Mala Dhara Eco Resort & Organic Farm

An eco resort, yoga retreat centre and working organic farm on the edge of Doi Saket, thirty minutes out of Chiang Mai. Earthen architecture, two yoga shalas, a salt water pool, a herbal sauna, and Kin Dee, the plant-based kitchen that cooks the rice the farm grows. Owned and run by Ploy. A venue that has held ceremony for visiting lineages. It sits among rice fields in Doi Saket, thirty minutes from Chiang Mai International Airport and ten minutes from the local natural hot springs. Guests stay in earthen villas that each have their own character, among them the Bamboo, Raindrop, Hobbit, Dhara and Jai Dee villas, and an adobe dorm is kept for event groups. Retreat leaders get two shalas that each take twenty mats, one beside the pool and one over the rice fields, both supplied with mats, cushions and blankets. Every retreat is catered by Kin Dee, and groups can add herbal steam sessions and plant-based cooking classes. It suits yoga teachers bringing a group, and guests who prefer simple, natural surroundings.