Multi-day programme
Wellness Retreat Package
Spa, silence and slow mornings: the UAE's quieter luxury, curated: priced per person, refundable in full up to sixty days before travel.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Party size
- 1–20 guests
- From
- $1,525per person, double occupancy
- Destinations covered
- Across the UAE
The destination this programme is filed under. The day-by-day itinerary below names every stop.
The programme
What this trip is
Spa, silence and slow mornings: the UAE's quieter luxury, curated. One booking covers the whole itinerary: hotels, private touring, transfers and the named entries, sequenced so each day builds on the last.
Every package is adjusted to your dates, pace and taste before anything is confirmed. Tell us who is travelling and we will shape it around you.
Multi-day trips live or die on sequencing: which day to spend in the desert, when to see the mosque, where the rest day belongs. That ordering is the craft we sell.
Practicalities, handled: your driver's WhatsApp arrives the evening before with the exact pickup time; the vehicle carries chilled water and chargers; timings flex on the day if a flight, a nap or a whim demands it. Full refund up to sixty days before travel, and you can pay on the day.
In short
- Spa, silence and slow mornings
- Fully customisable before confirmation
- One booking, zero logistics
- Sequenced by people who live here
- WhatsApp support before and during
- Full refund up to sixty days before travel
Line by line
Everything in this programme, itemised
Three columns and no small print: what the published figure covers, what you can add and exactly what it costs, and what sits outside the price with the reason it has to. Every line is this programme's own record; where a line is specified by another of our listings, the source is printed under it so you can go and read it.
Included in the price
Lines: 4
Included: All touring and transfers in a private vehicle
- Private Kia Carnival with professional driver
- Same driver for the whole booking
- Unlimited stops within the booked hours
- Cooled bottled water, cooled towels and free wifi on board
- All fuel, tolls and parking
What that service is, from our Chauffeur for your package (per day) listing
Included: Hand-picked hotels with breakfast
- The included room: Deluxe room (The included tier: hand-picked four/five-star comfort.)
- Accommodation covers the nights between your arrival and departure days, 3 of them on the standard 4-day shape. The exact count follows your flight times and is fixed in the written proposal.
From the room ladder for this programme
Included: Entries to the attractions named in the itinerary
- The entries covered are the ones the day-by-day programme names below. Anything you add beyond them is priced before it is booked.
Named day by day, further down this page
Included: A coordinator on WhatsApp for the whole trip
Optional, at extra cost
Lines: 5
Optional extra: Premium view room
Skyline, sea or fountain: the postcard from your pillow.
$33 per person, per night
From the room ladder for this programme
Optional extra: One-bedroom suite
Separate living room, club-floor perks where offered.
$82 per person, per night
From the room ladder for this programme
Optional extra: Professional photography
A photographer joins your tour: 40+ edited images within 48 hours.
$123 per booking
- Order it at least 24 hours ahead
- Delivered by our partner studio
Published add-on price: the same figure the booking form charges
Optional extra: Celebration setup
Cake, flowers and a decorated vehicle for a birthday, anniversary or surprise.
$109 per booking
- Order it at least 48 hours ahead
- We will ask you for: Name and occasion for the cake
Published add-on price: the same figure the booking form charges
Optional extra: Premium drinks cooler
Fresh juices, laban and soft drinks on ice all day.
$25 per booking
- Order it at least 12 hours ahead
Published add-on price: the same figure the booking form charges
Not included in the price
Lines: 5
Not included: Attraction entry tickets unless listed as included
Not included: Meals and personal expenses unless listed
Not included: Gratuities (appreciated, never expected)
Not included: Travel insurance
arranged for you and quoted separately, because the premium depends on your ages, dates and cover
Quoted in writing before anything is confirmed
Not included: Visa fees where a visa is needed
the authority sets these by passport and length of stay, and we quote them with your proposal
Quoted in writing before anything is confirmed
Travel insurance and any visa fees are quoted with your written proposal, before anything is confirmed. A premium depends on your ages, your dates and the level of cover you want; a visa fee is set by the authority and depends on the passport and the length of stay. Neither figure can sit honestly inside a headline price, so neither is buried in one, and nothing is added at the payment page.
This programme is priced per person on double occupancy, and is adjusted to your dates and party before confirmation.
Add-on
A chauffeur on the free days
This programme includes a car and driver on every touring day. For the days in between, add a chauffeur by the day, in the car you choose.
Touring days already include the car, so a chauffeur is only ever charged on days without a tour.
Beyond the car
Arrive by private jet, or land at the hotel by helicopter
Two ways to open or close this programme that skip the road entirely. Both are quoted to the day and the aircraft, so there is no fixed price to publish, only a real one once we know the mission.
Private jet charter
The aircraft chartered to your dates and party, ground handling arranged at both ends, so the programme can open or close from almost anywhere rather than wherever a schedule happens to fly.
Contact for pricingAsk about thisHelicopter, straight to the hotel
Skip the transfer entirely: a helicopter from the airport direct to the hotel's own helipad where the property allows it, arranged around your programme's arrival.
