One of the first choices for discerning spa enthusiasts visiting Boracay, it has established itself as an alternative healing center, renowned for its award-winning spa treatments, elegant facilities, healthy cuisine, and legendary service. It has been the recipient of numerous prestigious nominations and awards from leading spa journals – including Best Wellness Retreat, Destination Spa of the Year, Spa Treatment of the Year and Best Rejuvenation Program.

At Mandala Spa, one enters an idyllic private estate that offers luxury villa accommodations and rejuvenating holistic spa therapies in an exclusive tropical sanctuary.

Treatments combine ancient, traditional therapies with sophisticated, contemporary techniques to rejuvenate from the inside out, taking you on a personal journey to health, balance, radiance and vitality.

It recently received, for the second time, the Baccarat Asia Spa Awards with the Holistic Treatment of the Year for their signature Hilot Trilogy treatment. Based on the Philippines’ traditional hilot and dagadagay massage, it has profound and enduring benefits on the mind, body and spirit. This spa treatment is considered an invaluable contribution to the world of therapeutic healing as it celebrates the Philippine’s unique and strong cultural identity and recognizes the indigenous Filipino healing modalities and traditional rituals.

The treatment begins with a procedure called hihilaan where coconut oil is applied to strips of banana leaves used to identify areas of imbalance in the body. bentosa is then performed with cupping, a traditional technique using a candle and an upside down glass cup to create a vacuum. Cupping rebalances the body’s heat and energy flow. The treatment continues with hilot, an ancient Filipino therapeutic massage.

Finally, dagdagay, a Filipino traditional foot massage originating from the mountain province, is a therapeutic foot massage using sticks. Long motion and acupressure is applied to the soles of the feet to restore balance and boost the body’s immune system. The finest extra virgin coconut oil, renowned for its powerful rejuvenating, anti-ageing and cleansing properties, is lavishly applied over the entire body through the treatment.

Enjoy Mandala Spa and Villa Holidays or signature treatments and programs, including Shodhana Karma Ayurvedic Detoxifying treatment, inspired by the ancient Ayuvedic system of wellbeing; Mandala Body Treatments, which are designed to deeply nourish and tone the skin; Princess treatments; or the Boracay Bliss, where you experience the magic of a scrub or wrap of your choice. You can allow aromatic oil to penetrate your skin through the Mandala Signature Massage, or the Royal Licorice and Green Tea Facial (Pevonia), a nourishing and healing facial mask that lifts impurities and restores your skin to optimum health.

The services are best enjoyed at Mandala’s resort villas, each featuring 100 square meters of imported teak flooring, and vaulted wooden ceilings providing the perfect space to enjoy one’s favorite spa treatment. The interiors are walled-in glass allowing a seamless flow between the lush tropical outdoors and the warm wooden finish of the interiors.

The resort also features the Prana Restaurant, which serves vegetarian spa cuisine, open daily to the public. Dishes are infused with the country’s rich medicinal culinary herbs and spices. There is a selection of sumptuous and refined vegetarian Filipino, Asian, and European cuisine in a symphony of flavors laid out and prepared in sheer elegance.

For more information, visit www.mandalaspa.com.