COMO Shambhala Estate
An estate for change, above the Ayung River.
COMO Shambhala Estate calls itself an estate for change, and the phrase is precise. This is not a hotel with a spa but a residential health retreat - a collection of residences and villas folded into old-growth jungle above the Ayung River, where each stay is built around a consultation and carried by resident experts.
The Balinese setting does half the work. Sacred spring water rises on the property, the gorge holds its own cool climate, and the estate's yoga teachers, Ayurvedic doctor and nutritionists do the rest - quietly, personally, and at a pace the river seems to set.
- Location
- Ubud, Bali
- Country
- Indonesia
- Established
- 2005
- Collection
- Signature Collection
“Change is residential. Shambhala holds that transformation takes root when expert guidance, sacred landscape and unhurried time are allowed to work on a guest together.”
Where it stands
Twenty minutes north of Ubud in Bali's interior, above the Ayung River gorge. Roughly ninety minutes by car from Ngurah Rai International Airport, climbing from the coast into rice terraces and jungle.
A guest in mind
For those who want their reset shaped by people rather than machines. Guests recovering from overwork, rebuilding fitness or sleep, or beginning a longer change of direction, who value daily contact with genuine experts in an extraordinary landscape.
The disciplines this house is chosen for.
Cleanse
5-7 nightsA nutritionist-led detoxification built on the estate's kitchen and hydrotherapy, calibrated to constitution rather than dogma.
Ayurvedic Programme
7-14 nightsConsultation, treatment and diet prescribed by the resident Ayurvedic doctor, sequenced across the stay.
Bespoke Wellness
5-10 nightsThe estate's core offering - a personal programme drawn from yoga, fitness, therapies and nutrition after an arrival consultation.
Substancebeneath theserenity.
Resident Ayurvedic doctor and consultation-led programming
Dedicated yoga and Pilates faculty in residence
Nutritionists working directly with the estate kitchen
Hydrotherapy, massage and movement therapy specialists
Where you rest
Suites within five shared residences, each with its own character and butler, plus private retreat villas with pools. Interiors are COMO's known register - teak, linen, white space - opened wide to the jungle.
What nourishes you
COMO Shambhala Cuisine, the group's founding food philosophy - raw-leaning, enzyme-rich and built on the estate's spring water and local organic produce, alongside a fuller menu for those not on programme.
A few frames.
Beyond the programme
Dawn yoga above the Ayung gorge
Consultation with the resident Ayurvedic doctor
Guided walk to the estate's sacred spring
White-water rafting on the Ayung for the restless
Residences from approximately US$800 per night including daily activities and one wellness consultation; structured programmes quoted on consultation.
All figures are indicative and arranged privately. Your advisor will confirm current programmes, suites and availability on enquiry.
Beforeyou go.
No. Some guests follow a full programme; others simply live on the estate, joining classes and treatments as inclination dictates. The experts are there either way.
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Begin your stayat COMO Shambhala.
Share your dates and intentions; your advisor will confirm the programme, the suite and every detail in between - in confidence.