Juice Detox and Wellness Retreat in the Yarra Valley, Victoria

A typical day starts with yoga, then a cold-pressed juice. Mornings might include a bush walk through the surrounding grounds or a workshop on nutrition, stress or habit change. Lunch is another juice; afternoon treatments such as massage, hypnotherapy, cupping or a clay mask are on offer. Dinner is an organic vegetable broth. Evening yoga and meditation close the day, with time left for the spa, sauna or reading.

What separates this from a resort detox is who runs it. Julie is on site for the whole programme, making each guest's juices and broth herself and leading the yoga and hypnosis sessions. She is a qualified personal trainer, yoga teacher and hypnotherapist, and the wider team covers remedial massage, NLP and life coaching, and colonic hydrotherapy. Food and nutrition discussions are deliberately held until the last day, so guests spend the week fasting and resting rather than planning meals.

Hazeldene sits in green, secluded grounds in the Yarra Valley, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes from Melbourne. The property has a pool, spa and sauna, and guests consistently mention the views from the bedrooms. The setting is quiet bushland — reviews describe bush walks, swimming and sitting outside reading as the main ways people fill their free time.

Groups tend to be small and mostly women travelling solo, though the programme is open to anyone. Past guests include project managers, CEOs, teachers, nurses and business owners, ranging from first-timers who have never fasted to people returning for a second or third week. Several reviews mention weight loss during the week — 3 kg in three days, 11 kg in the months after a six-night stay — alongside coming off sugar, caffeine and grains.

The retreat also runs a tropical winter escape at Kata Beach, Phuket, and a New Year retreat from 4–10 January 2027. The core Victorian programme is the juice detox at Hazeldene, with dates listed on the operator's site.

What's included

- Accommodation at Hazeldene in the Yarra Valley - Organic cold-pressed juices through the day - Organic vegetable broth for dinner - Breakfast on the final day to break the fast - Daily yoga sessions - Evening meditation - Guided bush walks - Health, exercise and nutrition workshops - Hypnotherapy sessions - Massage - Cupping - Clay masks - Ionic detox foot bath therapy - Access to the pool, spa and sauna

What's not included

- Travel to and from the retreat - Travel insurance - Colonic hydrotherapy (confirm when booking) - Additional treatments outside the programme - Personal expenses