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The Farm at San Benito

Eco-responsible resort for holistic healing and wellness to balance mind, body and spirit

Take a personal healing journey and recharge in our exceptional natural and nurturing sanctuary

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Tel +63 2 696 3795 | +63 2 884 8073 | 24-hour Mobile +63 91 8884 8078 Reservations reservations.thefarm at gmail dot com

One of CNN Traveller’s “Six of the Best Environmentally Friendly Hotels” and PETA’s “One of the Top 10 Vegetarian Restaurants in Asia,” this award winning resort is also the recipient of AsiaSpa Bacarrat Award for Spa Cuisine of the Year, Medi-Spa of the Year and Spa Retreat of the Year.

 

Our Vision - Your Potential

Kick start your healthy lifestyle and restore your youthful appearance. Enjoy luxurious and relaxing spa treatments. Indulge in fresh, organic, gourmet food. Participate in lively sustainable lifestyle discussions. Benefit from expert nutritional support. Choose from daily activities such as yoga, pilates and nature walks or simply relax and enjoy the fresh air of our peaceful, green, lush, natural setting surrounded by mountains and tropical jungle.

Get into the best shape of your life and discover a healthy lifestyle.

ALIVE! Gourmet Dining Experience

Experience a surprising twist on healthy eating when you indulge in creative and delicious living cuisine at our rich tropical vegan restaurant with your choice of cool, screened indoor seating and ample outdoor deck tables shaded by majestic trees. Our cuisine supports our wellness and medical programs. We offer only vegan food with no animal protein, dairy or eggs. All meals are prepared using quality organic, unrefined and wholesome all-natural ingredients to retain full nutritional value. All foods are prepared daily on our premises: breakfast granola, vegan butters and jams, dairy-free milk, chutneys, salad dressings, freshly-baked breads, pizza, veggie burgers and a popular range of sweet treats including a delicious raw-chocolate dessert.

Founded on the theories of Hippocrates, The Father of Medicine, our cuisine supports our wellness and medical programs. We offer only vegan food with no animal protein, dairy or eggs. All meals are prepared using quality organic, unrefined and wholesome all-natural ingredients to retain full nutritional value.

All foods are prepared daily on our premises: breakfast granola, vegan butters and jams, dairy-free milk, chutneys, salad dressings, freshly-baked breads, pizza, veggie burgers and a popular range of sweet treats including a delicious raw-chocolate dessert.

We are committed to:

  • Satisfy your eyes, your palate and your emotions with our artful culinary creations

  • Educate you about the benefits of a diet consisting primarily of plant-based, live foods

  • Show you that eating for health can be deliciously exciting and supremely satisfying

Most of our fresh produce is harvested daily from our organic gardens and our kitchen garden produces a wide variety of sprouts used extensively in our dishes. The wheat grass bungalow provides fresh wheat grass for our fresh juices and therapies.

Preparing our foods by soaking, blending, dehydration, culturing and the culinary creativity and talent of our chefs, we transform vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits. Prepared using specially designed dehydrators, raw foods take on a variety of textures resembling cooked foods without destroying valuable nutritional properties and enzymes the body needs to continuously rebuild and renew itself.

Energizing Activities - Movement & Spiritual Development

Participation in our daily activities is encouraged to support the achievement of your personal health goals. Our gym is equipped with a cybex machine, pilates balls, mini trampolines and dumbbells and our three swimming pools are available throughout the day. Meditation, yoga and movement sessions are scheduled throughout the day so you can join at your convenience with private sessions available by special appointment.

  1. Yoga

  2. Aqua Yoga

  3. Silent Meditation

  4. Callanetics and Pilates

  5. Tropical Bushwalk

  6. Trampoline Dance

  7. Fun Run

  8. Mandala Floral Arranging

  9. The Art of Climbing a Coconut Tree

  10. Power Walking

  11. North Park Plantation Gardening

  12. Oil of Life Tour

We can arrange tee-times and transportation for you to enjoy year-round golfing at two world-class facilities, Mount Malarayat Golf & Country Club and Summit Point Golf and Country Club. Both are located minutes from The Farm.

Wellness Program

Our wellness programs offer an introduction to our holistic approach to health with relaxation and rejuvenation through our Salus Per Aquam SPA treatments. Vital to the program is the ALIVE! Cuisine experience, rich in fiber and live enzymes. Rounding out the program are activities to enhance your physical and spiritual health including: Yoga, Silent Meditation, Tropical Bush Walks, Trampoline Dance, Mandala Floral Arranging, and the Art of Climbing a Coconut Tree.

A Wellness Retreat includes ALIVE! Cuisine meals and beverages, Health and Wellness Orientation with a Spa Consultant and Medical Doctor, Spa or Medical Services, participation in daily movement and Spiritual Development Classes, use of our swimming pools, gym, and meditation pavilions.

