Over ons
Eerst een tuin, dan gebouwen
Een boetiek wellness- en retraiteoord in Noord-Bali
Alamanda began as a family garden on the hill behind Kalibukbuk, and the buildings came afterwards, which is why the planting is older than the walls and keeps arriving through them.
It is deliberately small. Twelve units, one Shala, two pools, one kitchen. At that size the team knows everyone's name by the second morning, breakfast can be late, and a retreat group can take the whole place without displacing a hotel's worth of other guests.
We are not a resort with a yoga class on the timetable. The practice, the food and the garden are the same project, run by people who live in Buleleng and intend to still be here in twenty years.
- Where
- Lovina · North Bali
- Rooms
- 12 eenheden
- Shala
- 24 matten
- Retreats
- Tot 20
Hoe wij werken
Vier dingen waar we aan vasthouden
Small on purpose
Twelve units. We have turned down every plan to build more.
Local by default
Teachers, therapists, drivers and crew are all from North Bali.
Honest about what we are not
No beach club, no spa palace, no nightlife. Lovina at nine in the evening is quiet.
Water and waste
Filtered refill stations instead of plastic bottles, and garden greywater irrigation.
Gasten
In hun eigen woorden
“We kwamen voor vier nachten en hebben alles omgegooid om er elf te blijven. De ochtendpraktijk, dan de zee. Ik heb nog nooit zo geslapen.”
Marieke · Utrecht
“Ik bracht veertien leerlingen mee. De Shala, het eten en het team maakten mijn taak bijna overbodig, ik kon gewoon lesgeven.”
Élodie · Retreat facilitator, Lyon
“Noord-Bali is een ander eiland. Rustige wegen, dolfijnen om zes uur, en deze tuin om naar terug te keren.”
James · Melbourne