PERTH · Retreats, Nature & Experiences
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Specialists in retreats, nature & experiences — 37 Also offering retreats, nature & experiences — 9
46 places · 29 suburbs · Typical published price $145
Pick one or several — each number is how many places here offer it.
One of the oldest and largest bushwalking clubs in Western Australia, with a program of graded day walks most Sundays and Wednesdays plus multi-day hikes, base camps and navigation courses. Walks are both on-track and off-track, mostly within about an hour's drive of Perth, and the club is a HikeWest member.
Vanessa Forbes runs outdoor fitness sessions in Kings Park, meeting near Sticky Beaks café on Kings Park Road. Boxfit and short midday sessions are the mainstay, aimed at people fitting training into a work break, with group and one-to-one programs for adults and children. Sessions run by appointment.
Social worker Liz Dos Santos runs ground-based equine sessions on a small Oakford property. The main offering is the seven-session Horse Wisdom Program for people aged 13 and over, alongside corporate team days. No riding is involved — the work happens on foot alongside the horses. NDIS registered.
An NDIS-registered outdoor practice running counselling, animal-assisted sessions, art and music therapy, exercise physiology and community-access programs in natural settings around Perth. Programs are built around each participant's own plan and goals rather than a fixed class timetable, and include therapeutic respite and retreat options.
A Byford property running equine assisted therapy and learning, therapeutic riding and hippotherapy. Sessions involve grooming, groundwork, observing the herd, leading horses and supported riding, and can be booked individually, as a family or in groups. Self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants are welcome and progress notes can be provided.
A clinical psychologist who holds sessions outdoors instead of in a consulting room — walking side by side, with an initial assessment by video call first. Group hikes, multi-day trips and corporate programs run seasonally. Sessions are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at varying locations, and seated or flat-ground options are available.
Sound baths in the hills above Armadale — fortnightly Sunday sonic immersions plus sunset, full-moon and cacao-ceremony sessions, with mats, bolsters and blankets provided. The bush setting is half the experience, and a three-event pass suits people who want it as a regular reset rather than a one-off.
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Oria Haven lists 46 wellness practices under Retreats, Nature & Experiences in Perth, across 29 suburbs. The largest clusters are in Fremantle (5), Perth CBD (4) and City Beach (4). 13 publish a starting price, running from $25 to $1,666 with a median of $145. 22 publish a price band, and the most common is $200 and above (9 of them). Nine of the 46 run sessions that are free or by donation.
13 places here publish a starting price, from $25 to $1,666. The median is $145.
37 of these specialise in retreats, nature & experiences — it is their main focus. The other 9 list it among other things they offer.
Every listing is hand-checked by Oria Haven. Figures updated 8 October 2026.
Most relevant means practices that specialise in this first, then the ones with the most reviews to go on. A listing that publishes its price, describes itself and names its services gets a small nudge, never more than a quarter of a star, because you can decide on it without ringing. Paid placements are shown once, in their own band, and never move anyone up the list.
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Sound Silence Stillness: a day retreat in the hills
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The guide
A day retreat and a bushwalk are both on this page, and the difference between them is mostly how much of your day is planned for you.
Day retreats run four to eight hours in one place, usually with food, and combine two or three of movement, sitting, sound and rest. Weekend retreats add accommodation and a second morning, which is where most of the value is. Guided walks and forest bathing sessions are shorter and cheaper and generally ask nothing of your fitness beyond being able to walk for an hour or two. Surf and ocean sessions are the ones with actual conditions attached, and they get moved.
On practicalities: retreats book out further ahead than anything else in the directory, and the small ones fill first because they are small. Read what is included before comparing prices — accommodation, meals and transfers move the number a long way. For anything outdoors in Perth, check the forecast and the fire danger rating the day before, and expect a change of plan in summer.
Related: wellness retreats, day retreats, forest bathing, bushwalking, surf sessions, and walking groups.
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The Reel, from Australia’s South West, introduces the floating sauna at Pemberton Pool: two wood-fired sauna rooms on the water with big windows onto the karri forest, and the ritual its caption describes — warm up, step outside into the pool, and repeat.
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It captures the setting and the whole hot–cold ritual — including the dive that deserves a word of caution.
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Oria Haven lists 46 practices across 29 suburbs in the Perth metro. Every entry is checked by hand before it goes live, and the list is updated as practices open, move or close.
46 practices across 29 suburbs. The most choice is in Fremantle (5), Perth CBD (4) and City Beach (4) — use the area filter on this page to narrow it to the side of town you can actually get to.
Of the 13 practices here that publish a starting price, sessions begin from $25, with a typical starting price around $145. Prices come from the practices themselves and change without notice — confirm before you book.
9 of the 46 practices listed run sessions that are free or by donation. Sort by price on this page to bring them to the top.
We build the directory ourselves rather than taking paid submissions, so a practice appears because it exists and serves Perth — not because it paid. Practices can claim their listing for nothing and keep it accurate, photos included. Paid plans add booking links, offers and visitor stats. We never take a cut of bookings, and enquiries go straight to the practice.
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