Vikasa Yoga Retreat

This place is just stunning...my room was literally on the beach, very quiet, a very comfy bed, cleaned and fully equipped. The staff has been so lovely and helpful. The food was perfect and super healthy. Everywhere you have wonderful views on the sea: rooms, yoga salas, the pool (a huge plus), the cafe,... if you want a peaceful retreat in koh samui, chilling, doing yoga, reflecting, while still being able to meet some people, that's the place!!

It's amazing, but be warned it's expensive. Also far away from the busy attractions (you will need a grab) if you are interested in it.

The yoga they offer

The property is a terrible design with hundreds of steps in a convoluted way, where you’ll need an instinct of a pigeon to find your way back & fort from the reception area.

The location was perfect, the hotel resort very well organized, clean and the staff was super friendly and reliable. As a yoga teacher, I enjoyed the exchange with local teachers and attended a couple of nice yoga classes. The new yoga shala is close to the ocean with a stunning view. The breakfast and meals very super tasty and most of the choices vegan or vegetarian. Highly recommendable, especially if you are looking for yoga teacher trainings, individual programs or retreats.

They have extended the accomodation to serve more guests which is nice but that means some rooms close to the ocean are a bit far from the restaurant and you need to consider a 2-4min walk uphill. They have a free shuttle with a golfcart you can ask for upon request, not so bad overall ;)

Bad

The room was a 20 minute steep uphill trek from the cafe. The beds were insanely uncomfortable. As someone traveling alone the room being so detached made it hard to go to common area to chat and even then everyone was in retreats and it felt very isolated. Yoga classes were just ok and not enough to fill the day considering how far you are from everything. Also no organized beach and the noice from being by the water was too loud to sleep

Excellent room with sea view

Too steep to go to front office although the property provided golf carts

Beautiful setting with an uninterrupted view over The Gulf of Thailand. Yoga classes and teachers - excellent. Life Cafe - delicious.

A few too many steps because it’s built on a hillside. If you have mobility issues it could be difficult. Although they have golf buggies which are always around.

Nice place to retreat, very good yoga classes, healthy vegan food, spa and people.

Some construction noise

Good healthy breakfast, very clean room, whole resort area was beautiful with small own private beach

The location was a bit far from towns (by foot), but it did not matter as I wanted to focus on yoga at resort.

The food was great, the yoga was wonderful and the people were kind!!!

Parking is a bit sketchy because it's right on the main road with a lot of traffic. Fortunately they have a security guard that can stop the traffic for you

The room was quiet beautiful. The restaurant was very nice too! Summerrolls were amazing and we loved the pesto pasta

You can‘t swim in the ocean, the current is too strong and there are to many rocks. We didn‘t like the staff too much, they forgot us at the ferrypier when we arrived and forgot our luggage pickup when we left.

very nice people, yoga offering outstanding

no beach.

Excellent view, friendly staff

Lots of mozzies..balcony as well as shala

The food was lovely, fresh and plentiful. My room was delightful with a little veranda looking out over the beach, with a super view of the ocean and the sun-rise. The yoga sessions were great - some a little challenging but that was fine, and the yoga teachers were clearly knowledgeable, very professional and helpful. Massage suite was clean and tranquil. I'd advise booking massages or treatments early to get the exact options you'd like.

I was a long way from the main restaurant - quite a walk up and down steps and along a short stretch of main road. There weren't many guests staying at that end of the resort so I felt a little cut-off from the action. The resort has lovely views out to sea and good facilities but is a bit cut-off and doesn't have places - restaurants or bars - to visit in walking distance.

Thank you to a fantastic team of yogis, cooks, gardeners, masseurs, helpers, guides and travellers of all journeys. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

The bungalow i stayed, front line sea view, was just perfect, spacious, clean, with a perfectly equipped bathroom. A few meters down and there is a small private beach.The best was of course yoga classes, excellent teachers, the best class i attended was held by the owner.Breakfast is tasty, although It is repetitive.

