There are more than 17,500 islands in the Indonesian archipelago, but for many wellness travellers, there is just one. From heavenly resorts and spas to healthful restaurants, these are the best wellness retreats in Bali.
Bali has long been a pioneer in health and wellness tourism. Resorts make the most of their dreamy setting with yoga studios, massage parlours, healthful restaurants and spiritual ceremonies to help create a sense of calm. You could spend weeks or months being buffed and polished, having your chakras aligned, saluting the sun and healing your gut, all in the name of feeling good.
Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach
Best for: Gracious ambience and an award-winning spa
As one of the best wellness retreats in Bali, Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach nods to Balinese rice terraces, village craftsmanship and the high regard local people have for nature.
Wellness activities
Sava Spa has been designed to reflect Balinese spirituality and traditions. Softly lit treatment rooms and soothing relaxation zones are set around a Zen pool inspired by the historic Balinese subak irrigation system. The healing hands of the skilful practitioners will take you to seventh heaven. Treatments combine modern holistic natural healing with traditional local wisdom. Activities range from yoga and surf lessons to cooking classes, electric scooter rides and Balinese dress-ups.
Luxury accommodation
Suites, villas and rooms throughout the 4.7-hectare resort have garden or ocean views, and every guest bathroom has a golden basin to invoke the feeling of Seminyak’s thousand-year-old Camplung Tanduk temple and encourage guests to perform their own cleansing rituals.
Dining
Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach overlooks the ocean, so whether you’re unwinding with a cocktail in a bar or lounge (there are four) or dining in one of the restaurants, the rhythmic sounds of the ocean will hold you in a deep state of peace. SugarSand restaurant offers guilt-free Japanese izakaya-style bites created from locally sourced ingredients in a stylish beachside locale.
Gdas Bali
Wellness activities
Gdas Bali Health and Wellness Resort is more than one of the best wellness retreats in Bali; it’s a holistic haven catering to the needs of the mind, body, and soul. The Bali health retreat’s wellness programs are at the heart of this mission. Each program is carefully curated by an expert team of herb specialists, doctors and nutritionists who provide guests with a comprehensive approach to wellbeing. From mindfulness activities such as yoga and meditation to a modern wellness technology including cryotherapy, colonic hydrotherapy, and oxygen therapy.
Luxury accommodation
Gdas Bali boasts accommodation that seamlessly blends luxury with nature. The resort offers two room types across its 27 rooms and villas, from the spacious Grand Deluxe overlooking the rice terraces to private two-storey Prestige Pool Villas nestled within the tropical gardens. Design is inspired by the regal Javanese joglo with its distinct roofs and the traditional houses of Sumatra with their tall stilts and imposing pillars. Each room type provides a serene retreat with natural wood, black stone, and glass ceiling-to-floor windows. Modern amenities include a king-sized bed, rainfall shower, deep soaking tub, and ornaments handmade by local Balinese artisans. All with breathtaking views that inspire an immediate sense of serenity.
Dining
Gdas Bali’s commitment to well-being extends to its culinary offerings. The resort’s Tangi Restaurant offers world-class vegan dishes with fresh, locally sourced ingredients that nourish the body and tantalise all the senses. Vibrant plant-based dishes are served in the dining hall with a striking view of the lush jungle. The menu integrates healthy vegan recipes that represent the long-standing tradition of Balinese cuisine, with every bite nourishing and in keeping with the resort’s ethos of holistic living.
Como Shambhala Estate, Ubud
Best for: A jungle oasis
Meaning ‘place of peace’ in Sanskrit, COMO Shambhala Estate is easily one of the best wellness retreats in Bali. The property is spread across nine hectares just north of Ubud, with eyebrow-arching views over the landscape.
Wellness activities
Think a five-star refuge for luxury travellers seeking to say farewell to stress and hello to a sense of complete spiritual development. This destination spa specialises in wellness programmes and Ayurvedic treatments. Every wellness program here is completely bespoke. Most notable is the tailored Integrated Wellness Path combining modern science with ancient practices. It features a consultation with an expert who then creates a comprehensive and personalised plan to align mind, body and soul. Everything from Ayurvedic massages to deal with stress-related weight gain, to Japanese acupuncture to get subtle energies working is available. Hindu water blessings and chakra healers are just as accessible here as spells in a sauna, steam room or infinity pool. Every day, there’s a schedule of activities to participate in, including biking around rice fields, meditating, attending a Balinese gratuity ceremony, water blessings and sunrise qigong.
