Retreats
THE HIGH HOPES HOLISTIC WELLNESS RETREAT
Personalised therapeutic retreats in the beautiful Cape countryside
For 21 years, High Hopes has offered deeply personalised wellness retreats to people needing time away from everyday life to rest, recover, restore their health, work through difficult experiences, or make space for meaningful personal change.
Set in the beautiful mountain village of Greyton, just 90 minutes from Cape Town, High Hopes is a small, intimate retreat centre with just four private garden-entrance rooms.
You will have your own private space, nourishing meals, a carefully-designed daily programme and one-to-one therapeutic support from an experienced multi-disciplinary team.
This is not a generic retreat package.
It is your retreat, designed around you.
FIVE HIGH HOPES RETREATS
Over two decades of working with people from all walks of life has shown us that guests often arrive at High Hopes with one or two particular needs.
We have therefore developed five core retreats. Your chosen retreat is the starting point; your detailed pre-retreat questionnaire allows us to personalise the programme for you.
BASIC HEALTH BALANCING RETREAT
For restoring balance, energy and overall wellbeing
3-day retreat — R15,525
Additional days available at R5,175/day.
For those who feel generally out of balance, depleted or disconnected from their physical and emotional wellbeing.
The programme focuses on nourishing the body, supporting healthy routines and creating space to rest, reflect and reconnect with yourself.
ADRENAL REPAIR RETREAT
For stress, exhaustion, burnout and depletion.
From 5 days – R8,000/day
A deeply restorative retreat for people who have been operating out of prolonged pressure and who feel physically, emotionally and mentally depleted.
The emphasis is on rest, nourishment, nervous-system regulation, gentle therapeutic support and creating the conditions for recovery.
CLEANSE AND RENEW
For reset, renewal and healthier habits. From 3 days – R6,500/day
A supported opportunity to step away from patterns that may no longer be serving you and give your body and mind some breathing space.
Nourishing food, therapeutic support, rest, reflection and practical lifestyle guidance combine to create a gentle reset that you can continue beyond your retreat.
TRAUMA RELEASE RETREAT
For working with the effects of difficult or traumatic life experiences. From 5 days – R8,625/day
A carefully supported, trauma-informed retreat for those wanting to explore emotional wounds, difficult experiences or patterns that continue to affect their lives.
Counselling, stabilisation, body-based approaches and other complementary practices are selected according to your personal circumstances and readiness.
PERSONAL JOURNEY RETREAT
For deeper emotional, psychological and personal work. From 7 days – R9,500/day
Our most comprehensive retreat for those wanting to step away from everyday life and devote meaningful time to themselves and the issues they are currently facing.
This may be particularly appropriate during significant life transitions, relationship difficulties, loss, emotional upheaval or periods when you know that something needs to change.
A retreat is not intended as a substitute for psychiatric or medical treatment
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HOW LONG SHOULD I STAY
Choose the retreat that best reflects your needs, then choose the duration that suits you.
Your retreat is tailored to your individual needs, including the appropriate length of stay.
Retreats are available from 3 days, with longer stays available where appropriate. Some programmes have a minimum stay because sufficient time is needed for the work to be meaningful.
Once we understand what you are hoping to achieve, we’ll recommend the most appropriate programme and duration.
Then let the five retreat options carry the minimum-stay information:
- Basic Health Balancing — 3-day minimum
- Cleanse & Renew — 3-day minimum
- Adrenal Burnout — 5-day minimum
- Trauma Release — 5-day minimum
- Intensive Personal Journey — 7-day minimum
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YOUR RETREAT IS DESIGNED BEFORE YOU ARRIVE
Personalisation begins before you ever set foot at High Hopes.
After your initial online enquiry, we send you a more detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. This gives us the opportunity to understand your circumstances, health and well-being, history, intentions, preferences, and what you most want from your time with us.
Founder and Programme Director Ange Craig personally reviews this information and carefully curates your retreat programme.
Drawing on the experience and expertise of our multidisciplinary team, she selects the therapeutic sessions, practitioners, activities and areas of focus that are most appropriate for your retreat.
