10-Day Juice Fasting & Detox Wellness Retreat on Sweden's West Coast Archipelago

The 10-day juice fast is the flagship programme and the one most guests book. You arrive on a Sunday afternoon, settle in, and have an introductory talk with Malcolm and Christina (the founders) about what the next ten days involve. The first evening is a light vegetable broth, not juice, to ease you in. From Monday morning onward you are on juices only — typically four to five glasses a day, each 500ml, made from organic carrots, apples, beetroot, celery, cucumber, spinach, lemon and ginger. There's also a daily litre of water with a pinch of Himalayan salt for electrolytes.

The medical side is run by Malcolm, who is Dr Morse Advanced Level II certified and also certified in lymphatic iridology and live blood analysis. He looks at your blood under a dark-field microscope on day two and again on day eight so you can actually see the difference the fast is making — most guests find the second reading shows cleaner plasma and less clumping. If you're doing the colon and liver cleanse add-on, you'll do a series of colon hydrotherapy sessions (usually three across the week) and a liver/gallbladder flush on day five, which involves drinking a mix of olive oil, grapefruit juice and Epsom salts in the evening and then resting the next day.

The days have a rhythm but there's also space to do your own thing. Mornings after juice are for consultations or treatments; afternoons are free for sauna, a walk down to the water, or a nap. Evenings are quiet — no alcohol, no caffeine, no screens if you can manage it. Many guests say the first three days are the hardest (headaches, irritability, feeling cold) and by day five they feel clear-headed and light. The team checks in on you twice a day to make sure you're not overdoing it.

What makes this different from a spa detox is that you are actually fasting, and the fast is medically supervised. The centre also runs a 6-day version, a 6-day art and yoga retreat, a 7-day colon and liver cleanse, and a weekend Kambo retreat. Kambo is a traditional Amazonian frog secretion applied to small burns on the skin; Malcolm is Kambo Advance certified and runs ceremonies either as a standalone weekend or as an add-on during the longer fasts. It's not for everyone — you need to be off certain medications and in reasonable health — but guests who do it tend to be the ones who write the most enthusiastic reviews.

The farm itself is on Sweden's west coast archipelago, near the town of Uddevalla. The surrounding countryside is birch and pine forest with rocky inlets and swimming spots. It's quiet — no traffic noise, no neighbours except the occasional deer. You can walk for an hour along the coast path without seeing another person. The nearest village has a small shop and a bus stop; Gothenburg is about an hour by car or train, and the centre can arrange a pickup from the station for a fee.

Accommodation is simple and clean rather than luxurious. Most guests share a double room with two single beds and a shared bathroom down the hall. The Forest Capsule is a small standalone cabin with a double bed and a glass wall facing the trees — it has its own small bathroom and costs more. All rooms have linen, towels, a kettle and filtered water. There's no TV in the rooms and Wi-Fi only works in the main house, which most people find helpful.

Food is obviously the main event, or rather the absence of it. Outside of the fasts, the centre serves plant-based meals — think beetroot and lentil salad, roasted root vegetables with tahini, buckwheat porridge with berries, and soups made from whatever is in season. The 16 years of running a healthy food restaurant show in the flavours; even the juices are better than you'd expect. If you're on the art and yoga retreat rather than a fast, you'll get three plant-based meals a day, all vegetarian and mostly vegan, with gluten-free options available if you ask in advance.

What's included

- 10 nights accommodation in a shared double room or Forest Capsule - 4–5 freshly pressed organic juices per day - Daily herbal teas and electrolyte water - Initial and final consultation with the lead practitioner - Live blood analysis on day 3 and day 8 - 3 colon hydrotherapy sessions (cleanse package only) - Liver and gallbladder flush protocol (cleanse package only) - Daily yoga and stretching sessions - Guided coastal and forest walks - Wood-fired sauna access - Pre-arrival detox guide and post-retreat eating plan - All linen and towels

What's not included

- Flights to and from Gothenburg - Airport or station transfers (can be arranged for an extra fee) - Travel insurance - Additional massage or lymphatic drainage treatments - Kambo ceremony (available as an add-on or separate retreat) - Personal expenses and gratuities