Luxury accommodation
Spaces at COMO Shambhala Estate have been lovingly crafted to bring the outdoors in, with creative flair afforded by award-winning architects Cheong Yew Kuan and Koichiro Ikebuchi. Rooms, suites, pool villas and enormous residences are pared back in a patchwork of local stone, wood and traditional alang-alang (thatched) roofing, inspired by the elements of wind, earth, fire, water and forest. A spring that provides fresh mineral water that runs through every hotel tap. The Wanakasa residence, which translates to ‘Forest in the Mist’, is a luxury treehouse with interconnecting rooms around an enormous banyan tree with a private pool.
Dining
It’s a mystery how chefs make raw, organic food taste so delicious. The nutrition-optimised dishes at Glow restaurant are bursting full of fresh ingredients in health bomb combinations. Every bite feels like a healing hug.
REVĪVŌ Wellness Resort Bali
Best for: A balanced retreat
Welcome to REVĪVŌ, a holistic Bali wellness retreat for those who neither want their wellness journey too medical or too boho. At the best wellness retreats in Bali, it’s all about balance.
Luxury accommodation
The three hectares property envelops just 22 private villas crafted by renowned Australian architect Kerry Hill. Known for his Asian tropical flair in design, Hill created grounding spaces of stone, wood and rattan thatch. Each villa is replete with private courtyards and pools.
Dining
The resort’s menu heroes raw foods, fermentation, dehydration and cold-press cooking techniques to lock in nutrients. The end result is delicious plates that are high in protein, low in carbs and sourced from local organic ingredients, many harvested from the on-site permaculture garden.
Wellness activities
At REVĪVŌ, you can immerse yourself in yoga, fitness classes, soothing spa treatments and revitalising emotional therapies. Built upon the belief that the mind shapes your mood and outlook on life, the personalised retreats are designed to empower you. REVĪVŌ presents a range of six Signature Immersive Retreats, allowing you to select one that aligns with your specific goals. With a minimum stay of three nights, each retreat program is tailored to meet your unique wellness requirements, encompassing nutrition, holistic treatments, and targeted workouts. The expansive MOVEŌ fitness centre sprawls across 800 square meters, featuring a Yoga Barn, an outdoor studio for Aerial Yoga, a serene Meditation Room, and a Pilates studio equipped with reformers. Additional facilities include a fitness room with TRX, a fully equipped gym, a 25-metre lap pool for invigorating aqua workouts, rejuvenating jacuzzis, FIR Sauna, hot and cold plunge pools, and 500 square meters of beautifully landscaped park for outdoor exercises.
Raffles Bali
Best for: Beachfront luxury
In Bali’s coastal village of Jimbaran, Raffles Bali promises curated cultural experiences, uninterrupted peace and sublime service. It’s the largest in scale and smallest in room number of any Raffles property in the world. Thirty-two villas are set across 23 hectares of grounds manicured with palms, bodhi trees, naupaka flowers and moringa, an unassuming superfood that grows wild here. Hiking trails weave through the property and lead to the resort’s private beach. All these features and more make this resort one of the best wellness retreats in Bali.
Luxury accommodation
Some villas have a gazebo and private pool with Indian Ocean views. Inside, there’s a harmonious marriage of traditional architecture and Raffles’ signature aesthetic. Rustic rattan furniture and hardwood floors complement the natural surroundings, while a reference to the Indonesian craft of batik (hand-dyed textiles) can be seen in the artisanal tapestries hung on the walls. Every villa has butler service, and they regularly replenish each room with tropical fruit platters and keep guests supplied with strong Javanese tea scented with jasmine flowers, bottles of jamu, a medicinal Indonesian elixir made from roots, herbs, flowers, bark and spices.
Wellness activities
Try private yoga sessions or mindfulness meditation at the outdoor shala within the resort’s intimate spa. Practitioners here also host sunrise and full moon yoga on the beach, Tibetan singing bowl meditation at The Secret Cave, and something called ‘Giri Bhuana meditation’. Reiki energy healing reduces emotional stress by transferring chi through the palms, crystal gems are employed to balance the body’s seven chakras, and the ‘Soul Blessing’ ritual at Raffles Temple delivers the ultimate transformational experience. The ‘Royal Balinese Boreh’ experience is a centuries-old herbal healing ritual that involves the body being slathered in a fragrant mask made using cloves, ginger, turmeric root and powdered rice, to remove dead cells and promote skin circulation.
Dining
Rumari restaurant has a menu is dedicated to progressive Southeast Asian cuisine, with 80 per cent of produce sourced from around the Indonesian archipelago. That might be Canadian lobster with tamarind and a side of rujak, perhaps. Or an organic duck egg with caviar sprinkled with coconut. Each Raffles has its own take on the classic Singapore Sling, a nod to the drink created in the original Singapore hotel in 1915. Here, the Bali Sling muddles local spirit arak with jackfruit and butterfly pea flower.
