Spa & Wellness Weekend
Kamalame Cay, our 96-acre private island resort in the Bahamas, will launch a new Weekend Spa & Wellness program in 2008. The three-night/four-day retreats will offer guests a tropical mini spa getaway highlighting daily yoga on the beach, meditation and chanting sessions and optional life coaching. Additionally, one of the highlights of the program will be pampering treatments in our 2,000-square-foot aqua spa nestled at the end of a 200-foot pier.
The Spa & Wellness weekends will be hosted by New York City-based Jo Hook, founder of Avatar Yoga Retreats and Body as an Instrument, a holistic fitness program. A native of Sweden, Ms. Hook graduated from the Jivamukti Teacher Training Program in 2001 and has led yoga retreats to Mexico, Costa Rica, The Adirondacks and Mongolia, among many other countries. In addition to her yoga teachings, she also specializes in meditation coaching and Kirtan chanting, both of which she incorporates into her retreats. Her commitment to the areas of health and well-being helps to inspire and lead her students to live well balanced and extraordinary lives. Most recently Ms. Hook created the Lakshmi NYC line of essential oil based fragrances and body care.
Complimenting the yoga program, the Spa & Wellness weekends will introduce guests to our spa, which features five treatment rooms, each suspended over the sea with walls of windows that open to expansive ocean views. A full menu of massage and body/facial treatments are available, including the Coconut Body Glow, which utilizes a fresh coconut scrub, the Seaweed Botanical Wrap incorporating a gentle exfoliating sea salt scrub followed by a detoxifying seaweed wrap, or the adventurous Spiced Rum Wrap which infuses a warming spice and herb body masque followed by a gentle, cooling massage.
Itinerary Day 1: Guests will arrive late afternoon. This evening Jo will co-host the evening’s dinner, which will feature light, healthy cuisine.
Day 2:In the morning, guests will enjoy a light breakfast of fresh fruit and juice. Jo will then guide guests through a morning yoga class on the beach or poolside or in the great room if weather does not cooperate. Lunch (healthy cuisine) Mid-afternoon Jo will host an Introduction to Meditation class.
Spa treatments can be done after the
morning yoga or after the meditationclass
Dinner (healthy menu)
Day 3: Light breakfast of fruit and juice followed by morning yoga class. 10 a.m. to noon guests will take part in the Inspirational Walk and Run where they will run or walk the length of the Cay and back. Each mile there will be a “Inspiration Station” where chilled water with fresh lemon or cucumber is set and an inspirational quote, maybe written on a conch shell or small blackboard. Lunch (healthy cuisine)
Spa treatments or snorkeling excursion 5 p.m. Jo will host a short yoga class poolside with restorative salutations followed by a chanting session. This evening farewell barbeque and champagne reception
Day 4: Guests depart
The Spa & Wellness weekends will also highlight an optional six mile Inspirational Walk and Run where guests run or walk the length of the Cay and back. Each mile there will be an “Inspiration Station” where chilled water with fresh lemon or cucumber is set and an inspirational quote will be found playfully written on conch shells or coconuts.Throughout the weekend none of the planned activities are mandatory. Naturally, guests can choose to do as much or as little as they would like.
The Spa & Wellness program will run October 17-20, 2008. All-inclusive rates for the program start at $1,899 per person and include all scheduled Spa & Wellness programs, two spa treatments and all meals and beverages. Guests will also receive a special, motivational gift upon arrival. For those who wish to sneak off shore one afternoon, a snorkeling trip or eco tour of Andros Island can be added to the program for an additional fee.
Here at Kamalame Cay we feature nineteen “beach chic” accommodations ranging from charming marina rooms to Balinese inspired cottages and villa suites. Throughout the Great House, a welcoming gathering place where guests enjoy evening cocktails and all meals, the style evokes 19th century British with art, antiques and collection of Bahamian furnishings. Weekly, candles and Tiki torches move from the Great House to the beach for an alfresco, Bahamian-style banquet with a live “rake & scrape” band that plays infectious island melodies.
We also now boast a new, fully-equipped PADI dive center for SCUBA enthusiasts who wish to explore the endless underwater adventures and an extensive fishing program offering fly-fishing retreats and deep sea fishing excursions.
Our resort is a 20-minute drive from the Andros Town Airport serviced by charter or scheduled service from Nassau and Fort Lauderdale. Transportation to Kamalame Cay is provided by taxi and a three-minute ferry ride.
Contact us today quoting 'Spa Wellness Weekend' for more details or to book your trip.
Tel: (242) 368-6281
Toll: (800) 790-7971 info@kamalame.com Please note this whole package cannot be booked through our online system, however you can book your accommodation online, then create a note within the online booking facilty quoting that you wish to also be part of the Spa Wellness Weekend.
