#14 in Top 20 Bali for A Wellness Retreat · ★★★★★
Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort
Bamboo architecture, full eco-certification, plant-based dining — wellness with conviction.
Bamboo architecture, full eco-certification, plant-based dining — wellness with conviction.
"Bamboo architecture, full eco-certification, plant-based dining — wellness with conviction."
Ulaman is the bamboo-architecture wellness resort that opened in 2019 in Tabanan, west of Ubud — the result of a four-year build by IBUKU (the same firm responsible for the Bambu Indah newer rooms and the Green School). Sixteen villas, every one entirely built from bamboo and rammed-earth, with no concrete used in the structures. The architecture is the asset — the curves of the bamboo, the way the structures merge into the surrounding jungle, the absence of conventional building materials. The wellness programme is plant-forward: the Wahana restaurant is fully plant-based, the kitchen sources 80% of its produce from the on-site garden, and the wellness consultations begin with a plant-medicine assessment. The Sound Healing Sanctuary — a custom-built bamboo dome with a 360-degree sound system — is the venue for the resort's signature treatments. Ulaman is the right pick for the wellness retreat where the architecture and the eco-conviction are the explicit point of the trip — the bamboo architecture, the off-grid power, the regenerative-agriculture programme. It is the most architecturally-coherent wellness property in the country.
Earth Lodge or Sky Lodge (the bamboo-and-rammed-earth villas with private plunge pools).
Take the IBUKU bamboo-architecture tour on day one (free for guests). Book the Sound Healing Sanctuary 90-minute session for day three. Eat every meal at Wahana — the plant-based menu is genuinely worth the booking.
Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Bali for a Wellness Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.4/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a wellness retreat-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Bali neighbourhood, see Tabanan and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.