Upon arrival i was offered not a type of room i reserved; it was an older bungalow, but after 2,5 h of waiting i got second line bungalow. The descriptions on booking.com and classification on the hotel website are different, a bit confusing (in booking.com rooms are sea view or partial sea view, the hotel uses prana cabana and prana cabana plus).The restaurant dishes are not very nutritionally balanced, the ones i tried lacked protein sources, including plant sources, but for extra charge i got shrimps, which looked and tasted as if they were warmed up a couple of times.There is nothing around the hotel in a walking distance, to get to the nearest hotels on Silver Beach you have to walk on a busy road, which limits the things to do in the surroundings to almost zero.

The yoga teaching is exceptional although I couldn’t connect with the teachers outside of the lesson. The property is thoughtfully designed. The rooms are comfortable. The life Cafe is exceptional in its food, location, staff and service.

Vikasa had incorrectly accepted my booking on booking.com and then advised those dates weren’t available I had to change my other bookings to for my yoga in and this spoiled plans for the next hotel. Vikasa did give me full board and a free massage to accommodate for this inconvenience. I found myself not able to freely visit the local area due to the timings of the yoga session at 5pm. The showers were not hot The staff were evasive and could not help with a personal matter which could have been easily dealt with, given the nature and ethos of Vikasa, I found myself to be anxious, and had to find ways to resolve it. The general manager avoided speaking with me and didn’t try to offer any ways of helping.

I stayed here for 5 nights and honestly best decision I could have possible made! I decided after backpacking for 4 months that I should treat myself and give yoga a go, as I’d been highly anxious towards the end of my backpacking. This little haven was just wonderful. The staff, the room, the classes! I left feeling utterly relaxed, with a new found love for yoga. I am new to yoga and was really nervous I wouldn’t be able to do any of it but the classes are built so that all levels could participate and it did really feel like that. The instructors were really good at showing you all levels of practice, as often the classes were very varied with all types of experience levels. I really enjoyed the chill classes in the evening, doing yoga as the sun set to wind down and relax. I have to mention how delicious the food was but also how amazing the cafe staff were. As a solo female traveler I felt really cared for by them, they went above and beyond whenever they could & I really appreciated it. If you are considering booking this, book it!

The food & (mini bar in the room) was quite expensive in the cafe which I don’t mind paying for as it was such high quality food but often you had to pay extra to add any form of protein which is a shame as you are obviously going to want protein after a workout. Lots of stairs ! Be warned haha

Beautiful views of the ocean and access to a secluded private beach. The food was incredible and fresh and resort had the loveliest staff I’ve had the pleasure to meet.

beautiful landscape excellent yoga classes

Our room was very old, and not very clean , we had a lot of insects etc, didnt have hot water all day, poor breakfast

Loved my room, location right next to the beach, the food, the massage (was amazing- very strong), the views. I actually enjoyed the stairs for a great workout, but it would not be an accessible place if mobility was an issue. The beach is pretty rocky- easier to access on a high tide. If you aren't an ocean person, used to navigating coral & rocks, you should definitely have reef shoes for safety(but you shouldnt ever step of reefs if you can avoid it). Really amazing snorkeling as far as coral goes and from the few swimming experiences on Samui- it was really pretty and clarity was pretty good (as long as you don't come during salp season, which is rare, I just had bad luck).

The limited hours on breakfast service. I had an 830am tour to go on and breakfast didn't start till 930am. It was also very busy during breakfast and dinners, with many yoga teacher training students- that just made it a bit less relaxing, plus the limited hours on the breakfast & dinner hours made it so everyone came all at once. The yoga also wasn't really my style. It's not the teacher's faults, I've just been practicing a long time and I should just stick to a home practice...so it just wasn't right for me. A very busy, strong practice. My biggest complaint was the "chill" class I attended was by no way a "chill" class...I was not the only one to say this either. I was exhausted from a long day in the sun, sweating, swimming, hiking and just wanted to restore and stretch some, and we did a ton of vinyasas, chaturangas, it was not chill at all. Maybe the last 15 minutes were. Maybe more truthful/honest class descriptions would help.