Retreats
THE HIGH HOPES HOLISTIC WELLNESS RETREAT
A restorative retreat experience in the Cape countryside, offered in three durations of stay
A fully supported retreat designed to help you rest, reset, and reconnect with yourself in a meaningful and sustainable way.
Offered as a single retreat container, available in three durations depending on your needs and availability.
WHAT THIS IS
The High Hopes Retreat is a structured yet responsive therapeutic experience.
Rather than fixed programmes or rigid itineraries, you enter a held retreat container that is then shaped in response to your physical, emotional, and psychological needs during your stay.
The experience is guided, supported, and contained throughout—allowing for both safety and depth.
High Hopes Retreat Centre offers wellness retreats that may include reflective conversations, gentle therapeutic processes, body-based practices, and lifestyle support.
This retreat is not intended as a substitute for psychiatric or medical treatment.
ONE RETREAT · THREE DURATIONS OF STAY
You are invited to join the retreat in one of three timeframes.
3-Day Immersion
A short restorative entry point for immediate rest, nervous system settling, and gentle recalibration.
Best suited for:
- exhaustion and overwhelm
- a restorative pause
- those with limited availability
- exploring whether a longer retreat may be beneficial
7-Day Retreat (Core Experience)
Our most frequently chosen retreat duration.
Seven days allows sufficient time for the nervous system to settle, meaningful therapeutic work to unfold, and new perspectives to begin integrating naturally.
Best suited for:
- burnout recovery
- emotional strain
- life transitions
- those seeking meaningful restoration and recalibration
10-Day Deep Immersion
For those seeking a more spacious and extended retreat experience.
The additional time allows deeper unwinding, reflection, therapeutic exploration, and integration.
Best suited for:
- significant life transitions
- chronic stress and long-term depletion
- deeper emotional processing
- those wishing to fully step out of daily demands and reconnect with themselves
All stays are held within the same retreat framework.
The difference in duration relates to depth, pacing, and integration time—not quality or type of care.
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.
THE THREE STREAMS OF EXPERIENCE
Within your retreat, the focus may naturally shift between three primary orientations.
Deep Rest
For exhaustion, burnout, and nervous system depletion.
Rest, sleep, stillness, and gentle regulation are prioritised to support recovery, restoration, and a renewed sense of safety in the body.
Cleanse & Renew
For emotional heaviness, stagnation, or the need for reset.
Supports release, clarity, renewal, and the restoration of physical and emotional balance.
Transformational Journey
For deeper inner work, life transition, or personal reorientation.
Supports reflection, emotional integration, greater self-understanding, and meaningful personal change.
These are not separate programmes.
They are natural areas of emphasis that emerge within a single responsive retreat experience.
AFTERCARE & INTEGRATION
Optional online integration sessions are available 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.
INVESTMENT
The High Hopes Retreat is offered as a single, fully supported experience available in three durations of stay.
Your investment varies according to the length of your immersion.
3-Day Immersion
R36,000
7-Day Core Retreat
R65,000
10-Day Deep Immersion
R90,000
Each retreat includes:
- private accommodation
- all meals
- therapeutic support throughout your stay
- retreat activities and practices
- personalised retreat planning
- ongoing guidance within the retreat container
All retreats are held within the same therapeutic framework.
Duration influences depth and pace of experience, not the quality of care provided.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This is not a holiday or a passive wellness escape.
It is a structured retreat for those who feel the need to pause, reset, and engage more consciously with their current physical, emotional, or life circumstances.
It may be supportive if you are:
- feeling depleted, overwhelmed, or burnt out
- navigating a period of transition or uncertainty
- seeking space to rest, reflect, and recalibrate
- longing to reconnect with yourself in a meaningful way
- ready to be supported in slowing down and listening more deeply to what is asking for attention
It may not be appropriate if you are looking for a purely recreational break or are not open to stepping out of your usual pace and routines.
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 guide you towards the most appropriate next step.
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