The Farm at San Benito
Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines
Location
Lipa, Batangas
The retreat sits in Lipa, Batangas, about 90 minutes south of Manila by road, across some 48 hectares of coconut-plantation forest and gardens with Malarayat mountain views. This is a wellness destination, not a beach or city hotel — a place to slow down and reset.
Transfer
A Manila transfer
Reach the retreat by road from Manila in about 90 minutes. It is a destination in itself, set in coconut-plantation forest, away from beaches and sights.
Villas
An intimate collection of suites & villas
An intimate collection of suites and villas across a dozen room types — rice-barn Sulu Terrace treehouses, garden suites, the Palmera Glass Villa and pool villas — in calm forest settings, some with private pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and solo travellers seeking detox, health optimisation or a genuine reset — doctor-led programmes, plant-based cuisine and forest calm — as a standalone wellness stay or a trip's wellness leg.
Board Basis
Programme-based
Stays are programme-based, typically including a vegan breakfast and programme inclusions, with plant-based 'living food' across five restaurants.
About the Resort
The Philippine wellness retreat
The Farm at San Benito is the Philippines' flagship wellness destination — an eco-luxury medical-wellness retreat, not a beach or city hotel, set in some 48 hectares of coconut-plantation forest and gardens with Malarayat mountain views, about 90 minutes south of Manila. It is sold on programmes and transformation, not nightly rates: personalised, doctor-led integrative-medical programmes targeting detox, weight, stress, sleep and health optimisation, built on five healing components — integrative medicine, spa and hydrotherapy, plant-based cuisine, mindful movement and a healing environment. Accommodation runs across rice-barn-style Sulu Terrace treehouses, garden suites and glass villas, some with private pools, in calm forest settings. The kitchens serve plant-based 'living food', mostly farm-grown, across restaurants from the vegan ALIVE! to the pescetarian PESCE. There are three pools, hydrotherapy, sound healing, yoga and traditional Filipino Hilot Haplos rituals. This is a structured, adult-leaning retreat with vegan cuisine — a standalone detox-and-transformation stay or a wellness leg of a Philippine trip.
Accommodation
Suites & villas
An intimate collection of suites and villas across a dozen room types in calm forest settings — from rice-barn-style Sulu Terrace treehouses through Narra and Banaba Deluxe garden suites and the floor-to-ceiling Palmera Glass Villa to pool and multi-bedroom villas, some with private pools.
Entry
Sulu Terrace
Sleeps two. A rice-barn treehouse with a downstairs sitting area, in a garden setting — the entry room.
TreehouseGarden view
Suite
Narra / Banaba Deluxe
Sleeps two. A larger garden suite, some with an outdoor sitting area.
Garden suiteGarden view
Glass Villa
Palmera Glass Villa
Sleeps two. Floor-to-ceiling glass onto the surrounding greenery.
Glass-walledGarden view
Apex
Pool Villa
Sleeps two to four or more. A private pool, in a calm forest setting — the signature villa.
Private poolGarden view
Food & Drink
Dining
The kitchens serve plant-based 'living food', mostly farm-grown — vegetarian, pescetarian and Mediterranean healing cuisine. ALIVE! leads with vegan dishes, Prana adds plant-based plates, PESCE is pescetarian, Soufflé de Vie handles the sweet side, and the Upperdeck is the all-day room.
Vegan
ALIVE!
Plant-based vegan dishes, mostly farm-grown.
Plant-based
Prana
Plant-based plates and juices.
Pescetarian
PESCE
Pescetarian healing cuisine.
Sweet
Soufflé de Vie
Plant-based sweets and desserts.
All-day
The Upperdeck
An all-day room for healing food.
Wellbeing
The Healing Sanctuaries
Wellness is the whole point. The Holistic Medical Sanctuary brings integrative doctors and personalised programmes, alongside the Healing Sanctuary Spa and the Acqua Hydrotherapy Sanctuary. There are three pools — south, spa-infinity and waterfall — plus hydrotherapy, sound healing, meditation pavilions, a yoga sala and the Pure Energy gym.
Holistic Medical Sanctuary
Integrative doctors and personalised medical programmes at the Holistic Medical Sanctuary.
Hydrotherapy & sound healing
Hydrotherapy, sound healing, meditation pavilions and a yoga sala.
Three pools
Three pools — south, spa-infinity and waterfall.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
A retreat built around transformation. Follow a doctor-led integrative programme for detox, sleep, stress or weight, eat plant-based 'living food', take a traditional Hilot Haplos healing ritual, and slow down with hydrotherapy, sound healing and yoga in a coconut-plantation forest.
Integrative-medical programmes
Personalised, doctor-led integrative-medical programmes — detox, weight, stress, sleep and optimisation.
Plant-based ‘living food’
Plant-based 'living food', mostly grown on the farm.
Hilot Haplos
Hilot Haplos — traditional Filipino healing rituals.
Hydrotherapy & sound healing
Hydrotherapy, sound healing, yoga and meditation.
Forest setting
Nature and quiet in a 48-hectare coconut-plantation forest.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
About 90 minutes south of Manila
About 90 minutes south of Manila by road, in Lipa, Batangas.
In Batangas
Lipa
In Lipa, Batangas, in a 48-hectare coconut-plantation forest with mountain views.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting The Farm at San Benito. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Stays are programme-based, typically with a vegan breakfast and programme inclusions — bespoke wellness packages, not nightly rates.
Setting
- In Lipa, Batangas, about 90 minutes south of Manila, in a 48-hectare coconut-plantation forest — a wellness retreat, not a beach or city hotel.
Dining
- The cuisine is plant-based and largely farm-grown — vegan, vegetarian and pescetarian 'living food'.
Stays
- Best as a structured, adult-leaning stay — a standalone detox retreat or the wellness leg of a Philippine trip.
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