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Tailor it
Build this trip your way
Every day of the itinerary has alternatives. Flick through them with the arrows. Our recommended plan is pre-selected; bend it until it's yours.
Day 1· recommended
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Day 2· recommended
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Day 3· recommended
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Day 4· recommended
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Day 5· recommended
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Day 6· recommended
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Choose your room
Three honest tiers. Final figures are confirmed with your dates before anything is charged.
Your 6-day plan · Deluxe room
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The practical detail
Pickups, dress, ages, money and the exact cancellation deadline. Everything here is a field on this programme's record or a policy we publish in full; nothing is softened for the page.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Party size
- 1–20 guests
- Pricing basis
- per person, double occupancy
- Touring
- Private: your own vehicle and driver throughout
- Pickup
- Your hotel lobby (pickup included)
- Guiding languages
- English · Urdu · Russian · Hindi · Bengali · Farsi · Pashto
- Confirmation
- A written proposal first, then confirmation, not an instant booking
- Effort
- Easy: suitable for all
- Minimum age
- None set. Tell us the ages and the days are planned around them
- Payment
- Pay on the day, or by card in advance
- Operator
- DET-licensed Dubai tour operator
Your transfers, and a late flight
This programme's price carries your transfers. Which of them meets you at the airport is fixed in your written proposal, and this is the service any of them runs on, including what happens when the plane is late.
Specification taken from our Zayed International to Dubai listing, which is the service this programme's transfers run on.
Read the Zayed International to Dubai listingCancelling, changing, and if a day goes wrong
- Beyond sixty days a programme refunds in full to the original payment method. From thirty-one to sixty days, 75%. From fifteen to thirty days, 50%.
- Inside fourteen days a programme is charged in full, because rooms and inter-city cars are already committed. Over Christmas, New Year and Eid that becomes sixty days, because the rooms themselves are bought non-refundable.
- If we cancel (weather, an authority closure, a vehicle problem), you choose a full refund or a free re-book, and you get the reason in writing. Partner-operated activities are held to the same standard.
- If we cannot reach you within 45 minutes of the pickup time on the day, the booking is treated as a no-show and charged. Keep WhatsApp reachable on travel day and this never happens.
What to bring
- Sunscreen and sunglasses
- Comfortable shoes
Tell us at enquiry about wheelchairs, walking aids, prams, dietary needs or anything that changes the pace. The programme is re-sequenced around it before it is confirmed, rather than apologised for on the day.
Who to call
One coordinator runs your programme from the moment it is confirmed to the airport drop, on WhatsApp. Same thread for a changed plan, a late flight or a table you would rather move; you never re-explain the trip to someone new.
Guide notes for this programme
- Three nights is the honest minimum. Night one you are still arriving, night two you unwind, and the retreat actually happens from day three: two-night versions exist but short-change you.
- Book your signature treatments before you travel. The best therapists and sunset slots go first, and choosing from a full menu beats choosing from what is left.
- Pick desert for silence and stars, coast for sea air and long walks. Guests who try to have both in one short stay usually enjoy neither properly.
- Leave one full afternoon empty on purpose. It will feel wrong when you book it and correct when you are in it.
- The cooler months, typically November to April, give you outdoor yoga and beach mornings; summer still works because the spa day is indoors-led: just expect the outdoor hours to shrink to dawn and dusk.
Asked and answered
Questions guests ask about this programme
The questions that actually come in about Wellness Retreat Package, answered against the itinerary rather than around it.
Where does the retreat actually happen?
We build it around a resort matched to your brief: coastal on Saadiyat or the quieter beaches, deep desert for silence, or near the mangroves for green and birdsong. We shortlist two or three options with honest trade-offs and you choose. The UAE's quietest luxury is rarely the most photographed address.
Is there a fixed programme I have to follow?
No. We pre-book the treatments and classes worth securing, and leave the rest of the day deliberately open. Think of it as a rhythm rather than a timetable: everything after breakfast is adjustable on the day.
Does this work for solo travellers?
Very well, arguably better than for anyone else. Private transfers remove the taxi negotiations, the resorts we use are comfortable places to eat alone, and the itinerary needs no negotiating with a committee. Tell us if you want company on the outing day or none at all.
Can dietary requirements and specific treatments be arranged?
Yes: dietary needs go to the resort before you arrive, and most kitchens here handle vegan, gluten-free and allergy requirements as routine. For treatments, tell us what you want and what to avoid, including pregnancy or medical considerations, and we will confirm what the spa can and cannot do in writing.
Do I need to be fit, or experienced at yoga?
No. Classes at the resorts we use are typically small or private and scale to complete beginners, and walking, swimming and lying very still cover most of the programme. If you have mobility considerations, tell us at booking and we will match the resort and room accordingly.
Is alcohol part of the picture, or is this a dry retreat?
Your call. Licensed venues at the resorts serve alcohol, so a glass of wine at dinner is available if you want it; if you would rather the trip were dry, say so and we will keep the plan clear of bar-led evenings. Neither choice needs explaining to anyone.
Not answered here? Ask before you book, and the written proposal answers it again, in writing, before anything is confirmed.
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