Retreat Homes in the Forest

In search of the perfect retreat/vacation/retirement homes.....? Deep in the rainforest hills of Pahang, Malaysia, you can buy a plot of 1 acre land for USD 150,000 and build your dream vacation home or retirement home here.

The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat

The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat is an integrated luxury wellness and spa retreat in Tambun Ipoh. This 5 star retreat is situated on a 16 acres valley nestled within a cluster of towering limestone hills, natural caves, rainforest jungle, waterfalls, and geothermal hot springs. It is a self-contained sanctuary consisting of 25 luxury villas offering holistic wellness and spa experiences inspired by authentic Malaysia practices.

It is located at Tambun in the Malaysian state of Perak. It's just a 15 minutes drive from Ipoh city. It is 2 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur.

We checked into The Banjaran Hotspring Retreat during Chinese New Year season and have the resort almost all by overselves. With only 25 villas (Garden Villas and Water Villas), this is a no kids allowed retreat for couples. We checked into our Water Villa 19 and were impressed with the quality of interior design and furnitures. There's a private plunge pool and a jacuzzi that piped in with filtered natural hotspring water for our enjoyment......

The facilities of the resort is unique.

• Geothermal Hot Springs Dipping Pools


• Thermal Steam Cave


• Meditation Cave


• Ice Bath


• Outdoor Rainforest Shower


• Garra Rufa Dr Fish Pool


• Antioxidant Restoration Treatment


• Fitness Centre


• Crystal Cave


• Freeform Swimming Pool


• Spa & Wellness Centre


• The Pomelo Spa Cuisine Restaurant

We enjoyed our staying here as the resort environment is very natural. We woke up at 7am to try out the steam cave for half an hour. We were sweating all over until we got out for a outdoor rainforest shower. It was refreshing. Afterwhich, we dipped into the Hot Spring Dipping Pool at 41 degree Celcius for half an hour. While enjoying in the hot spring pool, you can see the steam coming out from the hot spring almost dancing like under the wind... This is an eco-friendly resort with green practice since its conception, and is incorporated throughout the retreat.

The restaurant serves very healthy food. There is a juice bar and wine cellar located in one of the many caves in the retreat. The Spa is okay and can be improved. As this was a short trip for us, we will definately be back to try out other treatments.

We definately recommend this very exclusive retreat to couples who is looking for a weekend getaway. This is a very unique resort that others can match.

http://www.thebanjaran.com/

Weekend Retreat in Mont'Kiara KL

Living in the city in modern days are stressful especially if you are working in the competitive corporate world, struck in traffic jam while on the road, do weekly grocery shopping at crowded shopping malls and hypermarkets... Raising kids in modern days are no easy task as well with extra attention and effort to provide them with the best education, exposure, and learning opportunities in different fields. Therefore, it's important to enjoy ourselves whenever we can. While it's difficult to go on long holidays all the time, it's viable to take short trips or a weekend getaway.

While we fancy going on short trips to island retreats around the region, it's always nice to have a weekend home near to your base. We found it in this beautiful resort condominium in Mont'Kiara KL. With almost 6 acres of land and a very lowest density development, our unit has 3 bedrooms with 2,090 SqFt of space. With it's lush tropical landscape and recreational facilities, we don't have to go far for a weekend retreat. The kids love the water maze, waterfalls, spa garden with koi pond, swimming pool, and kids play gound. My wife and I enjoyed the hot jacuzzi pool, sauna, and steam room at the secluded spa garden.

This is our weekend vacation retreat. We have also decided to share this property with others. Then came the idea of CondoClubKL. CondoClubKL offers vacation condominium rental to tourist with family or kids. If you do not wish to stay in a hotel, you may try vacation condominium. Why stay in a hotel while you can put your kids in one room, yet still have the privacy at night with your partner. For more info, visit www.condoclubkl.com

Koh Phi Phi Islands

Located 45 minutes boat ride from Phuket or Krabi - Southern Thailand, Phi Phi Island was made famous by the movie "The Beach" staring Leonardo de Caprio. These islands are stunningly beautiful with beaches of powdery sand...

Sala Phuket Resort & Spa

Sala Phuket is a stunning new pool villa resort, featuring private swimming pools in its 63 villas and suites. This sino-portugese architecture design resort has won numerous awards since its opening not too long ago. Located on Mai Khao beach, a national reserved, which mean no commercial activities on the beach. Sala Phuket is just 10 minutes from Phuket International Airport.

We love our Sala Pool Villa No 48. It is located at the secluded end of a long pathway. The pool and outdoor bath area is stunning especially with lighting at night. We spent the whole day in the villa as it is so comfortable and relaxing. Good place to read a good book, have a cocktail, and have a no-bikini line sun tanning.

This resort is so exclusive that we hardly see or hear anyone accept going to the restaurant for our meal. The restaurant is located next to the swimming pool and facing the Andaman sea. The food here is fantastic. We tried the Sundays Fisherman's Catch... A whole mud crab is steamed in saffron broth with wine, garlic, sweet peppers, and potatoes. Rock lobsters and tiger prawns seasoned with cajun spice & herb oil and char grilled over coconet wood...yummy!

The spa is good with attentive staffs. I especially enjoyed the snacks and ginger tea after the spa treatment. I like the design of the whole spa area from the feature wall, wood carving wall and table, furnitures, and floor tiles... all well put together. Walking thru the misty path to the massage treatment room was an experience.

Sala Phuket is very suitable for couples retreat as it's very excludie and there are not many families and kids around. If you want a lot of privacy and exclusivity, this is the resort to stay in. I must say that it's one of the best designed hotel in Phuket.

http://www.salaphuket.com/