#14 in Top 20 Bali for A Wellness Retreat · ★★★★★
Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort
Bamboo architecture, full eco-certification, plant-based dining, wellness with conviction.
Bamboo architecture, full eco-certification, plant-based dining, wellness with conviction.
"The 2022 Tabanan eco-resort, the working 3D-printed bamboo-design retreat."
Why this rank, Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort opened in 2022 in Tabanan, southwest of central Bali, the working 3D-printed bamboo-design eco-luxury retreat. 16 villas only across the property; the 3D-printed earth construction combined with the bamboo-architecture pavilions is the property's working signature (the property is one of the first hospitality properties globally to use 3D-printed-earth construction at scale). The dining programme runs at the Ulaman Restaurant with the working plant-forward farm-to-table programme. The spa runs Balinese-tradition treatments combined with the property's signature breathwork and sound-bath programmes. The Tabanan position is 45 minutes west of Ubud and 30 minutes north of Canggu, the working alternative to the Ubud-and-Uluwatu axis. The 16-villa scale combined with the 3D-printed-construction architectural register produces the most-original new Bali property of the post-2020 cycle. Best for the working architectural-and-sustainability-led Bali stay at the new construction anchor.
Best room: Honeymoon Villa, private pool
"Bamboo architecture, full eco-certification, plant-based dining, wellness with conviction."
Ulaman is the bamboo-architecture wellness resort that opened in 2019 in Tabanan, west of Ubud, the result of a four-year build by IBUKU (the same firm responsible for the Bambu Indah newer rooms and the Green School). Sixteen villas, every one entirely built from bamboo and rammed-earth, with no concrete used in the structures. The architecture is the asset, the curves of the bamboo, the way the structures merge into the surrounding jungle, the absence of conventional building materials. The wellness programme is plant-forward: the Wahana restaurant is fully plant-based, the kitchen sources 80% of its produce from the on-site garden, and the wellness consultations begin with a plant-medicine assessment. The Sound Healing Sanctuary, a custom-built bamboo dome with a 360-degree sound system, is the venue for the resort's signature treatments. Ulaman is the right pick for the wellness retreat where the architecture and the eco-conviction are the explicit point of the trip, the bamboo architecture, the off-grid power, the regenerative-agriculture programme. It is the most architecturally-coherent wellness property in the country.
Earth Lodge or Sky Lodge (the bamboo-and-rammed-earth villas with private plunge pools).
Take the IBUKU bamboo-architecture tour on day one (free for guests). Book the Sound Healing Sanctuary 90-minute session for day three. Eat every meal at Wahana, the plant-based menu is genuinely worth the booking.
Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Bali for a Wellness Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.4/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on a wellness retreat-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Bali neighbourhood, see Tabanan and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.
Editorial · #20 on the Top 20 Hotels in Bali 2026 list
Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort's case for the Bali stay is the 3D-printed earth construction combined with the Tabanan eco-architecture register. The 2022 property is the working 3D-printed bamboo-design eco-luxury retreat; the property is one of the first hospitality properties globally to use 3D-printed-earth construction at scale.
The 16 villas only across the property include the Honeymoon Villa with private pool, the One-Bedroom Suite, and the multi-bedroom Pool Villa.
The dining programme runs at the Ulaman Restaurant with the working plant-forward farm-to-table programme. The spa runs Balinese-tradition treatments combined with the property's signature breathwork and sound-bath programmes. The Tabanan position is 45 minutes west of Ubud and 30 minutes north of Canggu, the working alternative to the Ubud-and-Uluwatu axis. The 16-villa scale combined with the 3D-printed-construction architectural register produces the most-original new Bali property of the post-2020 cycle. Best for the working architectural-and-sustainability-led Bali stay at the new construction anchor.