Travel news: LUX Resorts & Hotels and SALT Resorts launch new experiential wellness journeys

This summer,  LUX* Resorts & Hotels and SALT Resorts will launch a constellation of ‘Collectable Wellness Experiences’, designed to send holiday guests on a voyage of self-care and holistic healing. Each eco-minded journey has been curated by the resorts’ wellness experts, guaranteeing an immersion in nature and the destination. Healthy cuisine, sunrise yoga, natural highs and therapeutic spa treatments count among the restorative perks of these travel experiences.

Although we may not be able to travel to these places right now, this is definately a list to bookmark for future holiday inspiration!

The Spirit of Island Living: LUX* Le Morne Resort, Mauritius

At LUX* Le Morne Resort, guests will be whisked away in a wooden pirogue (a traditional Mauritian fishing boat) for a snorkelling expedition starring neon sea life. A member of the resort team will double up as the local guide, regaling participants with insightful tales of the island and its history. Back on dry land, the experience includes a garden-to-glass cocktail class in the resort’s emerald herb gardens, ending on a high note with a vegan dessert. Ticking off fitness and eco-protection in one go, guests can enjoy plogging (a Swedish pursuit combining jogging and litter collection) in the Black River Gorges National Park, home to endangered wildlife and more than 700 species of endemic flora and fauna.

Luxury Outback: LUX* Belle Mare Resort & Villas, Mauritius

At the LUX* Belle Mare Resort & Villas, the Luxury Outback experience begins with sunrise horse riding amid spectacular blue-and-gold scenery, followed by a cooling coconut water (starring home-grown coconuts) at the resort’s lush on-site farm, Aubergine. Guests will go foraging for holistic treasure: plucking herbs and plants from the farm, learning how to prepare them in a personalised body scrub, then enjoying a 75-minute spa experience utilising their just-picked plunder at the Farm Shed. Continuing the healthy indulgence, the resort’s chef will rustle up a doctor-approved lunch.

Hug Me Honey: LUX* Grand Gaube Resort & Villas, Mauritius

Life is sweet at LUX* Grand Gaube Resort & Villas, whose in-house honey-bee apiary lends its golden nectar to the restaurant menus and LUX* Me Spa. On the Hug Me Honey experience, guests will visit the eight hives, home to around 240,000 industrious bees, and learn all about the resort’s beekeeping efforts. Next up, there will be a skin-pleasing honey-scrub-making session, followed by a honey cocktail and a honey-paired dinner, curated by the executive chef. Guests will also be treated to a beekeeping kit, so that they can build their own urban beehive back home. What a buzz.

The Sea’s Healing Powers: LUX* South Ari Atoll Resort & Villas, Maldives

Guests at LUX* South Ari Atoll Resort & Villas are invited to reconnect with Mother Earth. There’ll be a grounding ceremony, followed by a dazzling snorkelling trip to the coral farm with the resort’s marine biologist. Here, guests will discover the vital role of thalassic fauna in the marine ecosystem. After a refreshing dip in the azure Indian Ocean, muscles will be soothed with a 30-minute marine-salt body scrub and a 45-minute back-and-neck massage, featuring an organic Maldivian sand poultice. The experience ends with a blissful sunset meditation on a traditional dhoni cruise.

Be Light & Be You: LUX* North Malé Atoll Resort & Villas, Maldives

At LUX* North Malé Atoll Resort & Villas guests will have the opportunity to take a holistic approach to their wellbeing with a duo of experiences designed to quieten the mind, body and soul and to encourage the prioritisation of self-care in all forms.  The Be Light experience combines detoxifying massage treatments with gentle movement to eliminate toxins from the body, reduce fatigue and clear the mind.  Guests of the Be You experience will learn to build self-acceptance and balance through a series of mindfulness practices such as sunset yoga, Tibetan Sound Healing and breathwork together with nourishing body scrub, body wrap and facial treatments aimed to leave the body feeling replenished and rejuvenated.

Life on the River: LUX* Chongzuo, Guangxi, China

Liquid thrills and natural connections are combined in this immersive experience from LUX* Chongzuo, Guangxi which prompts guests to adopt and enjoy a slower pace of life. The adventure begins with a leisurely bamboo-raft trip down the Mingshi River, with delicately flavoured tea served on board as guests admire the diverse wildlife and the local people going about their daily life in the Guangxi Province. There will also be an opportunity to salute the sun as it rises over achingly beautiful karst limestone formations, with a locally sourced lunch served afterwards in the open fields.

Wellness in the Wild: LUX* Tea Horse Road Lijiang, Sangushui & Benzilan, China

Encompassing a trio of LUX* pearls, this world-class experience delivers an unrivalled off-grid journey. Guests begin their wellness journey in the comfort of LUX* Tea Horse Road Lijiang, with a pu’er tea-tasting workshop. There will be time to soak up the serenity of the surroundings, before enjoying a plant-based, Naxi-style dinner, inspired by the season.

The next day, a three-hour drive leads to LUX* Tea Horse Road Sangushui, where the local forest sets the scene for holistic pampering: a restorative yoga and meditation session backdropped by shimmering natural springs. The following morning, the journey continues to LUX* Tea Horse Road Benzilan. En route, there will be an opportunity to pause at beautiful Napa Lake, which is nestled in the valley of a mountain plateau looming 3,200 metres above ground. Home to rare black-necked cranes in winter, Napa Lake changes with the seasons. At the resort, taste buds will be treated to a plant-based Tibetan dinner, paired with wine made from locally grown grapes. On the final morning, a sunrise yoga session will take place poolside, followed by a leisurely lunch served with yak-butter tea.

Mindfulness the SALT way: SALT of Palmar, Mauritius

Guests at SALT of Palmar are encouraged to soothe mind, body and soul via this holistic pampering experience. Delivering inner and outer glow, highlights include a detoxifying, plant-based lunch and a glow-getter SALT facial. Next up: nature bathing in Bras D’Eau forest. The resort’s wellness coach will give guests a guided tour with meditation and gentle stretching, followed by a Brahma Kumaris ritual.

For more information or to make a reservation, email reservation@theluxcollective.com