies Bali Barat National Park and the extinct but majestic Batukaru Volcano.

The river is dotted with plunge pools. a small waterfall, and swathed in coconut palms. There are two distinct areas of our land;  Upper & Lower.  Each zone is slowly being connected by walkways and jungle paths that, in time we hope will develop into productive botanical gardens.

Building Base Camp: The Cove

The lower levels are where we hope in time to build the main residence… it will be a home but also a base camp for developing and launching projects. The site has three hills that encircle traditional rice paddy terraces. The dream is to create something that sits naturally within this environment, with different zones connected by tropical paths, pools and ponds: Emulating the shape, curves, and form of the rice paddies, a chlorine-free swimming pool will nestle against the house and be fed by a natural spring designed to flow through and back into the paddies.

Temple Ridge, is the name that seems to suit the upper zone.

Getting A Feel For The Landscape:

There are a million challenges ahead and so much to learn! If you’d like to help, have advice or a question   Please get in touch