You’ll delight at the little touches that make this such a special place – the yoga mats; the herbal tea selection; even the bath products are handmade using ingredients from the resort’s organic coconut plantation.
It’s all part of a commitment not only to the wellbeing of its guests, but to that of the environment, too.
So even if your own air miles amount to a little more than you’d like, you can rest in the knowledge that virtually everything you find when you get here has travelled no air miles at all.
Perhaps that’s why everything at The Farm tastes so good.
It’s no surprise the chefs here source almost every ingredient from the grounds. The extensive organic garden and neighbouring kitchen garden are harvested daily, and with extraordinary dedication to the cause, custom-designed dehydrators are used to preserve the nutritional properties of the food.
There’s even a wheat grass bungalow to ensure the juice of this celebrated superfood is the freshest you’re ever likely to taste.
Taking a table on the tree-shaded deck outside Alive! – The Farm’s critically acclaimed restaurant – you feel better just by glancing at the menu.
Only raw food will pass your lips here, unsullied by the processing and cooking techniques endemic in modern Western diets. The chefs at Alive! have acquired something of a cult status among enlightened foodies, so the Raw! cookbook was a natural step.
Embracing the philosophy that luxury is as much about equilibrium as it is about indulgence, The Farm really does change you.
Ensconced in a modern-day Eden, soothed by the sights and sounds of nature and cossetted by superb service, you can’t help but begin to plan your return. Or, at least, ponder the changes you could make to your own existence when it’s time to go home.
They say the journey is more important than the destination. When it’s a healing journey like this one, who needs a destination at all?
By Alex Moss