Seeking balance during your stay in Noosa? Here, wellness is a way of life – think retreats, specialty spas, national parks, pristine beaches, a mild climate and no shortage of wholesome organic cafes – makes the region a natural destination to treat your mind and body. If you’re looking to indulge yourself, we’ve delivered the best below.
Relax
Sensaura Day Spa
In the heart of Hastings Street, is a secret and luxury hideaway that will rejuvenate your soul and wellbeing. Follow the winding stairs and you will find yourself transported into a relaxing coastal oasis, among tropical plants and plantation shutters. At Sensaura Day Spa, your pampering begins with sips of herbal tea before receiving one of the delicious services including massages, body treatments, facials, and yoga.
Location: Hastings Street, Bay Village
Ikatan Day Spa
Unplug and breathe in as you arrive at Ikatan Day Spa. Gentle, destressing and wellness massages are designed to soothe your body and mind. Unique to Ikatan and based on traditional Balinese style, Ikatan’s massages, body scrubs, wraps and facials will nurture the mind, nourish your body and soul. Guests are invited to relax in the tropical gardens with a complimentary pot of tea or a glass of champagne, to enjoy the benefits of immersion into nature, the lush greenery and call of local birds.
Location: Doonan
Fine Espresso Bar. Simplistic Spa
Our local go-to! Keeping it simple and making life fine. Located in an idyllic setting overlooking the Noosa River, the team at FINE Espresso Bar and Simplistic Spa offer the best coffee and spa treatments in Noosa. The Espresso Bar prides itself on being able to fulfil the caffeine cravings of the fussiest coffee connoisseur with locally roasted beans and a selection of the finest teas. If you fancy a slower pace step into one of the treatment rooms to indulge your mind and body with a great selection of spa therapies, manicures, facials and eyebrow shaping.
Location: Noosaville
Recharge
VanillaFood Café
One of the newest to the Noosa café scene is VanillaFood Cafe. Sip and sup while watching the trendiest Noosa culture dine in and pass by on the street outside. Delight in the fresh, seasonal food that connects you directly to nature one delicious mouthful after another. A selection of wholesome food is reflected in their daily menu, organic and vegetarian food with a rustic twist. Tantalising your tastebuds with mouth-watering locally sourced produce. You won’t find any preservatives, additives, artificial colours, flavours or refined sugars. A must-do foodie destination.
Location: Lanyana Way, Noosa Junction.
Jungle & Co
The team at Jungle & Co are passionate about good health and wellbeing from the inside-out by feeding your body with wholesome, healthy, and nourishing food. Bringing the best benefits to your body and mind Jungle & Co were Australia’s first dedicated gut health food bar. On offer are loads of vegan dairy free and gluten free options plant-based salads boosted with biotics proteins and good dollops of fats creating the best gut healing salads on the planet. Fresh and local ingredients, grown in a sustainable way are also poured into tasty juices, smoothies and botanical elixirs.
Location: The Pavilion, Noosa Junction.
Unwind
The benefits of walking in nature are endless and research shows it may have restorative properties to improve overall wellbeing, boost self-esteem and improve mood. Noosa offers some of the most spectacular natural scenic destinations in the world.
Being amongst nature is a place that takes us away from those everyday worries, breathing in the fresh air, lazing under the shade of a waving pandanus tree, or taking a dip into crystal blue Laguna Bay.
Noosa National Park
Noosa National Park offers a series of five stunning walking trails amongst woodland, scenic rainforest and open Eucalypt Forest. This protected habitat is an important natural environment for a wide variety of native wildlife including lace-monitors, echidnas and koalas. Take the time to read the interpretation map at the entrance to Noosa National Park to discover more information on each walking trail.
Coastal Walk
Take a breath of pure sea air and enjoy spectacular ocean views along Noosa National Park’s Coastal Walk. Wind your way through the park’s trails set amongst scenic rainforest and open eucalyptus to discover Tea Tree Bay, Granite Bay and Alexandria Bays.
This coastline forms a natural protection for an array of marine wildlife, where you may spot dolphins and sea turtles. Noosa and its pure surrounding environment are designated as UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Noosa Hill
Head into the scenic open forest for a walk amongst the picturesque blue gums, ruby-sapped bloodwoods and Moreton Bay ash trees set within Noosa National Park. A tranquil hillside climb to the summit, which provides glimpses through a tree line to the spectacular coastline.
Palm Grove Walk
Step onto this short loop trail and you will discover a cool, lush rainforest only metres away from the refreshing waters of Laguna Bay. A rejuvenating escape among piccabeen palms, strangler figs, tuckeroos, tulip satinwood and crow’s ash. You’ll discover plants and animals and hear the song cry of a variety of birdcalls.
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