Our two night / three day Wellness Getaway starts at US$450++ per person

Holistic Medical Services

Healing occurs when problems are unearthed and addressed at all levels.

At The Farm, we see ourselves as spiritual, mental and emotional as well as physical beings. Emotional strain and stress affects our health, often leading to tumors, chest pains or other symptoms manifest partly due to suppressed negative thoughts, feelings and emotions. When our body is exposed daily to harmful elements in our diet and the environment, toxins accumulate faster than we can eliminate them, resulting in symptoms of illnesses such as headaches and body pains, chronic respiratory and sinus problems, abnormal body odor and bad breath, allergies, insomnia, depression and irritability, skin blemishes, constipation, bloating and gas. Our Doctors, nurses and trained professionals therapists are more than willing to discuss the treatments and therapies, we offer to support and improve your healing journey while at The Farm.

The medical profession has begun to understand how every organ is a part of the system and affects all functions of the body. At The Farm, we see ourselves as spiritual, mental and emotional as well as physical beings. Emotional strain and stress affects our health, often leading to tumors, chest pains or other symptoms manifest partly due to suppressed negative thoughts, feelings and emotions.

When our body is exposed daily to harmful elements in our diet and the environment, toxins accumulate faster than we can eliminate them, resulting in symptoms of illnesses such as headaches and body pains, chronic respiratory and sinus problems, abnormal body odor and bad breath, allergies, insomnia, depression and irritability, skin blemishes, constipation, bloating and gas.

Healing occurs when problems are unearthed and addressed at all levels.

Deficiencies and congestion are at the root of physical, mental and emotional dysfunctions, preventing the body from operating optimally, sustaining proper function and eliminating damaging toxic substances. Our clinically tested programs assist the body to restore natural processes by eliminating the cause of potential diseases.

Our Doctors, nurses and trained professionals therapists are more than willing to discuss the treatments and therapies, we offer to support and improve your healing journey while at The Farm.

  • Holistic Medical Consultation

  • Nutritional Microscopy

  • Colon Hydrotherapy

  • Infusion Therapy

  • Kidney Cleansing

  • Liver Cleanse

  • Liver Compress

  • Life Force Nourishment

  • Craniosacral Therapy

  • Qi-Gong

  • Guided Meditation

  • Digital Meridian Diagnostic System

Many modern diseases have their origin in the accumulation of toxins in the body from environmental pollution, cigarette smoking, food preservatives, extensive use of cooking oil, strained relations and stress. Toxins weaken our immune system which is the body's way of warding off disease.

Detoxification cleans the digestive tract, purifies the blood and internal organs, improves metabolic functions, clears excess mucous and congestion, strengthens the body’s immune system and allow better cell rejuvenation.

Our programs focus on medically guided detoxification to jump start the body cleansing process. Psychological and emotional detoxification is an integral part of this cleansing program.

Rejuve

Our Rejuve program focuses primarily on eliminating toxic substances trapped throughout the tissues of the body, while restoring the bodies optimum ability to absorb nutrients for its total health. Body detoxification is accomplished through colon hydrotherapy and target organ cleansing, plus a medically guided fasting process, relying primarily on pure vegetable juices and quality super-food supplements to ensure the body is provided the extra nutrients it requires as it works to cleanse. A full program of body, mind and spirit enrichment is provided.

A Rejuve Retreat includes medical services and spa treatments, ALIVE! Supplemental diet and juices, nutritional support and daily virgin coconut oil, participation in movement and spiritual development classes, use of the swimming pools, gym, and meditation pavilions.

A Rejuve Retreat start at four nights / five days from US$1,500++ per person.

Recovery

We believe that health can be restored. Our licensed medical doctors are qualified to provide supportive treatment for a wide range of health conditions and ailments. Our expertise includes, but is not limited to, digestive disorders, weight loss, diabetes, infertility, arthritis, hypertension, and chronic degenerative diseases. Each program is personalized, designed to be specific to the individual to achieve optimal recovery for each person.

Salus Per Aquam Spa

Nurture the healing and rejuvenation process with soothing signature treatments in a peaceful atmosphere designed to temporarily transport you from the outside world. All homemade products used in our therapies are made fresh for each treatment from 100% natural and organic ingredients, including fresh coconut milk, virgin coconut oil, coconut fiber, coffee and cocoa straight from The Farm.

Nurture the healing and rejuvenation process with soothing signature treatments in a peaceful atmosphere designed to temporarily transport you from the outside world. All homemade products used in our therapies are made fresh for each treatment from 100% natural and organic ingredients, including fresh coconut milk, virgin coconut oil, coconut fiber, coffee and cocoa straight from The Farm.

