An Exclusive & Serene Blue Mountains Luxury Resort
Spicers Sangoma Retreat honours the stunning Blue Mountains with its seamless integration into the Bowen Mountain landscape. Glass panels frame panoramic views, while interiors use timber and stone to reflect the natural surroundings. Private decks extend living spaces outdoors, immersing guests in the rhythms of nature. As a leading Blue Mountains luxury resort, this retreat offers curated experiences such as spa treatments with native botanicals, bespoke dining, and access to serene bushwalking trails. Sustainability lies at the heart of its operations, ensuring that guests enjoy a luxurious stay that respects the environment.
Suites blend elegant design with natural textures, featuring private decks and fireplaces that invite quiet reflection. Dining celebrates locally sourced ingredients, while wellness amenities, including the infinity pool overlooking the valley, enhance every moment. Just 90 minutes from Sydney, Spicers Sangoma Retreat offers the ultimate escape for those seeking Blue Mountains luxury accommodation.
In the main lounge, a hint of the retreat’s original South African soul arouses curiosity. Animal-hide ottomans and rugs, safari chests and rustic wooden tables are dotted throughout, and tribal artwork and kudu horn sculptures provide accent to the theme. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the room with light, and the generous deck surveys the plains below. Here, nature whispers to you gently, with the soft song of cheerful birds filling the air. The colours of the native waratahs and the succulent-filled gardens present a calming palette to the eye.
In Restaurant Amara, the sophisticated dining room draws guests in with its soft lighting, high-backed leather chairs, weighty, textured cutlery and generous bar. Its daily fresh harvest experience is based on only the freshest local organic produce available, and the intimate, personalised degustation takes the diner on a mouth-watering exploration of tradition, invention and playfulness. Vegetables take centre stage at Amara – think glazed leeks with purplette onions, artichoke crackers or a layered Vegetable Parmi – whilst technique-driven ideas such as dehydration, foams and smoking all feature regularly on the menu.
The eight private suites at Sangoma provide the ultimate romantic escape, where you can truly reconnect. Moody, muted and sensual, the soothing colours and textures of the décor heal tired spirits, and the bold artwork, deep baths, warming fireplaces and polished concrete floors rejuvenate even the most weary. The luxury suites offer unique experiences – on the eastern side, city lights flicker on the horizon; on the western escarpment side, the sigh of the mountain creek below can be heard.
Time at Sangoma moves slowly, although there is certainly no shortage of things to do. Spectacular nearby mountain walks in the Blue Mountains; gourmet excursions into Kurrajong and Katoomba; a couples massage in the indulgent spa tent; a wine and watercolour art class; an afternoon sipping cocktails by the pool – these can all be enjoyed at your own extravagant pleasure.