Alila Manggis
Best for: Retreating into the mountains
Alila Manggis resort is one of the best wellness retreats in Bali, tucked away on the east coast between the ocean and Mount Agung – the island’s most sacred peak. Being at this wellness retreat is like winding back the clock to a time when Bali was less touristed and less developed. Rice fields have the space to thrive, jungle reclaims monkey-dotted temples and villagers still practice age-old crafts. Take the time to trek through the paddies and you may see a group of women weaving batik on ancient looms while children run gleefully down narrow lanes.
Luxury accommodation
The resort embraces traditional design, brought to life by lauded Australian architect Kerry Hill AO, known for specialising in ‘tropical’ hotel design across Asia. Think steeply pitched pavilion roofs, shaded walkways and an abundance of water features, affectionately dubbed the ‘Kerry Hill touch’. Manggis unites these elements across its serene rooms and suites, which sit among a grove of tall coconut palms.
Wellness activities
Mountain and his wife, Ni Made Suyani, are a Balinese healer and a priest, respectively. They visit Alila Manggis to host ‘Water Purification’ ceremonies. Over the course of three hours, guests in their care meditate together and practice yoga nidra, an intensely calming ritual that seems to pause time. The purification element of the ritual uses water from three sources: the ocean, a spring and a well. At the spa, try a Shirodhara massage that draws on 5000 years of Indian healing wisdom; it uses warmed, medicated oils that are poured softly onto the third eye to inspire deep relaxation. Many of the therapies available utilise local produce, such as ground Balinese coffee beans to exfoliate, housemade lulur powder (sandalwood, fennel seed, star anise, eaglewood and fenugreek) to cleanse, and young coconut to nourish. The roster of activities of includes visits to fishing villages, paddy treks, cycling down Agung, and learning to cook like the locals.
Dining
Many ingredients from the spa also star on the menu at Seasalt, named after a salt farm in nearby Goa Lawah. The signature dining experience here is known as the Megibung. The traditional meal shares food with friends and family during village festivals and ceremonies in east Bali. Rice is served on a carved timber stand called a Dulang, with a parade of other dishes added to the mix: duck or chicken cooked in banana leaves, satay skewers and vegetables. It’s the perfect way to get a taste for the region while embracing local culture and traditions, something that is embedded in the Alila ethos.
Escape Haven at Echo Beach, Canggu
Best for: Design-driven bliss
Escape Haven is a design-driven yoga retreat. The women-only sanctuary is within walking distance of Canggu’s famed surf beaches, boutique shops and eclectic cafes, whilst still offering a private oasis. Founder Janine Hall launched Escape Haven as part of her dream “to create an experience that makes women feel supported and nurtured as they travel through life.”
Luxury accommodation
The 17 suites are inspired by different Balinese goddesses, and all have a unique colour scheme. Locals have hand-carved wooden bedheads and created the striking artwork. Belgian linen, black-out curtains, and hand-blended natural shower products add to the fine luxe touches.
Dining
All meals are included in the stay and might include green juice and baked eggs for breakfast; organic salads for lunch; and chicken satay with fiery sambal for dinner. Learn how to recreate the recipe at home with an on-site cooking class, or join one of the other activities on offer, but nothing is prescriptive or forced.
Wellness activities
Wellness packages are guided by your focus – from Revive Surf, Refresh Yoga, Fusion Fitness, Detox, Ayurveda or Pilates packages. The recovery centre has an infrared sauna, Moroccan-style ice plunge pool and an eight-seat jacuzzi. The exquisite spa treatment rooms are specially designed around its Bali surroundings, offering unlimited spa treatments in the expert hands of professional therapists.
Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Beach Resort
Best for: East-meets-West opulence
Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua unites the brand’s French heritage with its Indonesian island setting: cool marble and stone alongside local timbers and alang-alang thatching; dreamy daybeds shaded by fragrant frangipani and palm trees; immaculate attention to detail but a barefoot-luxe vibe.
Luxury accommodation
The resort’s lagoon pools are connected by a meandering swim lane, and we suggest booking a room with direct water access for the full experience. Every stay comes with attentive butler service, while in-room dining offers a signature floating breakfast, an artful spread of eggs, fresh juices, flutes of bubbly, and vibrant tropical fruits. Despite hosting over 400 rooms, suites, and villas, the resort feels remarkably serene, thanks to its vast, thoughtfully designed grounds.
