About High Hopes Retreat Centre

For 21 years High Hopes Retreat Centre has been offering deeply personalised wellness retreats in the heart of the Overberg. With just four private garden-entrance rooms, High Hopes remains one of the few truly intimate retreat centres of its kind, known for the quality, depth and transformative nature of its programmes.

Nestled in the beautiful mountain village of Greyton, just 90 minutes from Cape Town, High Hopes is easy to reach yet feels a world away from the demands of everyday life. Here, you are invited to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and honour both the challenges and the wisdom that have shaped your journey. We believe that healing, growth and authentic living are not luxuries, but birthrights.

Our vision is to provide a welcoming, supportive and nurturing environment where guests can rest, restore, reflect and transform, surrounded by the beauty and healing power of nature.

We offer a selection of professionally guided wellness retreats, available in three different durations. Every retreat at High Hopes is individually designed.

Following receipt of your retreat questionnaire, founder and Programme Director Ange Craig begins carefully curating your programme. Drawing on an academic background in counselling psychology and more than two decades of experience in kinesiology, holistic wellness and transformational work, Ange designs each retreat to reflect the unique needs, circumstances and intentions of the individual guest.

Over two decades of working with people from all walks of life has shown us that many guests arrive carrying one or more of the following needs:

• A deep need for rest, renewal and emotional support.
• Recovery from stress, burnout, adrenal fatigue or nervous system overload.
• A desire to detoxify, rebalance and improve physical wellbeing.
• The wish to explore and heal difficult life experiences, limiting beliefs, emotional wounds or unresolved patterns that may be contributing to anxiety, overwhelm or dissatisfaction.

The High Hopes approach integrates current wellness and health research with a range of complementary therapeutic modalities. Our programmes combine practical lifestyle support with mind-body-spirit approaches, drawing on counselling, mindfulness practices, energy medicine, nervous system regulation, trauma-informed therapeutic methods, and both ancient and contemporary wisdom traditions.

Depending on your individual programme and needs, your retreat may include a combination of:

• Kinesiology
• Counselling and therapeutic support
• Massage therapy
• Energy healing
• Nutritional guidance
• Superfood nutrition
• Guided mountain and nature walks
• Mindfulness training
• Breathwork
• Psychoeducation
• Mandala drawing and creative practices
• Tai Chi
• Yoga

A carefully selected range of aromatherapy products, herbal remedies, homoeopathic preparations and flower essences is also available, including the complete Bach Flower Remedy range and South African Flower Essence range.

Upon arrival, you will be welcomed with a restorative herbal tea before meeting with Ange for your intake session, where the finer details of your programme are confirmed, and any adjustments are made before your retreat journey begins. A gentle orientation walk through the village follows before your first nourishing evening meal.

From there, every aspect of your stay is thoughtfully tailored to support your wellbeing, healing and personal growth.

Our retreat cuisine forms an important part of the healing experience. Guests enjoy abundant superfood smoothies, freshly prepared vegetable juices, and nourishing meals created with care and attention to individual dietary requirements. Wherever possible, meals are aligned with the foods identified as most supportive for your unique healing journey.

From the moment you arrive until the day you leave, you are held within the care of a dedicated team of experienced professionals whose shared intention is to support your wellbeing, restoration and transformation.

At High Hopes, we believe that meaningful transformation unfolds when people feel safe, seen, supported and deeply cared for. It is our privilege to walk alongside you on that journey.