Then you arrive – and your retreat is ready for you.
You are welcomed with a restorative herbal tea for your arrival and orientation.
You receive your personalised, colour-coded printed programme, setting out the rhythm of your days and the sessions planned specifically for you.
You know what is happening, who you will be seeing and how your retreat is structured.
There is time for therapy.
There is time for nature.
There is time for nourishing food.
There is time for rest.
And there is time simply to be.
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YOUR PERSONALISED PROGRAMME: THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES ON A HIGH HOPES RETREAT
Depending on your individual needs and circumstances, Ange draws on the expertise of our multidisciplinary team to select a combination of therapeutic sessions, restorative activities and complementary practices to create a programme specifically for you.
Your personalised programme may include:
Kinesiology
Individual counselling and therapeutic Support
Trauma-informed therapeutic approaches
Somatic-experiencing and nervous system practices
Massage and body work
Energy healing and Reiki
Therapeutic nutrition
Superfood smoothies and fresh vegetable juices
Mindfulness and meditation
Breathwork
Yoga
Tai Chi
Guided nature and mountain walks
Psychoeducation
Mandala drawing and creative practices
Aromatherapy steamroom treatment
If there are particular therapies, activities or experiences you feel especially drawn to, you are welcome to let us know in your detailed questionnaire. We will take your preferences into consideration when curating your programme, while retaining professional discretion about what will be most appropriate for you.
Select homoeopathic and herbal natural remedies and products are available for sale in our small shop
WHAT YOUR RETREAT INCLUDES
Private accommodation
All meals and refreshments
Your personalised retreat programme
One-to-one therapeutic support
Selected therapies, activities and restorative practices
Guidance and support from the High Hopes team throughout your stay
Optional online integration sessions are available to book following your retreat.
These sessions offer ongoing support as you return to daily life and provide space to consolidate insights, navigate challenges, and embody the changes initiated during your retreat.
ENQUIRE TO BEGIN
If you feel drawn to this work, you are invited to begin by sharing a little about where you are in your life right now and what feels most present for you.
This allows us to understand whether a retreat at High Hopes would be supportive for you at this time, and if so, which duration may be most appropriate.
We respond personally to every enquiry.
Because each retreat is individually tailored, we begin with a brief questionnaire to help us understand your circumstances and whether a retreat is the most supportive next step for you at this time.
Complete the Short Booking Questionnaire
The questionnaire takes approximately 3–5 minutes to complete.
MORE THAN A PLACE TO STAY
High Hopes is deliberately small.
With only four private-entrance garden rooms, we can offer a level of attention that is difficult to provide in a larger retreat environment.
Your accommodation, meals, therapeutic programme and daily experience are all held within the same intimate setting.
Our kitchen prepares nourishing plant-based meals with your individual, personalised top foods dietary needs using kinesiology testing.
The mountains and nature reserves surrounding Greyton become part of the experience too – providing space for walking, breathing, reflecting and simply being outdoors.
From the moment you arrive, you are cared for by a small team of people who know you, know your programme and are there to support you throughout your stay.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
A retreat is both a wellness holiday and an intervention.
It is a structured, supported experience for when we feel the need to pause, reset, and engage more consciously with our current physical, emotional, energetic being, or our life circumstances, while receiving incredible support to do just that.
The people who have found their High Hopes retreat life-changing have often been those who were:
feeling depleted, overwhelmed, or burnt out
navigating a period of transition or uncertainty
seeking space to rest, reflect, and recalibrate
longing to reconnect with themselves in a meaningful way
ready to slow down and listen more deeply to what is asking for attention
READY TO BEGIN?
If this resonates with where you are right now, we invite you to take the first step.
Complete the short booking questionnaire and share a little about your current circumstances and what is drawing you towards retreat.
We will review your enquiry personally and be in touch to discuss your retreat.
Complete the Short Booking Questionnaire
The questionnaire takes approximately 3–5 minutes to complete.
Or, if you would prefer to speak with us first:
Ange Craig
Programme Director
High Hopes Retreat Centre