Wellness activities
Breakfast may be too early for the swim-up cocktail bar, but its the perfect time to reserve a treatment at Sofitel Spa. Try a Balinese massage in an open-air shala by the beach. The spa’s menu includes hot-stone massages infused with essential oils, nourishing body wraps, and tip-to-toe exfoliation rituals. Guests are also invited to take part in a solemn offering at a temple located within the resort’s grounds.
Dining
There are several options when it comes time to refuel. A highlight is Cucina, a Mediterranean-style affair overseen by the chef Patrizia Battolu and her team. Every Sunday from 11am to 3pm, the Cucina Brunch is held: bubbles and cocktails flow, there’s live music, and savoury canapés and fine cheeses are passed around.
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Soulshine Bali
This Ubud health retreat’s take on wellness is all about “sparking joy”. Rooted in barefoot luxury with a touch of rock and roll, musician Michael (of Spearhead fame) and his wife (a former nurse) have built one of the best wellness retreats in Bali from scratch. The property mixes the modern with a classic Bali aesthetic, creating a magical place to press reset. With three stunning pools, two restaurants, a full-service spa and four yoga shalas, Soulshine believes it’s just as essential to connect to your inner soul on a yoga mat, to let your heart soar on the dance floor or enjoy farm-to-table food grown right on site.
Every one of the 33 stunning rooms with views of the rice fields and lush tropical gardens – some that feature large terrazzo tubs – are dressed in a touch of retro chic. It’s all in the attention to detail. From the outside with pillars hand-carved by local artisans, to the interior styling with music nods like a Marley turntable, Bluetooth Marshall speakers, and a maxi bar for recreating signature cocktails. The Soulshine Sky Suite comes with a private pool, infrared sauna and its main bedroom overlooks the jungle. Eat, Play & Love Yourself is one of their mottos, and they host retreats such as yoga, Pilates, dance, writing, and photography, including Michael’s ‘Soulrocker Music Experience’.
Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
At Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, the Sacred River Spa is set in the lush jungle of the Ayung River Valley of Ubud, a place whose name originates from the word for ‘medicine’ (ubad) in Balinese. Its focus is on the blending of Ubud’s healing power with niskala (unseen energy) to sekala (seen energy). Its Balinese Healing Rituals aim to restore balance from the inside out, creating spiritual experiences that affect physical change.
The Chakra Ceremony at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan is designed to align each of the body’s seven main chakra points. Frequent travelers may be guided toward the 120-minute Muladhara ritual, intended to cleanse and ground with the rhythms of the Earth. The journey begins with a Balinese Kemenyan smoke ceremony and the resonant tones of a pure quartz crystal singing bowl tuned to 432 hertz, known as the “intonation of nature.” A deep, unhurried massage follows, infused with locally grown ginger, cinnamon, and vetiver. With balance restored, guests can explore the resort’s array of cultural experiences. In addition to 18 suites and 42 pool villas, this seven-hectare sanctuary is home to rice fields tended by a local farmer, who welcomes visitors to learn about his traditional way of life.
Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay
There is just so much beauty to be found at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay. Set within a secluded corner of the 14-hectare property, a massage pavilion perched on a cliff overlooks a small private beach, one of many reasons this destination is considered among the finest wellness retreats in Bali. The all-villa Jimbaran Bay property complements its sister resort in Sayan perfectly. In place of Ubud’s jungles and rice fields, guests here are embraced by the waves and golden sands of Bali’s southwestern coast. At the heart of the experience is the Healing Village Spa, dedicated to realigning the physical body, reconnecting with the energetic world, and restoring the inner self. Wellness journeys may begin in the cliff-top bale with a session of AntiGravity Yoga. Suspended in silk hammocks, participants invert and stretch with ease, rediscovering the carefree joy of childhood play before concluding with a meditative cocooned rest. From there, the oceanfront spa offers treatments rooted in the interdependent Balinese principles of sekala (the seen) and niskala (the unseen). The Aroma Chakra Balance Massage blends fragrant oils, crystals, sound, and breathwork into a harmonious ritual designed to restore equilibrium.
The Apurva Kempinski Bali
Balance has also been built into the five-star hideaway in the chic enclave of Nusa Dua, The Apurva Kempinski Bali. Its terraced design is inspired by the traditional subak system that not only irrigates the rice fields but exemplifies the principle of Tri Hita Karana. This concept means ‘three causes of prosperity’ in Sanskrit or the relationship between God, humans and the natural world. At the centre of the resort, waterfalls flank the 250-step Grand Staircase, itself paying homage the mother temple of Pura Besakih. The herbal tonic jamu is a core feature of the Apurva Spa’s 10 multi-day Signature Treatment, based on Javanese traditions. Each revolves around one of the four stages of life: Remaja (Adolescence), Dewasa (Adulthood), Mahligai Kasih (Married Life) and Tenteram (Post-Adulthood). The treatments combine lulur body scrub (said to be the beauty secret of Javanese royalty) and brightening facials with a daily dose of jamu.