Our infinity pool reflects the majesty of Mount Malarayat, a grand panorama providing the backdrop for personal massage pavilions with private gardens and water features. Our “Massage Under The Stars” will wrap up your day perfectly and prepare you for a night of sweet dreams.

Our Signature Treatment - Purification Treatment

Scrubs - Peppermint Foot Scrub; Bitter Sweet - Coffee Scrub with Therapeutic Massage & Seven Herbs Tea

Traditional Asian Body Treatment - Hilot Haplos - Coco Cocoa Body Scrub, Coconut Cream Milk Bath & Hilot Massage; Chlorophyll Body Wrap

Body Rejuvenation - Four Hands Yin Yang Puri; Hampol; Ventosa

Massages - Therapeutic Massage; Hilot Massage; Massage Under The Stars

Facials - Natural Moisturising Facial; Earth Facial; Anti-Stress Facial

Our professionally trained therapists provide loving care with European and Asian massages, body scrubs and beauty treatments that support physical healing by removing toxins from deep within the body’s tissues and organs, providing nourishment through the skin, restoring energy balance and balancing pH levels.

San Benito Virgin Coconut Oil

Pure, unprocessed coconut oil has tremendous antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and anti-oxidant properties, and it promotes weight loss by naturally stimulating the body’s metabolism. The Farm’s 100% pure Virgin Coconut Oil is produced on our plantation where it is organically grown, and extracted within four hours from the time the fruit is harvested.

Our Accommodation - Your Personal Sanctuary

We invite you to indulge and relax in your comfortable personal five-star sanctuary that is elegant and set in a natural environment.

Our accommodation, based upon traditional Philippine designs of rice barns and leaf-roofed houses, draws inspiration from the abundant natural surroundings in the elegance and comfort of each of our suites and villas providing personal sanctuary with spacious private gardens, refreshing views and remarkable architectural details.

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Situated at 1,025 feet above sea level on a former coconut and coffee plantation in the foothills of Mount Malarayat in the Philippines, our luxurious health and wellness resort resort is set amid 48 hectares of coconut palm forest, lagoons and tropical landscape and organic produce gardens in southern Luzon.

Our accommodation, based upon traditional Philippine designs of rice barns and leaf-roofed houses, draws inspiration from the abundant natural surroundings in the elegance and comfort of each of our suites and villas providing personal sanctuary with spacious private gardens, refreshing views and remarkable architectural details.

Master Villa

Nestled in our lush tropical gardens for your ultimate privacy, comfort and tranquility, a personal staff member is on hand at the elegantly appointed Master Villa with private outdoor heated swimming pool. The spacious open-air bathroom and adjoining spa garden is stocked with luxurious amenities including homemade lemongrass salt scrub, handmade soaps and coconut oil produced from our organic coconut plantation. Finished in rich, teak-covered walls and ceiling, beautiful natural fibre carpets and surrounded by exquisite landscaping, you will enjoy and stunning views of the Malarayat mountain range, The fully equipped kitchen and a second guest bedroom with twin daybeds and separate full bathroom offer added convenience.

Garden Villas

Completely surrounded by tropical greenery and set in a private garden, each modern Garden Villa offers relaxation and enjoyment with open-air washroom and a luxurious private veranda (lanai) where you can relax and enjoy the nurturing abundance of nature any time of the day or night.

Palmera Suites

Our Palmera Suites welcome you to modern Asia, celebrating the masterful design of tropical style with tastefully appointed 12-foot high interiors, jewel-toned Thai silks and spacious private garden and lanais featuring our popular tropical open-air showers.

Anahaw Terrace Suites

Inspired by the traditional natural grace of simple, classic Philippine leaf-roofed houses with a unique loft design, the Anahaw Terrace Suites are nestled in the hillside overlooking a stream. Set in groups of three, Anahaw Terrace comfort is popular family style accommodation.

Sulu Terrace

Modeled after the traditional Philippines rice barns with wood-beamed ceilings and thatched roofs, the rustic yet air-conditioned Sulu Terrace imparts the cozy feeling of a modern day tree house with its upper level sleeping and sitting area above an outdoor lounge area and outside bathroom below. Situated in a private landscaped section overlooking a canopy of trees, Sulu Terrace area is ideal for group functions.

  • Transportation to The Farm from the airport and Manila is available : US$212 for up to three guests

  • All rates are inclusive of 10% service charge and 12% government tax; exclusive of wine & champagne

  • Children under the age of 12 stay free of charge; all meals are on a chargeable basis

The Farm at San Benito

[ www.thefarm.com.ph ]

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119 Barangay Tipakan, 4217 Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines

Selected as one of CNN Traveller's Six Of The Best Environmentally Friendly Hotels

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Selected as one of PETA’s Top 10 Vegetarian Restaurants in Asia

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