Perfect for anyone looking to relax and rejuvenate, your 3 night wellness retreat in the wilds of Wales includes outdoor experiences designed to encourage mindfulness and sharing. Unplug from the demands and crowds of your everyday. Meet like-minded souls and share new adventures together. Most of all, take this time to focus on your own well-being.
As featured in National Geographic Traveller’s Go Wild in the Country: Eight New Adventure Tours in the UK for 2021
4 days of natural wellness, zero-hassle and all this included:
- Immerse yourself in nature to escape your daily stresses
- 3 nights accommodation in beautifully-appointed Persian Alachighs tents
- Daily yoga class focused on mindfulness, meditation and breath
- Stand up paddleboarding on the beautiful waterways of the River Wye
- Foraging to forge a deeper connection with nature
- Storytelling around the campfire
- Stargazing under the dark Welsh sky
- Simple, wholesome food provided every day, all your meals included
- Car parking for the duration of your stay
- Professional local guide
- Voluntary trail clean in association with Trash Free Trails
- 1 native tree planted in our woodland
Plus flexible booking terms as part of our Adventure Promise, including instalment payments to spread the cost of your adventure.
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Watch this video for a taste of wild wellness.
For adventurers who:
Want time to harmonise their mind, body and soul on a sustainable natural wellness retreat in the UK. No experience of any activities is needed.
Perfect for solo travellers or bring along a friend to share this small group experience. Age 18+ only.
Day 1
Relax, we’ve got you
Arrive in Llanvair Discoed ready to check in to your cosy Persian tent between 16:00 and 17:00. If you require transfers from the airport, train station or ferry port, please do contact us to make arrangements prior to travelling.
Home from home
Your home for the weekend is a custom-made alachigh set amongst the lush hills of Monmouthshire. You’ll be surrounded by the sights and sounds of the woods, farm and fields including a beautiful Site of Special Scientific Interest. Each tent has comfortable beds, complete with luxurious bedding and blankets to keep you cosy at night. With the log burner lit, nowhere has a greater sense of hygge.
Our venue has everything you need to make your nature retreat just perfect:
– communal fire pits for captivating storytelling
– outdoor seating for gazing upwards at the starry sky
– hot showers to get you set for the day ahead
– communal tents for yoga practice and group experiences
Campfire stories
After a delicious wholesome evening meal together, our local storyteller will welcome you to Wales with mythical tales around the campfire. From fiery dragons to Tylwyth Teg, our mischievous fairy folk, Wales is a country rich in folklore.
Day 2
Wholesome & soulful
Breakfast is a simple and social affair of cereals and fresh fruits served in the cabin.
Once breakfast has settled, relax into your first outdoor yoga session. Focusing on creating a sense of mindfulness, a gentle meditative flow is the perfect way to begin your day with a sense of calm. Learning the art of Pranayama breath control in yoga provides an invaluable tool to take away from your wellness retreat, empowering you to maintain that sense of calm in other areas of your daily life.
The purpose of your wild wellness retreat is to allow you to create time and space for yourself. So after yoga, enjoy time to yourself before rejoining the group for a delicious lunch.
A natural balance
After lunch we’ll take you to the nearby River Wye. Here you’ll experience the zen art of stand up paddleboarding (SUP) in the tranquil setting of the Wye Valley waterways. Surrounded by nature, use your new yoga balance and breathing techniques to help you maintain the perfect position and paddle effortlessly. The simple art of balance is a powerful act of mindfulness, empowering you to close out all distractions and truly focus your mind.
All fired up
Back at your woodland retreat take time to relax. Perhaps explore the wildlife areas on-site or simply kick back with a good book, before enjoying delicious rustic pizzas from the wood-fired pizza oven.
Relax after dinner under the stillness of the dark skies and the ethereal beauty of the stars above.
Day 3
Nature’s bounty
Breakfast will be served in the communal tent as usual before setting out on a gentle walk around the retreat site with your foraging guide.
The retreat site is set within a 3 acres of semi-ancient woodland, rich with wild plant life. Explore the grounds to learn which of nature’s wild plants are edible and which have healing powers, and discover how to harness their delicious taste and health benefits.
As the seasons change, so do plants. So what may produce a great flower in spring, can go on to bear delicious fruits in autumn. Others have tangy leaves in the summer, perfect for a wild salad or a soothing herbal tea, while their roots impart delicious flavours in the winter months.
Understand the delicate balance of nature’s own larder and you’ll feel so much more connected to the Earth. Once you’ve learned to forage, every walk becomes a mindful act and a wonderful meditation in its own way as you study your surroundings for a seasonal taste.
Gathering up your harvest, together we’ll prepare something delicious that you can take away as a delicious memory of your Wild Wellness Retreat. Perhaps a blackberry vinegar or an elderflower cordial, depending on what you forage.