After open-air yoga and meditation designed to realign the chakras, guests may journey to Pura Geger for the melukat purification ritual. The path pauses at Beji, where holy water is used for cleansing before entering the temple. On rare occasions, visitors may be greeted by a troop of monkeys, a sign, according to tradition, that they arrive with pure hearts. The ceremony unfolds in sets of three, honouring the Trimurti, the supreme trinity of Hindu deities. Participants flick coconut water over their heads, sip from their hands, and place grains of rice upon the third eye before tasting a small portion, symbolising the acceptance of blessings. Immersed in the sacred traditions of the Island of the Gods, body and spirit are restored to a state of peace and harmony, echoing the promise of Bali’s finest wellness retreats.
Fivelements Retreat Bali
From chakra cleansing to cave meditation, there’s not much that isn’t on the menu at Fivelements Retreat. Along the sacred Ayung River, the wellness resort’s curvilinear buildings are crafted from sustainable local materials ringed by tropical gardens. It’s here that staff pluck flowers and herbs – ginger, turmeric, limes – used in vegetarian meals and spa treatments. Oranges and limes are pressed for bath rituals and ylang ylang and frangipani blossoms are added to tonics for fragrant facials. Between the weird and wonderful therapies and calming rooms, you won’t want to leave.
Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
As the ultimate destination for spiritual restoration and healing, Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve offers one of the best wellness retreats in Bali. Allow the melody of the flowing Ayung River to lull you into a state of complete relaxation within the spa, where guests can stretch at the yoga pavilion, achieve mindfulness at the meditation temple and float in the vitality pool. Comprehensive Balinese-inspired treatments and ‘Disconnect to Reconnect’ wellness programs are also on offer, with body wraps, massages and facials incorporating locally sourced products and herbal remedies. Embrace the elements of nature during a Fire or a Water Blessing Ritual led by a resort priest. Both rituals combine sacred ceremonial practices to purify the mind, body and soul. Cast unwanted thoughts into the fire by tossing grains and other foods into the flames, or wash away negative energies through a divine cleansing at the spa temple.
Maya Ubud Resort & Spa
Sprawled across 18 lush hectares, Maya Ubud Resort & Spa lies within Bali’s cultural heart and is dedicated to providing invigorating wellness experiences. Many of the restorative spa treatments take place in the private treatment pavilions, nestled amongst flourishing rainforest and tranquil surrounds to optimise total calm. Here, guests are treated to massage therapies, tropical facials and programs including Tibetan bowls and healing crystals. Aptly named, the immersive Yoga Wall class is designed to improve balance and flexibility using a specialised wall harness to ensure stability while engaging in stretching exercises.
Anantara Uluwatu Bali Resort
Escape to a sanctuary of serenity at Anantara Uluwatu Bali Resort, one of the best wellness retreats in Bali for reconnecting with nature. Signature Healing Rituals are led by master Balinese healers, focusing on achieving inner harmony through Reiki sessions, Kundalini and Tantra dances and soothing sound therapies. For a deeper and longer-lasting effect, multi-day wellness retreats are available in the cliffside spa. Juice cleanses, nourishing cuisine, fitness regimens and herbal infusions are the perfect remedies for inner peace and rejuvenation.
Six Senses Uluwatu, Bali
Find your Zen at Six Senses Uluwatu, Bali, where traditional Balinese massage treatments and holistic wellness programs await. Engage in a non-invasive detoxification through yogic cleansing, purifying therapies and practices targeting the mind and body. Get your daily dose of mindfulness with a private Hatha yoga class at the outdoor pavilion, guided meditation sessions and breathing exercises. If you prefer a more distinctive yet targeted experience, the resort also offers culinary, music and yoga-specific retreats. Combining futuristic technology and expert practice, personalised spa treatments and bespoke programs can be tailor-made to your particular needs and preferences. Whether that includes a sleep-based regimen, locally inspired spa therapies, fitness-focused classes or women-only experiences, everything is on the menu during your customised wellness journey. For a truly indulgent treatment, opt for the Lulur Body Scrub – a remedial cleanse using ground rice, fragrant spices and yoghurt to soothe, concluding with an herbal bath.
This article originally appeared in volume 34 of Signature Luxury Travel & Style magazine, and was updated in August 2025. Be the first to see more exclusive online content by subscribing to the enewsletter below.
