This nine-day programme combines daily Ayurveda therapy and yoga with guided days out around Munnar. Munnar is a hill station around 5,200 ft above sea level in Kerala's Western Ghats, known for its tea and coffee plantations, spice gardens and mountain views.

You begin with a welcome, a consultation with the doctor and a briefing on your treatment schedule. Each morning starts with yoga and pranayama, and most mornings also with a walk in nature. After breakfast you set out to explore the area: Rajamala and the Nilgiri tahr, the Chinnakanal area with a trek, a tea walk and a tea factory visit, Mattupetty, Mankulam and the Lakshmi Estate, Kanthalloor, Kolukkumalai, and a village tour with a taste of local life. Lunch is a traditional Kerala potichoru, a meal wrapped in a banana leaf.

In the evening you return for your 'Swaasthyam' Ayurveda therapy. Treatments include Shirobhyanga, Podikkizhi, Abhyanga with steam, several sessions of Taila Shirodhara, and Netra Dhara with an Ayurvedic face pack. All treatments are prescribed and supervised by Ayurgem's qualified doctors.

On your final day you have a closing consultation: your vitals are checked and recorded, and you leave with a diet chart, follow-up medicines if needed, and a daily regimen for the next three weeks.

What's included

8 nights' accommodation; Daily vegetarian Ayurvedic meals, including potichoru lunches on day trips; Doctor consultations, including a final consultation with a 3-week diet chart and daily regimen; Daily Ayurveda therapy sessions; Daily yoga and pranayama; Guided sightseeing around Munnar on days 2 to 8; Warm herbal drink after each therapy; Use of the pool, yoga deck and games facilities; Free Wi-Fi; 24/7 doctor and nursing assistance

What's not included

Flights; Airport pick-up and drop-off (available on request); Laundry (available on request)

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