About 5Eyes nature-lab
Meet Danti and Jonathan
Hi, we are Danti & Jonathan, co-founders of 5eyes nature-lab. We met in Bali in 2009 have lived worked and travelled together, East and West. Beginning 5eyes nature-lab was an experiment in living off the land and innovating with building, growing, recycling and sustainable practices.
This has become home for our adopted son James, and his grandparents (Danti’s parents) who live with Danti and PJ on the farm, and contribute extensively to helping develop our vision
Together, we warmly invite you to experience 5eyes nature-lab first-hand.
Selamat Datang (welcome)
5eyes nature-lab – Our Story
We arrived in Bogor in 2016 with a simple hope: to reconnect with nature, with tradition, and with the slower, hands-on ways people once lived. We didn’t come with a perfect plan—just a desire to grow, to build, and to learn. What followed was a journey full of challenges, experiments, and unexpected lessons.
Building here wasn’t easy. Securing land, constructing spaces, establishing forest gardens and integrated farm systems—all of it tested us. Our early vision was idealistic and, honestly, a little unclear. We tried many things that didn’t work. We failed, restarted, redesigned, and kept going.
But through every misstep and breakthrough, something important emerged: a clearer understanding of what 5eyes nature-lab is truly meant to be.
We are Danti and PJ, and we’d love to welcome you to 5eyes nature-lab—
a small corner of Bogor where nature, nurture, and curiosity meet.
Danti
Danti Tarigan is an unstoppable force of hospitality, ingenuity, and innovation, spearheading 5EyesFarm-Lab with unmatched passion and expertise. With a solid background in business and hospitality, Danti’s work seamlessly integrates experimental development and exceptional management skills, making her a visionary leader in the field.
Engineer by instinct, chef by delight, hostess by heart. Part mechanic, part designer, part builder—fully maker. A guide when the path bends, a mother loving wife always. Beneath it all, a creature of pure instinct and grit: just an animal, and proud of it. 🜁
Jonathan (PJ)
A passionate educator both in and outside the classroom with extensive experience teaching in multicultural contexts. Jonathan loves writing and is interested in practically everything.
Reader of worlds, writer of possibilities.Dreamer in daylight, teacher by calling. A quiet seer, a wandering philosophat, a theologue with ink-stained thoughts. Father, loving husband, and—when the wind permits—just a kite, lifted by whatever sky he’s given. 🜂