And breathe…
Enjoy a tasty lunch before your second yoga class of the retreat. Continuing to work on mindfulness, meditation and breath, you’ll learn the tools to continue your practice long after your wellness retreat is over.
As you know by now, time for yourself is as important as your shared group experiences. So take a short break to enjoy your natural surroundings.
The wild kitchen
Dinner this evening will be a hands-on event! You will be supplied with a plentiful range of local seasonal produce, so you can work together to prepare a delicious feast. Once prepped, you will gather around a crackling campfire to cook. It’s a simple pleasure, yet one that’s been all but lost from our 21st century lives. Chop, chat, simmer and smile as you work together to create something special. A celebration of nature. A celebration of friends.
Marshmallows & chocolate
With a full stomach and a full heart, kick back around the fire. Toast marshmallows and sip hot chocolate as you bask in this wonderful outdoor life you’ve become one with. We encourage you to look back on your experience and contemplate together how you’ll take away the things you’ve learned.
This is more than a retreat, this is a toolkit for a more mindful life. One where your mind, body and soul are harmonised with nature. Your life, rewilded.
Day 4
A new beginning
Take your final morning at your leisure. Enjoy breakfast together in the cabin and spend a little time relaxing in the wilds of Wales one final time. Expect the retreat to wrap up around 10:00.
After a soulful few days together, share the hugs and share your details. Making new friends is to be cherished.
What's included
- Immerse yourself in nature to escape your daily stresses
- 3 nights accommodation in beautifully-appointed Persian alachighs tents
- Daily yoga class focused on mindfulness, meditation and breath
- Stand up paddleboarding on the beautiful waterways of the River Wye
- Foraging to forge a deeper connection with nature
- Storytelling around the campfire
- Stargazing under the dark Welsh sky
- Simple, wholesome food provided every day, all your meals included
- Car parking for the duration of your stay
- Professional local guides
- Voluntary trail clean in association with Trash Free Trails
- 1 native tree planted in our woodland
What you need to bring
- Comfortable walking boots or shoes
- Warm layers, especially for sitting outdoors in the evening
- Hat and gloves – to stay extra cosy in the evening
- Waterproof jacket – the weather is changeable in Wales so it’s advisable to bring one, even in summer
- Sun cream, sun glasses, insect repellent and a sun hat
- Swimwear, to wear under the wetsuit we provide for your SUP experience
- Old trainers or neoprene shoes, to wear in the water for your SUP experience
- Yoga mat (optional – we can provide if needed)
- Towel
- Head torch, to make finding your way around at night easier!
Supercharge your retreat
Give your retreat an extra boost with these optional extras. Simply make your selections at Stage 2 of checkout when you book online:
- Private tent for 2: bring a friend and reserve a beautiful bell tent for just the two of you
- Private tent for 1: a limited number of basic solo tents with shared facilities are available – please call to enquire
- Return transfers: if you’re travelling by air, rail or ferry – please contact us to discuss your requirements
What you need to know
- Enjoy the reassurance of flexible booking terms, part of our Adventure Promise
- Bookings close 4 to 6 weeks prior to departure, or as soon as places fill
- You must be 18 years or over to join this adventure
- Expect to be outdoors most of the time, this is a natural wellness retreat after all!
- Please arrive for check in between 16:00 and 17:00
- The very large tents are shared with no more than 4 same-gender people per tent.
- The total group size will not exceed 15 to ensure you enjoy a small group experience
Getting Here
Getting Here
By Air
- The closest international airport to Llanfair Discoed is Bristol Airport
- It is approximately a 1 hour taxi transfer from the airport to your retreat or alternatively travel by rail to Chepstow and follow the By Rail instructions below
By Rail
- The closest train station to Llanfair Discoed is Chepstow Station
- From Chepstow Station, it is a 20 min taxi transfer to your retreat
By Road
- Llanfair Discoed is located less than 30 minutes from the A5, and less than 1.5 hours from the M56 and less than 3 hours from the M54 motorways
- Free parking is available on site for the duration of your stay
If you require assistance with arranging taxi transfers, please get in touch with a member of our team
Carbon Footprint
This trip is 22kg CO2e per person, which is 5.4kg CO2e per day. We calculate the per person value by using the average group size, which is 6 for this adventure. As a 4 day single-centre retreat in off-grid accommodation, this is one of our most carbon efficient trips.
Take a look at how your trip measures up:
- 67.7% food: your caterer has been carefully selected based on their commitment to sourcing local produce, organically produced wherever possible. This means that not only will you enjoy fresh, seasonal and locally produced food, but its impact on the environment is as minimal as possible
- 2% accommodation: the off-grid retreat site is set within a 20 acre smallholding, rich with wild plant life.They have sustainable living projects which include growing our own food, planting native tree species, and restoring our natural wetland areas
- 24% transport: the only transport required for this trip is to your stand up paddle-boarding experience in LLangollen. All other activities are based on site
- 5% activities: activities on this trip like yoga and foraging are completely carbon free!
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